Samantha Weston

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  • Samantha Weston

    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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Open Source AI Governance: Strands, ROS MCP & Foundation Strategy
AI, Application Development, Cloud-Native, Kubernetes, Observability, Open Source, Open Source Summit 2026, Software Development

Open Source AI Governance: Strands, ROS MCP & Foundation Strategy

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0 comments on Open Source AI Governance: Strands, ROS MCP & Foundation Strategy
AWS's Strands agent SDK and Contour Robotics' ROS MCP bridge both landed in open source foundations at Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit, signaling that foundation... Read more.
Vates XCP-NG: The Open Source VMware Alternative Making Its Move
Application Development, Open Source, Open Source Summit 2026, Virtualization

Vates XCP-NG: The Open Source VMware Alternative Making Its Move

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0 comments on Vates XCP-NG: The Open Source VMware Alternative Making Its Move
Vates, maker of XCP-NG and XenOrchestra, is accelerating its North American expansion as Broadcom's VMware repricing drives urgent migration demand. ECI Research... Read more.
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

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0 comments on 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

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0 comments on 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

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0 comments on 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

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0 comments on 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

by Samantha Weston, Paul Nashawaty 0 comments on 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

by Samantha Weston, Paul Nashawaty 0 comments on 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

by Samantha Weston, Paul Nashawaty 0 comments on 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

by Samantha Weston, Paul Nashawaty 0 comments on 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.