IT, AI & Telecommunications

Global – October 29, 2026 -- Security provider Wirespeed says reviews of new customers' previous 90 days of detections routinely uncover suspicious logins on MFA-enforced accounts that existing tools never surfaced, some dating back weeks.

The sessions go unflagged because the authentication evidence looks clean: valid credentials, a satisfied MFA prompt and a valid issued session. A stolen session token carries the authentication context that created it, so the assertion of strong authentication travels with the attacker.

Risk prompts can mark stolen sessions as resolved

When Entra ID Protection detects an unfamiliar location, new ASN or odd device, it emits a risk signal that triggers an MFA prompt. Once the prompt is satisfied, the sign-in risk is marked resolved, depending on configuration. An analyst scrolling a queue sees a challenge that passed, not a hijacked session.

Global – October 29, 2026 -- Two critical PHP vulnerabilities, CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, each carry a CVSS score of 9.2 and let unauthenticated attackers run code on web servers. Cyber insurer Coalition says its honeypots recorded exploit-related requests more than five hours before PHP released its fix, and it expects exploitation at scale.

PHP published its advisory on October 21, a day earlier than planned after details leaked online. The flaws sit in PHP itself rather than in any single application. Attackers can also read passwords, authentication tokens, API keys and certificates from server memory without taking over the server.

Global – October 29, 2026 -- Some 34 percent of employees still struggle to find the information they need to do their jobs, according to Gartner's Market Guide for Enterprise AI Search, published in September 2025. Enterprises are now rearchitecting search around retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) and agentic AI, a shift that can multiply inference costs by three to five times at scale.

Gartner finds 36 percent of AI tool users still cannot access relevant information

Roughly 49 percent of workers now rely primarily on AI tools such as Copilot or Gemini for data discovery rather than traditional search interfaces. Yet 36 percent of those users still report difficulty reaching relevant information.

Global – October 29, 2026 -- Roughly 50% of generative AI proof-of-concept projects will be scrapped before reaching production, according to Gartner. Enterprises are responding with a two-function operating model that pairs an AI Center of Excellence (CoE) with an AI Factory.

Unclear ownership, not model quality, drives the failures

The causes are rarely the models themselves. Unclear ownership, inconsistent governance, fragmented data and the lack of a repeatable path from prototype to deployed system stall most projects, according to AppsTek, the IT services provider that published the framework guide.

Global – October 29, 2026 -- Only 25% of enterprises have moved 40% or more of their AI experiments into production, according to Deloitte's 2026 State of AI in Enterprise study. S&P Global Market Intelligence reports that 42% of companies abandoned most of their AI initiatives in 2025, up from 17% a year earlier.

The author argues the gap is an organizational problem, not a technology one. Workflows are still built for human handoffs, decision rights are fragmented, and incentives reward the old way of working.

Global – October 29, 2026 -- Some 88% of 350 telecom decision-makers surveyed plan to increase spending on satellite technologies over the next five years, according to research commissioned by ST Engineering iDirect, which is promoting hybrid architectures as the fastest route to 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) deployment.

Survey of 350 executives across seven markets shows broad satcom backing

The global survey covered mobile network operators, infrastructure providers and cloud service companies. Some 95% called satcom essential or important to seamless global connectivity, and 93% expect satellite to play a bigger role in their business.

Expanding coverage ranks high on the agenda: 22% named 5G expansion as their biggest technology focus for the next 12 months, and 19% already see 5G NTN as a future growth opportunity.

Global – October 29, 2026 -- Ninety-three percent of 350 senior telecom decision-makers surveyed globally by ST Engineering iDirect expect satellite to play a bigger role in their networks, and 88% plan to increase investment over the next five years.

Around 94% already classify satellite as essential or important to network strategy, and 85% highlight the importance of partnerships with satellite providers, according to the research cited by Shravan K Gaddam, VP Engineering in the company's CTO Office.

Operators want satellite to run inside the existing 5G core

Gaddam argues that operators do not want another network. They want 5G non-terrestrial networks (NTN) to reuse 5G core functions such as authentication, billing and policy control, and to deliver consistent service whether connectivity is terrestrial or satellite. Siloed systems with different operational models do not scale as networks grow more complex, he says.

Columbus – October 29, 2026 -- Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE: VRT) has introduced Vertiv SmartIT, a factory-validated AI infrastructure platform built on NVIDIA MGX and OCP ORV3 architectures, available now for global deployments.

The solution integrates rack infrastructure, DC power conversion and distribution, direct-to-chip liquid cooling, in-rack cooling distribution and monitoring. Vertiv validates these systems before shipment, which limits on-site commissioning to connections with facility power and cooling. It was previously deployed with NVIDIA to support the NVIDIA DGX GB300.

SmartIT supports four NVIDIA systems from single-rack to multi-rack scale

The platform supports NVIDIA GB300 NVL72, Vera Rubin NVL72, DGX Rubin NVL8 and HGX Rubin NVL8. Customers can expand from one rack to several without redesign between phases. Target buyers are enterprises, research institutions and colocation providers.

Global – October 29, 2026 -- OX has launched Agent Activity in early access, giving security teams step-by-step runtime visibility into AI agent sessions across its OX.VibeSec and OX.Cloud platforms, with more than 100 built-in guardrail policies.

Agent Activity traces each session from prompt to data access

For every agent session, security teams can follow the full chain of actions from start to finish. The tool records prompts and responses, the MCP servers and tools the agent called and in what order, and whether the agent held read or write access. That distinction separates an agent that views a ticket from one that modifies it, or one that reads Slack from one that posts to it.

It also flags when an agent interacts with PII, secrets, tokens, or financial data, and when that data risks leaving where it belongs.

Solon, Ohio – October 29, 2026 -- Winncom Technologies has added Alta Labs' wired and wireless networking products to its distribution portfolio, and the range is available through Winncom immediately.

Winncom adds access points, managed switches and routers from Alta Labs

The Alta Labs line covers wireless access points, managed switches, routers and centralized network management. Winncom, a global distributor of wireless broadband, networking and telecommunications solutions, will sell the range to service providers, enterprises and integrators.

Alta Control platform manages devices across multiple sites

Alta Labs pairs its purpose-built hardware with the Alta Control management platform. Users can monitor, configure and manage network devices across multiple sites from one system. The company positions the platform around streamlined deployment and simplified administration.