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From getting AI-ready to putting AI into action, the Enterprise AI World 2026 Sourcebook brings together practical insights for today’s leaders. Explore Trace3 Head of AI Solutions Ben Prescott’s perspective in Judith Lamont’s article, “Building Trustworthy Data Foundations for AI.” Download your copy of this year's sourcebook at the link in the comments.

Nashville is the backdrop for this year’s Trace3 East Executive Summit, where clients and partners are sharing insights in the PressBox, CEO Joe Qu***ia is taking the stage, and technology presentations and peer-to-peer conversations are filling the agenda. Thanks to Troy Watson and Scott Klink for making it such a memorable event!

Shoutout to Sandy Salty, Todd Gallina, Tony Olzak, and Asher Lohman for stepping into the PressBox to feature our clients and partners. We can't wait to show you what we've been talking about here in Nashville.

Your next compliance win may happen long before the auditor arrives.
As your technology footprint grows and risk extends across vendors, frameworks, and teams, you need more than a checklist to manage GRC. It's time to adopt a living view of control performance, automated evidence collection, and workflows that surface issues while there’s still time to act.
In his latest blog, Trace3 Innovation Principal Sohil R. explores the shift from audit preparation to continuous assurance, and what enterprises should consider as they evaluate modern GRC platforms.
The goal isn’t to prepare harder for the next audit. It’s to make readiness part of the operating model.
Read more: https://hubs.ly/Q04wD_S20

Exciting news as we announce Trace3’s intent to acquire Calian Group’s U.S. commercial IT operations, the next step that expands our national footprint and strengthens the value we bring clients. Together, we look forward to delivering broader capabilities across software, hardware, consulting, professional services, and managed services, grounded in our shared consultative, engineering-led, client-centric approach. Read more about this planned acquisition, here: https://www.trace3.com/announcements

What does the next phase of enterprise AI adoption look like? More practical, connected, and built for production.
CRN’s Wade Tyler Millward explores Ode’s acquisition of Casper Studios and the broader momentum behind AI services companies helping organizations put frontier models to work.
He spoke with Trace3's CTO Tony Olzak about our newly launched partnership with Anthropic for this piece. Tony shares perspective on the company's partner ecosystem and the work required to enable autonomous enterprises. At Trace3, that means helping clients move beyond experimentation by designing, deploying, and scaling secure, governed AI products and services tied to measurable business outcomes.
Read the full article, here: https://www.crn.com/news/ai/2026/anthropic-affiliated-ai-services-company-ode-acquires-casper-studios?itc=refresh

After wrapping up Trace3’s Military Wellness Challenge, we’re grateful for the opportunity to support an organization doing meaningful work for Gold Star families.
Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation provides college and trade-school scholarships, educational assistance, and career support to military children who have lost a parent in the line of duty. Their mission helps ensure these children have the resources, guidance, and support to pursue their goals while honoring the legacy of their fallen parent.
Thank you to everyone from Team Trace3 who took part in the challenge and helped turn wellness into an opportunity to stand behind this important mission. We’re proud to support Children of Fallen Patriots and the military families they serve.
Learn more about their work: https://fallenpatriots.org/

We’re proud to share that Trace3 was named Palo Alto Networks’ 2026 North America SASE Partner of the Year last week at their Partner Summit Awards Gala.
This recognition reflects the strength of our long-standing partnership, deep Prisma SASE expertise, and ability to help organizations move from strategy to secure, real-world deployment.
Thank you to Palo Alto Networks and to our teammates at Trace3 who make this work possible. We’re proud to keep moving security forward, together!

Cue the confetti 🎉 We’ve been recognized by Global Tech Awards for Trace3's excellence in AI for our development of innovative AI Factory solutions!
This honor celebrates our team, our partners, and the momentum behind delivering secure, scalable AI that drives real business outcomes.

Erica Marois’s recent article for Informa Connect dissects where businesses are finding real value throughout the AI adoption journey.
For her piece, Erica sat down with Trace3's Head of AI Solutions Ben Prescott to talk about what it takes to make AI work in the real world. Ben explains why business value doesn’t come from the model alone, and why treating AI as a one-time implementation can set organizations back.
Read Erica’s article to learn more about Ben’s perspective on building reliable AI and turning adoption into lasting business value. Read more, here: https://informaconnect.com/everyones-talking-about-ai-heres-where-business-value-actually-comes-from/

AI’s next cost crisis may not come from the price of the model. It may come from how many tokens autonomous systems consume.
In her latest analysis, Trace3 Innovation Researcher Amy Buckner explores the rise of “tokenomics,” and why falling token prices do not automatically make enterprise AI less expensive. Agentic systems continuously retrieve context, reason through tasks, call tools, and revise outputs. At scale, that can turn token consumption into a hidden source of technical debt and operational spend.
The answer is not simply choosing a cheaper model. It's building the right operating discipline around AI:
🔹 Monitor token usage across workflows.
🔹 Set budgets and governance controls before costs run away.
🔹 Optimize prompts, context, and agent workflows.
🔹 Measure cost against business outcomes, not token volume alone.

Read Amy’s full analysis: https://blog.trace3.com/tooling-up-for-the-tokenomics-era