This deep dive explores 2026's top six digital transformation trends, from AI as operational backbone to sustainable practices and hyperautomation. Drawing on ET Edge Insights, Gartner, and Deloitte, it details enterprise strategies, sector impacts, risks, and execution paths amid accelerating tech adoption.

Tony Dokoupil's CBS Evening News drew 6.4 million viewers on January 19, its largest audience since 2021, fueled by Trump coverage. Amid early ratings dips, this peak offers hope for ad revenue as the network navigates linear TV challenges.

AI-powered inboxes from Gmail and rivals are prioritizing and summarizing emails, diminishing marketers' control over visibility. Adaptation demands concise, personalized content tuned for machine intelligence, with deliverability benchmarks tightening amid 2026 rollouts.

Email marketing eyes $3.01 billion by 2030 amid divergent forecasts up to $30 billion, fueled by AI automation and e-commerce. Benchmarks show 42:1 ROI, but deliverability rules challenge growth. Insiders prioritize flows over newsletters for revenue dominance.

AI tools like Encharge, Klaviyo, and emerging platforms such as Mocha AI are revolutionizing email marketing, delivering up to 10x sales growth through predictive personalization and automation. Industry reports and X insights reveal the strategies powering 2026's top campaigns.

This deep dive explores AI's transformative role in 2026 email marketing, offering executives strategies for content generation, integration, and measurement while navigating pitfalls and future trends for superior ROI.

ZRS Management, NMHC's 13th-largest firm, deploys Funnel's agentic AI CRM across 110,000 units to standardize leasing and boost efficiency. Validation showed measurable gains, marking a pivotal step in multifamily's tech evolution.

Salesforce's Agentforce and ServiceNow's OpenAI partnership fuel the 'Great Agent War' for agentic AI dominance in enterprise software. With massive customer gains and architectural innovations, the rivalry promises to reshape business workflows through autonomous agents.

CRM data exports have become indispensable for enterprises, enabling AI integrations, cross-system analytics, and revenue protection amid 2026's tech shifts. From retail AI agents to supply chain bridges, fluidity unlocks trapped value across operations.

OpenAI and Anthropic intensify their rivalry for enterprise clients, targeting 40-80% of revenues from corporations amid cost pressures and IPO hype. Davos pitches, Agent Skills, and healthcare pushes define the high-stakes contest for AI dominance.

Google Cloud's Gemini Enterprise for CX, unveiled at NRF 2026, deploys agentic AI to merge retail shopping and service, empowering early adopters like Kroger and Lowe's with autonomous agents for seamless journeys.

Stensul launched Governed Creation™ on January 21, 2026, a no-code operating system for enterprise marketing teams to create emails and landing pages up to 90% faster while enforcing brand standards and compliance. This innovation addresses rising content demands and regulatory pressures, positioning Stensul as a leader in efficient, governed marketing workflows.