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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Aina Raises $5.5M to Build the AI Hardware Interface Beyond Keyboards
Application Development, DevOps, Enterprise Software

Aina Raises $5.5M to Build the AI Hardware Interface Beyond Keyboards

Aina, founded by a former Ultrahuman hardware executive, has raised $5.5M to build a general-purpose AI interface designed to replace keyboards and touchscreens.... Read more.
BCNEXXT Vipe: Cloud-Native Playout at IBC2026
Application Development, Cloud, Infrastructure

BCNEXXT Vipe: Cloud-Native Playout at IBC2026

BCNEXXT is showcasing a new version of its cloud-native playout platform Vipe at IBC2026, promising up to 80% lower operating costs by eliminating the one-channel-to-one-server... Read more.
Argon2 Password Security: Stronger Hashing, Smarter Limits
Application Development, Compliance, Cyber Security

Argon2 Password Security: Stronger Hashing, Smarter Limits

Specops Software has published research showing Argon2id is 451 million times slower to crack than SHA256, but a $2,100 CPU still outpaces an eight-GPU rig. The... Read more.
GitLab 19.2: Agentic DevSecOps Tackles the AI Code Backlog
AI, Application Development, Automation, DevSecOps, Enterprise Software

GitLab 19.2: Agentic DevSecOps Tackles the AI Code Backlog

GitLab 19.2 introduces agentic automation designed to clear the review and security backlog that AI-generated code creates. Key features include Dependency Scanning... Read more.
EU AI Act Compliance: Why Observability Isn't Enough for High-Risk AI
AI, AI Governance, Application Development, Compliance, Machine Learning

EU AI Act Compliance: Why Observability Isn’t Enough for High-Risk AI

Diagrid's Catalyst platform addresses two structural gaps in EU AI Act compliance that observability tools leave open: the inability to produce cryptographically... Read more.
Mediagenix Launches Governed Agentic AI for Media Operations
AI, Application Development, Automation, Enterprise Software

Mediagenix Launches Governed Agentic AI for Media Operations

Mediagenix has announced a suite of AI capabilities built for media operations, including a conversational AI dashboard, a semantic intelligence layer, and an AI... Read more.
AI Infrastructure Strategy: Why Edge and Governance Matter Most
AI, Application Development, Cloud, DevSecOps, Infrastructure, Machine Learning

AI Infrastructure Strategy: Why Edge and Governance Matter Most

AI Appreciation Day prompted BCN CEO Richard Boudria Jr. to argue that the next AI wave will be won on infrastructure, not model size. ECI Research data shows most... Read more.
Enterprise AI Training Gap: Employees Left Behind | ECI Research
AI, Application Development, Automation, DevSecOps, Enterprise IT Strategy

Enterprise AI Training Gap: Employees Left Behind | ECI Research

TrustedTech's latest research finds that 78% of decision-makers are confident using AI at work versus just 43% of employees, while 36% of workers are self-teaching... Read more.
Sheetz Replaces VMware at 830+ Sites with StorMagic SvHCI
Application Development, Edge Computing, Infrastructure

Sheetz Replaces VMware at 830+ Sites with StorMagic SvHCI

Sheetz has selected StorMagic SvHCI to replace VMware across its 830+ store locations, executing the migration remotely at 200 stores per month with no hardware... Read more.