Welcome to CIOFirst’s Weekly Roundup your trusted digest of the week’s most significant enterprise technology developments. From AI-powered integration and next-gen data center connectivity to cybersecurity forums, GenAI breakthroughs, and distributed AI infrastructure, here are the updates shaping the digital enterprise landscape.
In Digital Transformation…
NEC and Red Hat Strengthen Global Partnership to Accelerate IT Modernization
NEC Corporation and Red Hat have expanded their global collaboration to advance IT modernization and digital transformation through Red Hat OpenShift, the leading enterprise Kubernetes platform for mission-critical applications. NEC now recognizes OpenShift as its preferred container platform and will leverage it to support offerings in core DX, global 5G, digital finance, and digital government.
In Data Center…
Deloitte launches AI Infrastructure CoE to drive AI data center innovation and delivery globally
Deloitte announces the launch of its global AI Infrastructure Center of Excellence (CoE), dedicated to supporting clients around the world in establishing and operating specialised AI data centers. This initiative comes in response to growing client demand for scalable, secure, and efficient AI infrastructure solutions, fueled by the exponential growth of AI adoption globally.
In Cybersecurity…
Oneleet Secures $33 Million Series A to Transform Cybersecurity
Oneleet, a cybersecurity company dedicated to making effective security effortless, today announced the closing of a $33 million Series A funding round led by Dawn Capital. Additional investors include Frank Slootman, former CEO of Snowflake and ServiceNow; Arash Ferdowsi, co-founder of Dropbox; Y Combinator; and leading founders and CISOs.
In Fintech…
Paid Raises $21 Million Seed to Build Infrastructure for the AI Agent Economy
Paid, the company building critical infrastructure to grow the AI agent economy, announced an oversubscribed $21.6 million Seed round. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from new investor FUSE and existing investor EQT Ventures.
In DevOps…
IBM and DBmaestro Expand Strategic OEM Partnership to Deliver Enterprise-Grade Database DevOps and Observability
IBM and DBmaestro, the leading enterprise-grade database DevOps platform, announced the signing of a landmark OEM partnership agreement. This expansion will make DBmaestro’s advanced database DevSecOps and observability suite available through IBM’s solutions portfolio, empowering customers to achieve end-to-end DevOps automation, real-time database visibility, and unmatched agility, security, and innovation.
In Business Tech…
Glean Introduces Third-Generation AI Assistant, New Enterprise Graph to Enable the Superintelligent Enterprise
Work AI leader Glean unveiled the third-generation Glean Assistant – an AI extension of you at work – now capable of deeply personalizing results and actions uniquely for every employee, and accomplishing complex agentic tasks without advanced prompt engineering.
In AI…
Zania Secures $18M Series A to Transform Enterprise Risk AI
Zania, an agentic AI company for security governance, risk, and compliance (GRC), announced it has closed an $18 million Series A funding round led by NEA (New Enterprise Associates). The oversubscribed round includes participation from Anthology Fund (backed by Menlo Ventures and Anthropic), Palm Drive Capital, and a syndicate of senior executives from Amazon, Airbnb, PayPal, ByteDance, Reddit, Roblox, and PwC.
Article of the Week
The Hidden ROI of Patch Management: How CTOs Can Save Cost, Risk & Time
Every week, unpatched systems leave companies exposed. One overlooked update can lead to a data breach, stalled projects, and IT teams running in circles just to put out fires. Most organizations see patch management as a tedious task that something to tick off a list. That mindset is expensive.