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News & Updates
Microsoft 365 Prices Are Changing: Lock in Current Rates by June 30 and Help Customers Optimize their Microsoft Solutions.
Microsoft 365 prices are going up on July 1, 2026. But this moment is about more than a deadline. It's a chance to have a more strategic conversation: about whether customers are getting full value from Microsoft, where software waste is quietly eroding their budgets, and where AI fits into their plans.By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / May 29, 2026
Strategy & Best Practices
AI Readiness: The DOs and DON'Ts That Determine Success
Most AI initiatives don't fail because of the technology. They fail because organizations skip the readiness work. The companies getting real value from AI do the prep work first: they establish the right use cases and metrics, clean up their data, and fix broken processes. Learn what to do and what to avoid to ensure successful AI deployments.By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / May 26, 2026
Technology Insights
Cloud Forensics and the Digital Crime Scene: How Investigation, Prevention, and Resilience Have Evolved
The digital crime scene has moved to the cloud, where infrastructure is dynamic, data is distributed, identity often defines the perimeter, and AI is rapidly reshaping both breaches and defence. Here’s how cloud forensics has evolved, and why prevention, visibility, and forensic readiness now matter as much as investigation.By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / May 21, 2026
Strategy & Best Practices
Your Mobility Data Problem Isn't What You Think It Is
Most enterprises don't have a mobility data shortage—they have a mobile data alignment problem. When carrier portals, finance systems, and IT inventories each tell a different story, teams drown in information but starve for clarity. Closing that clarity gap is what unlocks faster decisions, fewer audits, and confident mobility management at scale.By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / May 19, 2026
Strategy & Best Practices
10 Ways AI Helps You Build What Your Business Needs
AI isn't replacing human potential — it's raising the ceiling on what people can do. Here's a practical guide to where AI creates real impact across your organization, and the skills your team needs to get there.By Denise Sarazin / AppDirect / May 15, 2026
Strategy & Best Practices
Quality Isn't Vibes: How We Created a Practical Framework to Measure Software Quality
Software quality often gets treated as a vibe rather than something engineered. The AppDirect engineering team made it measurable using a 5-pillar framework: Security, Reliability, Performance, Responsiveness, and Issue Detection .By Mathew Spolin / AppDirect / May 13, 2026
Technology Insights
Navigating Technical Debt: How to Identify, Measure, and Manage it
Technical debt comes from taking shortcuts in software development that make systems harder to maintain, scale, and improve. Learn about the four categories of technical debt, what to watch for, how to measure it, and how to manage it before it derails your upcoming software and scaling efforts.By Mathew Spolin / AppDirect / April 27, 2026