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Flash storage economics have shifted dramatically as AI workloads consume capacity at unprecedented rates, pushing lead times from weeks to quarters and driving prices up three to four times what organizations budgeted just a year ago.

By Amit Patel, Senior Vice President, Consulting Solutions Modernizing a legacy ERP system is no longer an option but an operational imperative. Systems built years ago struggle to support today’s regulatory requirements, real-time reporting needs, and complex digital integrations. Yet these same systems often run the most sensitive, mission-critical processes in the business.

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Keeper Security, the identity security platform for humans, machines and AI agents, announced a major milestone in its journey to become the market standard for AI-native identity security, having reached $225 million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR). Since 2021, Keeper’s ARR has grown over 3x. Keeper protects over 95,000 organizations, which includes many Fortune 500 enterprises and public sector agencies.

Firewalla launched the Firewalla Switch family, a new line of managed switches designed to extend Zero Trust networking across wired infrastructures. The new Switch X and Switch SE complete Firewalla’s integrated networking platform, bringing the company’s visibility, segmentation, and access control capabilities to both wired and wireless devices through a single management system.

Perforce Software, the modern DevOps Tech Stack that ensures AI control, announced the findings of its latest State of DevOps Report: Platform Engineering 2026, which surveyed 820 technology professionals worldwide. The report examines the role platform engineering practices play with AI maturation and adoption across organizations.

Refiant launched Protea – its suite of long-context AI models – with a 10 million-token context window, one of the largest ever made publicly available, accessible immediately via refiant.ai. Until now, AI has been constrained by how much it can see at once. The most capable models struggle with more than a few hundred thousand tokens in working memory, forcing elaborate workarounds to compensate for what the model can’t access. Protea removes those constraints.

Airbyte announced major updates to its Airbyte Agents platform, expanding how AI agents access and act on enterprise data. The update includes Airbyte’s availability in the OpenAI App Marketplace, the launch of the Airbyte Agent CLI, and new write capabilities for Salesforce that give agents the ability not just to retrieve information, but to take action. “AI agents are quickly evolving from passive assistants into active operators,” said Michel Tricot, CEO and co-founder, Airbyte.

Censys announced the expansion of the Censys Internet Map to include real-time DNS visibility. Security teams can now seamlessly pivot between domains, names, and the Internet infrastructure behind them on the Censys Platform. With active DNS data now part of the Internet Map, security teams can replace workflows that relied on multiple datasets and investigative interfaces with a single cohesive platform.

Vultr announced the launch of SUSE AI Factory with NVIDIA on Vultr infrastructure, developed in partnership with SUSE. Announced alongside SUSE at the RAISE Summit in Paris, this validated, full-stack enterprise AI platform combines enterprise-grade AI software, advanced GPU acceleration, and global AI infrastructure into a single, production-ready solution.