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Trianz Appoints Sudhakar Vadapalli as Chief Financial Officer to Lead Next Phase of Platform-Led Growth

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April 20, 2026

Trianz’s pivot from traditional IT services to a platform-led ‘Transformation Services as a Software’ business is substantially complete. Sudhakar Vadapalli brings close to two decades of finance leadership — including managing the finances of a large global IBM business unit — to scale what Trianz has built.

BENGALURU, India, April 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Trianz, a technology company pioneering the ‘Transformation Services as a Software’ model for enterprise digital transformation, today announced the appointment of Sudhakar Vadapalli as Chief Financial Officer. Reporting directly to Sri Manchala, CEO and Founder, Sudhakar will lead global financial strategy, capital planning, and operational finance as Trianz scales its Concierto platform globally.

Sudhakar brings close to two decades of software finance leadership, the majority of it at IBM, where he managed the finances of a large global software and services business unit spanning multiple geographies and business cycles. After IBM, he took the role of VP of Finance at AppViewX through its Series B growth phase and most recently served as Deputy CFO at Material in New York, where he led financial strategy and long-term planning through a period of business model transformation. His career is defined by the work of scaling software P&Ls — capital allocation, forecasting, cash flow and pricing discipline, and building the financial infrastructure that technology businesses need to grow with confidence. Sudhakar holds an MBA in Finance and Accounting from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.S. in Computer Science from IIT Madras.

A Pioneering and Successful Pivot to ‘Services as Software’ Model

Four years ago, Trianz developed a deliberate and contrarian vision of services in the AI era : to pioneer a ‘Transformation Services as a Software’ model in an industry still organized around time-and-materials delivery. That bet is now paying off with platform revenues growing in triple digits year-over-year, and the Concierto business has crossed into sustained profitability. In the last three quarters alone, Trianz onboarded more than 100 enterprise customers — a pace that reflects a market responding to a proven platform. The company has filed 30 patent applications since May 2025, on track to exceed 60 within 12 months, covering core innovations across automated infrastructure discovery, application modernization, data and AI readiness, and multi-cloud orchestration.

Concierto is a unified platform spanning the full lifecycle of enterprise cloud transformation — Migrate, Modernize, Manage, Maximize, and Intelligence — replacing fragmented point tools and manual processes with a single, AI-powered operating model already running at enterprise scale across 19 countries.

Deepening Strategic Partnerships and a Growing Ecosystem

Trianz holds AWS Premier ISV Partner status under a Strategic Collaboration Agreement, and Concierto has been selected for integration with key AWS transformation and agentic AI frameworks — a validation of enterprise-readiness at global scale. Concierto is now expanding to other CSPs such as Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud marketplaces, extending its multi-cloud reach and ensuring customers can drive transformation across the environments that best fit their needs. The company has also built a robust Partner eco-system of 50+ SI’s worldwide. Partner-originated deal flow has grown significantly, with a global base of systems integrators and managed service providers using Concierto to deliver transformation outcomes to their own enterprise clients.

CEO Perspective

“We developed a vision powered by research and data driven insights to transform Trianz itself — and correctly anticipated what customers would need in the AI era. Concierto is becoming an operating system for enterprise transformation at some of the world’s largest organizations. What we need now is the financial infrastructure to scale what we’ve built globally — across products, clouds, geographies, and channels. Sudhakar spent close to two decades managing the finances of large global software businesses at IBM and beyond. A unique leader who started his career in technology and shifted to finance building the kind of infrastructure that a platform company at this stage needs.” — Sri Manchala, Founder & CEO, Trianz

Incoming CFO Perspective

“Trianz has done the hard part: executing a business model transition with financial discipline while building a platform that is already delivering at scale. I’ve spent two decades building the financial systems that allow software businesses to grow with confidence — P&L management across complex global organizations, capital allocation, forecasting, pricing. The opportunity here is to bring that thinking and financial infrastructure to an AI led B2B platform at the beginning of its global growth arc. That is a rare moment to walk into.” — Sudhakar Vadapalli, Chief Financial Officer, Trianz

Looking Ahead: Global Expansion and the Agentic Transformation Era

Trianz is entering a period of significant expansion. The company will be a featured partner at multiple cloud provider and partner events worldwide where it will showcase the Concierto platform and its agentic transformation capabilities to enterprise audiences across North America, EMEA, Asia Pacific and LATAM.

Concierto’s agentic capabilities represent the next frontier of enterprise transformation, enabling AI agents to autonomously execute complex migration and modernization in unified agentic flows at speeds up to 16–24 times industry norms and enable smooth operations across multi and hybrid environments. With Sudhakar’s appointment, Trianz takes a big step in building out the leadership team it needs for its next phase — an AI platform that is built, proven, and now being scaled globally.

About Trianz

Trianz is a technology company that accelerates enterprise business transformation through a ‘Transformation Services as a Software’ model, combining deep consulting expertise with its proprietary Concierto platform. Founded over 25 years ago, Trianz serves Fortune 5000 enterprises, government agencies, and education institutions across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. The company partners with all top hyperscalers in premium tiers and has built a growing ecosystem of global systems integrators, managed service providers, and distributors that use Concierto to deliver transformation outcomes to their own clients. For more information, visit trianz.com.

About Concierto

Concierto by Trianz is a unified transformation platform that enables enterprises to discover, migrate, modernize, manage, and optimize their entire technology estate across multiple clouds from a single interface. With five integrated solutions — Migrate, Modernize, Manage, Maximize, and Intelligence — Concierto replaces fragmented point tools with a connected, AI-powered platform built for enterprise-grade security, governance, and scale. The platform is designed to deliver measurable transformation outcomes: faster time to value, reduced operational complexity, and a consistent operating model across cloud environments. For more information, visit concierto.cloud.

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Foresite Named 2026 Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year for North America

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April 21, 2026

Recognition highlights leadership in practitioner-governed, AI-enhanced security operations

OVERLAND PARK, Kan., Apr. 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Foresite Cybersecurity today announced it has been named the 2026 Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year in the North America category, presented at Google Cloud Next ’26 in Las Vegas.

Foresite named 2026 Google Cloud Security Partner of the Year

Organizations looking to operationalize AI-driven security on Google Cloud can learn more at next.foresite.com.

Foresite delivers fully managed security operations on Google Security Operations (SecOps), enabling customers to detect and respond to threats in seconds, reduce investigation fatigue, and maintain continuous audit readiness without expanding internal teams.

Operating as the human control layer for AI-driven security, Foresite combines Google’s agentic investigation capabilities with practitioner-validated accountability. Every autonomous investigation is reviewed and authorized by a named analyst before response actions are executed, giving customers clear visibility into how decisions are made and risk is managed.

“The Google Cloud Partner Awards honor the strategic innovation and measurable value our partners bring to customers,” said Kevin Ichhpurani, President, Global Partner Ecosystem and Channels, Google Cloud. “We are proud to name Foresite a 2026 Google Cloud Partner Award winner, celebrating their role in driving customer success over the last year.”

As a Google Cloud Premier Partner with Security and MSSP specializations, Foresite delivers managed services through its Catalyst platform — extending Google SecOps with operational governance, automation, and continuous compliance capabilities. Over the past year, the company expanded its SecOps delivery practice while sustaining 96% customer retention, reflecting growing demand for managed, AI-enhanced security operations.

Across its managed services portfolio, Foresite delivers a 90% reduction in mean investigation time and sub-15-second automated threat response for its customers — enabling security teams to focus on strategic risk decisions rather than alert triage.

Foresite’s approach to managed security operations on Google Cloud was the subject of an independent Technical Validation by Enterprise Strategy Group (now part of Omdia), commissioned by Google in August 2025. The report examined how Foresite’s Catalyst platform extends Google Security Operations to deliver threat detection, investigation, and response for organizations at varying levels of security maturity.

“Our Technical Validation of Foresite’s Catalyst platform examined how practitioner-led governance can extend Google Security Operations to deliver measurable detection and response outcomes. Google Cloud’s Partner of the Year recognition independently confirms what our analysis identified — that platform-native expertise, rather than tool access, is what differentiates managed security outcomes for mid-market and enterprise organizations.”— Tony Palmer, Practice Director, Omdia (formerly Enterprise Strategy Group).

“We’re entering an era where AI can investigate threats at machine speed,” said Jeremy Hehl, Chief Evangelist at Foresite. “Enterprise organizations need confidence that those decisions are governed and aligned to real business risk. This recognition from Google Cloud reinforces our focus in helping customers operationalize AI security at scale.”

Foresite is showcasing its Agentic SOC capabilities at Google Cloud Next ’26, demonstrating how security teams can move beyond alert monitoring to govern autonomous response using Google SecOps, Google Threat Intelligence, and AI security controls.

Foresite is purpose-built for organizations that need enterprise-grade security operations without enterprise-scale friction. The company delivers the operational rigor and platform expertise these organizations require to run Google SecOps effectively — without the overhead of building and staffing a full internal SOC.

About Foresite Cybersecurity
Foresite Cybersecurity is a Google Cloud Premier Partner providing managed security operations, compliance automation, and threat intelligence services. Through its Catalyst platform, Foresite helps organizations operationalize AI-driven security with practitioner-led governance and measurable risk reduction. Learn more at foresite.com.

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Tredence Awarded 2026 Google Cloud Global Industry Solutions Partner of the Year Award for Retail

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April 21, 2026

Trusted for driving the data & AI strategy for 8 of the top 10 retailers, powering $2 trillion in retail revenue

LAS VEGAS and BENGALURU, India, April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Tredence, a global AI and data science solutions company, today announced it has been named the 2026 Google Cloud Services & Industry Solutions Partner of the Year for Retail. This award reflects Tredence’s demonstrated ability to deliver measurable customer impact at scale. Notably, this is Tredence’s third such distinction, having previously been recognized in CPG and Gaming, a testament to Tredence’s unmatched depth, breadth, and impact across the industries it serves.

For the world’s leading retailers, Tredence has consistently delivered the full AI transformation journey — migrating, modernizing, and deploying scalable AI applications and agents on Google Cloud, powered by Vertex AI and Gemini Enterprise. In FY25, Tredence drove transformative impact across 25+ strategic retail accounts spanning four continents, delivering measurable business outcomes and accelerating Google Cloud adoption at unprecedented scale. Tredence’s impact has been defined by three core motions:

Modernization at scale, building agentic foundations – Tredence executed some of the world’s most complex retail cloud migrations, including the largest-ever cloud migration in retail history, migrating 12 petabytes of data for 40,000+ analytics users with 100% operational continuity, and a landmark platform overhaul delivered ahead of schedule, reducing total cost of ownership by 20–40% and building the unified data foundations that power agentic AI at scale.Accelerating agentic AI adoption – Tredence deployed 100+ AI/ML accelerators, including 10+ retail-specific multi-agent systems built on Vertex AI and Gemini Enterprise, eliminating up to 70% of manual effort, automating up to 98% of manual ticketing processes, and cutting temporary labor costs by 20%, compressing months of deployment into weeks across some of the most complex retail environments in the world.Delivering global impact at measurable scale – Tredence drove transformative outcomes across every retail format and across geographies unifying supply chain data across 20,000+ stores to automate retail media insights, deploying a full agentic platform in just 6 months for a major wholesale retailer, and delivering greenfield Google Cloud wins, proving that the Tredence and Google Cloud partnership delivers measurable impact across every retail segment and scale of ambition.

“The Google Cloud Partner Awards honor the strategic innovation and measurable value our partners bring to customers,” said Kevin Ichhpurani, President, Global Partner Ecosystem and Channels, Google Cloud. “We are proud to name Tredence a 2026 Google Cloud Partner Award winner, celebrating their role in driving customer success over the last year.”

“Winning Google Cloud’s Retail Partner of the Year reflects one thing: the outcomes we deliver for the world’s most admired retailers, consistently and at scale,” said Amanpal Dhupar, Vice President, Head of Retail at Tredence. “We are the trusted Data and AI partner for 8 of the top 10 global retailers and have built a team of world-class retail practitioners, a proprietary accelerator ecosystem powering over $2 trillion in global retail sales, and a last-mile operationalization capability.”

Tredence recently launched its Transformative Agentic Commerce Solution Accelerators at NRF 2026. Built on Google Cloud services, these accelerators can be customized for each retailer to address unique needs and deliver faster time-to-value.

Tredence will showcase these capabilities at Google Next, Booth #2911, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas.

About Tredence:

Tredence is a global AI and data science solutions provider focused on solving the last-mile problem in AI, the gap between insight creation and value realization. Tredence leverages deep domain expertise, data platforms and accelerators, and strategic partnerships to provide tailored, cutting-edge solutions to its clients. The company has 4,200+ employees across the San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, Riyadh, London, Toronto, and Bengaluru, serving top brands in Retail, CPG, Hi-tech, Telecom, Healthcare, Travel, and Industrials.

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dbt Labs Wins a 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year Award

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April 21, 2026

PHILADELPHIA, April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — dbt Labs, the leader in standards for AI-ready structured data, announced today that it has received the 2026 Google Cloud Partner of the Year award for Data and Analytics: Data Pipelines and Governance. dbt Labs works together with Google Cloud to provide the foundation for an organization’s transition to AI leadership and innovation. The combination of rich data warehousing capabilities and the democratization of complex data transformation removes technical barriers, enabling analysts and business leaders to accelerate their time-to-value.

dbt Labs is being recognized for its achievements in the Google Cloud ecosystem, helping joint customers manage data at scale on Google Cloud and turn it into trusted, actionable insights with speed and efficiency. Thousands of organizations run dbt on Google BigQuery globally, an integration designed to accelerate the delivery of trusted analytics and AI. By consolidating data transformation into a single, unified tool, joint customers quickly gain increased operational efficiency through advanced orchestration features. dbt Labs empowers customers to manage and trust results, ensuring high-quality data is ready to power analytics and AI initiatives both today and in the future.

“Every AI strategy needs to be underpinned by a standardized foundation and process to control, govern and document progress for high-quality, trusted results,” said Shawn Toldo, Vice President, Worldwide Partner Ecosystem at dbt Labs. “Together, dbt Labs and Google Cloud enable organizations to build that foundation for an AI-ready future. We are excited for the recognition and growing partnership with Google.”

“The Google Cloud Partner Awards honor the strategic innovation and measurable value our partners bring to customers,” said Kevin Ichhpurani, President, Global Partner Ecosystem and Channels, Google Cloud. “We are proud to name dbt Labs a 2026 Google Cloud Partner Award winner, celebrating their role in driving customer success over the last year.”

This recognition is the latest example of dbt Labs’ momentum since launching on Google Cloud Marketplace one year ago. The partnership’s trajectory is driven by extensive global adoption and usage across diverse industries and a rapidly expanding community of active practitioners. Additionally, dbt Labs’ partner team earned two Google Partner All Star awards, reinforcing the deep collaboration and commitment to driving mutual success.

By bringing Google AI capabilities into dbt workflows, joint customers gain the trustworthy, well-documented, governed foundation that reliable analytics and AI demand. To learn more about how dbt Labs and Google Cloud are enabling AI-ready data pipelines, watch the on-demand webinar “Building dbt Models Faster with Google AI” at https://www.getdbt.com/confirmation/building-dbt-models-faster-with-google-ai-recording.

About dbt Labs
Since 2016, dbt Labs has been on a mission to help data practitioners create and disseminate organizational knowledge. dbt is the standard for AI-ready structured data. Powered by the dbt Fusion engine, it unlocks the performance, context, and trust that organizations need to scale analytics in the era of AI. Globally, more than 80,000 data teams use dbt, including those at Siemens, Roche and Condé Nast.

Learn more at getdbt.com, and follow dbt Labs on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and YouTube.

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