https://biztechmagazine.com/ en https://biztechmagazine.com/media/video/snowflake-summit-26-how-ai-agents-are-transforming-financial-services Agentic artificial intelligence solutions can help financial services institutions to automate tasks and increase efficiencies by reducing the amount of time it takes to complete a task, such as fraud detection or loan processing. However, as financial services institutions consider implementing and developing AI agents, it’s important that security and compliance are addressed from the beginning. For example, the organization needs to know where and to whom their data is being exposed at all times. And because AI agents are completing tasks automatically, it’s especially important that a… Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:00:04 -0400 https://biztechmagazine.com/media/video/snowflake-summit-26-how-ai-agents-are-transforming-financial-services https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/ai-could-help-security-teams-move-faster-say-cisco-and-openai-leaders As organizations race to deploy artificial intelligence agents across their businesses, security leaders may need to rethink a common assumption: Security guardrails do not slow AI adoption. Instead, they make it possible. That was a key message during a Cisco Live session featuring Cisco President and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel, Cisco Chief Security and Trust Officer Anthony Grieco, and OpenAI Product Security Lead Drew Hintz in Las Vegas on Wednesday. The executives argued that organizations will trust AI agents with increasingly important tasks only if they can establish strong… Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:40:54 -0400 Mickey McCarter https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/ai-could-help-security-teams-move-faster-say-cisco-and-openai-leaders https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/why-ai-projects-fail-financial-services-and-how-get-them-back-track Artificial intelligence has quickly become a strategic priority across the financial services industry. Banks, credit unions, wealth management firms and insurers are all exploring ways to improve operations, reduce costs and risk, and enhance customer experiences through AI-powered solutions. Yet despite the enthusiasm, many AI initiatives never achieve meaningful outcomes. Organizations often discover that deploying AI is far more complicated than simply purchasing licenses for the latest platform.  AI implementation challenges typically emerge when organizations fail to clearly define… Fri, 05 Jun 2026 16:16:15 -0400 Kalimuthu Chithambaram, Stephen Getty https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/why-ai-projects-fail-financial-services-and-how-get-them-back-track https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/strategic-pros-and-cons-cloud-computing-smbs-perfcon Cloud computing has become the default infrastructure choice for many small to medium-size businesses (SMBs), promising rapid scalability, faster deployment and pay-as-you-go economics. But as cloud footprints have grown, IT leaders have shifted their focus from adoption to optimization. On-demand scaling and access to advanced services, including GPUs and managed platforms, can speed innovation. At the same time, weak workload profiling, fragmented identity management and inconsistent governance can quickly drive up costs and risk. Those tradeoffs intensify in hybrid and multicloud… Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:30:49 -0400 Nathan Eddy https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/strategic-pros-and-cons-cloud-computing-smbs-perfcon https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/smb-cybersecurity-going-beyond-basics-build-resilient-and-scalable-security-framework-perfcon Small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face increasing pressure to strengthen cybersecurity while maintaining agility and cost efficiency. IT leaders must move beyond reactive defense and toward operationalized maturity — creating systems that are resilient, scalable and audit-ready. Using guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cybersecurity Framework and FINRA’s cybersecurity practices, enterprise-grade security principles can be adapted for use by SMB security leaders. This includes advanced zero-trust implementation and integrating extended detection and… Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:49:23 -0400 Nathan Eddy https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/smb-cybersecurity-going-beyond-basics-build-resilient-and-scalable-security-framework-perfcon https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/cisco-pushes-agenticops-vision-help-it-teams-manage-ai-era-networks As artificial intelligence agents begin taking on more work inside enterprise environments, Cisco is introducing a new operational model designed to help IT teams manage increasingly complex networks at machine speed. At Cisco Live 2026, Cisco executives unveiled a series of networking, security and observability enhancements built around what the company calls “AgenticOps,” a framework that combines AI agents, automation and human oversight to identify, diagnose and resolve IT issues. Joe Vaccaro, Cisco senior vice president of network platforms and ThousandEyes, tells BizTech that… Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:18:50 -0400 Mickey McCarter https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/cisco-pushes-agenticops-vision-help-it-teams-manage-ai-era-networks https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/snowflake-summit-26-take-next-step-ai Businesses hardly need convincing that artificial intelligence is a tool they should be looking to use to improve the speed, performance and efficiency of their operations. But for many organizations, AI is a solution in search of a problem. Business leaders across numerous industries face a significant challenge in finding meaningful projects and a meaningful focus for their AI initiatives, says Rex Washburn, head of engineering and chief architect for data at CDW. Even for companies that have started using simple AI tools such as chatbots and AI assistants, a common question is: “What’s… Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:18:33 -0400 Matt McLaughlin https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/snowflake-summit-26-take-next-step-ai https://biztechmagazine.com/media/video/snowflake-summit-26-5-biggest-data-challenges-businesses-face-today-and-how-overcome Interest in artificial intelligence has exploded over the past four years and has helped enterprises unlock more value from their data. “Historically, what would take months to do, people can do in a day. AI enables them to take their specialized knowledge and accelerate the development of solutions that can have big impact in the enterprise,” said Carl Perry, head of analytics at Snowflake, during Snowflake Summit 26 in San Francisco. However, enterprises can only unlock value from their data if that data is high-quality, accurate and secure. BizTech spoke with Perry about some of the common… Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:51:09 -0400 https://biztechmagazine.com/media/video/snowflake-summit-26-5-biggest-data-challenges-businesses-face-today-and-how-overcome https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/ai-tools-startups-agentic-use-cases-drive-growth-perfcon Early-stage startups are turning to artificial intelligence to stretch limited resources, automate routine work and accelerate growth. But for companies with small teams and tight budgets, the challenge is identifying tools that deliver immediate value rather than experimenting with technology that adds complexity without clear returns. Agentic AI is emerging as one approach to that problem, enabling startups to move beyond basic chatbots toward autonomous workflows that can handle tasks across sales, operations and customer support. Click the banner below to learn how businesses are… Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:53:03 -0400 Nathan Eddy https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/ai-tools-startups-agentic-use-cases-drive-growth-perfcon https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/enterprises-deploy-more-ai-agents-trust-depends-visibility Imagine a customer service artificial intelligence agent that has been authorized to issue a $600 refund. Instead, it refunds $1,500. The agent wasn’t trying to harm the retailer. It simply made a mistake in a customer service transaction. That scenario illustrates one of the biggest challenges facing enterprises as they begin deploying autonomous AI agents, says Kamal Hathi, senior vice president and general manager of Splunk. “Those agents also are running on large language models. They’re running on AI, and sometimes they can make a mistake,” Hathi says. Click the banner below to apply… Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:02:17 -0400 Mickey McCarter https://biztechmagazine.com/article/2026/06/enterprises-deploy-more-ai-agents-trust-depends-visibility