Enterprise AI cost controls arrive as Walmart, Uber, and Microsoft rein in usage

Major corporations are moving past open AI access and toward usage limits and ROI frameworks, signaling a new phase of enterprise adoption.

AWS launches $1 billion Forward Deployed Engineering unit to accelerate enterprise AI adoption

AWS is investing $1 billion in a new Forward Deployed Engineering unit, seeding it with thousands of engineers to embed directly within enterprise customers.

When floods don't hit you directly, business interruption still can

As part of our ongoing Inside Restoration & Recovery series, we speak with industry experts about the trends, risks, and best practices shaping restoration, disaster preparedness, and business resilie…

Tech Mahindra and Telefónica Germany expand partnership to build private cloud platform

Tech Mahindra and Telefónica Germany are building a multi-year private cloud and PaaS platform to modernize telecom infrastructure and expand B2B capabilities.

ServiceNow Just Deployed AI Across Every Major Business Function. Here's What Enterprise Leaders Need to Evaluate Before They Follow.

ServiceNow's Autonomous Workforce now covers IT, HR, finance, legal, procurement, CRM, and security. The results from early adopters are real. So are the governance questions every enterprise needs to…

Bain & Company expands enterprise technology practice as CIO role takes center stage in AI era

Bain & Company is scaling its enterprise technology consulting arm, with 300+ tech partners and ~2,000 due diligence assessments, as AI reshapes the CIO mandate

Healthcare AI governance, data quality, and interoperability top industry agenda in mid-2026

Healthcare IT leaders are confronting AI governance gaps, data readiness challenges, and a $1.3M federal push to scale health data exchange.

Industrial automation's big week: fenceless robots, humanoid IPOs, and a $100M expansion

From a cage-free dual-arm robot to a humanoid IPO and a Boston Dynamics campus, automation's mid-2026 moment is arriving fast.

BT and Verizon form $4 billion joint venture to serve multinational enterprise clients

BT and Verizon are combining their international enterprise units into a 50:50 joint venture with $4B in annual revenue and reach across 180+ countries.

US robotics rebound, defense capacity buildout, and AI partnerships define manufacturing's mid-2026 moment

Robotics installations are rising, Velo3D triples its production campus, and Siemens-IFS close the product lifecycle loop with industrial AI.

Construction tech heats up: AI tools, connected equipment, and insurer incentives reshape the jobsite

From AI-powered project analytics to connected roadbuilding equipment, construction technology is rapidly moving from pilot to practice in 2026.

Genesys acquires Pinkfish to accelerate agentic AI in contact centers

Genesys buys Pinkfish to fast-track AI agent deployments, while Couchbase and MongoDB each roll out new tools aimed at closing key gaps in enterprise AI.

Customer service is becoming a boardroom priority — and AI is accelerating the shift

Executives are rethinking customer service as a revenue driver, not a cost center, as AI, empathy research, and behavioral science reshape how companies serve b

Randevu GmbH brings headless cloud infrastructure to B2B platform builders

Randevu GmbH offers headless cloud infrastructure that B2B companies use to build and scale multi-sided digital platforms.

Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Are Back. What the 19-Day Shutdown Taught Every Enterprise About AI as Infrastructure.

On June 30, the U.S. Department of Commerce lifted export controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, ending a 19-day global shutdown. The models return globally on July 1. Here is what chang…

Comcast Just Split in Two. The Lesson for Every Diversified Enterprise Isn't About Media.

Comcast just answered a 15-year question: can a broadband utility and a media empire generate more value together than apart? The company says no, announcing a tax-free spin-off of NBCUniversal and Sk…

REV Partners brings AI-powered revenue operations to B2B go-to-market teams

REV Partners LLC offers full-service revenue operations, combining CRM strategy, system integrations, and AI-driven GTM engineering for B2B companies.

Healthcare AI shifts from admin tasks to care transformation, virtual care growth stalls on finances

Health systems pour more into AI than other industries but focus it on admin work. Virtual care use rises even as digital services lose money.

SpaceX's Orbital Data Centers Just Crossed From Speculation to Strategy. Here's What Enterprise Tech Leaders Need to Know.

SpaceX has working hardware in orbit, an FCC filing for a large-scale satellite compute constellation, and a reported deal with Google. The Washington Post reports that orbital data centers have moved…

Higher Ed's Seed Round: How Universities Decide Which Programs to Build

WSJ's Journal House at Cannes Lions 2026 put AI, trust, and brand relevance at the center of marketing's biggest week

WSJ's Journal House brought together CMOs from Mercedes-Benz, American Eagle, JPMorganChase, and more at Cannes Lions 2026 to debate AI, trust, and experiential

Why soft skills and a clear career path are becoming the trades' best recruiting tools

Straight Outta Crumpton host Greg Crumpton talks with Windy City Equipment CEO Josh Zolin about why communication and a real career roadmap, not just technical skill, now decide who the trades hire an…

Teacher Stress Is Still at Crisis Levels in 2026. EdTech Vendors Selling Into Schools Need to Understand Why That Matters.

More than half of US teachers still experience frequent job-related stress in 2026, according to new RAND research published today. For EdTech vendors and enterprise L&D teams selling into school dist…

Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta Are Now Energy Companies. The Rest of the Enterprise World Needs to Catch Up.

Amazon, Meta, Google, and Microsoft accounted for 49% of all global clean power purchase agreement volumes in 2025. They are not buying energy anymore. They are building energy infrastructure. Every e…

Biopharma's $300 Billion Problem Is Driving the Biggest M&A Cycle in a Decade

More than $300 billion in branded pharmaceutical revenue faces patent expiration by 2030. Big Pharma cannot replace it through internal R&D alone. The result is the most aggressive acquisition cycle s…

Healthcare Supply Chain Has a Board-Level Governance Problem.

90% of healthcare supply chain professionals say supply chain is a top-three financial lever. 83% say boards review it less than quarterly. That gap is not a communication problem. It is a structural…

BlackBerry Is a B2B Enterprise Software Company Now. And the Numbers Prove It.

Most markets still price BlackBerry as a nostalgia trade. QNX revenue up 26%, adjusted EBITDA up 52%, a $1 billion royalty backlog, and a deepening NVIDIA partnership say otherwise. Here is what enter…

When floods don't hit you directly, business interruption still can

As part of our ongoing Inside Restoration & Recovery series, we speak with industry experts about the trends, risks, and best practices shaping restoration, disaster preparedness, and business resilie…

Tech Mahindra and Telefónica Germany expand partnership to build private cloud platform

Tech Mahindra and Telefónica Germany are building a multi-year private cloud and PaaS platform to modernize telecom infrastructure and expand B2B capabilities.

ServiceNow Just Deployed AI Across Every Major Business Function. Here's What Enterprise Leaders Need to Evaluate Before They Follow.

ServiceNow's Autonomous Workforce now covers IT, HR, finance, legal, procurement, CRM, and security. The results from early adopters are real. So are the governance questions every enterprise needs to…

Bain & Company expands enterprise technology practice as CIO role takes center stage in AI era

Bain & Company is scaling its enterprise technology consulting arm, with 300+ tech partners and ~2,000 due diligence assessments, as AI reshapes the CIO mandate

Healthcare AI governance, data quality, and interoperability top industry agenda in mid-2026

Healthcare IT leaders are confronting AI governance gaps, data readiness challenges, and a $1.3M federal push to scale health data exchange.

Industrial automation's big week: fenceless robots, humanoid IPOs, and a $100M expansion

From a cage-free dual-arm robot to a humanoid IPO and a Boston Dynamics campus, automation's mid-2026 moment is arriving fast.

US robotics rebound, defense capacity buildout, and AI partnerships define manufacturing's mid-2026 moment

Robotics installations are rising, Velo3D triples its production campus, and Siemens-IFS close the product lifecycle loop with industrial AI.

Construction tech heats up: AI tools, connected equipment, and insurer incentives reshape the jobsite

From AI-powered project analytics to connected roadbuilding equipment, construction technology is rapidly moving from pilot to practice in 2026.

Genesys acquires Pinkfish to accelerate agentic AI in contact centers

Genesys buys Pinkfish to fast-track AI agent deployments, while Couchbase and MongoDB each roll out new tools aimed at closing key gaps in enterprise AI.

Customer service is becoming a boardroom priority — and AI is accelerating the shift

Executives are rethinking customer service as a revenue driver, not a cost center, as AI, empathy research, and behavioral science reshape how companies serve b

Randevu GmbH brings headless cloud infrastructure to B2B platform builders

Randevu GmbH offers headless cloud infrastructure that B2B companies use to build and scale multi-sided digital platforms.

Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Are Back. What the 19-Day Shutdown Taught Every Enterprise About AI as Infrastructure.

On June 30, the U.S. Department of Commerce lifted export controls on Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5, ending a 19-day global shutdown. The models return globally on July 1. Here is what chang…

Comcast Just Split in Two. The Lesson for Every Diversified Enterprise Isn't About Media.

Comcast just answered a 15-year question: can a broadband utility and a media empire generate more value together than apart? The company says no, announcing a tax-free spin-off of NBCUniversal and Sk…

REV Partners brings AI-powered revenue operations to B2B go-to-market teams

REV Partners LLC offers full-service revenue operations, combining CRM strategy, system integrations, and AI-driven GTM engineering for B2B companies.

Healthcare AI shifts from admin tasks to care transformation, virtual care growth stalls on finances

Health systems pour more into AI than other industries but focus it on admin work. Virtual care use rises even as digital services lose money.

SpaceX's Orbital Data Centers Just Crossed From Speculation to Strategy. Here's What Enterprise Tech Leaders Need to Know.

SpaceX has working hardware in orbit, an FCC filing for a large-scale satellite compute constellation, and a reported deal with Google. The Washington Post reports that orbital data centers have moved…

Higher Ed's Seed Round: How Universities Decide Which Programs to Build

WSJ's Journal House at Cannes Lions 2026 put AI, trust, and brand relevance at the center of marketing's biggest week

WSJ's Journal House brought together CMOs from Mercedes-Benz, American Eagle, JPMorganChase, and more at Cannes Lions 2026 to debate AI, trust, and experiential

Why soft skills and a clear career path are becoming the trades' best recruiting tools

Straight Outta Crumpton host Greg Crumpton talks with Windy City Equipment CEO Josh Zolin about why communication and a real career roadmap, not just technical skill, now decide who the trades hire an…

Teacher Stress Is Still at Crisis Levels in 2026. EdTech Vendors Selling Into Schools Need to Understand Why That Matters.

More than half of US teachers still experience frequent job-related stress in 2026, according to new RAND research published today. For EdTech vendors and enterprise L&D teams selling into school dist…

Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Meta Are Now Energy Companies. The Rest of the Enterprise World Needs to Catch Up.

Amazon, Meta, Google, and Microsoft accounted for 49% of all global clean power purchase agreement volumes in 2025. They are not buying energy anymore. They are building energy infrastructure. Every e…

Biopharma's $300 Billion Problem Is Driving the Biggest M&A Cycle in a Decade

More than $300 billion in branded pharmaceutical revenue faces patent expiration by 2030. Big Pharma cannot replace it through internal R&D alone. The result is the most aggressive acquisition cycle s…

Healthcare Supply Chain Has a Board-Level Governance Problem.

90% of healthcare supply chain professionals say supply chain is a top-three financial lever. 83% say boards review it less than quarterly. That gap is not a communication problem. It is a structural…

BlackBerry Is a B2B Enterprise Software Company Now. And the Numbers Prove It.

Most markets still price BlackBerry as a nostalgia trade. QNX revenue up 26%, adjusted EBITDA up 52%, a $1 billion royalty backlog, and a deepening NVIDIA partnership say otherwise. Here is what enter…

Industrial automation accelerates in 2026 as AI, humanoids, and facility investments converge

AI robots, AMRs, and facility buildouts are reshaping industrial manufacturing in 2026, but operational readiness may be the real bottleneck.

Tech Mahindra and Telefónica Germany expand partnership to build private cloud platform

Tech Mahindra and Telefónica Germany are expanding their multi-year deal to build a next-gen private cloud and PaaS for telecom and enterprise workloads.

Bain & Company repositions the CIO as AI's chief enabler in enterprise technology push

Bain & Company is expanding its enterprise technology practice, arguing that modern architecture is now a strategic requirement for scaling AI at speed.