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NetApp buys JetStream Software to reach the VMware estates it does not already serve
The acquisition gives NetApp a way into VMware environments running on rival storage, with disaster recovery serving as the on-ramp to cloud migration and to the AI workloads enterprises expect to run on that data.
Cloudflare Gives AI Agents a Name, a Balance and a Ceiling
With Wallets supplying the buy side and the Monetization Gateway already serving sellers, Cloudflare now sits at the point where agent identity, pricing rules and settlement resolve inside a single request.
Only 29% of Boards Have AI Expertise as Tech Tops Leadership Agenda
Russell Reynolds Associates' H1 2026 Global Leadership Monitor puts technological change first among external factors at 63%, while just 29% of leaders say their board can advise on AI.
Binance Opens Trafficking Intelligence Channel in First Crypto Deal with STOP THE TRAFFIK
The exchange gains specialist trafficking typologies and training, setting a compliance reference point rival crypto venues will be measured against by regulators.
Amazon Finishes $50bn OpenAI Deal, AWS Locks In $100bn Spend
The final tranche of a $50 billion equity commitment closes on Friday, alongside an eight-year agreement that routes OpenAI’s compute demand and 2 gigawatts of Trainium capacity through Amazon Web Services.
Saviynt passes $300 million ARR and launches Zuma for AI identity security
Saviynt has surpassed $300 million in annual recurring revenue and released Zuma, an identity security platform built to govern AI agents and non-human identities.
Jada Backs $200 Million Growth Catalyst Fund for Saudi SMEs
The PIF subsidiary has backed a Capital Market Authority-licensed private equity vehicle targeting SAR750 Million, adding depth to a growth equity layer that Saudi companies have long found thin.
The Democratisation Myth: How Tokenised IPO Access Built a New Investor Class System
Eleven months separate Robinhood's tokenised OpenAI giveaway from SpaceX's public listing, and the gap between what tokenisation promised and what it delivered has only widened in the meantime.
F5 acquires SurePath AI to anchor a new platform built for the security blind spot agents have opened
F5 has paired the launch of its AI Security Platform with the acquisition of shadow-AI specialist SurePath AI, a move that places network-level discovery at the foundation for governing enterprise AI that increasingly authenticates and acts on its own.
Saudi Arabia leads on AI graduate readiness, but access has yet to become applied capability
A six-country Pearson and AWS study ranks the Kingdom highest on employer satisfaction and engagement, while identifying experience, governance and skills frictions that investment alone cannot resolve.
Enterprises are spending billions on AI and operationalising almost none of it. Kudo Advisory is betting the fix was never technological
With up to 95% of enterprise AI pilots delivering no measurable return, former IFS and Software AG executive Vijay Jaswal has launched a UAE advisory firm built on the claim that the problem was never the models.
Cloudflare moves up the stack with its acquisition of VoidZero and Vite
The deal brings the modern web’s industry-standard build tooling and its open source team inside Cloudflare, an attempt to make its network the default destination for code written by developers and the AI agents increasingly working alongside them.
Core42 Secures $550 Million from HSBC to Accelerate AI Infrastructure Deployments Across the US and Europe
Core42, the UAE-headquartered G42 subsidiary has closed two structured facilities totalling $550 million, designed to accelerate cloud and compute deployments without diluting equity.
NTT DATA Agrees to Acquire Agentic AI Specialist WinWire as Enterprise Race to Own AI Delivery Capability Intensifies
The $30 billion IT services group has signed a definitive agreement to add more than 1,000 Azure engineers and a proprietary agentic AI deployment framework, as large technology companies accelerate acquisitions to close a capability gap that cannot be bridged by organic development alone.
MAGRABI Retail Acquires Majority Stake in Egypt's Baraka Optics
The deal adds 23 stores across Egypt to MAGRABI's regional network and marks the eyewear giant's third major acquisition in eighteen months.
Optro Acquires Y-Combinator backed Midship to Embed Agentic SOX Automation Into Its GRC Platform
Following the FairNow deal and a rebrand from AuditBoard, Optro's acquisition of Y Combinator-backed Midship signals that the company is assembling an agentic compliance infrastructure, not adding features.
Cloudflare's Richest Quarter Came With Its Biggest Bet
Record revenue, $4.2 billion in cash, and 1,100 jobs cut on the same afternoon. Cloudflare's Q1 2026 results cannot be read without the restructuring that accompanied them.
When DNS Is No Longer Enough: What Infoblox's Axur Acquisition Signals About the Future of Enterprise Security
Infoblox's acquisition of Axur is more than a product expansion. It is a structural argument about where enterprise security must begin.
Inception launches sovereign AI assistant and locks in Mubadala distribution deal in twin GCC push
The G42-backed company announced a proactive AI super assistant built on UAE-sovereign infrastructure and a distribution deal with Mubadala-linked Solutions+ at Make It In the Emirates 2026.
How Nabat Is Rebuilding the World's Ecosystems With AI
Nabat combines AI, drones and environmental science to monitor and restore degraded ecosystems — and knows when the right intervention is none at all.