AHEAD

10/15/2026

We're proud to share that AHEAD has been named Kong's 2026 Solution Partner of the Year for the Americas.

The award recognizes our work helping enterprises modernize API management and build secure, governed connectivity for APIs and AI workloads.

Thank you to our partners at Kong, and to the AHEAD engineers and architects who deliver for our clients every day.

Read the full press release to see how AHEAD and Kong are helping enterprises modernize API and AI connectivity: https://bit.ly/4hOi6Dh

10/14/2026

AI creates enterprise value when it becomes part of how work gets done.

In his AI‐Tech Park interview, AHEAD's SVP of Enterprise AI Engineering, David Dowsett, shares what helps organizations move beyond pilots.

It starts with the right data, clear controls, accountable ownership, and a way to measure business impact.

Read David’s article for a practical take on making AI useful in the real world: https://bit.ly/4zlfLpj

10/09/2026

AHEAD has been named a 2026 CRN Triple Crown Winner for the sixth time!

👑 No. 24 on the Solution Provider 500
👑 No. 41 on the Fast Growth 150
👑 Tech Elite 250

AHEAD’s Founder and CEO, Daniel Adamany, shared:

“Demand for AI-ready infrastructure, data platforms and cyber resilience is reshaping how our clients invest, and our growth reflects that shift. CRN’s Triple Crown recognizes our scale and technical depth, but what matters most is the trust clients place in us to advise, build and run solutions that deliver measurable outcomes.”

Thank you to our clients, our partners, and every AHEADian who made this achievement possible.

Read the full release: https://bit.ly/4rYMazy

10/08/2026

"Finding a vulnerability faster only changes the outcome if enterprises can act on that intelligence just as quickly." Joshua Perkins, AHEAD VP of Emerging Technologies

AI is speeding up vulnerability discovery and shrinking the window before exploitation. For most organizations, the hard part is acting on that intelligence fast enough to matter.

That's why AHEAD has joined Athena, the Chainguard-led coalition that coordinates the discovery, remediation, protection, and disclosure of open source vulnerabilities.

Chainguard supplies the pre-disclosure intelligence and hardened fixes. AHEAD's engineers build those fixes into your delivery pipelines and production environments, then verify the vulnerable components are gone.

Read the full release to learn more: https://bit.ly/4elB6H0

10/07/2026

What do we actually mean when we say AI-accelerated development?

That's the question that opens the first episode of Ready, Set, Runtime.

AHEAD Field CTO Michael Kolbrener sat down with Joshua Perkins and Craig Martin to talk about how enterprise teams are applying AI across the software development lifecycle, and what it takes to do that well at scale.

The conversation covers:
→ AI-powered digital workforces
→ Why operational discipline matters more as organizations accelerate
→ How technical debt and legacy modernization change when agents do the work
→ Context engineering, trust, and what comes next

One idea runs through all of it. Results start with a business problem.

Tune in on your favorite podcast platform:
https://bit.ly/4AOmGsN

Then head over to the companion blog for Episode 1:
https://bit.ly/4i64XWb

10/06/2026

What changes when growth reveals fragmented operations?

For one cloud managed services provider, expansion after multiple mergers and acquisitions meant more teams, more tools, and more ways for work to disappear between service boundaries.

A shared ServiceNow environment gave customer operations a common place to manage cases, share knowledge, and improve visibility.

Within four days of go-live:
→ Captured task volume increased 300%
→ 3,598 tasks were handled on the busiest day
→ 74% of incidents were resolved by day four

That's what operational change looks like when platform, process, governance, and adoption move together.

Explore the case study and see how helped create room to scale: https://bit.ly/4ehkvUJ

10/05/2026

AHEAD's Intelligent Ops leaders are heading to McCormick Place for Chicago.

AI, automation, and modern workflows are changing how organizations run IT operations.

Visit our IO experts at Booth #27 to talk through what that shift means for service operations + how to turn it into real business outcomes.

Swing by our booth at 2 pm for a sweet treat or join us for w**e and cheese with ServiceNow and ScreenMeet at 4 pm to keep the conversation going.

See you tomorrow!

https://events.ahead.com/servicenowworldforum2026chicag

10/05/2026

When something breaks, who owns the outcome?

Customers often bring in multiple specialists to reduce IT complexity. Then an outage exposes the gap between providers. One statement of work covers this, another covers that, and the gap belongs to nobody.

In an article for MSP Channel Insights, AHEAD’s EVP of Services, Keith Odom, explains how outcome selling changes the model. Instead of selling monitoring or backup as tasks, MSPs commit to business results such as network availability or recovering critical systems within an agreed time.

That puts accountability in one place and moves the conversation from components to what the business needs technology to deliver.

Read Keith’s perspective on the MSP’s answer to complexity: https://bit.ly/4yBrXlU

MSPs are shifting from selling piecemeal technical services to guaranteeing business outcomes, forcing providers—not customers—to own accountability when sys...

10/01/2026

AHEAD has been named NetApp North America Cloud Partner of the Year for FY26! ☁️🏆

This award recognizes our FY26 cloud data services results and a focused digital transformation strategy aligned to NetApp's cloud vision.

Thank you to NetApp for the partnership and for the honor, and to our team for continuing to drive results for our clients.

09/24/2026

Chicago is one of the country's most dynamic tech markets, and this year's ServiceNow World Forum is all about how AI, automation, and modern workflows are reshaping how organizations operate.

We'll be there as a Gold Sponsor, talking with clients and partners about modernizing service operations, improving experiences, and turning ServiceNow investments into real business outcomes.

Mapping out your next phase of ServiceNow transformation?

Stop by Booth #27 and exchange ideas with our experts.

We're bringing practical strategies from organizations already using AI and workflow innovation to solve real operational challenges and build better experiences across the business.

Engage with AHEAD at Chicago: https://bit.ly/46Cjh2r