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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AI Is Reshaping Cybersecurity Budgets and Jobs in 2026
AI, Application Development, Cyber Security, Machine Learning

AI Is Reshaping Cybersecurity Budgets and Jobs in 2026

The 2026 Security Budget Benchmark Report from IANS and Artico Search finds AI is the top priority for net-new security spending even as overall budgets grow just... Read more.
StorMagic + Mako Networks: Edge Infrastructure Partnership Analyzed
Application Development, DevOps, Edge Computing, Infrastructure

StorMagic + Mako Networks: Edge Infrastructure Partnership Analyzed

StorMagic and Mako Networks have partnered to combine hyperconverged edge infrastructure with PCI-certified cloud-managed networking for distributed enterprises.... Read more.
Eve Security Raises $7.5M to Lead AI Agent Runtime Security
AI, Application Development, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning

Eve Security Raises $7.5M to Lead AI Agent Runtime Security

Eve Security has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to bring runtime security and governance to enterprise AI agents. The round follows a high-profile incident... Read more.
Aron Launches AI Chief of Staff for Procurement Teams
Agentic AI, AI, Application Development, Enterprise Software

Aron Launches AI Chief of Staff for Procurement Teams

Aron, founded by Apple's former head of Worldwide Logistics Procurement, launched from stealth with an AI Chief of Staff that autonomously runs source-to-contract... Read more.
Airrived Agentic Observability: Governing AI Agents at Scale
AI, Application Development, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning

Airrived Agentic Observability: Governing AI Agents at Scale

Airrived's Agentic Observability launch targets a real and growing gap: enterprises deploying AI agents without the governance infrastructure to manage them. ECI... Read more.
PDQ Wins Texas K–12 Endpoint Management Deal | ECI Research
Application Development, Cyber Security, Public Sector Technology

PDQ Wins Texas K–12 Endpoint Management Deal | ECI Research

PDQ has been selected to provide endpoint management software to Texas K–12 school districts at no cost, funded through the Texas K–12 Cybersecurity Initiative.... Read more.
Blitzy Targets AI Legacy Modernization With Free Sandbox Tier
AI, Application Development, Automation, DevOps

Blitzy Targets AI Legacy Modernization With a No Cost Sandbox Tier

Blitzy has announced a sandbox tier that reverse engineers up to 1 million lines of legacy code and generates 25,000 lines of tested output using parallel AI agents.... Read more.
Stacklet's Cloud AI FinOps Benchmark Sets a New Governance Standard
AI, Application Development, Cloud, FinOps, Infrastructure

Stacklet’s Cloud AI FinOps Benchmark Sets a New Governance Standard

Stacklet has introduced the Cloud AI FinOps Benchmark, a set of tested controls that assess and remediate cloud AI cost waste across AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure.... Read more.
Typewise Nova: The AI Operator Running Customer Service 24/7
AI, Application Development, Automation, Cloud, Customer Experience

Typewise Nova: The AI Operator Running Customer Service 24/7

Typewise launched Nova, an AI Operator that builds, runs, and continuously improves customer service AI without dedicated ops staff. Priced on resolved outcomes... Read more.