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ServiceNow can't seem to keep its wallet closed, snaps up small AI analytics company

News of the deal came about two weeks after CEO Bill McDermott swore off any “large scale” M&A this year. A spokesperson called this deal a “tuck in.”

SaaS14 Feb 2026 | 5

'Roaring cougars' lunched on OpenAI in Super Bowl ad battle, but ai.com wins the day

Advertising search and web meters recorded site crashing traffic for ai.com

Offbeat09 Feb 2026 | 8

Whether they are building agents or folding proteins, LLMs need a friend

interview AI pioneer Vishal Sikka warns to never trust an LLM that runs alone

AI + ML07 Feb 2026 | 34

Amazon can't build AI capacity fast enough, throws another $200B at the problem

'As fast as we install this AI capacity, we are monetizing it,' says Amazon CEO Andy Jassy

Off-Prem06 Feb 2026 | 41

Workday reveals around 400 staff soon won't have to work another day

Job cuts to fall hardest on non-revenue generating roles on the Global Customer Operations team

SaaS04 Feb 2026 | 27

Rise of AI means companies could pass on SaaS

The writing is on the wall as AI companies race to add vertical functionality

SaaS04 Feb 2026 | 7

'Lethal' and 'magical' Palantir tech is in demand by Pentagon, China, Middle East, CEO says

Public Sector03 Feb 2026 | 19

Snowflake bets $200M that OpenAI makes databases more chatty

Cuts out the Azure middleman with multi-year deal for 'tighter alignment'

AI + ML02 Feb 2026 | 4

'Hey! I'm chatting here!' Fugazi answers doom NYC's AI bot

Lying means dying

AI + ML30 Jan 2026 | 23

Dow Chemical says AI is the element behind 4,500 job cuts

ai-pocalypse The 129 year old chemical company uses Palantir-rival C3's AI as its software of choice.

AI + ML29 Jan 2026 | 27

ServiceNow boasts about years of sweat equity that went into making its AI agents smarter

80 billion workflows makes a difference

Agentic AI28 Jan 2026 | 5

Nudify app proliferation shows naked ambition of Apple and Google

Researchers with the Tech Transparency Project found all sorts of apps that let users create fake non-consensual nudes of real people

Legal27 Jan 2026 | 37

No one talking about a datacenter could be a sign one is coming

feature Balancing the need to know with the need to get shovels in the ground is causing friction in communities across the US

Off-Prem25 Jan 2026 | 24

Former crypto-mining company building 430 MW datacenter in secret location for secret client

Keeps location under wraps after communities opposed past projects

Systems23 Jan 2026 | 8

Future jobs in AI will come with a hardhat and boots, tech bigshots argue

Jensen Huang and Alex Karp talk up trade skills as AI datacenters multiply, while Satya Nadella says the real test comes later

AI + ML22 Jan 2026 | 16

Micron breaks ground on humungous NY DRAM fab after beating bats and tree huggers

Chipmaker claims the four-fab site could expand US-based DRAM production by a factor of 12

Storage16 Jan 2026 | 23

Over half of AI projects are shelved due to complex infrastructure

The answer seems to be educating the enterprise workforce, and creating smarter use cases

AI + ML15 Jan 2026 | 25

AI may be everywhere, but it's nowhere in recent productivity statistics

Interview Forrester principal analyst JP Gownder says jobs eaten by bots don't come back

AI + ML15 Jan 2026 | 46

Memory shortage could push PC shipments to pre-pandemic lows

Could be back to 2016 levels

Systems13 Jan 2026 | 7

No fire sale for firewalls as memory shortages could push prices higher

In SEC filings, Fortinet and Palo Alto show shrinking product margins taking hold.

Security12 Jan 2026 | 4

Accenture bets AI will ring up retail sales with Profitmind investment

Let the bots figure out what to sell for how much

Applications09 Jan 2026 | 10

Snowflake buys Observe to make 'Days Since Last Outage' counters obsolete

Nice idea, because its own cloudy services keep wobbling

SaaS09 Jan 2026 | 2

British Palantir rival, whose founder touted UK tech sovereignty, sells to Accenture

Let the co-opetition commence

AI + ML07 Jan 2026 | 16

Snowflake gets frosty with Google Gemini

Munge that corporate data using the LLM of your choice

AI + ML06 Jan 2026 |

ServiceNow snags Microsoft vet to run legal amid M&A spree

Hossein Nowbar waged antitrust battles and created new legal policies around AI for Redmond

SaaS05 Jan 2026 |

Playing Koi: Palo Alto isn't saying if it will buy security start-up

CEO Nikesh Arora's trip to Tel Aviv last month sparked rumors.

Security05 Jan 2026 |

Headset hype meets harsh reality as Apple and Meta VR shipments fizzle in 2025

But how about some smart glasses instead?

Personal Tech02 Jan 2026 | 48

ServiceNow lays out possible co-CEO structure, but says no change imminent

The ITSM outfit would join Oracle, Comcast, and Netflix in installing bunk beds in the corner office

CxO30 Dec 2025 | 11

Tis the season when tech leaders rub their crystal balls

2026 is the year where AI must meet ROI in the enterprise, and the key to delivering it is data governance.

AI + ML30 Dec 2025 | 26

Nvidia spends $5B on Intel bailout, instantly gets $2.5B richer

The deal negotiated in September locked Nvidia into a purchase price of $23 per share. Intel shares traded at $36 on Monday

Systems29 Dec 2025 | 20

Crims disconnect Wired subscribers from their privacy, publish deets online

Extortion group Lovely claims to have stolen 40 million pieces of info from publisher Conde Nast

Cyber-crime29 Dec 2025 | 17

Salesforce’s ChatGPT integration is really about stopping customers from leaking their own data

Execs say DIY OpenAI connections risked pushing CRM data past the ‘trust boundary’

AI + ML24 Dec 2025 | 6

AI faces closing time at the cash buffet

opinion Will businesses continue to invest in something that's shown so little return?

AI + ML24 Dec 2025 | 118

ServiceNow opens $7.7B ticket titled 'Buy security company, make it Armis'

Customers will be able to see vulnerabilities, prioritize risks, and close them with automated workflows.

SaaS23 Dec 2025 |

Palo Alto's new Google Cloud deal boosts AI integration, could save on cloud costs

SEC filings show the outfit cut projected 2027 cloud purchase commitments by $114M

Security22 Dec 2025 | 2

Snowflake update caused a blizzard of failures worldwide

Customers in 10 of the company’s 23 regions had “operations fail or take an extended amount of time to complete.”

PaaS + IaaS18 Dec 2025 | 10

ServiceNow unworried by Salesforce firing shots across its bow

Believes it can translate workflow smarts into AI ROI

SaaS17 Dec 2025 | 2

Hot for its bot, McKinsey may cut thousands of jobs

The company has reportedly consulted itself and decided it needs fewer people

AI + ML16 Dec 2025 | 36

Repent ye inefficient – the ‘Palantir-ization’ of IT services is upon us

Palantir's former IT boss just took over as CEO of Thrive-backed AI MSP platform

Channel16 Dec 2025 | 13

ServiceNow mulls buying Armis to gain full visibility into the IT stack

If the buy happens, the big question is will they integrate the codebase or keep it separate?

SaaS15 Dec 2025 | 4

VMware kills vSphere Foundation in parts of EMEA

Exclusive Broadcom told The Register that EMEA customers need to check with their local dealer to see if VVF remains on the menu

Virtualization11 Dec 2025 | 29

US Navy pledges $448 million to test if Palantir is seaworthy

Meet 'ShipOS'

Public Sector10 Dec 2025 | 22

How to answer the door when the AI agents come knocking

Identity management vendors like Okta see an opening to calm CISOs worried about agents running amok

AI + ML09 Dec 2025 | 13

Meta and Google turn to NextEra to feed insatiable datacenter power hunger

The Chocolate Factory will also put its AI to work inside one of America’s biggest utilities

The Future of the Datacenter08 Dec 2025 |

Salesforce has come up with the most credible threat yet to ServiceNow, and Benioff is crowing about it

Some within the CRM giant balked, but Benioff prevailed

Applications05 Dec 2025 | 11

Snowflake jumps on agentic AI train with Anthropic tie-up

$200M deal brings Claude into data cloud, yet its touted ‘90%+’ accuracy needs human oversight

AI + ML04 Dec 2025 | 3

John Henry still leading the race vs AI in customer service

Gartner found only 20% of customer service leaders have cut human agents because of AI

AI + ML03 Dec 2025 | 17

AWS offers AI-in-a-box for enterprise datacenters

re:invent If sovereignty or on-prem AI matters, the new AI Factories could be for you

AWS Re:invent02 Dec 2025 | 1

OpenAI money-go-round sees it invest in company that invested in OpenAI

Thrive will use the AI-maker's tech in its managed services and accounting businesess

AI + ML01 Dec 2025 | 12

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ServiceNow can't seem to keep its wallet closed, snaps up small AI analytics company

AI to make call center agents 'superheroes,' not unemployed, says industry CEO

AI spurs employees to work harder, faster, and with fewer breaks, study finds

As OpenAI and Claude fight over ads, Google says ‘show me the money’

'Roaring cougars' lunched on OpenAI in Super Bowl ad battle, but ai.com wins the day

Whether they are building agents or folding proteins, LLMs need a friend

Amazon can't build AI capacity fast enough, throws another $200B at the problem

Workday reveals around 400 staff soon won't have to work another day

Rise of AI means companies could pass on SaaS

'Lethal' and 'magical' Palantir tech is in demand by Pentagon, China, Middle East, CEO says

Snowflake bets $200M that OpenAI makes databases more chatty

'Hey! I'm chatting here!' Fugazi answers doom NYC's AI bot

Dow Chemical says AI is the element behind 4,500 job cuts

ServiceNow boasts about years of sweat equity that went into making its AI agents smarter

Nudify app proliferation shows naked ambition of Apple and Google

No one talking about a datacenter could be a sign one is coming

Former crypto-mining company building 430 MW datacenter in secret location for secret client

Future jobs in AI will come with a hardhat and boots, tech bigshots argue

Micron breaks ground on humungous NY DRAM fab after beating bats and tree huggers

Over half of AI projects are shelved due to complex infrastructure

AI may be everywhere, but it's nowhere in recent productivity statistics

Memory shortage could push PC shipments to pre-pandemic lows

No fire sale for firewalls as memory shortages could push prices higher

Accenture bets AI will ring up retail sales with Profitmind investment

Snowflake buys Observe to make 'Days Since Last Outage' counters obsolete

British Palantir rival, whose founder touted UK tech sovereignty, sells to Accenture

Snowflake gets frosty with Google Gemini

ServiceNow snags Microsoft vet to run legal amid M&A spree

Playing Koi: Palo Alto isn't saying if it will buy security start-up

Headset hype meets harsh reality as Apple and Meta VR shipments fizzle in 2025

ServiceNow lays out possible co-CEO structure, but says no change imminent

Tis the season when tech leaders rub their crystal balls

Nvidia spends $5B on Intel bailout, instantly gets $2.5B richer

Crims disconnect Wired subscribers from their privacy, publish deets online

Salesforce’s ChatGPT integration is really about stopping customers from leaking their own data

AI faces closing time at the cash buffet

ServiceNow opens $7.7B ticket titled 'Buy security company, make it Armis'

Palo Alto's new Google Cloud deal boosts AI integration, could save on cloud costs

Snowflake update caused a blizzard of failures worldwide

ServiceNow unworried by Salesforce firing shots across its bow

Hot for its bot, McKinsey may cut thousands of jobs

Repent ye inefficient – the ‘Palantir-ization’ of IT services is upon us

ServiceNow mulls buying Armis to gain full visibility into the IT stack

VMware kills vSphere Foundation in parts of EMEA

US Navy pledges $448 million to test if Palantir is seaworthy

How to answer the door when the AI agents come knocking

Meta and Google turn to NextEra to feed insatiable datacenter power hunger

Salesforce has come up with the most credible threat yet to ServiceNow, and Benioff is crowing about it

Snowflake jumps on agentic AI train with Anthropic tie-up

John Henry still leading the race vs AI in customer service

AWS offers AI-in-a-box for enterprise datacenters

OpenAI money-go-round sees it invest in company that invested in OpenAI

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