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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Cisco FY26 Record Revenue: AI Infrastructure Strategy Pays Off
AI, Application Development, Cyber Security, Enterprise IT Strategy, Infrastructure

Cisco FY26 Record Revenue: AI Infrastructure Strategy Pays Off

Cisco closed fiscal 2026 with record revenue of $63.3 billion, driven by AI infrastructure investment and platform consolidation. ECI Research analyzes what the... Read more.
IBM and OpenAI: What the Partnership Means for Enterprise AI
AI, AI Governance, Application Development, Government Technology

What the Partnership of IBM and OpenAI Means for Enterprise AI

IBM's latest announcements span enterprise AI, infrastructure modernization, and quantum computing. The OpenAI partnership embeds frontier models into IBM Consulting,... Read more.
Telestream UP at IBC2026: Cloud-Native Media Workflow Platform
AI, Application Development, Automation, Cloud, Media and Entertainment

Telestream UP at IBC2026: Cloud-Native Media Workflow Platform

Telestream announced the next evolution of its UP platform at IBC2026, adding MCP support for AI agents and expanding its modular media workflow capabilities. ECI... Read more.
Agentic AI Governance Gap: 94% Confident, 33% Compliant
AI, Application Development, Cyber Security, Enterprise Software, Machine Learning

Agentic AI Governance Gap: 94% Confident, 33% Compliant

Cequence Security and EMA surveyed 202 enterprise IT and security leaders and found that 94% are confident their AI agents aren't over-provisioned, yet only 33%... Read more.
Google Public Sector AI: Speed, Antigravity, and the DoD Signal
AI, Application Development, Cloud, Government Technology, Machine Learning

Google Public Sector AI for Speed, Antigravity, and the DoD Signal

Google Public Sector's August 2026 newsletter reveals a coordinated push to compress the gap between commercial AI capability and government accessibility. From... Read more.
Dreamdata AI Tackles the Trust Gap in B2B Marketing Analytics
AI, Application Development, Automation, MarTech

Dreamdata AI Tackles the Trust Gap in B2B Marketing Analytics

Dreamdata has launched Dreamdata AI, a three-product suite featuring an Analytics Agent, MCP Server, and Data Warehouse built on a governed semantic layer. The platform... Read more.
Airrived Sovereign AI Platform: On-Prem Agentic AI for Regulated Enterprises
AI, Application Development, Enterprise Software, Infrastructure

Airrived Sovereign AI Platform: On-Prem Agentic AI for Regulated Enterprises

Airrived has launched a Sovereign AI Platform that runs agentic AI entirely within an organization's own infrastructure, including fully air-gapped environments.... Read more.
Globalgig Bets on Managed Security Consolidation Across AI and Edge
Application Development, Cyber Security, Enterprise IT Strategy

Globalgig Bets on Managed Security Consolidation Across AI and Edge

Globalgig has announced a consolidated managed security portfolio spanning five attack surface layers, built on Palo Alto Networks and delivered through a single... Read more.
NVIDIA & MediaTek Expand AI Partnership Around NVLink Fusion
AI, Application Development, Infrastructure

NVIDIA & MediaTek Expand AI Partnership Around NVLink Fusion

NVIDIA and MediaTek have expanded their partnership to build AI computing platforms across cloud infrastructure, local computing, and automotive. The centerpiece... Read more.
Liveops LiveNexus Agent Assist: Real-Time AI for Contact Centers
AI, Application Development, Automation, Customer Experience

Liveops LiveNexus Agent Assist: Real-Time AI for Contact Centers

Liveops has launched LiveNexus Agent Assist, a browser-based AI overlay that delivers real-time coaching, compliance controls, and workflow automation to contact... Read more.