Welcome to CIOFirst’s Weekly Roundup—your trusted digest of the week’s most important enterprise tech developments. From AI governance frameworks and strategic alliances to secure AI cloud deployments, these stories spotlight the technologies, partnerships, and policies driving enterprise innovation, compliance, and operational resilience.
In Digital Transformation…
Cohesity Unveils Aspire Partner Program to Empower Partner Success
Cohesity has launched the Aspire Partner Program, offering enhanced training, incentives, and co-selling opportunities to help partners deliver next-gen data security, management, and AI-powered resilience solutions to global enterprises.
In Cloud…
G42’s Core42 Launches Global Access to OpenAI GPT-OSS Models on Sovereign AI Cloud
Core42, part of G42, now offers worldwide access to OpenAI GPT-OSS models on its sovereign AI cloud—enabling enterprises to run large-scale AI workloads with compliance-ready, jurisdiction-controlled infrastructure.
In Security…
Zilliz Elevates AI Adoption with Industry-Leading Security and Compliance for Regulated Enterprises
Zilliz strengthens its vector database platform with advanced encryption, auditing, and compliance controls—paving the way for AI adoption in heavily regulated industries without compromising security or performance.
In Cybersecurity…
Credo AI Unveils Advisory Services to Operationalize Trusted AI Governance at Scale
Credo AI introduces advisory services to help organizations embed AI governance frameworks into enterprise workflows, ensuring responsible, ethical, and regulation-aligned AI deployment.
In AI & IoT Integration…
Powerfleet and MTN Business Forge Strategic Alliance to Accelerate AIoT Deployment Across Enterprise Operations
Powerfleet and MTN Business partner to drive AIoT adoption, delivering intelligent asset tracking, predictive maintenance, and operational analytics solutions to enterprises across emerging markets.
In Security…
C3 AI Launches Strategic Integrator Program to Accelerate Enterprise AI Development
C3 AI’s new Strategic Integrator Program empowers systems integrators to deliver AI-driven enterprise transformation at scale—offering prebuilt solutions, deployment accelerators, and joint go-to-market initiatives.
In Ecommerce…
Riskified Partners with HUMAN Security to Build Trust Framework for AI-Driven Shopping Agents
Riskified teams up with HUMAN Security to establish a trust framework for AI shopping agents—ensuring safe, fraud-resistant, and consumer-protected AI commerce experiences.
⭐ Article of the Week
Model Context Protocol: The Missing Framework for Enterprise AI Governance
A new Model Context Protocol framework is proposed to address governance gaps in enterprise AI—providing standards for transparency, interoperability, and compliance in AI model deployment.