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WINDOWS 11 KB5129195 IS OUT AFTER MICROSOFT CONFIRMS MAJOR ISSUES WITH THE SEPTEMBER 2026 UPDATE, BUT IT WON'T FIX AMD GPU ERRORS

Microsoft has released an out-of-band Windows 11 update after September's Patch Tuesday caused problems with Remote Desktop, audio, virtualized apps, and other components. KB5129195 fixes several of the issues, but reported Explorer crashes, File History failures, some USB audio problems, and AMD GPU instability remain worth watching before accelerating enterprise deployment.

AI WAS SUPPOSED TO MAKE SOFTWARE CHEAPER. SO WHY IS IT MORE EXPENSIVE NOW?

Despite dramatic improvements in developer productivity and falling unit costs for AI intelligence, software is becoming more expensive due to rising software scope and Jevons paradox driving up consumption. Software has historically been priced on the value delivered to the buyer rather than production labor costs. Consequently, efficiency gains are absorbed by increased inference usage and higher feature expectations rather than lower bills.

DREAMFORCE OPENS WITH AI, BUT QUESTIONS FOR CIOS REMAIN

Salesforce's Dreamforce announcements point toward enterprise software being accessed increasingly through agents, MCP, and conversational interfaces rather than traditional application screens. The unresolved IT question is economic: as software moves away from predictable seat-based licensing toward agent usage, MCP calls, and consumption pricing, CIOs may gain flexibility while losing some cost predictability.

BUILD WITH CONFIDENCE: APP GOVERNANCE, ACCESS, AND ACCOUNTABILITY AT HUBSPOT

HubSpot is adding centralized controls for which apps and AI connectors can be installed, who can install them, what data they can access, and who owns each integration. Particularly useful for IT: admins can require approval, use more granular OAuth scopes, restrict MCP access to company-provisioned accounts, see app activity logs, and get warned when deactivating someone who owns an integration.

ZOOM UNVEILS AI-POWERED REVENUE OS TO UNIFY BUYER INTELLIGENCE, CUSTOMER CONVERSATIONS, AND REVENUE EXECUTION

Zoom is expanding its platform with Common Room integration and new Revenue Accelerator capabilities for engagement and forecasting. It is another example of collaboration vendors broadening into adjacent enterprise workflows, potentially giving IT teams more opportunities to consolidate tools, but also more overlap to evaluate across CRM, meeting intelligence, and sales platforms.

AI CLOUD BILLS ARE FORCING TECHNOLOGY LEADERS TO RETHINK AWS, AZURE AND GCP COMMITMENTS

AI workloads are disrupting traditional cloud commitments as GPU availability, data movement, egress fees, and unpredictable inference demand make long-term AWS, Azure, and GCP agreements harder to forecast. CIOs are increasingly separating AI infrastructure economics from general cloud spend, negotiating more flexible capacity terms, and deciding which high-cost workloads need to remain portable across providers

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