AI Industry Landscape

Two Weeks, Three Deals: The Agent Control Plane Is Being Assembled
Enterprise Strategy

Two Weeks, Three Deals: The Agent Control Plane Is Being Assembled

ServiceNow Armis. Palo Alto Portkey. Cisco Astrix. In thirteen days the enterprise security incumbents stacked three deals onto the agent-era control plane. Each one occupies a different layer.

Craig Alberino · May 5, 2026
ServiceNow Armis and the Agent-Era Control Plane
AI Industry Landscape

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
Cisco Told the World AI Must Be Governable. Here Is What That Actually Requires.
AI Governance

Cisco Told the World AI Must Be Governable. Here Is What That Actually Requires.

Craig Alberino · Apr 8, 2026
What the LiteLLM Supply Chain Attack Means for Enterprise AI
AI Security

What the LiteLLM Supply Chain Attack Means for Enterprise AI

Craig Alberino · Apr 1, 2026