Intelligence
The Producer Price Index rose 6.5 percent in the year to October 2026, the fastest wholesale inflation in nearly four years, and truck transportation costs are up almost 25 percent. Wholesale prices are what businesses pay before shoppers see a shelf tag. A source-led look at the pipeline: what is driving producer costs, how grocers and retailers are responding, and what the evidence says about 2027.
Andrew Singer · 14 November 2026 · 13 min
Enterprise
Field reps work alone, in a customer's building, with no manager on the call. Classroom workshops and course completions were never designed to prove they are ready for that. Here is what the research says, what is changing with practice-based and AI-assisted training, and how employers can measure readiness more honestly.
· 12 November 2026 · 8 min
Intelligence
Headline inflation is well below its 2022 peak, yet overall prices are up roughly 25 percent since January 2020 and the October 2026 CPI still rose 0.4 percent in a month. A source-led look at the costs the annual rate does not show: cumulative price levels, smaller packages, insurance bills, fees and the quiet math that makes a normal month feel expensive.
· 11 November 2026 · 12 min
Intelligence
Consumer sentiment just posted its best reading in three months and inflation expectations fell. Yet 57 percent of Americans say high prices have eroded their living standards, the highest share since May. A source-led look at why the gap between improving surveys and worried households is real, and what it means for the holiday season.
· 10 November 2026 · 12 min
Enterprise
Readiness software promises that a leader can see whether a rep can hold a conversation before the rep is sent out to have one. Here is what nine platforms document about assessment, certification and manager reporting, what independent research says about measuring readiness, and what a US field team should require before signing.
· 6 November 2026 · 8 min
Enterprise
Seven companies a US IT leader can realistically shortlist for moving old applications onto supported platforms, what each one publicly says it does, and the questions that separate a credible proposal from a sales deck.
· 5 November 2026 · 12 min
Intelligence
Headline inflation has climbed back to 3.7 percent, driven by fuel. But the pressure households feel comes from a stack of bills that do not show up evenly in one number: mortgages, health premiums, heating oil and the price of getting to work. A source-led look at where the money is going and how Americans are adjusting.
· 3 November 2026 · 13 min
Robotics
Industrial robots had a record year while humanoids shipped in the low tens of thousands. Production lines are starting, deployment figures are mostly company-reported, and the most cited market forecast was just multiplied by five. A source-led look at what is real.
Henrik Solberg · 2 November 2026 · 13 min
Enterprise
AI-assisted conversion is changing the work, but not the buyer's responsibility. A source-led look at support deadlines, eight consulting options and the evidence a modernization contract should deliver before an old system is switched off.
· 31 October 2026 · 13 min
Enterprise
The cloud bill grew faster than the companies paying it, and the people who approve the spending are not the people who cause it. Survey data, published forecasts and vendor pricing documents explain how a rentable utility became a management problem.
Andrew Singer · 29 October 2026 · 13 min
AI
The capability gap has narrowed to low single digits on public benchmarks. For US organizations, the more practical comparison is over access, customization, privacy and what a deployment really costs.
Martin Anderson · 28 October 2026 · 14 min
Cybersecurity
A convincing email, familiar voice or realistic video is no longer enough to establish trust. For US consumers, the strongest protection is a way to verify requests that the caller or message cannot control.
· 27 October 2026 · 13 min
Enterprise
Memory shortages and AI infrastructure demand are putting pressure on PC costs. For US buyers, the bigger bill can also reflect changing specifications, fewer budget choices and the timing of a replacement purchase.
· 26 October 2026 · 11 min
Robotics
Commercial drones in the United States operate under a decade-old rule written for line-of-sight flying. The next phase, routine flight beyond what the pilot can see, depends on a rule the FAA proposed in 2025 and has not yet finalised. Here is what the law permits today, what is changing, and where the gaps are.
Henrik Solberg · 24 October 2026 · 13 min
Intelligence
Federal agencies have moved from pilots to procurement. The policy now favours speed, the contracts are cheap, and the hard questions about accountability, records and workforce skills have not gone away.
Michelle Greenlee · 23 October 2026 · 13 min
Enterprise
Software that answers questions is giving way to software that takes actions. The shift changes the risks, the costs and the management work far more than the demos suggest.
Michelle Greenlee · 22 October 2026 · 12 min
Enterprise
For US IT teams, the difficult part of a VB6 migration is often outside the source code. Unsupported controls, 32-bit dependencies and deployment rights need decisions before a converter can deliver a dependable application.
· 21 October 2026 · 11 min
AI
Neural rendering is already inside shipping titles, with support reaching new laptops this month. Generative characters, the part most players imagine when they hear AI in games, remain closer to prototypes. The gap between the two tells the industry where it really is.
Martin Anderson · 21 October 2026 · 12 min
Intelligence
Chip suppliers are earning substantial profits. Cloud platforms are growing, but investment absorbs cash. The harder question is whether model providers and their customers can turn AI use into durable returns.
Andrew Singer · 19 October 2026 · 12 min
Enterprise
Demand for AI computing does not automatically produce a working data center. Developers must align grid connections, patient capital and specialized construction, while the machines inside the building age on a different clock.
Andrew Singer · 18 October 2026 · 12 min