http://www.currentanalysis.com/ Analysis Reports provided by Current Analysis, Inc. en-us All materials Copyright 1997-2026 Current Analysis, Inc. Reproduction or distribution prohibited without express written consent. Sat, 26 Sep 2026 14:35:03 GMT http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133387&rss Google announced three voice-activated AI features coming soon to Google Workspace that enable users to complete tasks with less effort. More importantly, the features support two important trends in the team collaboration space. Gregg Willsky 2026-09-25T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133380&rss CX agentic orchestration is becoming necessary due to growing complexity emerging from the increasing prevalence of probabilistic/agentic AI. The reality remains fragmented due to infrastructural limits and, most importantly, a trust deficit. Oru Mohiuddin 2026-09-24T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133377&rss Boomi has served as a hub for connecting applications, and it is evolving into a platform for connecting and governing AI agents. It is a worthy partner for service providers helping enterprises with their agentic AI development. Siow Meng Soh 2026-09-23T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133375&rss Salesforce is making a play for what is fast becoming the make-or-break component of the AI stack—the control plane for managing, securing, and governing all AI activities within an enterprise’s ecosystem of technology. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-09-23T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133366&rss Cisco shows strong momentum with Splunk AI for on-prem/private environments via Cisco AI POD with NVIDIA, launches Agent Observability + tokenomics, expands agentic SOC and exposure analytics, and signs a multi-year AWS security deal. Steve Schuchart - Charlotte Dunlap 2026-09-18T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=107391&rss AI platforms providers are racing to incorporate tools that improve governance of agentic AI, enable greater visibility into and control of token usage, and support a range of deployment options. Rena Bhattacharyya - Alfie Amir 2026-09-17T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133355&rss GlobalData’s GenAI Quarterly covers the latest news in this sector, providing insight into several announcements including the OpenAI GPT-6 Astra’s release, and new safety fears voiced by regulators, and AI companies across the world. Beatriz Valle - Charlotte Dunlap 2026-09-16T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133356&rss ‘Slackforce Surfaces’ is a new Slack platform feature that leverages the ‘Slackbot’ AI-driven work agent. It enables users to automatically generate and refresh tailored views of live data and context residing inside and outside Salesforce. Gregg Willsky 2026-09-16T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94579&rss To boost its hybrid cloud strategy, IBM acquired Confluent, whose real-time data capabilities and Kora engine provide a unified, cloud-native data plane driven by Apache Kafka across AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP, and on-premises environments. Beatriz Valle 2026-09-15T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133350&rss Microsoft launched an AI-powered migration tool called Dynamics 365 Activate designed to run frictionless migration, currently from Salesforce to Dynamics 365, in an efficient and cost-effective manner, complementing its evolution toward a one-stop-shop for IT. Oru Mohiuddin 2026-09-11T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133344&rss There is a voice resurgence in customer service. Modern versions of conversational and agentic AI are enhancing the IP-voice experience by taking away the frictions and customer frustration that have been traditionally associated with it. Oru Mohiuddin 2026-09-10T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133337&rss Nokia’s Mobile Core Early Access brings advanced AI-based network connectivity into a hosted, hands-on environment—helping teams move faster from exploration to planning and use case validation, without upfront capital investment. Glen Hunt 2026-09-09T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133331&rss Nvidia has signed an agreement to acquire AI model repository and open-source platform Hugging Face, for around $13 billion. The staggering figure reveals the strategic importance of this purchase at a time when the role of open-weight models is becoming critical in the industry. Beatriz Valle 2026-09-04T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94535&rss SAP has made several major announcements, marked by a strategic shift to the "Autonomous Enterprise" and agentic AI at its Sapphire event, a settlement over its on-premises support policies with the EU, and important enterprise acquisitions. Beatriz Valle 2026-09-03T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94586&rss ALE announced multiple new AI-related initiatives and additions to in network equipment range designed to support industrial transformation. ALE delivered additions to its Wi-Fi 7 and private 5G suites and launched a new API program for partners. Gary Barton - Steve Schuchart 2026-08-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94527&rss Cisco's Webex mission is to support hybrid work and customer experience. While the Webex platform continues to be a premier solution for collaboration and customer engagement, Cisco faces intense competition from Microsoft, Google, and Zoom. Gregg Willsky 2026-08-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=118841&rss CPaaS vendors are embedding AI into their platforms, offering agentic AI solutions, and enabling developers to connect AI coding tools to communications APIs. The shift from comms APIs to connected omni-channel CX journeys drives demand for CPaaS. Siow Meng Soh 2026-08-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=101815&rss The PaaS layer of the cloud stack has evolved to become the foundation for autonomous AI services, enabling the automation and efficiency DevOps teams have lacked for operationalizing and modernizing the entire application lifecycle. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-08-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=130404&rss GlobalData provides assessments of eight large language models (LLMs), naming Google Gemini the leader. Competitors include OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, IBM, AWS, Meta, and others. Beatriz Valle - Charlotte Dunlap 2026-08-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133288&rss DataRobot is a 14-year veteran in a crowded AI platform market. To differentiate from hyperscale cloud competitors it is betting on its AI-focused expertise, support for multiple deployment options, and strong portfolio of support services. Rena Bhattacharyya 2026-08-27T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133276&rss TELUS Digital continues to expand across emerging markets, capitalizing on demand for AI-powered customer and digital experiences. The company is also strengthening its partner ecosystem to deliver tailored end-to-end solutions for its customers. Brendan Swan - Charlotte Dunlap 2026-08-26T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133281&rss Conversation intelligence tools apply AI to surface insights from conversations that would otherwise be missed, moving work forward and raising customer satisfaction. Conversation intelligence brings challenges, but they are not insurmountable. Gregg Willsky 2026-08-25T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133277&rss AMD held its Advancing AI 2026 event in San Francisco (US) in July 2026. Perhaps one of the main announcements was that the Helios rack is now in production. AMD’s strategy focuses on R&D, acquisitions, and accelerating its product roadmap. Beatriz Valle 2026-08-24T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133269&rss Apple's first foldable should be formidable, but hype won't guarantee adoption. At an expected $2,000-plus price, Apple must prove the foldable is worth the premium—and lean on its ecosystem, financing, and carriers to make the economics work. Nicole Teasley - Amanda Mitchell 2026-08-20T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133259&rss Everyone is looking to build AI factories, but who will connect them? Zayo’s deal with Nvidia could reignite long-haul network investment. Brendan Swan 2026-08-17T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133261&rss Generative AI has introduced a lot of dynamism but also upheaval in the data center market. As a result, infrastructure providers are enhancing their portfolios through innovation, partnerships, and acquisitions to keep up with the changes. Beatriz Valle 2026-08-17T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133262&rss Dynatrace’s Arize acquisition continues its quest to extend its infrastructure observability platform into agent-native AI observability, and creates a pathway for enterprise developers. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-08-17T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133256&rss IBM and OpenAI are expanding on their existing relationship, with the former making thousands of OpenAI-trained consultants available. But with so many similar partnerships, how is this one different? Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-08-14T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=104709&rss RingCentral has enhanced its reputation by growing its portfolio to include cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration, contact center solutions, webinars, and events, while aggressively infusing all of them with AI. Gregg Willsky 2026-08-14T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133255&rss Telstra reports its full year 2026 results showing positive benefits of its Connected Future 30 foundations, but persistent weakness across its enterprise and international business continues to weigh on the broader results. Brendan Swan - Siow Meng Soh 2026-08-14T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133251&rss Anthropic responded to the EU AI Act’s transparency rules, outlining plans to watermark Claude-generated content. The AI giant trails behind rival Google in committing to the daunting task of tagging massive amounts of content. Charlotte Dunlap - Beatriz Valle 2026-08-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133249&rss AT&T EdgeVis Cloud is a smart packaging move that can ease IoT video rollouts by removing on-premises server hassle. It should speed sales, but AT&T must have clear pricing, SLAs, and integrations before rivals frame it as table stakes. John Marcus 2026-08-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133248&rss Zoom has a compelling contact center solution and it’s winning larger enterprise customers. It’s now in the race for the customer engagement platform business, which is heating up with various players ramping up capabilities centered on agentic AI. Siow Meng Soh 2026-08-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133242&rss Fujitsu has laid out its 10-year vision that will see the expansion of AI, and new domains such as sovereignty, physical AI, and intelligent society. Its Oceania business is improving with a focus on consulting, Fujitsu IP, and key industries. Siow Meng Soh - Brendan Swan 2026-08-12T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133240&rss Certis has tapped AWS as a key partner to develop its physical AI solution, helping the company to achieve greater operational efficiency, deliver more value to customers, and enable new business opportunities. Alfie Amir - Siow Meng Soh 2026-08-11T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133241&rss Orange and Morrison have agreed to create a 50/50 joint venture to scale Orange's French data center platform to 400 MW. At the center is a EUR3 billion investment leveraging Orange’s sites and capital from Morrison. Ismail Patel 2026-08-11T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133239&rss Samsung used this summer’s Galaxy Unpacked event to redefine the competitive battleground. Hardware matters, but its real play is making foldables the gateway to an AI-powered ecosystem that boosts customer loyalty and widens the competitive moat. Amanda Mitchell 2026-08-10T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133235&rss The biggest challenge in data center construction today is that AI infrastructure requires simultaneous scaling across multiple constrained layers: electricity, cooling, networking, chips, facilities, capital, and operations. Beatriz Valle 2026-08-07T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133220&rss International voice is no longer a race for the lowest price. Strategic partnerships are redefining what was once a declining market, helping carriers improve quality, security, and innovation. Brendan Swan 2026-08-04T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133216&rss AT&T is joining forces with Palo Alto Networks to bring more advanced security capabilities into the network itself. The aim is to create a strong security defense built to stand up to AI-driven attacks operating at machine speed. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-08-03T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133212&rss Infobip has launched Infobip AgentOS as a strategic move to evolve its business from CPaaS to an agentic AI powered CX platform. AgentOS is well-thought-out, but adoption depends on enterprise readiness to move forward with agentic AI. Siow Meng Soh 2026-07-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=95210&rss Microsoft remains dominant in the UC&C space. Integration between Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 is formidable, but Microsoft faces contemporary and legacy challengers as team collaboration has burgeoned. Gregg Willsky 2026-07-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133209&rss Zoom has strengthened its leadership position in supporting sales teams with updates to its ‘Revenue Accelerator’ tool and pending acquisition of the ‘Common Room’ platform. Gregg Willsky 2026-07-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=122930&rss Leading low-code providers are demonstrating the importance of the UX to support the emerging agentic AI and agentic orchestration spaces to address a new era. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-07-23T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94593&rss Broadcom's acquisition of VMware has led to a strategy of focusing investment on VMware Cloud Foundation, which offers stronger support for private AI inference, agentic applications, AMD/Intel/NVIDIA infrastructure, and Kubernetes operations. Beatriz Valle 2026-07-22T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=95846&rss Dell recently increased its data center revenue forecasts for FY Q2 2027 after impressive sales results driven by strong traction for its Dell AI Factory servers and other optimized solutions as the company confidently rides the agentic AI wave. Beatriz Valle 2026-07-17T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133163&rss Lumen is integrating its advanced MDR solution with Palo Alto’s Cortex XSIAM SOC platform. The partnership will add insights from Lumen’s Black Lotus Labs threat intelligence arm to unify threat data on one console, reducing tool sprawl. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-07-15T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133154&rss Google Cloud has offered more examples of customers putting agentic AI into production and achieving better business outcomes. As data is a key asset for AI development, sovereignty and cyber protection become even more crucial for enterprises. Siow Meng Soh 2026-07-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133146&rss Forget Subsea Cables. Australia’s biggest infrastructure race is shifting to terrestrial fiber with Vocus and Telstra racing to build Australia’s digital backbone. Brendan Swan 2026-07-10T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133145&rss Tata Communications is accelerating into pole position in an underserved India–Singapore connectivity market, building capacity ahead of rivals to capture rising AI-driven demand. Brendan Swan 2026-07-10T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133134&rss The industry is turning its attention from the building and deployment of AI agents to the management of AI’s latest crisis: agent sprawl. The industry may be moving towards a yet undefined centralized control plane approach. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-07-08T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=111088&rss AWS is investing heavily to meet demand for agentic AI tools. It is bringing to market agents that improve the way employees work, enhance security, and help with app modernization. It is also developing tools that assist with agent creation. Rena Bhattacharyya 2026-07-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=124187&rss AWS has pivoted toward agentic AI, with brands such as Kiro and Quick helping enterprises build/deploy production AI agents. New frontier models on Bedrock signal a platform-neutral model strategy designed to capture a wide range of AI workloads. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-06-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133105&rss Skyrocketing cloud expenses associated with production-stage AI applications have enterprises scrambling and providers under pressure. For many organizations, the interim answer is seeking out multiple providers to beat lock-in. Amy Larsen DeCarlo - Charlotte Dunlap 2026-06-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=128932&rss Zoom has become a major player in the cloud-based collaboration and contact center space and continues to evolve. However, rivals such as Microsoft, Cisco, and Google are innovating as well, and their platforms pose stiff competition to Zoom's. Gregg Willsky 2026-06-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133095&rss Recent weeks have seen shortened cycles of new AI model rollouts among key players, jockeying for developer loyalty. Latest activities include the release of new agentic-injected IDEs and advanced AI models that take on popular Claude offerings. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-06-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133093&rss The industry witnessed significant leaps in the agentic AI/model space this quarter as players vie to make their mark in the enterprise, and a US government interventionist approach to AI is heating up following the Anthropic Mythos upheaval. Beatriz Valle - Charlotte Dunlap 2026-06-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=111059&rss Google’s continued investment in new frontier models and agentic AI platforms and tools is driving impressive growth, while its collaboration with partners to expand ecosystems and standards positions it as a thought leader in the market. Rena Bhattacharyya 2026-06-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133089&rss The Google Cloud UK Summit was held in June 2026, at Tobacco Docks, in London (England), announcing the UK availability of Gemini 3.5 Flash, through the Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform and the Gemini Enterprise app, and showcasing partnerships. Beatriz Valle 2026-06-26T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=123700&rss Under its Agentic Enterprise vision, Google released new LLM models, a new agentic platform, and emphasis on enterprise-grade security and scale. These were shored up by third-party platform integrations and professional services partnerships. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-06-24T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94514&rss Oracle continues enhancing its OCI portfolio in support of agentic-based Fusion applications. Latest efforts involve unified GenAI/agentic AI tools, bringing AI to each layer of the cloud stack, and greater marketplace access to partner templates. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-06-22T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133061&rss Coming after a major deal with the hotel chain Accor’s loyalty program, this new channel partnership with Trip.com could help Orange Travel gain access to one of the fastest growing sectors in the industry – Chinese tourists heading for Europe. Emma Mohr-McClune 2026-06-19T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133017&rss At Cisco Live US 2026, Cisco’s holistic approach to AI with respect to collaboration was on bold display. AI permeates each product and every layer of the Webex platform. Cisco’s ownership of the components making its products a reality is unique. Gregg Willsky 2026-06-10T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133018&rss Deutsche Telekom is enlisting Palo Alto Networks to provide the security platform for its sovereign cloud solution. Beyond providing data residency mechanisms, DT will also handle all elements of telemetry data, encryption keys, and audit logs. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-06-10T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133014&rss Zoom unveiled ZoomMate and AI Productivity Suite, which leverage AI to convert siloed content into finished deliverables, enabling users to move work forward with less effort. The features support Zoom’s vision for creating a ‘system of action.’ Gregg Willsky 2026-06-10T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133010&rss Your data called… It wants quantum safe protection before tomorrow’s computers start decoding today's secrets… The next big thing might not be speed or coverage; it could be who secures data first. Brendan Swan 2026-06-09T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=105744&rss Enterprise IoT saw further signs of consolidation with IoT units being sold and bought and product rosters being consolidated or outright reduced. Some IoT vendors are enhancing their IoT profile while others have put it on the back burner. Ismail Patel 2026-06-08T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133003&rss IBM and Google Cloud are jointly addressing the need to accelerate AI application development and deployment. The pair anticipate the partnership, which will rely on thousands of IBM consultants, to deliver multi-billion dollar returns. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-06-05T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132986&rss Boomi is making headway in the highly competitive application integration space by emphasizing the relevancy of low-cost AI model alternatives as part of its latest agentic AI initiatives. Charlotte Dunlap - Siow Meng Soh 2026-06-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132980&rss Cisco CX’s annual analyst event took place in Paris in May 2026. The Cisco CX division has embarked upon the task of imbuing AI natively into services to help customers manage their environments building services under the Cisco IQ brand. Beatriz Valle 2026-05-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132975&rss FinOps is seeing a giant shift in 2026 from managing AI costs to implementing full adoption of AI into the FinOps practice to be more productive. In this blog, GlobalData anticipates key themes during the upcoming FinOps X conference. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-05-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132979&rss Remote desktops have always been touted as the solution for corporate desktop support and cybersecurity ills, but the concept has never taken off outside of niche use cases. Steve Schuchart 2026-05-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132972&rss BT Group reports 2026 full year financial results, with BT International Business slumping sharply during the second half of the year, raising further questions over when the company’s long-promised turnaround will begin to materially take shape. Brendan Swan - Gary Barton 2026-05-28T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132966&rss Generative AI has introduced a lot of dynamism but also upheaval in the data center market. As a result, infrastructure providers are enhancing their portfolios through innovation, partnerships and acquisitions to keep up with the changes. Beatriz Valle 2026-05-27T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132964&rss AWS has expanded its Amazon Connect to four agentic AI solutions. This helps to drive adoption of AI and also highlights its strategy to expand its business beyond infrastructure and platforms – leveraging AI to simplify workflows. Siow Meng Soh - Alfie Amir 2026-05-26T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94675&rss SAP is throwing its weight behind agentic AI investments and solutions, consolidating all its major platforms to better support enterprises’ mission-critical workflows. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-05-22T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132944&rss Zoom unveiled a suite of capabilities designed to convert siloed content into actionable outcomes, though the new features deliver mixed success in advancing the company’s broader objectives. Gregg Willsky 2026-05-20T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94580&rss Microsoft is turning its analytics platform into an AI-driven portfolio built on Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft Copilot, and agentic AI, enabling business users to interact with their enterprise data in a dynamic way. Beatriz Valle 2026-05-11T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132900&rss Palo Alto Networks’ planned acquisition of Portkey is another part of its fast-moving plan to become a top player in the AI/agentic security space for enterprises. Steve Schuchart 2026-05-05T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=127693&rss Telcos are no longer simply defending their position in connectivity with private 4G and 5G. Maturing solutions with strengthened portfolios have the potential to generate substantial revenue and increased enterprise credibility. John Marcus - Ismail Patel 2026-05-05T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=131624&rss 8x8 continues to undergo a fundamental transformation into a customer experience organization. It is making the pivot while facing entrenched competitors who enjoy deep resources, great brand equity, and large customer bases. Gregg Willsky 2026-05-04T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132880&rss April has been a particularly chaotic month for enterprise and independent developers facing significant price hikes and license restructuring around leading AI agent tools. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-04-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=119659&rss IEIT Systems has leveraged its experience in server manufacturing and generative AI to develop a full-stack infrastructure solution optimized for AI tasks, including training, inferencing, and database integration. Beatriz Valle 2026-04-27T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132856&rss Google overhauled its infrastructure portfolio including its eighth generation (tensor processor units (TPUs), with two distinct, purpose-built architectures for training and inference, TPU 8t and TPU 8i, which will power Google’s supercomputers. Beatriz Valle 2026-04-24T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94582&rss Oracle is repositioning itself for the agentic AI era. It has launched autonomous features within the Fusion suite of software solutions and Oracle AI Database 26ai to leverage the disruption created by agentic AI in the SaaS market. Beatriz Valle 2026-04-23T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=128996&rss BT Group has established BT International as a standalone unit with its own profit and loss accountability, while simultaneously strengthening its partner ecosystem to drive growth through its digital platforms. Brendan Swan 2026-04-22T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132821&rss RingCentral has recently expanded its partnerships with Cox Business and Spectrum Business by supplying contact center capabilities for their portfolios. The partnerships provide each party with opportunity to capitalize on multiple market trends. Gregg Willsky 2026-04-21T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132809&rss Nokia’s Hannover Messe updates sharpen its private wireless pitch but also raise the bar on simplicity. Rivals will still attack on complexity while Nokia tries to establish “industrial-grade, but easier-to-deploy” credibility. John Marcus 2026-04-17T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132811&rss Salesforce’s updated Agent Fabric promises enterprises reassurance through unified oversight and orchestration of sprawling agentic AIs. Charlotte Dunlap - Beatriz Valle 2026-04-17T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94609&rss IBM's ongoing agentic AI activities include enhancements to Cloud Pak for Integration, infrastructure automation/observability via Instana, and code companions to transform legacy coding. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-04-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94513&rss Microsoft Azure's primary focus continues to focus on its GenAI initiative, Microsoft Foundry, most recently complemented by new Copilot Agents and access to Anthropic Claude in addition to OpenAI GPT. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-04-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94606&rss Red Hat OpenShift, serving as the core of IBM's hybrid cloud and GenAI initiatives via Red Hat OpenShift AI, continues its focus on deep AI integration. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-04-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132755&rss Tata Communications launches IZO Data Centre Dynamic Connectivity, a software-defined platform with self-healing network technology as it looks to reshape data center connectivity for enterprises worldwide. Brendan Swan 2026-04-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94591&rss Cisco has been busy over the last year in the data center, concentrating on enabling AI for enterprise customers, as well as advancing its hardware through with new chips and faster switches enabled by strong R&D. Steve Schuchart 2026-03-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132735&rss ElevenLabs and IBM are planning to integrate ElevenLabs’s text-to-speech and speech-to-text solutions with IBM watsonx Orchestrate agentic AI platform. There are promising aspects to the partnership but also major concerns. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-03-27T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=103695&rss Despite pressure from falling usage among enterprises, IP voice is seen as a core product by most providers with the contact center market offering the biggest opportunity for growth. Gary Barton 2026-03-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94695&rss Mitel has launched its latest chapter featuring a new go-to-market approach, restructured finances, and fresh leadership at the helm. The challenge will be maintaining the momentum generated under former CEO Tarun Loomba since the acquisition of Unify. Gregg Willsky 2026-03-26T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132706&rss Over the past two months, 8x8 has reinforced its customer experience (CX) portfolio with fresh rounds of features. While the features align with market trends, their presentation risks causing customer confusion. Gregg Willsky 2026-03-24T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94746&rss IBM saw the mainframe business enjoy its highest YoY growth in 20 years in its latest financial results. Efforts to modernize IBM Z by leveraging hybrid cloud architectures and using Watsonx Code Assistant for COBOL applications are bearing fruit. Beatriz Valle 2026-03-24T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132703&rss As traditional WAN models are pushed to their limits, enterprises must consider whether Ethernet alone can meet its evolving business needs or should wavelength have a greater role in their mission-critical connectivity strategy. Brendan Swan - Gary Barton 2026-03-23T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132683&rss As in the past, AI dominated the airwaves at Enterprise Connect. However, in 2026, the reach and influence of AI within organizations was the hottest topic. The biggest challenge for competitors will be navigating the pitfalls of this environment. Gregg Willsky 2026-03-18T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132681&rss Orange Wholesale partners with ng-voice to launch IMS-as-a-service, a cloud voice solution without the telecom headache. Though are telecom operators ready to ditch their beloved legacy mess, or will they keep running voice on telecom fossils. Brendan Swan 2026-03-17T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132667&rss Mobile World Congress exposed the importance of telco/technology partnerships to address critical enterprise concerns around app and infrastructure modernization complexities, sovereign cloud/AI, and how agentic AI streamlines new processes. Rena Bhattacharyya - Charlotte Dunlap 2026-03-12T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132640&rss AMD and Meta have signed an agreement to align their GPU and CPU silicon, systems, and software roadmaps with Helios rack clusters running on ROCm software. Beatriz Valle 2026-03-04T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132632&rss Cloud players leverage agentic AI in aggressive moves to upend arch-rivals’ deeply entrenched revenue sources. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-03-03T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132634&rss • Telcos are elbowing their way into the cloud and AI space by filling technology gaps that platform providers have neglected. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-03-03T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132628&rss GlobalData provides a comprehensive view of the quarter’s key GenAI news including the announcements that Google is making a grab for Amazon’s e-commerce dominance and Anthropic’s Claude Code could modernize legacy programming language COBOL. Charlotte Dunlap - Beatriz Valle 2026-03-02T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132596&rss AI is fueling corporate investments in privacy initiatives. Ninety percent (90%) of the IT and security professionals surveyed by Cisco report that they have extended their privacy programs because of AI. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2026-02-24T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132597&rss Agentic AI demonstrates strong momentum; growing to $45.3 billion in 2029. As the market matures, standards evolve, and tools that support greater observability become easily accessible, enterprises will move from single to multiagent systems. Rena Bhattacharyya 2026-02-24T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132583&rss With bandwidth and diversified connectivity surging, Ooredoo is carving out its fiber and subsea assets to fast track its ambition to become the Middle East’s leading regional connectivity powerhouse – but will this bold move secure that position? Brendan Swan 2026-02-23T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132581&rss Telstra reported H1 FY2026 results with strong profit growth, but its enterprise fixed business still remains under pressure amid another round of workforce reductions across its enterprise and consumer segments. Brendan Swan 2026-02-19T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94681&rss ALE's sizable partner network coupled with a global market presence are ALE's greatest hallmarks. However, the pace of innovation when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI) must be strengthened to compete successfully. Gregg Willsky 2026-02-18T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132572&rss Vodafone is turning microwave backhaul into rainfall intelligence and mast sites into sensor hubs. Its data will be compelling for public sector resilience needs – but only if Vodafone productizes data accuracy, SLAs, and integrations. John Marcus 2026-02-18T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132564&rss At Cisco LIVE EMEA 2026, the company has announced its new Cisco Silicon One G300, a 102.4 Tbps switching chip, switches, liquid cooling, and enhancements for AI and hyperscaler deployments to serve the current AI boom. Steve Schuchart 2026-02-12T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132555&rss UiPath is stepping up its agentic AI automation investment for customers in the financial services sector, acquiring a key RPA rival for its financial crime compliance solution to enhance UiPath’s productized solution accelerators. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132551&rss Anthropic released Claude Opus 4.6, the latest iteration in the Claude family, with a one-million-context window. This new version improves coding over Opus 4.5, with longer agentic tasks, larger codebases, and improved review and debugging. Beatriz Valle 2026-02-09T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132541&rss Telefónica’s rail pilot with OEM partner CAF is a strong proof point that edge and 5G can deliver real industrial outcomes. The challenge now for its edge compute footprint is advancing to repeatable, scalable deployments and more use cases. John Marcus 2026-02-05T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132532&rss 2026 will be the year that satellite connectivity breaks out from niche to mainstream, the intensifying of this new space race, and telcos ramping up satellite connectivity to serve SMBs and enterprises that can benefit from satellite use cases. Ismail Patel 2026-02-02T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132527&rss The observability market is hot. In 2026, the market will continue to grow with disruption in AI developer tools by startups, accelerating market consolidation, and more penetration into IT operations. Charlotte Dunlap - Steve Schuchart 2026-01-30T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=123524&rss Lenovo unveiled new servers including the ThinkSystem SR675i, ThinkSystem SR650i and ThinkEdge SE455i with Neptune air and liquid cooling capabilities to enable inferencing in various settings and at the edge. Beatriz Valle 2026-01-29T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132524&rss Observability predictions for 2026 include disruptive dev-tools start-ups adding observability features to solutions, and AI-injected app deployment platforms targeting ops teams. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-01-29T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132518&rss 2026 will be the year of “efficiency”. Small language models (SLMs) will gain relevance as enterprises leverage AI for domain- and industry-specific use cases. Running SLMs locally helps address privacy, data security, and compliance concerns. Beatriz Valle - Rena Bhattacharyya 2026-01-28T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94680&rss Avaya continues rebuilding under CEO Patrick Dennis, who took over in the wake of a transformation completed by his predecessor Alan Masarek. The challenge will be convincing the market that the company is sailing on smooth waters. Gregg Willsky 2026-01-28T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132486&rss Agentic AI will underpin new trends in 2026 taking vibe coding and intelligent automation/RPA to new levels for streamlining agile automation. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-01-13T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132472&rss Investment in new data centers will continue to accelerate in 2026, with hyperscalers pouring money into new projects. Server densities will soar to support AI workloads, making new designs and energy management a top concern. Beatriz Valle 2026-01-07T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132459&rss Agentic AI will propel intelligent automation in numerous ways across global enterprise IT systems in 2026. Charlotte Dunlap - Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2025-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132446&rss ServiceNow is buying Israel-based vendor Armis in a bid to expand its IT/OT security portfolio. The aim is to create a unified platform to govern and manage AI across the enterprise, and to protect the enterprise from AI-driven attacks. Amy Larsen DeCarlo - Charlotte Dunlap 2025-12-23T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=129594&rss RingCentral continues to invest and expand its cloud-based communications portfolio, expanding its AI capabilities while building and deepening new strategic partnerships to strengthen its platform and market position. Gregg Willsky - Brendan Swan 2025-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132436&rss FOMO, high-grade hype, and fantastical claims are causing enterprises to make quick and often ill-conceived decisions around implementing AI in the business and in IT. Everybody needs to slow down and get back to basics. Steve Schuchart 2025-12-22T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=102021&rss Cisco's Webex mission is to elevate hybrid work and enhance customer experience. It continues to expand and strengthen its AI capabilities across the portfolio as competition from Microsoft, Google, and Zoom intensifies. Gregg Willsky - Brendan Swan 2025-12-18T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=102017&rss Microsoft 365 serves as the company’s flagship hybrid work suite, with Teams at its core. The company continues to expand its AI capabilities with a concentration on AI-driven agents, enhancing collaboration and productivity. Gregg Willsky - Brendan Swan 2025-12-17T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132400&rss The AI revolution has introduced a lot of dynamism but also upheaval in the data center market. As a result, infrastructure providers are enhancing their portfolios through innovation, partnerships, and acquisitions to keep up with the changes. Beatriz Valle 2025-12-15T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132395&rss Themes from fall technology conferences included agentic AI integrations and ecosystem partnerships/acquisitions to fill tech gaps. Of greatest interest to enterprise developers were new OSS innovation reveals. Charlotte Dunlap 2025-12-12T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132385&rss The industry’s adoption of agentic AI for streamlining the application lifecycle will be largely realized through OSS innovations, while platform vendors jockey for key partnerships to fill tech gaps. Charlotte Dunlap 2025-12-10T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=102466&rss Enterprises continue to operate in hybrid work mode, galvanizing demand for collaboration solutions and further entrenching the importance of cloud delivery. Vendors have made cloud-based collaboration a centerpiece of their value proposition. Gregg Willsky 2025-12-08T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=127347&rss Zoom has blossomed into a holistic cloud-based collaboration player and continues to evolve. However, rivals such as Microsoft, Cisco, and Google are innovating as well, and their platforms pose stiff competition to Zoom's. Gregg Willsky 2025-12-08T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132327&rss GlobalData provides a comprehensive view of the quarter’s key GenAI news including new offerings by Atos (in partnership with Red Hat), Automation Anywhere, Google, Oracle, and Thinking Machines Lab. Beatriz Valle - Charlotte Dunlap 2025-11-24T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132326&rss Palo Alto Networks has made another aggressive M&A move with its planned acquisition of observability startup Chronosphere, expanding its reach into the enterprise. Steve Schuchart - Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2025-11-21T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132299&rss Mplify’s Carrier Ethernet for AI certification announcement comes as AI hype turns to real investment and implementation. The goal is to replicate the success of its carrier Ethernet certification model – heading off potential connectivity chaos. Glen Hunt 2025-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=95777&rss Red Hat recently announced a collaboration with Dell Technologies to bring Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) to Dell's PowerEdge servers to help organizations develop, test, and deploy generative AI (GenAI) models. Beatriz Valle 2025-11-17T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94684&rss Google is well-positioned for the burgeoning hybrid work environment and the emergence of agentic AI. However, rivals continue to innovate. The company needs to sustain the high level of enhancement it has brought to the platform. Gregg Willsky 2025-11-13T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94749&rss Huawei launched Xinghe AI Fabric 2.0., unveiled its Kunpeng roadmap, and updated its backup and disaster recovery solutions portfolio. Going forward, the company plans to focus R&D investment on power supply, thermal management, and infrastructure. Beatriz Valle 2025-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132263&rss RingCentral revealed a motherlode of capabilities for its platform that canvas team collaboration, contact center, and sales support. While they enrich RingCentral’s portfolio, they are largely reflected by the likes of Cisco, Zoom, and 8x8. Gregg Willsky 2025-11-05T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=102438&rss SASE and SD-WAN are both important to enterprises today, and GlobalData looks at top companies in those spaces with this new report. Steve Schuchart 2025-11-03T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132241&rss Telstra is focusing on the core connectivity business while looking for partners to create new pathways for its technology services business. This allows Telstra to focus on what it does best and build partnerships for market expansion. Siow Meng Soh 2025-10-30T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=95847&rss Nutanix underwent an important transformation during the last year, such as embracing external storage bringing to market its containers offering and announcing the forthcoming availability of Nutanix Cloud Clusters on Google Cloud. Beatriz Valle 2025-10-27T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132222&rss Dreamforce 2025 was all about creating the agentic enterprise, with announcements of new tools, discussions of best practices and lessons learned, and examples of real-world use cases. Rena Bhattacharyya 2025-10-23T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=123059&rss Google is well-positioned for the burgeoning hybrid work environment and the emergence of agentic AI. However, rivals continue to innovate. The company needs to sustain the high level of enhancement it has brought to the platform. Gregg Willsky 2025-10-21T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132211&rss Agentic AI-injected services across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) are helping shift the company’s messaging to one of outcomes versus products, while Oracle readies the release of a new automation/low-code tool, APEXLang. Charlotte Dunlap 2025-10-21T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132193&rss Telstra is focusing on the core connectivity business while looking for partners to create new pathways for its technology services business. This allows Telstra to focus on what it does best and build partnerships for market expansion. Dustin Kehoe - Siow Meng Soh 2025-10-16T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132168&rss At WebexOne 2025, Cisco detailed it AI vision and associated enhancements to the Webex platform. But in a twist from past year’s events, that vision was more front and center with the enhancements cast in a supporting role. Gregg Willsky 2025-10-08T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=105252&rss Extreme has a solid vision for end-to-end networking, including cloud and AI. Extreme is one of the smaller enterprise networking players and has leveraged multiple acquisitions of competitors and technology over the years into a modern networking portfolio. Steve Schuchart 2025-10-07T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132163&rss Automation and platform integrations are underway to fulfill business outcomes, including operationalizing agentic AI. Charlotte Dunlap 2025-10-07T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132143&rss The enterprise AI market is complex, covering everything from legacy activities and connectivity to added-value apps and new offerings. Telcos, at different stages on their journeys, cannot avoid AI’s impact and must articulate their strategies. Robert Pritchard - Rena Bhattacharyya 2025-10-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132148&rss Money and time spent on cybersecurity, businesses continuity, and disaster recovery isn’t wasted, and the risk to the business is too great to resort to do more with less tactics. Steve Schuchart 2025-10-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132142&rss Liquid cooling is evolving from experimental to wider use, moving into the colocation space and enterprise workloads. However, the bifurcation between AI workloads requiring liquid cooling and traditional workloads with air cooling remains. Beatriz Valle 2025-09-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132140&rss Security provider SailPoint is adding new capabilities to its cloud identity management. The enhancements address the evolving enterprise with features for managing access for a range of identities including AI agents and non-employees. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2025-09-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132133&rss Recent research conducted by MSSP LevelBlue reveals a disconnect between the escalating threat to manufacturing from bad actors and the sector’s readiness to defend its assets. Less than one-third said they are prepared for AI-driven attacks. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2025-09-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132134&rss Post-quantum cryptography needs to be implemented by all organizations, but it doesn’t have to be a nightmare project with proper understanding of the risks, resources needed, and a comprehensive corporate rollout plan over the next ten years. Steve Schuchart 2025-09-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132117&rss Automation leaders will disrupt the emerging agentic AI platform competitive landscape through newly integrated agents coined agentic process automation (APA), technology embedded into mature, enterprise-grade intelligent workflows. Charlotte Dunlap 2025-09-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132129&rss A Verizon survey finds that cutting-edge technology, iwill be an increasingly important part of public safety work. Contrary to their reputation as technology laggards, first responder organizations plan widespread deployment of things like AI. Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2025-09-29T00:00:00+01:00