Insights News
November 6, 2026

Does Airbnb have the blueprint for the AI enterprise rewrite?

Next-Generation Customer Experience
With Airbnb's third quarter earnings, CEO Brian Chesky made the case that the company is back into growth mode. The company put up revenue growth of 19% in the third quarter and th...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 5, 2026

Atlassian delivers strong Q1, ups outlook

Future of Work
Atlassian reported strong first quarter results, delivered revenue growth of 24% and said, quot;enterprise AI has hit an inflection point.quot;...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 5, 2026

HubSpot Q4 outlook reflects bumpy transition to outcome-based AI

Next-Generation Customer Experience
HubSpot’s road to outcome-based pricing for AI agents remains bumpy. Large customers want proof AI agents can deliver outcomes as buying cycles elongate and smaller enterprises are...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 4, 2026

Qualcomm's diversification push comes into view for Q4

Tech Optimization
Qualcomm's fourth quarter results highlighted diversification into data center, internet of things and automotive even as its smartphone revenue sinks. ...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 3, 2026

CrowdStrike buys Fiddler AI, Dreadnode; launches AI Kill Switch

Digital Safety, Privacy & Cybersecurity
CrowdStrike said it has acquired Fiddler AI, an agent observability platform, and Dreadnode, an automated testing company, and launched a new AI Kill Switch in Falcon Guardian. ...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 3, 2026

Snowflake ups AI agent context, governance game

Data to Decisions
Snowflake launched a series of tools and features designed to make it easier for enterprises to deploy AI agents with governance and context. ...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 2, 2026

Salesforce acquires Cresta in third deal in two weeks

Next-Generation Customer Experience
Aside from Cresta, Salesforce has been shopping of late. Last week, Salesforce said it would acquire Rune Technologies to bolster its Salesforce Missionforce efforts for the US gov...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 2, 2026

Marvell bulks up via $115 billion Lumentum acquisition

Tech Optimization
Marvell will acquire Lumentum in a deal valued at $115 billion. The combined company will have a full AI infrastructure stack that will combine processors and optical networking an...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
November 1, 2026

Your AI playbook and a look at the big themes

Data to Decisions
Enterprise leaders have gone from concerns that they aren’t moving fast enough to a more mature approach and developing AI playbooks. Constellation Research CEO R “Ray” Wang outlin...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
October 30, 2026

2027: VCs see a time of potentially brutal sorting

Board Strategy
There won't be an AI-driven crash in 2027, but a time of volatility, debt concerns and a quot;brutal sorting,quot; according to a panel of venture capitalists. ...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
October 29, 2026

Outcome based pricing: Pros, cons and nuances

Revenue & Growth Effectiveness
Outcome-based pricing sounds good, but it is hard to put into a contract. However, there's enterprise buying interest in sharing risk with vendors and the likely end state is a hyb...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
October 28, 2026

Microsoft delivers strong Q3, Azure growth up 48%

Data to Decisions
Microsoft reported better-than-expected first quarter earnings as Microsoft Cloud revenue was $63.9 billion, up 30% from a year ago....
Larry Dignan
Insights News
October 28, 2026

Teamwork in the AI age: Pods, clusters, flocks

Future of Work
Team structures need to adapt as AI agents and humans increasingly work together in smaller structures, or pods. A pod is a hybrid team of humans and AI that will also include peop...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
October 28, 2026

Google rolls out Gemini 4 Carbon

Data to Decisions
Gemini 4 Carbon builds on Gemini 4 Argon, which launched two weeks ago. ...
Larry Dignan
Insights News
October 28, 2026

An early read on your 2027 AI budget

Board Strategy
Enterprise AI budgets are likely to tighten and be scrutinized amid concerns about returns and value. In addition, cybersecurity has taken back some of the AI budget even if it's s...
Larry Dignan