Simplified Systems: Bringing Your HR Tech Stack Into 2026
Choosing the right benefits strategy can feel complex, especially as costs continue to rise. In this session, we’ll break down how benefits pricing works, where you have control, and how to evaluate the options for your small business with confidence. Building a benefits strategy that balances team support and financial health Understanding health insurance pricing […]
The hybrid cloud strategies of today’s IT leaders
Cloud adoption almost never happens in a vacuum. Whether organizations embark on cloud-native projects or dig deeper into the tech stack to initiate core systems migrations, the result is typically a hybrid environment. INCLUDED IN THIS TRENDLINE AI infrastructure budgets set to triple as demand soars U.S. Bank shifts critical apps to AWS for AI […]
Building a Strategic Treasury Office:
Treasury teams in local government are being asked to do more while still managing the day-to-day reality of fragmented revenue systems and manual processes that weren’t built for today’s demands. In this session, we’ll explore why so many treasury offices feel stuck in reactive mode, what the hidden operational costs of fragmentation actually look like, […]
A Hacker and a CISO on Closing the AI Security Gap in 2026
Attackers aren’t probing your LLMs in isolation—they’re chaining prompt injections into your internal APIs, data sources, and connected actions. A pentester’s job is to break what a CISO has built, and that adversarial lens matters more than ever as AI rewires the attack surface faster than defenses can keep up. The Cobalt 2026 State of […]
Unleashing the Agentic Financial Close with WiseLayer AIn
With WiseLayer, BlackLine is accelerating of our vision for AI-powered financial operations by expanding our AI digital workforce with powerful accruals agents to usher in what we see as a new era for Finance and accounting teams – The Agentic Financial Close. Join us to learn how organizations are deploying trusted, Finance AI to reduce […]
Why Banking-Specific AI is Key to Lasting Value
This playbook explores why generic AI fails in banking and how banks can start investing in and implementing banking-specific AI that drives results. Investment in AI is increasing for banks that want to stay competitive in a crowded market as multinational banks and fintechs continue to poach clients from regional financial institutions. JPMorgan alone spends […]
6 Ways an Investment in Construction Training Pays Off
This playbook outlines six ways that an investment in formal, credentialed workforce training delivers measurable ROI. Construction companies are facing a unique confluence of challenges. The risk of employee injury remains high, while a tightening labor market makes it harder to prioritize training. At the same time, growing pressure around completion dates and client expectations […]
Data that Leads: n
The problem isn’t that you don’t have data. It’s that none of it connects. Inventory lives in one place. Labor in another. Your P&L shows up a month too late to do anything about it. So, decisions get made on gut feel — and by the time the numbers catch up, the margin is already […]
How the payments landscape is changingn
Retailers are thinking through the best way to streamline and incorporate payment options as a way to capture, delight and retain shoppers. Millennial and Gen Z shoppers are leading the way when it comes to contactless payment adoption, and retailers are rolling out options like buy now, pay later and checkout-free capabilities. INCLUDED IN THIS […]
Embedded payment tools make inroads
Companies seeking to gain a foothold in the payments arena are increasingly offering software services that can be embedded in other workflows and processing tools. Customers benefit from the bundled, integrated nature of embedded services while vendors can tap multiple, combined revenue streams. INCLUDED IN THIS TRENDLINE Getting paid faster in construction Apple, Google wallets […]