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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Act Security Launches $60M Platform to Fix Cloud Access Sprawl
Application Development, Cloud, Enterprise IT Strategy, Security

Act Security Launches $60M Platform to Fix Cloud Access Sprawl

Act Security has launched an action-centric cloud security platform backed by $60 million from Team8, Bessemer, and Notable Capital. Rather than surfacing vulnerability... Read more.
Open Secure AI Alliance: NVIDIA's Bet on Open Cybersecurity
AI, Application Development, Cyber Security, Machine Learning, Open Source

Open Secure AI Alliance: NVIDIA’s Bet on Open Cybersecurity

NVIDIA and more than 40 industry partners have formed the Open Secure AI Alliance, arguing that open AI models and harnesses are essential defensive assets for cybersecurity.... Read more.
ServiceNow AI Growth Hits $1B ACV: Q2 2026 Results Analysis
AI, Application Development, Enterprise IT Strategy

ServiceNow AI Growth Hits $1B ACV: Q2 2026 Results Analysis

ServiceNow reported Q2 2026 results that beat guidance on every key metric, with subscription revenues up 24.5% year-over-year and AI ACV crossing $1 billion. ECI... Read more.
Cisco Cloud Control and AgenticOps: Autonomous Infra or Bold Rebrand?
AI, Application Development, Automation, Cloud, Enterprise IT Strategy

Cisco Cloud Control and AgenticOps: Autonomous Infra or Bold Rebrand?

Cisco's Cloud Control and AgenticOps framework aims to shift enterprise infrastructure from reactive operations to autonomous, adaptive management. ECI Research... Read more.
Kata Containers 4.0: Open Source AI Agent Sandboxing Grows Up
Application Development, Cloud-Native, Open Source, Security

Kata Containers 4.0: Open Source AI Agent Sandboxing Grows Up

Kata Containers 4.0 promotes its Rust-based runtime to default, replacing Go, and positions the project as the open source standard for isolating AI agents in Kubernetes.... Read more.
Quantum Elements Brings Error Suppression to IBM Qiskit Users
Application Development, Enterprise IT Strategy, Quantum Computing

Quantum Elements Brings Error Suppression to IBM Qiskit Users

Quantum Elements is launching Orbit, its advanced error suppression tool, through IBM's Qiskit Functions Catalog. The move gives IBM Quantum Network members practical... Read more.
Cinchy PeriMind: AI Action Governance for Enterprise Trust
AI, Application Development, Compliance, Enterprise Software, Security

Cinchy PeriMind: AI Action Governance for Enterprise Trust

Cinchy has launched PeriMind, an AI governance suite that gives enterprises real-time visibility and policy enforcement over AI agents in production. The product... Read more.
Mirantis Earns CNCF Kubernetes AI Conformance for k0s and k0rdent
AI, Application Development, Cloud, DevOps, Infrastructure, Machine Learning, Platform Engineering

Mirantis Earns CNCF Kubernetes AI Conformance for k0s and k0rdent

Mirantis has achieved CNCF Certified Kubernetes AI Conformance for both k0s and k0rdent at Kubernetes v1.35, independently validating GPU orchestration, distributed... Read more.