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... First Takes Fresh insights on emerging trends At SAP Sapphire 2026, SAP announced AI pricing changes that make generative AI available at no extra cost while shifting monetization to tasks executed by agentic AI. Though SAP has simplified AI usage estimation, IT leaders must reassess cost controls, pricing ...
Analyst(s): Victoria Rowan | Mike Tucciarone | James Smith
... Takes Fresh insights on emerging trends Application leaders must immediately inspect their risk exposure and plan mitigating actions following the U.S. Department of Defense designating Alibaba as a Chinese military company on 8 June 2026. Multinationals using or evaluating Salesforce on Alibaba Cloud face ...
... client? Innovation is essential to pursuing business growth opportunities, especially in today’s environment. CIOs can use this research to track AI enhancements to innovation processes and identify innovation trends that will enable them to lead, organize and execute successful innovation programs. ...
Analyst(s): Tsuneo Fujiwara | Samantha Searle | Gunjita Mundeja | Peter Skyttegaard | Christian Stephan
... communication efforts, to achieve strategic goals. How to build an efficient communication budget? Chief communications officers can use the Gartner 2026Trendsin Communications Budget to compare with industry standards, assess resourcing decisions, and advocate for necessary funding to align with strategic ...
... Access Insights Already a Gartner client? Heads of I&O must shift from prevention-first security to recovery-centric operations by enabling dynamic service visibility, autonomous recovery, and robust runtime guardrails to maintain resilient infrastructure against rapid exploits. Why This Matters Blind ...
Analyst(s): Joe Antelmi | Federico De Silva | Nathan Hill
... SSE platforms must move beyond generic access policy enforcement and basic AI visibility to deliver stronger AI data protection. Vendors that enhance their solutions with intent-based analysis will gain a competitive advantage. Overview Strategic Planning Assumption Introduction Market Trend Contributors ...
... Chain Strategy How advances in physical AI are reshaping supply chain decisions, from data capture to network design July 28, 2026 Physical AI is reshaping supply chain strategy Physical AI enables AI-powered systems to interact with and operate in the physical world. Advances in physical AI will influence ...
... Access Research Already a Gartner client? Integrated and domain-specific synthetic data solutions are emerging as unique opportunities for monetization beyond stand-alone tools. Product leaders should prioritize developing solutions that combine synthetic data generation with value-added offerings to ...
Analyst(s): Nick Ingelbrecht | Ben Lee | Kiumarse Zamanian | Tuong Nguyen | Vibha Chitkara