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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Willow Raises $7M to Govern AI Agents in the Enterprise
AI, Application Development, Enterprise Applications, Security

Willow Raises $7M to Govern AI Agents in the Enterprise

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
Willow has launched from stealth with $7 million in seed funding to provide enterprises with visibility and access control over AI agents. The platform, already... Read more.
Microsoft Build 2026: AI Platform, MAI Models, and Enterprise Governance
AI, Application Development, Cloud, DevOps, Events, Infrastructure

Microsoft Build 2026: AI Platform, MAI Models, and Enterprise Governance

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
Microsoft Build 2026 delivered a sweeping expansion of its AI developer platform, spanning first-party models, a new enterprise context layer, agent-native Windows... Read more.
Copilot Data Exposure: Why 93% Confidence Hides a Real Risk
AI, Application Development, Cloud, Governance, Machine Learning

Copilot Data Exposure: Why 93% Confidence Hides a Real Risk

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
A new survey of 851 IT leaders reveals a stark contradiction: near-universal confidence in Microsoft 365 AI governance coexists with a 29% data exposure incident... Read more.
Starburst Names Paras Malhotra CISO: Security Meets AI Data Strategy
AI, Application Development, Data Management, Enterprise Applications

Starburst Names Paras Malhotra CISO: Security Meets AI Data Strategy

by Paul Nashawaty, Samantha Weston 0
Starburst has appointed Paras Malhotra as Chief Information Security Officer, bringing deep security leadership from AWS and Datadog to its federated data and AI... Read more.
G7 AI Openness Vision: What the New Labels Mean for Enterprise IT
AI, AI Governance, Application Development, Enterprise IT Strategy, Open Source

G7 AI Openness Vision: What the New Labels Mean for Enterprise IT

by Samantha Weston, Paul Nashawaty 0
The G7 and Open Source Initiative have published a shared taxonomy for AI model openness, introducing three labels that give enterprise buyers and regulators a principled... Read more.
Starburst 2026 AI & Data Visionary Awards: What the Winners Reveal
AI, Application Development, Data Management, Enterprise IT Strategy, Machine Learning

Starburst 2026 AI & Data Visionary Awards: What the Winners Reveal

by Samantha Weston, Paul Nashawaty 0
Starburst's 2026 AI & Data Visionary Awards spotlight production-grade deployments at GEICO, Citizens Financial Group, Vizient, and others. The patterns across winners... Read more.
AI Simulation Lifts Contact Center Agent Readiness by 57% | ECI Research
AI, Application Development, Customer Experience, Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Software

AI Simulation Lifts Contact Center Agent Readiness by 57%

by Samantha Weston, Paul Nashawaty 0
Liveops has released cohort-level performance data from its LiveNexus AI orchestration platform showing that simulation-certified contact center agents outperform... Read more.