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Jun 17, 2026

‘Does It Speak MCP?’ Is the New ‘Does It Run in Our Cloud?’

The Model Context Protocol has shifted from a technical curiosity to a default question in enterprise software evaluation. Following CircleCI’s June 2026 MCP server release and Databricks’ move to govern MCP services in Unity Catalog, this article explains what MCP changes for integration cost, vendor lock-in, and AI governance, and sets out the practical procurement questions technology leaders should write into their evaluations.

May 22, 2026

AI Is Writing More of Your Code Than Ever. Your Process Hasn’t Caught Up.

A CloudBees survey of more than 200 enterprise technology leaders found that 81% reported an increase in production issues linked to AI-generated code, even as 92% remained confident their code was production-ready before shipping. This article examines the verification gap created when AI generates code faster than teams can validate it, the rising and largely untracked costs that follow, the absence of clear governance ownership, and the practical steps engineering leaders can take to close the gap.