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The long and short of IT - the week in digibytes

News items from this week that didn't make the cut for full analysis, but deserve an airing. This week, Apple's new CEO hasn't fallen far from the tree, Anthropic-centered war and peace noises from the winner of the FIFA Peace Prize, and AI is tracking Meta employees at work - surely not!!!

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Next '26 - when you don't have enterprise legacy, you build it. Google Cloud's playbook for winning agentic AI trust.

Google Cloud doesn't have thirty years of enterprise relationships to draw on. Its answer is to remain open, co-invest, embed engineers, and walk into customer environments to prove the art of the possible. Whether that playbook scales is the question the next few years will answer.

an image of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian on stage at Next '26

ServiceNow beats Q1 2026 guidance as AI deals accelerate (and outcome-based pricing? Zavery isn't buying it)

ServiceNow’s latest earnings beat expectations and the vendor has raised its guidance. We speak with Amit Zavery, President, Chief Product Officer and Chief Operating Officer, to understand the meaning behind the headline figures - and to dive deeper into pricing.

an image of Amit Zavery, President, Chief Product Officer and Chief Operating Officer, ServiceNow
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