Category: Ecosystems, Channels, & Marketplaces

PyTorch Foundation Bets Open Infrastructure Can Win Enterprise AI
October 23, 2026

PyTorch Foundation Bets Open Infrastructure Can Win Enterprise AI

PyTorch Foundation's 'any chip, any cloud, any agent' mandate attracts 3,500+ attendees and nine new enterprise members, including Shopify, positioning open-source infrastructure as critical to capturing the $181.3B AI platforms...
Alkami Embeds Carleton Compliance Engine in MANTL Loan Origination
October 22, 2026

Alkami Embeds Carleton Compliance Engine in MANTL Loan Origination

Alkami Technology integrates Carleton's CarletonCalcs® OriginationPlus into MANTL Loan Origination, automating calculations, compliance, and disclosures while improving integration capabilities and accelerating time-to-value....
PyTorch Foundation Adds Nine Members, Cementing Open Source AI's Center of Gravity
October 21, 2026

PyTorch Foundation Adds Nine Members, Cementing Open Source AI's Center of Gravity

The PyTorch Foundation welcomed nine new members, including Platinum-tier Nebius, Nscale, and Shopify, underscoring growing enterprise adoption of open source AI platforms and significant cost reductions....
Conduent's NJ Chip-EBT Rollout Signals a Fraud-Prevention Platform Play
October 21, 2026

Conduent's NJ Chip-EBT Rollout Signals a Fraud-Prevention Platform Play

Conduent partners with New Jersey to deploy chip-enabled, tap-to-pay EBT cards, positioning its VeriSight Anti-Fraud Solutions as a competitive differentiator for state government contracts managing $80 billion in annual benefit...
DigiCert Bets on FedRAMP 20x to Own Federal Digital Trust
October 21, 2026

DigiCert Bets on FedRAMP 20x to Own Federal Digital Trust

DigiCert entered the FedRAMP Marketplace pursuing FedRAMP 20x Class C certification, positioning itself as the first company in its sector to target the most rigorous level under the modernized framework...
How Apple Could Break Amazon and Google’s Hold On The Smart Home Segment
October 20, 2026

How Apple Could Break Amazon and Google’s Hold On The Smart Home Segment

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group shares insights on Apple HomeView’s personalized smart-home strategy, privacy controls, and adoption hurdles....
Entelgy's Free AI Governance Tool Targets Channel's Hottest Service
October 19, 2026

Entelgy's Free AI Governance Tool Targets Channel's Hottest Service

Entelgy's new free AI governance self-diagnostic tool helps organizations evaluate EU AI Act compliance readiness in two minutes. The launch targets a booming channel market where 86.7% of partners expect...
Proofpoint Varonis acquisition data security
October 16, 2026

Proofpoint Buys Varonis to Connect People Risk With Data Access

Fernando Montenegro, Vice President & Practice Lead, Cybersecurity & Resilience at Futurum, analyzes how Proofpoint's $6.3 billion acquisition of Varonis combines threat targeting intelligence with identity-based data access controls to...
SCSK Bets on Agentic AI to Digitize Japan's Excel-Dependent Enterprises
October 14, 2026

SCSK Bets on Agentic AI to Digitize Japan's Excel-Dependent Enterprises

SCSK's CELF AI Development Agent, powered by Claude via Amazon Bedrock, launches October 23, 2026, with alpha testing showing 300–800% productivity gains to capture Japan's enterprise market....
Liquibase Goes Four-for-Four on Cloud Marketplaces
October 14, 2026

Liquibase Goes Four-for-Four on Cloud Marketplaces

Liquibase Secure now available on Google Cloud and Microsoft Marketplaces alongside AWS and Snowflake, enabling enterprises to purchase through existing agreements while supporting 65+ databases with AI-powered governance....
Hackett's AI Supply Chain Benchmarks Quantify the Cost of Falling Behind
October 14, 2026

Hackett's AI Supply Chain Benchmarks Quantify the Cost of Falling Behind

The Hackett Group's AI benchmarks show AI-native supply chain operators achieve forecast error reductions up to 52% and cost declines of 12-17% across 16 enterprise workflows....
Entelgy Bets on Colombia With an Agentic-AI Veteran at the Helm
October 13, 2026

Entelgy Bets on Colombia With an Agentic-AI Veteran at the Helm

Entelgy appoints AI expert Juan Manuel Gómez Arenas as Colombia's Country Manager to meet surging demand for AI consulting in a market projected to reach $41.8B by 2029....

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