Microsoft is moving on from its long-standing fictional case study companies, Contoso and Fabrikam. The tech giant has introduced a new fake brand, Zava, which sells “intelligent athletic apparel,” to showcase its modern AI and cloud-native technologies.
Forget the hype. The enterprise tech landscape in 2026 will be defined by practical, integrated technologies that deliver real growth. Here are the eight trends that will separate the leaders from the laggards.
New benchmarks show Intel’s flagship Core Ultra 9 285K is now about 9% faster and uses 15% less power on Linux. Similar optimizations are rolling out on Windows, effectively giving owners a free upgrade.
Dario Amodei of Anthropic is set to testify before Congress on December 17 about Chinese state hackers using Claude Code. The incident has sparked a huge debate over AI regulation and who benefits from framing the tech as uniquely dangerous.
