ServiceNow Armis and the Agent-Era Control Plane
ServiceNow

ServiceNow Armis and the Agent-Era Control Plane

Cloud era split the control plane into three layers. Agent era is splitting the same way with different vendors. ServiceNow just spent $7.75B to own the middle layer. The bottom layer is still open.

Craig Alberino · Apr 22, 2026 · 6 min read min read
SmartFlow Sovereign: Built for the EU AI Act
EU AI Act

SmartFlow Sovereign: Built for the EU AI Act

EU AI Act high-risk obligations take effect August 2, 2026. Most AI infrastructure produces some of the required evidence. Sovereign produces all of it, article by article, automated.

Craig Alberino · Apr 20, 2026
Cisco Told the World AI Must Be Governable. Here Is What That Actually Requires.
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Cisco Told the World AI Must Be Governable. Here Is What That Actually Requires.

At NVIDIA GTC 2026, Cisco made a statement that should matter to every CISO and CIO in a regulated enterprise. Kevin Wollenweber, SVP and GM

Craig Alberino · Apr 8, 2026
AI Agent Governance: MCP, A2A, and the New Attack Surface
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AI Agent Governance: MCP, A2A, and the New Attack Surface

AI agents are connecting to enterprise systems, executing transactions, and communicating with other agents. Each tool invocation is a data flow and a permission decision.

Craig Alberino · Apr 4, 2026
EU AI Act Compliance: What U.S. Enterprises Need to Know in 2026
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EU AI Act Compliance: What U.S. Enterprises Need to Know in 2026

The EU AI Act is the world's first comprehensive AI regulation, and its high-risk system provisions took effect in August 2025. This guide covers the key obligations for U.S. enterprises.

Craig Alberino · Apr 4, 2026
The Enterprise Guide to Shadow AI: Discovery, Governance, and Control
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The Enterprise Guide to Shadow AI: Discovery, Governance, and Control

65% of enterprise AI usage happens outside sanctioned channels. How to discover, assess, and govern shadow AI without blocking productivity.

Craig Alberino · Apr 4, 2026
AIDA: How Cryptographic Identity Works for AI Agents
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AIDA: How Cryptographic Identity Works for AI Agents

AI agents are acting on delegated authority with no standard for identity, authorization, or audit. AIDA is the cryptographic protocol that binds every AI agent to a human principal.

Craig Alberino · Apr 4, 2026
The Error Rates Your Board Hasn't Seen

The Error Rates Your Board Hasn't Seen

From Boardroom to Tech Stack The AI providers publish detailed evaluations of their own models. They call these

Craig Alberino · Apr 3, 2026
APERION: AI Sovereignty for Regulated Industries
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APERION: AI Sovereignty for Regulated Industries

Today LangSmart becomes APERION. When we started this company, we called it LangSmart because we were building something

Craig Alberino · Apr 1, 2026
What the LiteLLM Supply Chain Attack Means for Enterprise AI

What the LiteLLM Supply Chain Attack Means for Enterprise AI

On March 24, 2026, two versions of LiteLLM, the most widely used open-source LLM proxy in the Python

Craig Alberino · Apr 1, 2026
10x Faster. On-Prem. And Nobody Else Will Publish the Numbers: Why Your AI Gateway Needs a p95 Benchmark

10x Faster. On-Prem. And Nobody Else Will Publish the Numbers: Why Your AI Gateway Needs a p95 Benchmark

AI gateways are at a crossroads. As adoption scales toward the 70% mark projected by analysts for 2028,

Craig Alberino · Mar 16, 2026
What Is an AI Firewall? Enterprise Guide to AI Security [2026]
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What Is an AI Firewall? Enterprise Guide to AI Security [2026]

AI Firewall Guide: What is an AI firewall and how is it different from a WAF? The enterprise guide to prompt injection defense, PII filtering, OWASP LLM Top 10 coverage, and on-premise deployment.

Craig Alberino · Mar 2, 2026