Google pitches Agentic Data Cloud to help enterprises turn data into context for AI agents

Google is recasting its data and analytics portfolio as the Agentic Data Cloud, an architecture it says is aimed at moving enterprise AI from pilot to production by turning fragmented data into a unified semantic layer that agents can reason over and act on more reliably at scale. The new architecture builds on Google’s existing…

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From Pipelines to Platforms: Google’s Data Strategy at Cloud Next 2026

The last decade of data infrastructure was built around pipelines. Move the data, transform it, store it, then do something useful with it. That approach became so normal that most teams stopped questioning it.  At Cloud Next 2026, Google seemed to be leaning toward a different way of working with data, one built more around…

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Offer customers passkeys by default, UK’s NCSC tells enterprises

The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is recommending passkeys as the default authentication method for businesses to offer consumers, citing industry progress that now makes them a more secure and user-friendly alternative to passwords. In a blog post published this week, the agency said passkeys can now be recommended to both the public and…

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Microsoft taps Anthropic’s Mythos to strengthen secure software development

Microsoft plans to integrate Anthropic’s Mythos AI model into its Security Development Lifecycle, a move that suggests advanced generative AI is beginning to play a direct role in how major software vendors identify vulnerabilities and harden code against attack. The company said it will use Mythos Preview, along with other advanced models, as part of…

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