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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Edera and Minimus Unite for End-to-End Container Security
Application Development, DevSecOps, Open Source, Programming, Software Development

Edera and Minimus Unite for End-to-End Container Security

Edera and Minimus have announced a strategic partnership combining hardened container images with hypervisor-layer runtime isolation. The joint solution targets... Read more.
ServiceNow Knowledge 2026: The Case for an AI Control Tower
AI, Application Development, Enterprise IT Strategy, ServiceNow Knowledge

ServiceNow Knowledge 2026: The Case for an AI Control Tower

ServiceNow's Knowledge 2026 conference unveiled Action Fabric, Otto, and a sweeping AI Control Tower strategy aimed at solving the governance gap in enterprise agentic... Read more.
Team Velocity Acquires Foundation Direct: Analyst Take
Application Development, FinOps, Marketing Strategy, MarTech

Team Velocity Acquires Foundation Direct: Analyst Take

Team Velocity has acquired Foundation Direct, a digital agency founded by former Google automotive executives, to combine media strategy with its Apollo customer... Read more.
Coder Expands Into AI Developer Infrastructure With Agents and Governance
AI, Application Development, Open Source, Open Source Summit 2026, Programming, Software Development

Coder Expands Into AI Developer Infrastructure With Agents and Governance

Coder has announced a major product expansion, moving from a cloud developer environment into a three-layer AI developer infrastructure platform comprising Coder... Read more.
Keycard Launches AI Agent Identity for Multi-Agent Apps
AI, Application Development, Automation, DevOps, Security

Keycard Launches AI Agent Identity for Multi-Agent Apps

Keycard announced Keycard for Multi-Agent Apps, extending its platform to support delegated, session-based access control across autonomous agent systems. The product... Read more.
Cisco Q3 FY26: AI Infrastructure Demand Drives Record Revenue
Application Development, Cloud, DevSecOps, Enterprise IT Strategy, Infrastructure

Cisco Q3 FY26: AI Infrastructure Demand Drives Record Revenue

Cisco reported record quarterly revenue of $15.8 billion in Q3 FY2026, driven by surging AI infrastructure demand and enterprise network modernization. Product orders... Read more.
SurfaceGX Launches AI Visibility Repair Platform | ECI Research
AI, Application Development, DevOps, Machine Learning, MarTech

SurfaceGX Launches AI Visibility Repair Platform

SurfaceGX has launched an AI Visibility Repair Infrastructure platform designed to diagnose and remediate the technical and content signals that govern how brands... Read more.
Equinix Fabric Geo Zones: Network-Layer Data Sovereignty for Multicloud
AI Governance, Application Development, Cloud, Compliance, Infrastructure

Equinix Fabric Geo Zones: Network-Layer Data Sovereignty for Multicloud

Equinix has launched Fabric Geo Zones, the first network-level data sovereignty solution built natively into a global interconnection fabric spanning 77 metros.... Read more.
formae Adds Kubernetes & Helm: A New IaC System of Record
Application Development, Cloud, DevOps, Platform Engineering

formae Adds Kubernetes & Helm: A New IaC System of Record

Platform Engineering Labs has updated formae with native Kubernetes, Helm, and a plugin Hub, positioning it as a unified system of record for cloud-native infrastructure.... Read more.
Why Enterprise AI Data Governance Is the Real Bottleneck | ECI Research
AI, Application Development, Cloud, Data Analytics, FinOps

Why Enterprise AI Data Governance Is the Real Bottleneck | ECI Research

Starburst's AI & Datanova 2026 conference frames enterprise data governance, not model capability, as the primary barrier to scaling AI into production. ECI Research... Read more.