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Wednesday’s Briefing · September 16

HackerNoon, Saturday, September 12th, 2026

The Slop Should Not Be Tolerated

Coding agent loops need command-based exit checks and protected tests, not model self-grading, to prevent AI slop. more →

The Slop Should Not Be Tolerated

Upcoming Event · Wed, Sep 30 · 11:00am

The Gartner 2026 CEO Technology Agenda: How AI Drives Growth, Leadership Moves Beyond the CIO

This webinar explores what CEOs expect AI to deliver across technology, finance, HR, operations, and other functions, where confidence gaps remain, and how success is being measured. Attendees will gain practical insights into how CxOs can translate AI investments into business outcomes, operate in a distributed leadership model, and meet rising CEO expectations. more →

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The Gartner 2026 CEO Technology Agenda: How AI Drives Growth, Leadership Moves Beyond the CIO (Sept. 30th)

12touches.com, Friday, September 4th, 2026

Be Seen as an Advisor, Not Just Another Vendor

Ask any enterprise IT buyer how they feel about salespeople and you'll get a tired sigh. It's not personal. It's the accumulated weight of a thousand cold emails, a hundred "quick calls," and an inbox full of reps who all somehow have "a solution that's perfect for your exact challenges" despite never having spoken to them. To the average buyer, the word vendor has come to mean someone who wants my money. more →

Be Seen as an Advisor, Not Just Another Vendor

12touches.com, Friday, September 4th, 2026

The Space Between Sales Calls Is Where Deals Are Won

Every enterprise IT sales professional knows the rhythm of a deal. There's the discovery call, the demo, the proposal, the negotiation - a handful of high-stakes conversations spread across weeks or months. We prepare obsessively for those moments. We rehearse objection handling, tune our slides, and study the org chart. And then, between those moments, we go quiet. more →

The Space Between Sales Calls Is Where Deals Are Won

Upcoming Event · Wed, Oct 14 · 11:00am

Modernize for the AI Era

Join PwC and AWS for a discussion on how AI is redefining cloud modernization priorities. We'll share examples from leaders in their sectors, as well as practical recommendations for building modern cloud platforms that deliver measurable business value, while navigating evolving regulatory, risk, and operational considerations. more →

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Modernize for the AI Era (Oct. 14th)

StorageNewsletter, Tuesday, September 8th, 2026

IT Press Tour 69: DataCore

At IT Press Tour 69, DataCore outlined unifying its acquired storage products into one platform and adding agentic AI operations. more →

IT Press Tour 69: DataCore

Dell, Tuesday, September 8th, 2026

How Much RAM Do You Need

Practical guidance on memory sizing by workload, and when adding RAM stops improving performance. more →

How Much RAM Do You Need

Upcoming Event · Tue, Sep 22 · 1:00pm

Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System

This session explores why observability is emerging as a foundational capability for trustworthy AI. Rather than focusing solely on infrastructure health, modern observability provides the transparency and context needed to understand how AI systems behave, why they produce specific outcomes, and whether they continue to perform as intended over time. more →

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Trustworthy AI in the Cloud: Observability as a Control System (Sept. 22nd)