IT Business Digesthttps://itbusinessdigest.com/en-usEnterprise tech news for the people who buy and run it.ServiceNow launches AI Workflow Factory and an unattended coding agent for its platformhttps://itbusinessdigest.com/servicenow-ai-workflow-factory-autonomous-engineer/https://itbusinessdigest.com/servicenow-ai-workflow-factory-autonomous-engineer/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400ServiceNow launched AI Workflow Factory on October 6, generally available now, and Autonomous Engineer, an unattended coding agent in early access.Schneider Electric agrees to buy PTC for $22.6 billion in cash, its largest dealhttps://itbusinessdigest.com/schneider-electric-to-acquire-ptc/https://itbusinessdigest.com/schneider-electric-to-acquire-ptc/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Schneider Electric will pay $205 a share in cash for PTC, maker of Creo and Windchill, a 42% premium. The deal is due to close by the third quarter of 2027.SAP starts rolling out Joule Work and job-specific AI assistants at SAP Connecthttps://itbusinessdigest.com/sap-connect-joule-work-assistants/https://itbusinessdigest.com/sap-connect-joule-work-assistants/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400At SAP Connect on October 6, SAP began rolling out Joule Work, named Joule Assistants for sourcing, receivables and billing, an AI Agent Hub and SAP Pay.OpenAI puts GPT-6 into ChatGPT, with answers built from forms, charts and buttonshttps://itbusinessdigest.com/openai-gpt-6-chatgpt-intelligent-ui/https://itbusinessdigest.com/openai-gpt-6-chatgpt-intelligent-ui/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400OpenAI began rolling out GPT-6 with Intelligent UI on October 7. Enterprise access depends on admin settings, and the Work and Codex models stay the same.Microsoft ships containers that limit what AI agents can touch on Windows 11https://itbusinessdigest.com/microsoft-execution-containers-windows-ai-agents/https://itbusinessdigest.com/microsoft-execution-containers-windows-ai-agents/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Microsoft Execution Containers, now generally available on Windows 11, set file, network and process limits for AI agents. Intune management comes later.GPU cloud Lambda is raising $4 billion ahead of a 2027 IPO, WSJ reportshttps://itbusinessdigest.com/lambda-4-billion-funding-round-ipo/https://itbusinessdigest.com/lambda-4-billion-funding-round-ipo/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Lambda is raising $4 billion led by Blackstone and Coatue at a $14.5 billion valuation, the WSJ reported. Its backlog hit $50 billion after an Anthropic deal.HPE's first ProLiant Gen13 servers use AMD's 256-core Venice chips, with the first shipping in Novemberhttps://itbusinessdigest.com/hpe-proliant-gen13-amd-venice-servers/https://itbusinessdigest.com/hpe-proliant-gen13-amd-venice-servers/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400HPE announced four ProLiant Gen13 servers on October 7 built on AMD's EPYC Venice processors. The 1U DL525 ships first, in November. The others follow in 2027.FBI warns FortiBleed attackers are locking companies out of their own FortiGate firewallshttps://itbusinessdigest.com/fortibleed-fbi-warns-fortigate-lockouts/https://itbusinessdigest.com/fortibleed-fbi-warns-fortigate-lockouts/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400The FBI and Secret Service say FortiBleed has compromised more than 86,000 FortiGate devices and now locks admins out. The fix is credentials, not a patch.Databricks can now query Workday HR and finance data in place, without copying ithttps://itbusinessdigest.com/databricks-workday-data-connect-unity-catalog/https://itbusinessdigest.com/databricks-workday-data-connect-unity-catalog/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400A Databricks beta connector released October 8 reads Workday HR and finance tables in place through Unity Catalog, with no pipelines or copies.Cloudflare's Basin data platform is generally available, with no egress feeshttps://itbusinessdigest.com/cloudflare-basin-data-platform-generally-available/https://itbusinessdigest.com/cloudflare-basin-data-platform-generally-available/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Cloudflare Basin is now generally available. It writes events to Apache Iceberg tables on R2 and queries them with serverless SQL, and egress is free.NetScaler patch priority: a third Citrix bulletin in two weeks fixes a critical SAML flawhttps://itbusinessdigest.com/citrix-netscaler-saml-patch-cve-2026-107406/https://itbusinessdigest.com/citrix-netscaler-saml-patch-cve-2026-107406/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Citrix fixed CVE-2026-107406, a 9.5-rated SAML flaw in NetScaler ADC and Gateway, on October 8. Builds 14.1-73.46 and 13.1-64.29 cover all three bulletins.AWS files plans for 36 data center buildings at a former Pennsylvania coal planthttps://itbusinessdigest.com/aws-homer-city-pennsylvania-data-center-campus/https://itbusinessdigest.com/aws-homer-city-pennsylvania-data-center-campus/Sun, 11 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400AWS has filed plans for 36 data center buildings at the Homer City Energy Campus, powered mainly by a new 4.5GW gas plant. Construction would start in December.How unified communications improves productivity, and how to measure ithttps://itbusinessdigest.com/how-unified-communications-improves-business-productivity-and-collaboration/https://itbusinessdigest.com/how-unified-communications-improves-business-productivity-and-collaboration/Mon, 10 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400Where unified communications improves productivity: fewer tools, presence, meeting AI and built-in calling, how to measure it, and how to avoid overload.AI coding tools: what developers actually use them for, and where they still fall shorthttps://itbusinessdigest.com/ai-tools-for-software-developers/https://itbusinessdigest.com/ai-tools-for-software-developers/Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -040084% of developers use or plan to use AI tools, but 46% don't trust their accuracy. What Stack Overflow's 2025 survey shows and how IT should set policy.CRM strategies that raise sales and retention: data quality first, then AIhttps://itbusinessdigest.com/crm-strategies-increase-sales-customer-loyalty/https://itbusinessdigest.com/crm-strategies-increase-sales-customer-loyalty/Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400CRM strategies that lift sales and retention: clean data, one customer view, health scores, renewals and AI agents, with Salesforce's 2026 data on agent use.How to choose CRM software: a buyer's checklist for 2026https://itbusinessdigest.com/how-to-choose-the-best-crm-software-for-your-business/https://itbusinessdigest.com/how-to-choose-the-best-crm-software-for-your-business/Tue, 04 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400A checklist for choosing CRM software in 2026: Salesforce, HubSpot, Dynamics 365 and Zoho compared on AI features, integration, data migration and total cost.Why every business needs an AI strategy in 2026, and what goes in onehttps://itbusinessdigest.com/why-every-business-needs-an-ai-strategy-in-2026/https://itbusinessdigest.com/why-every-business-needs-an-ai-strategy-in-2026/Mon, 03 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0400What a practical company AI strategy covers in 2026: use cases, data, risk rules based on the NIST AI RMF, and the EU AI Act deadlines that changed in July.Real-time analytics: when streaming data is worth it, and how it workshttps://itbusinessdigest.com/real-time-analytics-competitive-edge/https://itbusinessdigest.com/real-time-analytics-competitive-edge/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0400How real-time analytics works with event streaming platforms such as Apache Kafka, which business uses justify it, and when to pick streaming over batch.Seven data analysis mistakes that lead to bad business decisionshttps://itbusinessdigest.com/data-analysis-errors-to-avoid/https://itbusinessdigest.com/data-analysis-errors-to-avoid/Wed, 29 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0400Data analysis errors that mislead business decisions, from p-value misuse and survivorship bias to Simpson's paradox and bad baselines, and how to spot them.Data management best practices: a practical checklist built on DAMA's frameworkhttps://itbusinessdigest.com/top-15-data-management-best-practices/https://itbusinessdigest.com/top-15-data-management-best-practices/Tue, 28 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0400Data management best practices for mid-size companies, organized by DAMA-DMBOK knowledge area: governance, quality, security, metadata, master data and more.