CrowdStrike unveiled a Secure-by-Design AI Blueprint with NVIDIA and accelerated agentic MDR using the NVIDIA Agent Toolkit, while Palo Alto Networks expanded its security ecosystem for sovereign AI and the autonomous edge. Oracle introduced Fusion Agentic Applications as outcome-driven teams of specialized AI agents, SAP launched next-gen Ariba for AI-era source-to-pay, and Amdocs was selected by Smart for the Store Genie agentic AI retail solution running on its Cognitive Core.

TELUS launched the world’s first smart home AI assistant with Generative UI that dynamically creates personalized interfaces from voice, images, and sensor data. Adobe announced a strategic partnership with NVIDIA to accelerate AI-powered creation, production, and personalization including next-generation Firefly models. 

NVIDIA collaborated with industrial software leaders and manufacturers to integrate CUDA X, Omniverse, and GPU-accelerated tools into design, engineering, and manufacturing workflows.

Further AI momentum included Seeq announcing Seeq Intelligence for operational decision-making, Amdocs collaborating with Stanford on AI tool integration in software engineering, Amdocs releasing its global study on AI Agent Personality Engineering, Snowflake revealing interoperability needs for AI in healthcare and later publishing ROI research on Gen AI and agents across 10 countries, NTT DATA unveiling full-stack NVIDIA-powered enterprise AI factories, TwinThread launching Perfect Batch for golden-batch manufacturing optimization, 3E introducing an AI platform for product compliance with agentic-ready data, and Zapier providing inline AI Guardrails to detect PII, prompt injection, and toxic content.

ServiceNow delivered trusted AI solutions for government mission outcomes, Cohesity partnered with ServiceNow for agent resilience and data safeguarding, Adecco Group scaled human-centric agentic AI with Agentforce, Tata Communications unveiled IZO self-healing dynamic connectivity for AI-driven distributed data centers, Accenture launched Cyber.AI with Anthropic’s Claude for continuous AI-driven security, ElevenLabs partnered with IBM to add premium voice to watsonx Orchestrate for richer agentic experiences, Noxtua entered Deutsche Telekom’s AI factory with sovereign Legal AI, and SAP agreed to acquire Reltio to make enterprise master data AI-ready.

Keysight advanced AI-driven uplink optimization with MediaTek, Keysight debuted its 1.6T Ethernet AI workload emulation platform, and Keysight launched AI Inference Builder for validating inference-optimized infrastructure. Grameenphone signed an MoU with ZTE on LLM and Agentic AI for autonomous networks in Bangladesh, and DOCOMO and SK Telecom published a white paper on vRAN evolution toward AI-RAN.

HP demonstrated an intelligent device ecosystem with on-device HP IQ intelligence and proximity-based connectivity for productivity, NVIDIA joined energy firms to create flexible grid-connected AI factories that generate tokens while supporting grid stability, Carahsoft broadened ServiceNow AI Platform availability in the public sector, Oracle released Java 26 with enhanced AI and cryptography integration, and Hyundai Motor, Kia, and NVIDIA expanded DRIVE Hyperion adoption for next-generation autonomous driving alongside other major car brands.

Security & Assurance News

Fortinet introduced FortiOS 8.0 with AI-driven security, next-gen SASE, and quantum-safe features to simplify architectures while maintaining consistent protection, and further advanced its Security Operations Platform with expanded agentic AI and FortiSOC preview. CrowdStrike established the endpoint as the epicenter for AI security with new Falcon capabilities, launched the Charlotte AI AgentWorks Ecosystem with multiple partners including NVIDIA and Accenture, and expanded collaborations with IBM on agentic SOC transformation.

Palo Alto Networks expanded its ecosystem for sovereign AI, introduced a secure browser and Prisma AIRS 3.0 for the Agentic AI lifecycle, and launched Next-Generation Trust Security to automate certificate management and eliminate outages. HP released TPM Guard to prevent physical TPM bus attacks on business notebooks and enhanced its Wolf Security portfolio with quantum resistance. Dell Technologies added quantum and AI risk protections to its cybersecurity offerings.

Cloudflare published its 2026 threat report highlighting shifts in cyberattacks, and HP released threat insights noting efficient AI-assisted attacks. CrowdStrike partnered with Schwarz Digits for sovereign cloud security in Europe, CrowdStrike integrated Falcon with Perplexity’s AI browser, and Singtel partnered with Cohesity for intelligent AI data security. EY selected CrowdStrike for agentic SOC services, CrowdStrike achieved FedRAMP High for XIoT protection, and CrowdStrike expanded GovCloud capabilities.

Keysight launched SBOM Manager to meet software transparency regulations, Cisco reimagined security for agentic workforces, ThreatDown uncovered the first Deno JavaScript runtime attack, and Bell Cyber launched managed cybersecurity for Canadian SMEs. VIAVI introduced Observer Threat Forensics for converged NetSecOps, and Akamai transformed Zero Trust with AI-powered policy generation.