India leads in sovereign procurement intent, but has no plan to back it up
Everpure’s Global Data Sovereignty Report 2026, based on 2,100 enterprise organisations across eight markets, reveals a defining disconnect between strategic priority and operational readiness. “We talk about data sovereignty a…
AI agents touched sensitive data in 87% of firms, while only 19% caught it in real time
Enterprise AI adoption has moved faster than the governance designed to contain it. That much is understood. What Delinea’s 2026 Identity Security Report makes uncomfortably concrete is how wide that…
AI is forcing SRE and platform teams to grow up fast, new report finds
A new global survey suggests artificial intelligence is pushing the engineers who keep systems running to rewrite their playbooks as it moves from pilot projects into everyday business operations. Dynatrace’s…
The security gaps CIOs keep leaving open
Enterprise security conversations in 2026 tend to gravitate towards nation-state actors, zero-day exploits, and AI-powered attack chains. While the reality of how most web applications get compromised is far less…
Great data is the real foundation of enterprise AI speed
At the ET Edge CIO&Leader Annual Conference, Rucha Nanavati argued that AI transformation moves only as fast as the data foundation beneath it, and laid out what trustworthy enterprise data…
AMD introduced Helion, an open rack-scale blueprint for agentic AI
AMD has introduced AMD Helion, an open blueprint for rack-scale infrastructure built to support agentic artificial intelligence (AI) workloads. The platform gives customers flexibility to configure computing resources for AI…
Harness acquires Augment Code assets to connect AI coding with software delivery
Harness has acquired select assets from Augment Code to expand automation across the software development life cycle (SDLC). The acquisition includes Cosmos, the Auggie CLI products, the Code Context Engine,…
Airtel Business brings SMS, WhatsApp, RCS and voice under one enterprise messaging platform
Airtel Business has launched Airtel IQ Gateway, a platform aimed at helping enterprises manage customer communications across SMS, WhatsApp, Rich Communication Services (RCS), business voice, and number verification from one…
IBM-Yotta platform brings sovereign control to enterprise agentic AI in India
As Indian enterprises move from AI pilots towards production-scale deployments, the question of where data is stored is increasingly being joined by questions around where AI inference runs, who controls…
CtrlS expands metro optical networks for hyperscaler connectivity
CtrlS Datacenters is working with Ciena to upgrade its metro optical network infrastructure across Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, New Delhi, and Noida. The project covers five metro networks connecting nine data…
What Happens When Security Leads Transformation? NEC Shares Insights
As organizations race to digitize, the convergence of technology leadership and cybersecurity has become more than strategic- it’s essential. In this exclusive conversation with CIO&Leader, Ashish Gupta, CIO and CISO…
Dun & Bradstreet India Study Finds Businesses Must Fix Their Data Now to Realize AI Returns
Dun & Bradstreet India, a global leader in business decisioning data and analytics, has released a new whitepaper, The Adoption Advantage: Why Trusted Data, Not the Next Model, Will Determine…
Adobe Research: 6.7% of Indian enterprises have scaled AI; 59% Face Challenges Moving from AI Pilots to Scale
Adobe, the global technology leader that unleashes creativity, productivity and customer experiences through innovative tools and platforms, today released the India findings from the Adobe 2026 State of AI Readiness…
Enlight Metals Launches India’s First Agentic AI-Enabled Marketplace for Metals
Enlight Metals Private Limited, India’s first Agentic AI-enabled metal procurement platform, today announced the launch of its marketplace for metals, designed to transform how businesses discover suppliers, evaluate sourcing options…
Shunya Labs bets on Smaller AI Models to make Enterprise Voice AI more efficient
Indian voice AI company, Shunya Labs is developing smaller, specialised AI models to make enterprise voice applications more efficient, reduce processing requirements and enable deployment closer to where data is…
Benevolve Highlights Role of AI-Powered Skills Intelligence in Festive Workforce Planning
As the festive season drives heightened demand across consumer, retail and e-commerce businesses, Benevolve is highlighting the role of AI-powered workforce and skills intelligence in helping organizations look beyond headcount…
IBM and MeitY Startup Hub Sign MoU to Accelerate Deep-Tech Innovation and Startup Growth in India
IBM and MeitY Startup Hub an initiative of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with plans to accelerate India’s…
Persistent Opens Third Hyderabad Facility to Strengthen AI and Modernization Delivery
Persistent Systems Limited a global Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization leader, has inaugurated its third facility in Hyderabad at Phoenix Equinox in Gachibowli. The expansion strengthens Persistent’s ability to deliver…
New email attacks target both humans and AI in the same message
Recent phishing attacks analysed by Barracuda Research found attackers combining two sets of tactics in a single email: social engineering aimed at the human recipient and prompt injection attacks designed…
Agentic AI’s hardest part is the last mile, not the demo
SAS’s Jared Peterson says enterprise AI’s real challenge is production: integration, human oversight, quality data and open architecture, with Pune owning core Viya R&D. Two years ago, enterprise AI meant…
From Sports Physics to Smart Irrigation: How a Student Is Taking STEM Beyond the Classroom
Jain initially began working directly with students through More Than Play, tutoring 150 children in science and mathematics. For Aarav A. Jain, STEM education is not simply about learning how…
A Better Model Doesn’t Fix a Broken Operating Model
Enterprises have no shortage of AI pilots; what they lack, argues Niraj Nagrani, Chief Data and AI Officer at Altimetrik, is an operating system to run them on. In this…
Oracle’s AI agents can now execute enterprise work — here’s what CIOs should know
Oracle has launched a builder experience that lets enterprises run AI agent teams directly inside Fusion Cloud Applications, without a separate runtime or external orchestration layer. The company calls the…
COMPUTEX 2026: From Personal Devices to AI Infrastructure
For years, COMPUTEX Taipei was an exhibition where tech enthusiasts came to see flashy gaming rigs, watch overclocking contests, and explore the latest laptops and PC hardware. It was, above…
India’s AI Inflection Point: How National Technology Day 2026 Signals A New Era Of Responsible Innovation
From drug discovery to cybersecurity, India’s technology leaders are charting a path where AI is not just powerful—but purposeful. Every year on May 11, India pauses to mark National Technology…
Ten Years Strong: Vertex Group Appoints Tanya Singh as Global Vice President, Marketing & Communications to Power Its Next Decade
Vertex Group, the Times Square-headquartered multinational tech giant, today announced the appointment of Tanya Singh as Vice President, Marketing & Communications, as it completes 10 years of operations and targets…