David Naffis is the Co-Founder and CEO of Adwave, a CTV advertising platform built for small businesses. Adwave makes it possible to create professional commercials and run targeted TV campaigns without agencies, lengthy contracts, or large budgets. 1. Self-serve platforms reshaped search, social, and display advertising over the past fifteen years. Why has broadcast-quality TV been the…
STAMFORD, Conn., April 8, 2026 — Global semiconductor revenue is projected to exceed $1.3 trillion in 2026, exhibiting the highest growth in the last two decades, according to Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company. “Amid high demand for AI processing, data center networking and power, and memory price inflation (memflation), the semiconductor industry…
What boards still need to get right on AI During a recent visit to Australia, Dottie Schindlinger, Executive Director of the Diligent Institute, shared her thoughts on how boards are grappling with the opportunities and risks created by AI. From governance and ROI to cyber risk and the use of AI tools in the boardroom…
Enverus, the long‑standing data and analytics provider for the energy industry, announced the release of Enverus ONE, a governed artificial intelligence platform designed to serve as the execution backbone for energy‑focused enterprises. The product, which went live on April 7, 2026, aims to replace fragmented, manual processes with a unified environment that can ingest proprietary data,…
AI‑driven service desks are reshaping enterprise software economics A fresh analysis from Automation Anywhere, the firm behind Agentic Process Automation (APA), reveals that its purpose‑built AI agents are dramatically altering the cost structure of IT service management (ITSM). The study, which examined millions of tickets across more than 70 enterprise deployments, found that the AI…
STAMFORD, Conn., April 6, 2026 — By 2028, over half of all enterprises will stop paying for assistive intelligence (such as copilots and smart advisors) and instead will favor platforms that commit to workflow results, according to Gartner, Inc. a business and technology insights company. In this emerging model, humans move from completing work with…
When it comes to industry events, engagement used to mean attendees showing up, scanning their badge, and sitting through sessions. That bar has significantly elevated. Across industries, people arrive expecting events to feel relevant, interactive, engaging, personalized, and intentional. They also expect the experience to continue after they leave, with follow-up that reflects what they…
NRF has always offered a collaborative space for retailers, technology providers, and enterprise decision makers alike, and this year was no different. While new ideas, exciting partnerships, and big purchasing decisions often begin at the annual event in January, just one, high-impact moment isn’t enough to build lasting relationships in today’s experiential environment. While flashy…
Jotform has rolled out a native plug‑in for OpenAI’s ChatGPT that lets users create, edit, and retrieve form data without ever leaving the chat interface. Announced on March 31, 2026, the integration leverages generative AI to translate plain‑language instructions into fully‑featured online forms and to surface response data in an organized table—all within a conversational flow. What…
