supply chain risk

FTZ Software Gaps Are Costing Enterprises Millions | ECI Research

FTZ Software Gaps Are Costing Enterprises Millions | ECI Research

Application Development, Compliance, Supply Chain /

A new survey of 301 enterprise trade and compliance executives finds that 67% of FTZ users had negative audit findings in the past 11 months, and 87% report direct financial harm from inadequate FTZ software. ECI Research examines why fragmented toolchains are the root cause and why AI adoption requires a consolidated data foundation first. The investment case for FTZ platform modernization is no longer about future capability — it’s about stopping current-period losses.

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Black Kite + Sayari: Unified Third-Party Cyber Risk Intelligence

Black Kite + Sayari: Unified Third-Party Cyber Risk Intelligence

Application Development, Cyber Security, Enterprise IT Strategy /

Black Kite and Sayari have partnered to combine continuous cyber risk monitoring with global corporate ownership and trade intelligence. The integration targets a persistent gap in third-party risk programs: the manual, siloed correlation of cyber exposure and corporate network data. ECI Research analysts assess what this means for ITDMs, security engineers, and the competitive risk intelligence market.

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Eclipse ThreadX and RISC-V Advance the Open Embedded Stack

Eclipse ThreadX and RISC-V Advance the Open Embedded Stack

Application Development, Embedded Systems, IoT, Open Community Experience 2026, Open Source /

OCX 2026 surfaced two converging stories: Eclipse ThreadX’s unique position as the only safety-certified open source RTOS, and new academic research applying machine learning to classify open source project health across five structural archetypes. Together, they reframe open source sustainability from a philosophical concern to a quantifiable operational risk. ECI Research breaks down what this means for ITDMs and developers managing embedded stacks and software supply chains.

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