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AI has ushered in a lot of never-happened-before moments, but one of the most transformative is its impact on enterprise IT. Companies that have historically been cautious and committed long-term to what they buy are on pace to spend $4.25 trillion on technology in 2026, market researcher IDC predicts. It’s almost all driven by AI.

Palo Alto Networks paid $500 million in cash and stock to acquire Console, a two-year-old startup that uses AI agents to automate routine IT help desk tasks, according to two people with knowledge of the deal.

Before joining Sequoia Capital in 2020 as chief digital and information officer, Avon Puri spent over a decade running infrastructure at Rubrik and VMware. Three years ago, as large language models began showing their true potential, Puri, alongside another Sequoia IT leader, Sudheer Dhurjati, recognized that AI could help autonomously solve a major challenge for…

Microsoft’s efforts to fix what is now a multi-day outage affecting customers’ access to Outlook email and other Microsoft 365 services are entering day two.

Nearly every company that’s trying to deploy artificial intelligence runs into the same problem: it’s hard to integrate the tech into everyday operations. Industrial heavyweight Caterpillar has spent decades dealing with a version of that problem in the physical world, and now it’s using its experience to deploy AI.

Amazon and Nvidia just got a lot closer. The two companies announced Wednesday an expanded partnership that includes a deal to add another 2 million Nvidia GPU chips to Amazon’s data centers.