Welcome to CIOFirst’s Weekly Roundup — your trusted source for the latest breakthroughs shaping enterprise IT modernization, AI-driven transformation, cloud intelligence, and cybersecurity innovation. This week’s highlights explore strategic cloud alliances, AI-powered discovery, secure enterprise agents, serverless ML workflows, and Europe’s advancing vision for sovereign cloud and AI governance.
In Enterprise AI…
OpenText Deepens Strategic Tie-Up with Google Cloud to Accelerate AI Innovation and Data Sovereignty
OpenText expands its partnership with Google Cloud to advance enterprise AI adoption with secure, sovereign-by-design data architectures. The collaboration enhances scalable AI workflows, improves governance, and helps global organizations modernize information management across regulated environments.
In Cloud Infrastructure…
Gomboc AI and Carahsoft Partner to Boost Cloud Infrastructure for Public Sector
Gomboc AI joins forces with Carahsoft to bring adaptive cloud infrastructure and AI-powered security tooling to U.S. public-sector agencies. The partnership strengthens cloud hardening, accelerates modernization, and enables government organizations to adopt secure-by-default AI and automation.
In Data Discovery & Analytics…
Snowflake Partners With Select Star for AI-Powered Data Discovery
Snowflake integrates Select Star’s AI-driven data discovery capabilities to help enterprises improve visibility, governance, and trust in mission-critical data assets. The partnership enhances metadata intelligence, automates data lineage, and simplifies enterprise data cataloging for analytics teams.
In Secure Enterprise AI Agents…
NVIDIA AI-Q and RAG Blueprints Enable Secure Enterprise AI Agents
NVIDIA unveils AI-Q and new RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) blueprints to help organizations deploy secure enterprise-grade AI agents. The frameworks provide robust guardrails, policy controls, and scalable LLM workflows, enabling CIOs to accelerate trusted AI deployment across critical business functions.
In Machine Learning Platforms…
AWS Introduces Serverless Visual Workflow in SageMaker Studio
AWS adds serverless visual workflows inside SageMaker Studio, giving ML teams intuitive drag-and-drop orchestration for training, tuning, and deploying models. The enhancement boosts productivity, eliminates infrastructure overhead, and helps organizations operationalize AI faster.
In Quality Engineering…
LambdaTest and SVAM International Ink Partnership on Enterprise Quality Management
LambdaTest partners with SVAM International to advance enterprise-grade quality engineering. The collaboration integrates AI-powered testing, cloud automation, and agile delivery frameworks, helping enterprises elevate application reliability and accelerate digital transformation programs.
In Sovereign Cloud & AI Governance…
SAP Introduces EU AI Cloud to Advance Europe’s Vision for Sovereign AI and Cloud Innovation
SAP unveils the EU AI Cloud, a unified platform built to support Europe’s strategic goals around sovereign cloud, trusted AI, and regulatory compliance. The platform provides region-bound data residency, policy-aligned AI services, and enterprise-grade security to help organizations innovate responsibly under EU standards.
⭐ Article of the Week
Attack Surface Monitoring 101: What Every IT Professional Needs to Know in 2026
This week’s featured guide breaks down the essentials of attack surface monitoring, helping IT leaders understand evolving risk patterns, external exposure, and how modern ASM tools can enforce proactive cyber resilience across digital ecosystems.