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Palo Alto Networks Unveils the Industry’s Most Secure Browser Built for Agentic AI

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Palo Alto Networks Unveils the Industry’s Most Secure Browser Built for Agentic AI

Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, unveiled a major evolution of Prisma Browser, introducing the industry’s most secure browser built for the Agentic AI era. As employees shift from merely using AI as a tool to now utilizing autonomous agents that act on their behalf, Prisma Browser converts the web into a secure AI-driven workspace. Users can now unlock new levels of productivity with Agentic AI, without compromising security.

Today, the browser is the primary engine of modern work and where users spend 85% of their workday. However, the browser’s role is rapidly expanding beyond a simple window to the web and is now the central hub for agentic AI interactions. While this shift unlocks unprecedented efficiency, a new class of sophisticated risks unique to autonomous AI has emerged, such as shadow AI agents, prompt injection attacks and agent hijacking. Prisma Browser paves the way for this new era of work by providing agentic capabilities in combination with a secure foundation to protect these autonomous workflows.

Mr. Anand Oswal, Executive Vice President of AI & Network Security, Palo Alto Networks
Mr. Anand Oswal, Executive Vice President of Network & AI Security, Palo Alto Networks

Mr. Anand Oswal, Executive Vice President of AI & Network Security, Palo Alto Networks said, “Organizations are unleashing a new workforce of agents, however, you cannot give autonomy without security. By embedding AI-powered data protection and securing AI interactions directly in the browser, leaders can now confidently greenlight strategic AI initiatives that were previously stalled. Prisma Browser isn’t just securing an interface, it’s securing a new way of work.”

Prisma Browser introduces key innovations that bring secure agentic AI to end users by:

  • Powering the Agentic Workspace: Enables organizations to leverage the LLM of their choice across all models and platforms. Prisma Browser allows teams to utilize the most effective AI tools for any specific task, maximizing productivity and accelerating autonomous workflows.
  • Securing AI Interactions: Automatically discovers user AI activity and enforces content-aware boundaries to keep agents within their intended scope. Prisma Browser prevents sensitive data from leaking to unmanaged or public AI tools during automated tasks.
  • Preventing Agent Hijacking: Identifies and blocks prompt injection attacks—including malicious instructions hidden within websites designed to hijack AI agents—keeping automated workflows on track and preventing agents from being manipulated into unauthorized actions.
  • Enabling Global Compliance: Provides real-time distinction between human actions and automated AI tasks. By assessing the intentions of both human and non-human identities, Prisma Browser enables total accountability and compliance with evolving global AI regulations.

Mr. Jonathan Jaffe, Chief Information Security Officer, Lemonade said, “The browser has evolved to deal with a whole new landscape of threats with AI threats, like prompt injection or the use of AI extensions that are unsafe. The browser will continue to be the single control point as agents end up doing things on behalf of the user, but through the browser. So I see the browser as being the dominant control point for protecting employees against bad actions. As we allow people to experiment with agents that use the browser to run tasks, we feel more comfortable doing that with Prisma Browser.”

The Industry’s Most Comprehensive SASE Solution for the Agentic AI Era

AI-driven productivity starts in the browser but must be secured across the entire enterprise. Prisma Browser’s evolution is just one of the critical innovations made to Prisma SASE, the most comprehensive SASE solution built for the agentic AI era. Powered by Precision AI, Prisma SASE delivers Universal Zero Trust, providing consistent protection and unmatched performance wherever work happens. By converging secure agentic browsing, autonomous operations, and AI-powered data protection into a unified solution built on a resilient architecture, Prisma SASE transforms AI-driven workflows into a secure growth engine that operates at machine speed.

Prisma SASE extends best-in-class capabilities by:

  • Enabling Autonomous Operations: Empowers IT to accelerate productivity by eliminating the manual troubleshooting and “ticket fatigue” that stall operations, allowing teams to focus on strategic AI growth.
  • Securing Data End-to-End: Discovers and protects sensitive data throughout the entire AI lifecycle—within AI tools and agents and across the entire organization—to prevent leakage into shadow AI environments and protect information across endpoints, network, and SaaS.
  • Providing Business Continuity: Delivers cloud-scale security and operational resilience to high-bandwidth campuses, helping ensure seamless performance and uninterrupted operations for critical resources.

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Gartner Predicts by 2028, Explainable AI Will Drive LLM Observability Investments to 50% for Secure GenAI Deployment

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Gartner Predicts by 2028, Explainable AI Will Drive LLM Observability Investments to 50% for Secure GenAI Deployment

Gartner, Inc., a business and technology insights company, predicts that by 2028, the growing importance of explainable AI (XAI) will drive large language model (LLM) observability investments to 50% of GenAI deployments, up from 15% today.

Gartner defines XAI as a set of capabilities that describes a model, highlights its strengths and weaknesses, predicts its likely behavior and identifies any potential biases. It can clarify a model’s functioning to a specific audience to enable accuracy, fairness, accountability, stability and transparency in algorithmic decision making.

LLM observability solutions monitor, analyze and provide actionable insights into the behavior and performance of LLMs. They go beyond standard IT measurements, such as response times to look at specific LLM metrics such as hallucinations, bias and token utilization. These tools are used by teams that develop and operationalize AI systems, and increasingly by IT operations and SREs responsible for the performance and resilience of these systems in production.

“As enterprises scale GenAI, the trust requirement grows faster than the technology itself,” said Mr. Pankaj Prasad, Sr Principal Analyst at Gartner. “XAI provides visibility into why a model responded a certain way, while LLM observability validates how that response was generated and whether it can be relied on.

“Without robust XAI and observability foundations, GenAI initiatives will be restricted to low risk, internal, or noncritical tasks where output verification is easily managed or inconsequential, severely limiting the potential return on investment.”

Growing Need for XAI and LLM Observability as Mandatory Trust Mechanisms

Gartner forecasts the global GenAI models market will exceed $25 billion in 2026 and reach $75 billion by 2029, driven by rapid adoption across industries. As usage increases, so does the need for mechanisms that verify AI-generated content and protect against hallucinations, factual inaccuracies and biased reasoning.

“Traditional observability is focused on speed and cost, but the priority is now moving toward deeper quality measures such as factual accuracy, logical correctness and sycophancy. This shift requires new governance-focused metrics and evaluation methods, such as human-in-the-loop validation of the generated content’s narrative and citation accuracy,” said Prasad.

“Explainability turns a GenAI output into a defensible, auditable insight. LLM observability ensures the model behaves as expected over time. Without both, GenAI cannot mature beyond controlled lab environments.”

To improve the reliability, transparency and business value of GenAI use cases, organizations should prioritize the following steps:

  • XAI Tracing for High Impact Use Cases: Mandate verifiable XAI tracing for all high impact GenAI use cases to document the model’s reasoning steps and the source data behind each output.
  • Multidimensional LLM Observability: Prioritize observability platforms that monitor latency, drift, token usage and cost, error rates, and output‑quality metrics to ensure reliable GenAI performance.
  • Continuous LLM Evaluation in CI/CD Pipelines: Integrate LLM evaluation metrics, including factual‑accuracy benchmarks and safety checks, into continuous integration (CI)/continuous delivery (CD) pipelines for continuous validation before deployment.
  • Stakeholder Education on Explainability Requirements: Educate legal, compliance, and other key stakeholders on explainability requirements to ensure alignment on risk, governance expectations, and implementation challenges.

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Next Phase of Iris Global’s Growth Vector is Set to be Driven by AI-Led Solutions, Data Center Transformation, Enterprise Automation and Digital Education Infrastructure

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Next Phase of Iris Global’s Growth Vector is Set to be Driven by AI-Led Solutions, Data Center Transformation, Enterprise Automation and Digital Education Infrastructure

Iris Global is a leading VAD in India catering a wide range of IT brands and their solutions. In an interaction with the NCN Magazine, Mr. Sanjiv Krishen, Chairman & Founder, Iris Global Services, shares about their VAD strategies, vision and strategies for the future.

What are the latest trends, opportunities and challenges in the distribution space in India?

India’s distribution landscape is being reshaped by rapid digital transformation and AI-led automation, particularly across government and federal projects, digital education, hospital infrastructure, cyber and physical security, FMCG enterprises, and the fast-growing e-commerce sector. There is an increasing demand for integrated ICT solutions and continuous technology refresh across industries. However, challenges persist — especially with partners placing larger order sizes and requiring higher funding exposure, which puts pressure on working capital and risk management. Iris Global, known for its rapid partner responsiveness and resilient logistics backbone, effectively converts these challenges into competitive advantages through prompt, transparent dealings and strong execution support — enabling partners to close complex deals with confidence and ease.

How will AI improve ROI and profitability without significantly increasing costs in distribution?

Today, across industries, AI is being deployed as a strategic lever to drive higher ROI in increasingly competitive and margin-sensitive environments. For instance data centers, demand for AI-optimized computing infrastructure and high-performance servers is growing exponentially. At Iris, we empower System Integrators (SIs) with best-in-class AI-ready technologies and infrastructure solutions tailored to their customers’ specific application requirements. We enable partners to deploy intelligent, scalable, and automation-driven solutions.

AI enhances business operations through optimization automated workflows.  These results in better margin management, faster decision-making, reduced wastage and improved working capital efficiency. Ultimately, AI improves profitability not merely through scale expansion, but through operational efficiency, optimized capital utilization, and higher productivity across the value chain — for both partners and end customers.

What are your USPs as a distributor and how do you engage, educate and motivate your SI and other partners?

Iris Global’s key USP lies in being a partner-first, solution-led national distributor — not merely a box mover. Iris bridges OEM innovation with large-scale Indian deployments across government, education, FMCG, BFSI, e-commerce, and utilities. With deep expertise across ICT domains — including eGovernance, AI-driven data center automation, and warehouse transformation — partner engagement is driven through structured enablement. In collaboration with its principal OEMs, Iris conducts technical certifications, workshops, joint go-to-market initiatives and live project exposure.  Combined with faster deal closures, pragmatic credit support, and predictable annuity-led growth models, AI-led enablement helps partners improve margins, accelerate cash cycles, and enhance customer productivity — driving profitability through operational excellence rather than scale alone.

What are your strategies and goals for FY2026–27?

From Iris Global’s standpoint, FY2026–27 will be about scaling with control, sustainability, and profitability. The strategic focus will be on deepening AI-led distribution, expanding intelligent solution offerings by widening its integrated ICT portfolio, and strengthening penetration across Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities.

Backed by 70+ global and indigenous brands and aligned with a strong Make in India focus, Iris continues to reinforce its position as a solution-driven national distributor. The company is expected to close the current fiscal at approximately Rs. 4,000 crore and is projecting Rs 5,500 crore in FY2026–27 — targeting 30–40% growth.

Iris will drive its next phase of revenue growth through AI-led solutions, data center transformation, enterprise automation, digital education infrastructure, and large-scale government and federal engagements — with a strong focus on sustainable profitability and long-term value creation.

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Singularity India Redefines Workspace Ergonomics with Premium Monitor Arms, AV Solutions, and Strong Distribution Network

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Singularity India Redefines Workspace Ergonomics with Premium Monitor Arms, AV Solutions, and Strong Distribution Network

Vertiv to Acquire ThermoKey, Expanding Heat Rejection Portfolio for Converged Physical Infrastructure

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Vertiv to Acquire ThermoKey, Expanding Heat Rejection Portfolio for Converged Physical Infrastructure

Vertiv, a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire ThermoKey S.p.A., a leading provider of heat rejection and heat-exchange technologies with long-standing relationships across original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and system integrators, as part of Vertiv’s continued investment in advanced cooling solutions to support high-density AI data centers. Upon closing, the acquisition is expected to expand Vertiv’s thermal management portfolio and manufacturing capabilities, particularly in EMEA, and strengthen its ability to deliver comprehensive solutions across the end-to-end thermal chain for AI factories and high-density data centers.

Upon closing, ThermoKey is expected to further Vertiv’s converged physical infrastructure path by expanding the range of thermal technologies available to customers and enhancing Vertiv’s ability to support integrated, system-level thermal architectures that help customers stay multiple compute generations ahead. ThermoKey’s portfolio of dry coolers and microchannel-based heat-exchange solutions complements Vertiv’s end-to-end thermal chain, giving customers flexibility to optimize for performance, site conditions, and growth.

Mr. Giordano Albertazzi, CEO at Vertiv
Mr. Giordano Albertazzi, CEO at Vertiv

“Heat rejection is becoming increasingly critical for data centers and AI factories as the industry seeks new ways to unlock capacity, improve energy efficiency, and scale with confidence,” said Mr. Giordano Albertazzi, CEO at Vertiv. “Through our work with ThermoKey, we have come to value its differentiated heat-exchange technologies, engineering depth, and relationships across OEMs and system integrators. This acquisition is expected to expand the options available to our customers as they adopt more efficient cooling strategies and build infrastructure designed to stay ahead of rapidly evolving compute demands.”

Founded in 1991 and based in Italy, ThermoKey brings more than three decades of engineering and manufacturing experience in heat exchangers for data center cooling and other demanding applications.

The company has built long-standing relationships with leading manufacturers and installers worldwide and is recognized for its engineering know-how, application expertise, and customer collaboration across data center, OEM, and process-cooling environments. Its differentiated engineering capabilities, microchannel technologies, and compatibility with low-GWP and natural refrigerants position it as a strong fit for advanced, energy-intensive AI data center environments.

ThermoKey’s in-house design and production capabilities, together with its portfolio of heat exchangers, dry coolers, air cooled condensers, and liquid cooling systems, are expected to enhance Vertiv’s broader thermal technology base and manufacturing flexibility. In addition, ThermoKey’s available production capacity is expected to support Vertiv’s ongoing thermal portfolio expansion and help address elevated customer demand in critical thermal infrastructure categories.

For customers, the acquisition is expected to provide several advantages, including:

  • enhanced support for high-efficiency cooling strategies in AI and high-density applications,
  • improved system-level integration across thermal infrastructure within Vertiv’s converged physical infrastructure,
  • the ability to optimize across liquid cooling, air cooling, and heat rejection as an integrated thermal chain, including expanded heat rejection capabilities, such as Vertiv™ CoolLoop Trim Cooler systems, to improve power utilization and efficiency, and
  • expanded access in EMEA to advanced dry-cooling and heat-exchange technologies, and enhanced engineering and manufacturing support for the speed and scale required in next-generation data center deployments.

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory approvals, and is expected to close in the second quarter of 2026.

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Consistent Infosystems Launches HORNET & RAPTOR – Compact Cabinets Built for Performance and Efficiency

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Consistent Infosystems Launches HORNET & RAPTOR – Compact Cabinets Built for Performance and Efficiency

Consistent Infosystems, one of India’s fastest-growing brands in IT hardware, security & surveillance, and consumer electronics, has expanded its PC components portfolio with the launch of two new Micro ATX cabinets – the HORNET and RAPTOR. Designed for compact yet powerful PC builds, both cabinets offer durability, efficient airflow, and flexible hardware support for gamers, professionals, and everyday users.

The HORNET Micro ATX Cabinet is designed as a reliable and space-efficient solution for everyday computing needs. Featuring a premium metal front panel and ventilated side panels, it ensures improved airflow and thermal performance. Supporting Micro ATX motherboards, it offers versatile connectivity with USB 3.0, dual USB 2.0 ports, and HD audio. The cabinet accommodates up to 2 HDDs and 2 SSDs, supports a rear 120mm fan, and provides generous clearance for GPUs up to 270mm and CPU coolers up to 155mm.

The RAPTOR Micro ATX Cabinet is designed to handle more demanding configurations, offering better thermal management and enhanced compatibility for performance users. Built with a premium metal front panel and side ventilation, it ensures durability and effective heat dissipation. It supports Micro ATX motherboards and includes high-speed connectivity with USB 3.0, dual USB 2.0 ports, and HD audio. With support for 2 HDDs, 2 SSDs, a rear 120mm fan, and hardware clearance for GPUs up to 270mm and CPU coolers up to 155mm, it provides strong compatibility in a compact form factor.

Both cabinets stand out in the budget segment for their strong metal construction, optimized airflow through side ventilation, and a compact yet powerful Micro ATX form factor. They are designed to offer a balance of performance, functionality, and affordability, making them ideal for users building or upgrading their PCs.

Mr. Yogesh Agrawal, CMD and Co-Founder, Consistent Infosystems
Mr. Yogesh Agrawal, CMD and Co-Founder, Consistent Infosystems

Speaking about the launch, Mr. Yogesh Agrawal, CMD and Co-Founder, Consistent Infosystems said, “With the introduction of HORNET and RAPTOR Micro ATX cabinets, we aim to provide users with durable, compact, and efficient PC enclosures that meet modern hardware requirements. These products reflect our commitment to delivering reliable and value-driven solutions for a wide range of users, from everyday computing to performance-focused setups.”

With these new additions, Consistent Infosystems continues to strengthen its presence in the PC hardware segment by offering innovative and practical solutions tailored to the evolving demands of modern consumers.

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