AHEAD

05/28/2026

AHEAD has partnered with Cursor to help enterprises reimagine software delivery for the AI era.

Cursor is redefining how software gets built. The real challenge for enterprises is not access to the tool. It is scaling AI-native engineering across teams, workflows, and the entire organization.

That is exactly what we are built to solve together.

As AHEAD CTO Eric Kaplan puts it: "Our collaboration with Cursor is about helping clients move from adoption to transformation."

Read the full announcement here: https://bit.ly/4nSWhDO

05/27/2026

Knowledge 2026 signaled a shift. With Otto and AI Control Tower, ServiceNow is moving enterprise AI from assistance to ex*****on, with the governance, observability, and identity controls to scale it responsibly.

AHEAD's take: the real currency of enterprise AI isn't speed. It's confidence. Confidence that agent actions follow policy, decisions can be explained, and autonomy can grow without adding chaos.

The organizations that capture the upside won't be the ones flipping on features first. They'll be the ones wiring AI into telemetry, workflow, governance, and identity so it holds up under real enterprise conditions.

Read our full POV: https://bit.ly/4dOlwTo

05/27/2026

Congrats to AHEAD Brand Ambassador and PGA caddie Pelekoudas for his part in capturing title this weekend! 🌊🏆
 
Expert vision, trusted guidance, and poise under pressure. That’s how you win.

05/26/2026

IT operations are at an inflection point.

Downtime is expensive. Talent costs are rising. Brittle services slow the business.

Our new whitepaper shows how Autonomous Service Operations help organizations improve resilience, productivity, and cost at the same time.

➤ AI agents handle routine work end to end
➤ Analysts focus on decisions, not ticket chasing
➤ Systems get better with every interaction

Built on ServiceNow + your stack, it is a practical path from pilot mode to measurable business impact.

Download the whitepaper: https://bit.ly/3Rv2n1f

05/22/2026

It’s ready. Yesterday, we cut the ribbon.

Thank you to Mayor Donna Johnson, the Village of Libertyville and Lake County business communities, and every partner, client, and AHEADian who came out to mark the moment.

The air- and liquid-cooled integration facility is officially live.

Global enterprise AI infrastructure ships from here.

05/21/2026

Today, AHEAD opened our new air- and liquid-cooled integration facility in Libertyville, built to help enterprises deploy AI infrastructure faster, with less risk.

Here, clients can fully integrate, configure, test, and validate high-density AI racks before they reach the data center, shrinking deployment timelines from months to weeks.

This is how helps turn AI ambition into operational reality.

Learn more: https://www.ahead.com/news/ahead-opens-new-air-and-liquid-cooled-integration-facility-cutting-enterprise-deployment-timelines-from-months-to-weeks/

05/20/2026

Knowledge 2026 confirmed something we’ve believed for a while: the ServiceNow platform is evolving faster than most organizations’ ability to absorb it.

That’s not a platform problem. It’s a planning problem.

Over the next 18 months, speed won’t separate leaders from everyone else.�
Readiness will.

The organizations getting real value are doing three things well:
• Strengthening data foundations�
• Building governance in early�
• Prioritizing use cases their environments can actually support

If you’re deciding what’s actionable right now, our K26 recap breaks it down what matters right now, what to prioritize, and what’s coming next: https://bit.ly/4wHi1Xw

05/20/2026

In a market where supply chain consistency can directly impact delivery timelines, ex*****on matters.

AHEAD's Stephen Ayoub captured it well in CRN: “We’ve seen our clients ordering a lot of inventory ahead with us managing deployment over six to 12 months by bringing inventory in, building it in our facility and shipping it to their locations throughout the country and the world.”

That kind of planning and delivery is how AHEAD helps clients keep moving in a complex market.

Read more:

Dell partners say the company’s supply chain superiority is driving sales growth and competitive wins amid memory shortages and AI-driven demand.

05/20/2026

Dell Technologies North America Partner of the Year. 🏆

Awards matter most when they reflect the work behind them.

Across Dell AI Factory, data center modernization, and OEM solutions, our teams stay focused on what delivers in production, solves real client challenges, and creates lasting value.

That standard shapes how we show up for clients and continues to strengthen our partnership with Dell.

Proud of the team behind this recognition and the work that earned it.

05/19/2026

AHEAD featured in CRN as Dell Technologies doubles down on partners in the AI era.

As organizations move from AI interest to ex*****on, strong partnerships matter more than ever.

For us, that means staying focused on what clients need and investing in the talent and expertise required to help them move forward with confidence.

Read more:

At Dell Technologies World, Dell unveils new channel rebates and an advisor/SI program alongside an agentic AI platform for automated deal registration and dynamic pricing.