The AI payoff most ISVs are leaving on the table
Lessons from VARTECH 2026 on how ISVs can turn AI into an operating and product edge.
Software companies shipped AI fast. They priced it badly.
A survey of 128 software executives finds most AI pricing models are informal, underpriced, and already straining renewals and margins.
The operator’s playbook for scaling AI without losing your people
AI coding tools boost throughput, but review queues are growing four times faster, and trust in the code keeps falling.
Customer-installed AI tools can now attack your software
Your customers control which AI tools touch your software. A capability jump in one of those tools can expose you overnight.
How to monetize software in air-gapped environments
Air-gapped environments are designed to maximize security. They shouldn’t come at the expense of customer value or revenue growth.
Testing should guide AI, not just check its work
Connecting AI to test artifacts and execution evidence turns individual coding tasks into a continuous, context-aware SDLC workflow.
What “agentic” actually means for software quality (beyond the buzzwords)
Agentic AI can gather test data and surface gaps, but engineers must still validate results and own every release decision.
The Business Case for Local AI
Cloud AI has real limits on cost, privacy and reliability. ISVs can seize the opportunity by offering local and hybrid AI solutions instead.
Security and compliance news for ISVs: August 2026
From a major supply chain breach to new PCI guidance, here's what's shaping risk for software leaders right now.
Ownership assigned after launch is not ownership
When engineering teams wait for a governance review to define accountability, the system already decided.
The checkbox that isn’t a control: Rethinking human-in-the-loop for ISVs
Relying on a final review screen fails to catch systemic AI errors. Software vendors must architect genuine oversight directly into the product.
AI application generation needs design, discipline and determinism
Scaling AI application generation requires moving beyond prompt-driven workflows to embed architectural and design constraints into development.
How devs can protect clients from runaway AI spend
Uncontrolled AI consumption creates financial risks that businesses can manage with dynamic model routing.
Turn AI experiments into measurable gains
RetailNOW panelists offer VARs, ISVs and MSPs a practical playbook for provable AI ROI – and it starts with saying no to complexity.
Build an adaptive AI maturity model
TechHouse CEO Kathy Durfee shares a framework to help businesses align AI adoption with proper oversight and human review.
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