Samantha Weston

Author: Samantha Weston

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  • With over 15 years of hands-on experience in operations roles across legal, financial, and technology sectors, Sam Weston brings deep expertise in the systems that power modern enterprises such as ERP, CRM, HCM, CX, and beyond. Her career has spanned the full spectrum of enterprise applications, from optimizing business processes and managing platforms to leading digital transformation initiatives.

    Sam has transitioned her expertise into the analyst arena, focusing on enterprise applications and the evolving role they play in business productivity and transformation. She provides independent insights that bridge technology capabilities with business outcomes, helping organizations and vendors alike navigate a changing enterprise software landscape.

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Dynatrace Q1 FY2027: AI Observability Demand Drives 17% ARR Growth
AI, Application Development, Automation, Cloud, Infrastructure

Dynatrace Q1 FY2027: AI Observability Demand Drives 17% ARR Growth

Dynatrace exceeded Q1 FY2027 guidance across all metrics, posting 17% ARR growth and record new logo ARR acceleration above 160%. The results reflect accelerating... Read more.
AI Content Governance: Why the Output Layer Is the Real Risk
AI Governance, Application Development, DevSecOps

Why the Output Layer Is the Real Risk in AI Content Governance

Enterprise AI governance has advanced on access logging and provenance tracking, but most programs still lack enforcement at the content output layer. Markup AI... Read more.
EU AI Act Transparency Rules: The Governance Debt Risk for Enterprises
Agentic AI, AI, AI Governance, AI/ML, AIOps, Application Development, Generative AI

EU AI Act Transparency Rules: The Governance Debt Risk for Enterprises

The EU AI Act's transparency requirements are now enforceable, and most enterprises are not structurally ready. Kore.ai's CSO warns of "governance debt" — AI initiatives... Read more.
Acceldata AI Observability: Governing Agents Across Hybrid Data
Agentic AI, AI, AI Governance, AIOps, Application Development, Observability

Governing Agents Across Hybrid Data

Acceldata has launched AI Observability as a native capability of its xLake Data & AI Platform, connecting agent traces directly to data quality, lineage, and pipeline... Read more.
IREN Acquires Mirantis: Completing the AI Cloud Stack
AI, Application Development, Cloud-Native, DevSecOps, Infrastructure, Kubernetes

IREN Acquires Mirantis: Completing the AI Cloud Stack

IREN has completed its acquisition of Mirantis, adding the k0rdent AI orchestration platform to its owned data centers and compute infrastructure. The deal represents... Read more.
ServiceNow Autonomous Security: AI-Native Cyber Defense Analyzed
AI, Application Development, Automation, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software

ServiceNow Autonomous Security: AI-Native Cyber Defense Analyzed

ServiceNow announced Autonomous Security, a six-solution AI-native security portfolio integrating Armis and Veza capabilities into its AI Control Tower. The platform... Read more.
Maximor's Autonomous Finance Platform: Beyond Task Automation
AI, Application Development, Automation, Enterprise Software, FinOps

Maximor’s Autonomous Finance Platform: Beyond Task Automation

Maximor has expanded its AI-native platform to run the full office of the CFO autonomously, claiming 98% of transactions complete without human intervention. Nine... Read more.
Digital Media Provenance: Why C2PA Matters Beyond AI Fakes
Application Development, DevSecOps, Software Development

Why C2PA Matters Beyond AI Fakes

A Utah judge's rejection of unverified surveillance footage exposed a structural gap in digital media provenance that predates AI by decades. DigiCert is advancing... Read more.
AI Feature Adoption Gap: Half of Vertical Software Operators Are Missing the Mark
AI, Application Development, Machine Learning

AI Feature Adoption Gap: Half of Vertical Software Operators Are Missing the Mark

Banyan Software's inaugural AI benchmark report finds that 51% of vertical software operators see fewer than one in four customers using the AI they built. The gap... Read more.