# The TechBag Journal > Explanatory journalism on enterprise technology from TechBag: how security, identity, cloud, > data, AI and business software work, what changed, and what it means — global first, with the > Indian consequence. 188 pieces: 83 Analysis, 11 Trends, 94 Notes. Every number carries a source and a date. Each piece labels what is reported, what TechBag counted and what is its view, and ends with a method note and numbered sources. Every piece has a Markdown twin at its URL plus `.md` (for example https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/gpu-rental-prices-turn-up-b200-h100.md), and all of them are in https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/llms-full.txt. Formats: **Analysis** (deep, data-led, ends in a decision), **Trend** (something rising or falling, told with a line over time), **Note** (one fact; news lands here first). - [The Journal's front page](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog) - [RSS feed](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/feed.xml) - [All pieces as Markdown, one file](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/llms-full.txt) - [Analysis](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/format/analysis) - [Trends](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/format/trends) - [Notes](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/format/notes) ## Markets & the AI economy How new AI moves markets, who spends what on it, and who earns the money. Desk page: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/desk/markets - [GPU rent turned up: B200 hours rose 21% in a month, H100 hours 7%](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/gpu-rental-prices-turn-up-b200-h100) (Trend, 2026-10-30; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/gpu-rental-prices-turn-up-b200-h100.md)): Daily settled rental prices for Nvidia's B200, H200 and H100 from two public indices, 30 July to 30 October 2026, set against a year of posted-price medians. - [Big Tech's quarterly capex hit US$202bn, more than its operations brought in](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/big-tech-ai-capex-quarterly-line) (Trend, 2026-10-30; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/big-tech-ai-capex-quarterly-line.md)): Quarterly spending on property and equipment by Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and Meta, Q1 2024 to Q3 2026, set against operating cash flow and each company's 2026 guidance. - [Search fell below half of Alphabet's revenue; the shares lost about US$500bn in a day](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/alphabet-search-below-half-worst-day) (Note, 2026-10-30; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/alphabet-search-below-half-worst-day.md)): What Alphabet's results for the quarter to 30 September show about Search's share of revenue, and what the 29 October fall measured, close to close. - [Security stocks fell up to 21% on Anthropic launches; CrowdStrike has since gained 154%](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-launches-security-stocks-fall-and-recover) (Analysis, 2026-10-28; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-launches-security-stocks-fall-and-recover.md)): Four Anthropic launches from 20 February to 9 June, eight US-listed security stocks and two sector funds, in daily closes to 27 October: what fell, what was blamed, what came back. - [AI revenue rose up to 29% in a quarter; India's four IT majors grew 0–2.3%](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/indian-it-ai-revenue-share-growth) (Note, 2026-10-26; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/indian-it-ai-revenue-share-growth.md)): What Infosys, TCS, HCLTech and Wipro disclosed about AI revenue in their July–September results, set against each firm's total revenue growth in the quarter. - [PC shipments fell a fifth while DRAM contract prices rose 5× in a year](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/pc-shipments-fall-memory-prices-ai-data-centres) (Trend, 2026-10-23; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/pc-shipments-fall-memory-prices-ai-data-centres.md)): Worldwide PC shipments by quarter from IDC, Gartner and Counterpoint, and TrendForce's DRAM contract-price changes, July 2025 to September 2026: what they mean for a laptop refresh. - [33 of 56 listed vendors fell 30% or more; what changes at renewal and what does not](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/vendor-shares-fell-30-percent-renewal) (Analysis, 2026-10-20; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/vendor-shares-fell-30-percent-renewal.md)): How far the listed companies behind TechBag's vendor hubs fell from 31 December 2025 to 19 October 2026, what their filings say, and the clauses that protect a renewal. - [Fibre spot prices are four to six times last year's as AI data centres take the supply](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/optical-fibre-prices-ai-data-centres) (Trend, 2026-10-19; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/optical-fibre-prices-ai-data-centres.md)): TrendForce's average spot prices for three optical fibres, 2025 against its 2026 estimate, and the supply behind them, as of 19 October - [An AI plug-in took 16% off Thomson Reuters in a day; LegalZoom never won its loss back](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-plugin-legal-publishers-shares) (Note, 2026-10-17; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-plugin-legal-publishers-shares.md)): Four legal-information and legal-services shares after Anthropic's Cowork plug-ins, from the 3 February fall to the close on 16 October, close to close. - [India runs 1.8 GW of data centres; AI alone may add 26.3 GW of grid load by FY32](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/india-ai-data-centres-power-gigawatts) (Analysis, 2026-10-01; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/india-ai-data-centres-power-gigawatts.md)): India's data-centre capacity, the power ministry's AI projection, the grid and water, four states' policies and three hyperscalers' pledges, as of 1 October. ## Security operations Detection, response, SIEM and the people who run them. Desk page: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/desk/security - [Binance lost $6.3 billion in 20 minutes; Tether and Circle froze $1.8 billion in an hour](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/binance-hot-wallet-theft-stablecoin-freeze) (Note, 2026-10-30; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/binance-hot-wallet-theft-stablecoin-freeze.md)): What left Binance’s hot wallets on 29 October (UTC), what was frozen within hours, and what Binance, TRM Labs and Chainalysis had confirmed by 30 October. - [Six days from patch to exploited: PHP, Node.js, Oracle and the order to fix them](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/one-week-php-node-java-oracle-critical-patches) (Analysis, 2026-10-30; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/one-week-php-node-java-oracle-critical-patches.md)): Every critical fix shipped between 20 and 29 October 2026 across PHP, Node.js, Oracle, Java, Fortinet and EDK II firmware, counted from the advisories and put in patch order. - [One extortion case in three now skips encryption and just steals the data](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/extortion-without-encryption-data-theft-rises) (Trend, 2026-10-29; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/extortion-without-encryption-data-theft-rises.md)): LevelBlue's incident-response cases and Coveware's ransom payments, January to September 2026: extortion with no encryption, and what it changes for buyers. - [PHP2Shell takes a server in one request; 2.6 million hosts are exposed](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/php2shell-every-php-web-server-one-request) (Analysis, 2026-10-29; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/php2shell-every-php-web-server-one-request.md)): How two PHP flaws let one unauthenticated request run code, why the exposure counts disagree, and what to patch and restart first, 17 to 30 October 2026. - [eMudhra's private key was the number 4. Chrome blocked it in 100 minutes](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/emudhra-root-distrusted-in-100-minutes) (Analysis, 2026-10-28; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/emudhra-root-distrusted-in-100-minutes.md)): How a CA key below 256 ended emSign ECC Root CA – G3 in October 2026: the trust-store clock from 100 minutes to ten days, what is unaffected in India, and the inventory CERT-In asks for. - [Cyber insurance rates fell for 13 quarters running; US rates went flat](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cyber-insurance-prices-thirteen-quarters-down) (Trend, 2026-10-21; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cyber-insurance-prices-thirteen-quarters-down.md)): The quarterly change in cyber insurance rates at renewal, globally, in the US and by region, Q2 2023 to Q3 2026, from Marsh's Global Insurance Market Index. - [Memory-corruption bugs fell from 31% to 14% of exploited flaws](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/memory-corruption-share-exploited-flaws-falls) (Trend, 2026-10-20; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/memory-corruption-share-exploited-flaws-falls.md)): Our count of CISA's catalogue of exploited flaws by bug type, November 2021 to 19 October 2026, and five questions to ask a vendor about memory safety. - [Ransomware victims hit 1,073 in August, the year's high; most don't pay](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ransomware-high-august-most-victims-dont-pay) (Analysis, 2026-09-24; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ransomware-high-august-most-victims-dont-pay.md)): NCC Group's victim counts, Coveware's payment data and Verizon's DBIR, January to August 2026, and what they change for backup, detection and response. - [Europe gives software makers 24 hours to report an exploited flaw; India gives 6](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/eu-cra-24-hours-exploited-flaw-india-6) (Analysis, 2026-09-15; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/eu-cra-24-hours-exploited-flaw-india-6.md)): What the EU Cyber Resilience Act's reporting duty, live since 11 September 2026, asks of software and device makers, and the six clocks an Indian exporter can run for one incident. - [Exploited flaws now get 3 days, not 21: CISA rewrote the patch clock](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cisa-exploited-flaw-deadline-21-days-to-3) (Analysis, 2026-07-07; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cisa-exploited-flaw-deadline-21-days-to-3.md)): CISA's catalogue of exploited flaws counted by deadline, 1 January to 6 July 2026 against 2025, and the 10 June directive that ended the 21-day clock. - [Verizon: exploits now beat stolen passwords as the way in, 31% to 13%](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/verizon-dbir-exploits-beat-stolen-passwords) (Analysis, 2026-05-26; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/verizon-dbir-exploits-beat-stolen-passwords.md)): What Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report found in 22,000 breaches from November 2024 to October 2025, and where the next security rupee should go. - [0 of 16 vulnerability products test the attack: validation is CTEM's missing step](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/combining-automated-security-validation-asv-continuous-threat) (Note, 2026-05-05; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/combining-automated-security-validation-asv-continuous-threat.md)): Gartner's five CTEM stages checked against the 16 products in TechBag's vulnerability and exposure guide, and the Indian price of the one validation option, as of September 2026. - [Phishing training cut failures by 1.7 points; 56% of staff still clicked](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/guarding-inbox-essential-email-security-practices-2024) (Note, 2026-04-21; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/guarding-inbox-essential-email-security-practices-2024.md)): What a randomised trial of 19,789 hospital staff found about phishing training, what NIST now says about passwords, and where the email budget should go, as of September 2026. - [The CrowdStrike outage deleted no data. 10 of 12 DR tools script the way back](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/protecting-data-wake-crowdstrike-incident) (Note, 2026-04-14; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/protecting-data-wake-crowdstrike-incident.md)): What the 19 July 2024 outage demanded of recovery, and what TechBag’s count of 12 disaster-recovery products documents on runbooks, testing and India, as of September 2026. - [Certificates now last 200 days, then 47: one renewal a year becomes eight](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/certificates-200-days-renewals-multiply) (Analysis, 2026-03-16; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/certificates-200-days-renewals-multiply.md)): What the CA/Browser Forum's shorter TLS lifetimes mean for renewals, domain validation and automation, from the 200-day cap of 15 March 2026 to 47 days in March 2029. - [Only 3 of 10 CSPM vendors document an India region; banks should ask the other 7](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cloud-security-posture-management-cspm-safeguarding-banks) (Note, 2026-03-03; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cloud-security-posture-management-cspm-safeguarding-banks.md)): Ten CSPM vendors in TechBag's cloud security guide, checked for an India region and a printed price against RBI's July 2026 cyber Directions, as of September 2026. - [Seqrite is now over half of Quick Heal: enterprise up 22.5%, consumer down 24.7%](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/seqrite-redefining-enterprise-cybersecurity-cutting-edge-solutio) (Analysis, 2026-02-18; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/seqrite-redefining-enterprise-cybersecurity-cutting-edge-solutio.md)): Quick Heal's FY26 segment revenue, the ten Seqrite products and what TechBag's guide rows document for each, and what an Indian buyer should ask, as of September 2026. - [8 of 93 ISO 27001 controls cover people; people are in 62% of breaches](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cultivating-security-as-mindset-beyond-box-checking) (Note, 2025-12-30; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cultivating-security-as-mindset-beyond-box-checking.md)): ISO 27001's people controls against Verizon's 2026 breach data: what a compliance platform like Sprinto can evidence and what it cannot, as of September 2026. - [An SMB mail filter lists at US$2 to US$3 a mailbox; DMARC costs nothing](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/importance-email-security-startups-smbs-protecting-clients) (Note, 2025-08-28; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/importance-email-security-startups-smbs-protecting-clients.md)): Published per-mailbox prices for the small-business filters in TechBag’s email security guide, what Microsoft 365 and Gmail already include, and the free DNS fix, as of September 2026. - [All 3 SIEMs on our old SMB list changed hands; 8 of 31 named tools moved](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-security-tools-startups-smbs-safeguarding) (Analysis, 2025-07-29; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-security-tools-startups-smbs-safeguarding.md)): The 31 products our April 2023 startup security list named, followed to September 2026: who changed owner, which four jobs to buy differently, and what starts free. - [Only 4 of 28 DevOps tools scan code, dependencies and secrets together](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/security-enterprise-devops-strategies-best-practices-keeping) (Note, 2025-06-17; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/security-enterprise-devops-strategies-best-practices-keeping.md)): What TechBag's count of 28 developer-tool products showed on pipeline scanning, GitHub's per-committer price in rupees, and India's ₹25.5 crore average breach, as of September 2026. - [Unpatched software opens 26% of SMB breaches; stolen passwords 13%](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/5-cost-effective-ways-smbs-improve-cybersecurity) (Analysis, 2025-05-20; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/5-cost-effective-ways-smbs-improve-cybersecurity.md)): Verizon’s 2026 breach data for small and mid-sized firms, and the 2023 post’s five cheap fixes re-ranked and costed for 25 people, as of September 2026. - [62 VPN gateway flaws on CISA's exploited list, 34 used in ransomware](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/best-practices-cybersecurity-remote-work-era) (Note, 2025-03-26; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/best-practices-cybersecurity-remote-work-era.md)): Remote-access gateway entries in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, November 2021 to September 2026, counted by vendor, and what replaces the VPN. - [37 of 105 security products print a price: the five basics, costed for 100 people](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/5-security-services-tools-every-organization) (Analysis, 2025-02-25; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/5-security-services-tools-every-organization.md)): TechBag's count of endpoint, email, firewall, vulnerability and DLP products: who publishes a list price, who hosts in India, and a 100-person budget. September 2026. - [An Indian breach costs ₹25.5 crore on average; CERT-In’s caseload has grown 2.5×](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/importance-cyber-security) (Analysis, 2025-02-11; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/importance-cyber-security.md)): CERT-In incident counts for 2020 to 2025, IBM’s Indian breach-cost studies for 2024 to 2026, and what a business should fund first, as of September 2026. - [4 of SecurityScorecard's 10 risk factors are fixed by configuration, not a purchase](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cybersecurity-risk-factors-solutions) (Analysis, 2025-01-16; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cybersecurity-risk-factors-solutions.md)): SecurityScorecard's ten risk factors sorted by what closes a finding, 125 products counted in TechBag's guides, and the 2022 vendor list re-checked, as of September 2026. - [An F on SecurityScorecard now means 13.8× breach odds, up from 7.7×](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/security-scorecards-security-ratings-overview) (Note, 2025-01-14; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/security-scorecards-security-ratings-overview.md)): SecurityScorecard's own breach multiples by grade under its 2022 method and Scoring 3.0 (2024), what a grade can and cannot tell an Indian buyer, checked September 2026. - [9 of 15 email security tools on our old list changed owner, name or listing](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/15-top-best-e-mail-security-software) (Analysis, 2025-01-07; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/15-top-best-e-mail-security-software.md)): What became of the 15 products this blog listed in June 2022, and what 14 email filters in TechBag’s guide show about API, on-premises and Indian hosting, as of September 2026. - [Third parties were in 48% of breaches; 1 of 5 TPRM pricing pages shows a price](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/third-party-risk-management-security-ratings-must) (Analysis, 2024-12-24; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/third-party-risk-management-security-ratings-must.md)): Three Verizon DBIR editions, IBM's 2025 India breach cost, five vendors' pricing pages and the RBI's 2023 outsourcing direction, read together as of September 2026. - [Business email compromise cost US$2.77bn in a year; 5 of 14 filters print a price](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/do-we-need-e-mail-security-protect) (Note, 2024-11-12; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/do-we-need-e-mail-security-protect.md)): FBI IC3 loss figures for 2024, TechBag’s count of 14 email filters on BEC detection, published price and Indian data centre, and the CERT-In and DPDP duties, as of September 2026. ## Data & privacy Where data sits, who reads it, and what the DPDP Act says. Desk page: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/desk/data - [3,897 SBI records leaked. Three clocks now run: 6 hours, 6 hours and 72 hours](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/sbi-leak-three-clocks-six-hours-72-hours) (Analysis, 2026-10-22; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/sbi-leak-three-clocks-six-hours-72-hours.md)): What SBI's 21 October 2026 filing listed, the CERT-In, RBI DAKSH and DPDP Rule 7 reporting windows an Indian bank now runs, and what an IT team must have in place before the next leak. - [Proofpoint pays $6.3bn for Varonis: DLP guarded the exits, DSPM guards the permissions](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/proofpoint-varonis-6-3-billion-dlp-to-dspm) (Note, 2026-10-16; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/proofpoint-varonis-6-3-billion-dlp-to-dspm.md)): What the 15 October 2026 agreement says, why an email-security company wants a file-permissions company, and what an Indian Varonis or Proofpoint customer should ask before the H1 2027 close. - [11 RBI cyber controls, 3 you can’t buy: the other 8 cost ₹27.5 lakh to ₹2.5 crore](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/essential-it-solutions-fintech-security-backup-cost) (Analysis, 2026-07-21; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/essential-it-solutions-fintech-security-backup-cost.md)): TechBag’s cost bands for the 11 controls in RBI’s July 2026 cyber Directions, read for a fintech that sells to banks and NBFCs, as of September 2026. - [Mistakes, not thieves, cost US$10.3m of a US$19.5m insider-risk bill](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/hidden-risks-data-exposure-every-needs-data) (Note, 2026-07-15; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/hidden-risks-data-exposure-every-needs-data.md)): What the 2026 Ponemon study of 354 organisations found about who causes insider data loss, and what it means for buying DLP in India, as of September 2026. - [3-2-1 is not enough: 94% of ransomware victims saw attackers go for the backups](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/321-backup-rule-essential-data-protection) (Analysis, 2026-05-19; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/321-backup-rule-essential-data-protection.md)): Sophos's survey of 2,974 ransomware victims and TechBag's count of 15 cyber-recovery products: who can lift the lock and who restores clean, as of September 2026. - [2 of 18 encryption tools protect a file after it leaves; disk encryption is free](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/comprehensive-data-encryption) (Analysis, 2026-03-24; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/comprehensive-data-encryption.md)): What 18 encryption, key and rights-management products, two cloud key price lists and NIST's post-quantum draft showed an Indian buyer, as of September 2026. - [DPDP Rule 6 names backups; 8 of 18 backup tools document no Indian copy](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/building-impregnable-enterprise-compliance-dlp-backup) (Note, 2026-02-03; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/building-impregnable-enterprise-compliance-dlp-backup.md)): What DPDP Rule 6’s seven safeguards ask of compliance, DLP and backup tools, and where 18 backup products keep the copy, as of September 2026. - [7 of 18 DLP tools watch email, laptop and cloud; none documents a PAN detector](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/dont-be-data-dribbler-unpack-data-loss) (Analysis, 2025-12-24; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/dont-be-data-dribbler-unpack-data-loss.md)): Channel by channel: what the 18 DLP and insider-risk products in TechBag's guide cover, what the two with a list price cost in rupees, and what none documents, September 2026. ## SaaS & business software CRM, collaboration, SaaS management — the software the business buys. Desk page: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/desk/saas - [Salesforce charges US$2 a conversation; HubSpot 50 cents. CRM is now a system of action](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/crm-system-of-record-to-system-of-action) (Analysis, 2026-09-29; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/crm-system-of-record-to-system-of-action.md)): What four vendors’ pricing pages say an AI agent costs on top of the CRM seat, in US$ and INR, and what the DPDP Rules make of an agent acting on customer data. Checked September 2026. - [Only 2 of 9 SaaS management platforms print a price you can multiply](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/saas-management-platforms-compared-india) (Analysis, 2026-09-08; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/saas-management-platforms-compared-india.md)): What nine SaaS management pricing pages, two Zylo indexes and Vertice's inflation tracker showed as of September 2026, and the GST, LRS and DPDP hooks for an Indian buyer. - [An Agentforce action costs 10 cents, a conversation $2: how AI agents are billed now](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/how-ai-agents-are-billed-credits-actions) (Analysis, 2026-09-02; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/how-ai-agents-are-billed-credits-actions.md)): How five vendors price AI agents by action, conversation, credit, token and seat, from their own price pages as they stood on 1 September 2026, with a month's bill worked through - [Our ten software trends, rescored: 3 became budget lines, 2 faded](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-software-tech-developments-that-shaped) (Note, 2026-07-29; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-software-tech-developments-that-shaped.md)): The ten developments our December 2024 post named, rescored against spending, loss and adoption figures published up to September 2026. - [Per-minute sync costs 2.8× a daily one: how four data-integration tools bill](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/streamlining-data-integration-software-systems) (Analysis, 2026-07-23; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/streamlining-data-integration-software-systems.md)): Skyvia, Hevo, Fivetran and Airbyte pricing pages read for meter, free tier, freshness premium and India region, with Indian GST and data rules, as of September 2026. - [Software shed about US$1tn in a week; seat-priced renewals are next](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/software-selloff-seat-pricing-renewals) (Analysis, 2026-07-01; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/software-selloff-seat-pricing-renewals.md)): How far SaaS shares fell from 31 December 2025 to 30 June 2026, why investors blamed AI agents for shrinking seat counts, and what to ask for at renewal. - [In India, backing up a ₹145 mailbox costs as much as the mailbox itself](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/comprehensive-email-solution) (Analysis, 2026-06-30; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/comprehensive-email-solution.md)): Which of four email layers Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace already include, why archiving is not backup, and what the missing layer costs, as of September 2026. - [HR and payroll for 100 staff: ₹8,745 to ₹9,900 a month; Keka prints no price](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-unifying-hr-operations-hrms) (Note, 2026-06-23; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-unifying-hr-operations-hrms.md)): What payroll alone and payroll with attendance list at for a 100-person Indian company, and why the Labour Codes favour one system, as of September 2026. - [Only 7 of 18 service desks run change management; two charge 5× the entry seat for it](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/it-service-management-tools-can-streamline-operations) (Analysis, 2026-06-11; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/it-service-management-tools-can-streamline-operations.md)): Which service-desk products run problem and change management, what that tier costs per agent, and what RBI's IT Directions ask for, as of September 2026. - [Power Automate lists 1,572 connectors; 1,396 of them need the Premium seat](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/role-low-code-platforms-workflow-automation) (Note, 2026-05-27; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/role-low-code-platforms-workflow-automation.md)): TechBag's count of Microsoft's connector reference, set against Zapier, Make and n8n catalogues: what a low-code workflow can reach, and on which licence. September 2026. - [CrowdStrike’s 78-minute file crashed 8.5 million PCs; RBI counted 10 lenders hit](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/crowdstrike-update-triggers-global-it-meltdown-happened) (Analysis, 2026-04-07; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/crowdstrike-update-triggers-global-it-meltdown-happened.md)): The 19 July 2024 outage from CrowdStrike’s root-cause report, Microsoft, Parametrix, the RBI and CERT-In: what broke, what it cost, what changed, as of September 2026. - [Graymail has two cut-offs: 11 ignored emails at HubSpot, 3 years in India's law](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/graymails-email-marketing) (Note, 2025-12-09; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/graymails-email-marketing.md)): Where a mail platform's default and India's DPDP Rules draw the line on subscribers who opted in and stopped reading, as of September 2026. - [ARPU hides the U: Dropbox earns US$140 a payer, HubSpot US$11,800 a customer](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/importance-arpu-saas-companies) (Note, 2025-11-27; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/importance-arpu-saas-companies.md)): HubSpot, Dropbox and Freshworks results for the quarter to June 2026, read for what a vendor's ARPU tells a customer about the next renewal. - [India clicks 31.8% of opened emails, the US 9.5%: why CTOR travels badly](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/difference-between-ctr-ctor-email-campaigns) (Note, 2025-11-25; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/difference-between-ctr-ctor-email-campaigns.md)): GetResponse's country table and Mailchimp's industry averages, read for which email rate an Indian sender should report now that Apple counts machine opens. As of September 2026. - [GA4 accepts 9 UTM tags, reports 7, and files ‘newsletter’ under Unassigned](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/utm-codes-create-utm-tracking-urls-from) (Note, 2025-11-13; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/utm-codes-create-utm-tracking-urls-from.md)): What Google’s GA4 help pages say about the nine campaign parameters, case, channel rules and retention, and what TRAI’s SMS link rule means for tagged links. September 2026. - [Gmail and Yahoo cap spam complaints at 0.3%; that, not opens, sets your cadence](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/importance-email-cadence) (Note, 2025-11-11; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/importance-email-cadence.md)): What Gmail, Yahoo and Outlook require of bulk senders since 2024 and 2025, and how many emails per contact a month Mailchimp’s plans allow. As of September 2026. - [NPS runs 0–10, CSAT 1–5, CES 1–7: our earlier post had two of three scales wrong](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/customer-experience-analytics-relevant-solutions-measure-them) (Analysis, 2025-11-04; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/customer-experience-analytics-relevant-solutions-measure-them.md)): The three customer-experience metrics on their real scales, and what measuring them costs in India: SurveyMonkey’s rupee plans, Sprout Social’s seats, Qualtrics’ quote. September 2026. - [Duolingo retains 84% of its regular learners; work software publishes no such number](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/concept-saas-gamification) (Note, 2025-10-30; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/concept-saas-gamification.md)): What Duolingo’s June 2026 quarter measured about its streak, what the 2014 research review found, and what to ask a vendor selling “gamified” work software. September 2026. - [5 of 8 account-identification tools print a price; 6sense and ZoomInfo don’t](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/account-identification-tools-b2b) (Analysis, 2025-10-28; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/account-identification-tools-b2b.md)): Eight vendors’ pricing pages, the cost of one identified company, what became of Clearbit, Factors.ai and 6sense, and the DPDP line, as of September 2026. - [Brand24 charges 76× Awario per mention; 4 of 6 listening tools hide the price](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/brand-perception-measure-it) (Note, 2025-10-21; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/brand-perception-measure-it.md)): How brand perception is measured by survey, listening and reviews, and what six social-listening tools print for the listening part, as of September 2026. - [Four CDP vendors sold in five months; 1 of 5 prints a plan price](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/consumer-data-platforms-cdps-composable-cdps) (Note, 2025-10-08; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/consumer-data-platforms-cdps-composable-cdps.md)): What happened to the CDP vendors between December 2024 and May 2025, and what five CDP and activation pricing pages print, as of September 2026. - [2 of 5 customer-intelligence tools we once named were renamed; 1 of 5 prints a price](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/customer-intelligence-top-ci-tools) (Note, 2025-10-07; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/customer-intelligence-top-ci-tools.md)): What became of the five customer intelligence tools in our 2023 list, which one publishes a price, and what CI should mean for an Indian buyer, as of September 2026. - [Calendly charges US$16 a seat for round robin; Microsoft 365 includes Bookings](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-group-scheduling-tools-easy-appointment) (Analysis, 2025-09-23; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-group-scheduling-tools-easy-appointment.md)): What the ten scheduling tools we named in 2023 charge a five-person team, which kind of group scheduling each price buys, and what Microsoft 365 includes, as of September 2026. - [At 2% conversion, an A/B test needs 42,000 visitors to prove a 20% lift](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/conversion-rate-optimization-it-get-started) (Note, 2025-09-10; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/conversion-rate-optimization-it-get-started.md)): Sample sizes for A/B tests at 1–5% conversion rates, what a 10,000-visitor site can prove, and the free tools left after Google Optimize, as of September 2026. - [Only 37% of Gartner’s US$26.9bn low-code market was app builders](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/rise-low-code-development-implications) (Note, 2025-09-09; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/rise-low-code-development-implications.md)): Gartner’s 2023 low-code forecast split by segment, what became of the 65% prediction, and the DPDP duty a citizen-built app carries in India, as of September 2026. - [Drip emails were 2% of sends and 30% of email revenue across 150,000 brands](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/drip-email-campaigns) (Analysis, 2025-08-26; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/drip-email-campaigns.md)): Omnisend's 2025 data on 27 billion emails, which sequences to build first, the exits every drip needs and two tools' automation tiers, for an Indian business, September 2026. - [11,334 WordPress flaws in a year, and only six were in WordPress itself](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/introduction-cms-tools-top-10-cms-platforms) (Analysis, 2025-08-14; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/introduction-cms-tools-top-10-cms-platforms.md)): W3Techs CMS share for the ten platforms this blog named in 2023, Patchstack's 2024 and 2025 WordPress flaw counts and entry prices, read for an Indian buyer as of September 2026. - [A sales forecast costs US$14 a CRM seat on Zoho and US$100 on Salesforce](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/mastering-sales-metrics-tracking-optimizing-sales-performance) (Note, 2025-08-12; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/mastering-sales-metrics-tracking-optimizing-sales-performance.md)): Six sales metrics folded into one velocity equation, and five CRM pricing pages read for the cheapest seat that produces a forecast, in US$ and INR. As of September 2026. - [2 of 5 heatmap tools are free at 10,000 sessions; the others charge US$72–109 a month](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/heatmap-marketers-analyze-user-behavior-optimize-website) (Note, 2025-08-05; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/heatmap-marketers-analyze-user-behavior-optimize-website.md)): What Clarity, Contentsquare (ex-Hotjar), Lucky Orange, Crazy Egg and Mouseflow charge a 10,000-session site, what the free plans leave out, and the DPDP view. September 2026. - [Journey-mapping tools cost about 7× Visio: US$2,280 vs US$300 for five editors](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-tools-customer-journey-roadmap-enhance) (Note, 2025-07-31; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-tools-customer-journey-roadmap-enhance.md)): What six mapping tools charge a five-editor CX team a year, from their pricing pages, and what became of the ten tools this blog named in 2023. As of September 2026. - [4 of 5 CRMs now automate at the entry tier; HubSpot charges 4.5× to lift the limits](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/boosting-sales-crm-automation-unleashing-power-customer) (Note, 2025-07-23; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/boosting-sales-crm-automation-unleashing-power-customer.md)): Which tier first carries workflow automation at Freshsales, HubSpot, Pipedrive, Salesforce and Zoho, and what Zoho’s rupee tiers buy, as of September 2026. - [Freshworks’ US$100K accounts grew 4× faster than its US$5K ones](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/growth-motions-strategies-achieving-growth-market-fit) (Note, 2025-07-22; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/growth-motions-strategies-achieving-growth-market-fit.md)): Product-led, marketing-led or sales-led? Freshworks’ customer bands for the quarter to 30 June 2026, read for an Indian founder and an Indian buyer. - [Instagram ads reach 48 crore Indians, X's 2.2 crore: pick two platforms, not six](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/social-media-marketing-smbs-maximize-presence-social) (Analysis, 2025-07-08; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/social-media-marketing-smbs-maximize-presence-social.md)): Ad reach by platform in India from DataReportal's October 2025 data, how fast each grew in a year, and what scheduling four channels costs. As of September 2026. - [4 of 6 CRM statistics we once quoted can't be traced; the other two are 12+ years old](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/customer-relationship-management-crm-smbs-best-practices) (Note, 2025-07-01; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/customer-relationship-management-crm-smbs-best-practices.md)): TechBag traced the six CRM return statistics its April 2023 post quoted back to their publishers, and what an SMB should measure instead, as of September 2026. - [12% of employees rate their onboarding great; the laptop and logins are the fixable part](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/employee-onboarding-best-practices-smbs-from-enterprise) (Analysis, 2025-06-24; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/employee-onboarding-best-practices-smbs-from-enterprise.md)): Gallup's onboarding numbers, TechBag's count of 16 identity governance and 12 device management tools, and what day one costs 50 people in India, September 2026. - [8 of 10 low-code platforms print a price; only 2 print every tier](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-low-code-solutions-smbs-streamline) (Analysis, 2025-06-03; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-low-code-solutions-smbs-streamline.md)): What the ten low-code platforms this blog listed in 2023 print on their pricing pages, and what 10 and 100 users would pay a month, as of September 2026. - [One five-step workflow: 187 runs a month on Zapier’s entry plan, 2,000 on Make’s](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/empower-no-code-solutions-save-time-money) (Note, 2025-05-28; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/empower-no-code-solutions-save-time-money.md)): How Zapier, Make, n8n and Power Automate meter one five-step workflow, and how many runs each entry plan buys, from their pricing pages as of September 2026. - [Helpdesks start at US$19 an agent; the next tier up costs 2.2× to 4× that](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-using-customer-service-software-smbs) (Analysis, 2025-05-15; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-using-customer-service-software-smbs.md)): Six helpdesks’ own pricing pages read tier by tier: entry seats, free plans, AI meters, and what five agents cost in INR with GST, as of September 2026. - [Lead scoring sits on US$39 to US$90 CRM seats, not the US$9 entry plan](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/best-practices-setting-up-monitoring-sales-funnels) (Note, 2025-05-13; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/best-practices-setting-up-monitoring-sales-funnels.md)): Where three CRMs’ pricing pages first list lead scoring and forecasting, the four funnel numbers worth tracking, and Zoho’s rupee tiers, as of September 2026. - [Google has 96.6% of India's searches, and an SMB's SEO kit can start at ₹0](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ultimate-seo-smbs-startups-tips-tools) (Analysis, 2025-05-06; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ultimate-seo-smbs-startups-tips-tools.md)): Where Indian searches went in September 2026, how clicks split by rank and when AI summaries appear, and what free and paid SEO tools cost a small business. - [Three Freshdesk agents cost US$57 a month; 1,000 AI chats cost US$490](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/revolutionizing-customer-support-smbs-exploring-latest-trends) (Analysis, 2025-04-22; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/revolutionizing-customer-support-smbs-exploring-latest-trends.md)): Per-agent prices for Zoho Desk, Freshdesk, Hiver and Intercom set against what their AI agents add at 1,000 conversations a month, as of September 2026. - [Zoho Books charges 6.7× for Amazon sync: what an Indian seller's ERP must do](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/choosing-right-erp-e-commerce-comprehensive) (Analysis, 2025-04-17; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/choosing-right-erp-e-commerce-comprehensive.md)): E-invoicing thresholds, marketplace TCS and TDS, and the published INR price ladders of Zoho Books and TallyPrime, as of September 2026. - [117 emails and 153 chats a day: remote-work burnout is set in the tools](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/impact-remote-work-employee-mental-health-strategies) (Note, 2025-04-15; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/impact-remote-work-employee-mental-health-strategies.md)): What Microsoft 365 telemetry, the WHO and Deloitte India measured about the always-on workday, and the settings an Indian employer controls, as of September 2026. - [Hybrid work cut quits by a third, with no loss of performance, in a 1,612-person trial](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/effectively-manage-remote-teams-optimal-results) (Note, 2025-04-08; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/effectively-manage-remote-teams-optimal-results.md)): What the randomised Trip.com trial (Nature, June 2024) measured, why the 13% remote-productivity figure was about call centres, and what a manager should do, September 2026. - [Power BI F64 beats ₹1,165 Pro seats only past 458 report readers](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/impact-data-analytics-decision-making) (Note, 2025-03-25; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/impact-data-analytics-decision-making.md)): The annual cost of Power BI read access at Microsoft's India list prices: Pro seats against one F64 Fabric capacity, from 100 to 1,000 readers, September 2026. - [3 of 5 recruiting tools we once named now belong to bigger groups; 3 hide the price](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/best-hr-software-streamlining-recruitment-process) (Analysis, 2025-03-12; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/best-hr-software-streamlining-recruitment-process.md)): Who owns the five recruiting tools this blog named in 2023, which print a price, and what India's DPDP Act asks of a candidate database, as of September 2026. - [Shopify in India: Basic costs more than Grow once sales pass ₹4.1 lakh a month](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/choose-right-e-commerce-platform-online) (Note, 2025-03-11; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/choose-right-e-commerce-platform-online.md)): Shopify's Indian plan prices and third-party payment fee, worked at ₹1 lakh, ₹5 lakh and ₹20 lakh of monthly sales, with what else to ask. As of September 2026. - [3 of 5 cloud CRMs offer an India data region; Pipedrive puts India in London](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cloud-based-crm-solutions-future-customer-relationship) (Note, 2025-03-04; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cloud-based-crm-solutions-future-customer-relationship.md)): Where five cloud CRMs sold in India host a new Indian account, read from each vendor's own hosting page, with the AI-processing caveat. As of September 2026. - [Three of five agile tools are free for a team of ten; Asana costs US$110 a month](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/5-must-have-project-management-tools-agile) (Note, 2025-02-26; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/5-must-have-project-management-tools-agile.md)): Free-tier limits and the first paid tier for a ten-person Scrum team on Jira, Trello, ClickUp, monday dev and Asana, from the vendors' pricing pages, September 2026. - [Segmented emails got 2× the clicks; the builder costs US$4.50 to US$20 a month](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/segmenting-mailing-list-effective-email-marketing) (Note, 2025-02-18; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/segmenting-mailing-list-effective-email-marketing.md)): Mailchimp's segmentation study read against five email tools' pricing pages: which cuts moved clicks, and which plan unlocks them. Checked September 2026. - [NinjaOne's valuation rose 6.5× in 28 months; its customer count about 2.4×](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/techbag-offering-ninjaone-solutions) (Note, 2025-01-21; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/techbag-offering-ninjaone-solutions.md)): NinjaOne's three funding rounds from February 2024 to June 2026 against its customer count, and what the gap means at an Indian renewal. Facts as of September 2026. - [Team email costs ₹420 an agent on Zoho Desk and US$25 on Hiver](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/email-management-best-practices) (Note, 2025-01-02; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/email-management-best-practices.md)): What four help desks charge per agent, from their own pricing pages, to run a shared support or HR inbox, with the INR, GST and DPDP view. September 2026. - [Low-code costs US$8 to US$25 a seat; 2 of 5 platforms won’t print a price](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/does-application-development-software-help-organization) (Note, 2024-12-03; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/does-application-development-software-help-organization.md)): What five low-code pricing pages said as of September 2026, a 50-user internal app priced in rupees with GST, and the DPDP duty an app built on customer data carries. - [SaaS for 25 people costs ₹30,500 a month; the idle seat is the real cost](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/important-saas-software-as-service-applications-grow) (Note, 2024-11-05; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/important-saas-software-as-service-applications-grow.md)): Published INR list prices for Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Zoho and Freshdesk, priced for a 25-person Indian company, with idle-seat and price-inflation data, September 2026. - [CRM seats list at US$9 to US$550 a month; only Zoho prints a rupee price](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/5-factors-robust-sales-crm-software-catalyzes) (Analysis, 2024-10-22; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/5-factors-robust-sales-crm-software-catalyzes.md)): Five vendors' sales-CRM pricing pages, a ten-seat first-year invoice and HubSpot's Casio case study, read for an Indian buyer as of September 2026. - [Video meetings cut conference carbon by 94%, and the licence starts free](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/preferring-video-conferencing-over-conventional-conferencing) (Note, 2024-10-17; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/preferring-video-conferencing-over-conventional-conferencing.md)): The peer-reviewed carbon evidence on virtual meetings, what Zoom and Google Workspace charge, and the India rules on recordings, as of September 2026. - [5 of 10 idea-management tools print a price; a ten-seat pilot runs US$0 to US$390](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/idea-management-tools) (Note, 2024-10-15; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/idea-management-tools.md)): What ten idea-management vendors’ pricing pages showed in September 2026: who publishes a figure, what a ten-seat pilot costs, and which seat you actually pay for. - [Cloud marketplaces now take 3% of a SaaS sale, and India dropped both levies](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/sell-software-2021) (Analysis, 2024-10-08; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/sell-software-2021.md)): What AWS, Microsoft and Google charge to sell software through their marketplaces, AWS's India seller route, and the tax changes for vendors, as of September 2026. ## AI in the enterprise Agents, copilots, and the security of both. Desk page: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/desk/ai - [Your bank password, your liability: 3 US banks put AI-agent losses on you](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/banks-ai-agents-your-password-your-liability) (Analysis, 2026-10-29; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/banks-ai-agents-your-password-your-liability.md)): What Bank of America, JPMorgan, Wells Fargo, Citi and Schwab said and signed about AI agents in customer accounts, 13 October to 24 November 2026, and what replaces the password. - [Two CERT-In advisories in six days: AI agents broke in, and no victim noticed](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cert-in-ai-agents-no-victim-noticed) (Analysis, 2026-10-26; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cert-in-ai-agents-no-victim-noticed.md)): What CIAD-2026-0046 and 0049 actually say, the 104-minute LiteLLM poisoning that followed, and what an Indian IT team should change before the DPDP Rules bite in May 2027. - [Chinese AI models rose from 6–13% to 57–67% of OpenRouter tokens](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/chinese-open-weight-models-gateway-traffic) (Trend, 2026-09-28; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/chinese-open-weight-models-gateway-traffic.md)): Chinese models' share of tokens on the OpenRouter gateway by customer region, February 2025 to September 2026, checked against OpenRouter's own weekly open-weight series. - [37% of firms see any profit from AI, 6% a real one, as agents spread](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-return-few-firms-see-profit) (Analysis, 2026-08-26; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-return-few-firms-see-profit.md)): What McKinsey's survey of 1,719 executives, published 25 August 2026, says about AI's return, set against PwC, Deloitte and Nasscom data from January to July 2026. - [EU AI Act now applies, but its high-risk rules slipped 16 months](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/eu-ai-act-applies-high-risk-delayed) (Analysis, 2026-08-04; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/eu-ai-act-applies-high-risk-delayed.md)): What the EU AI Act began to require on 2 August 2026, what the digital omnibus moved to December 2027 and August 2028, and who owes what, as of 4 August 2026. - [MCP lets an AI agent run commands; up to 200,000 servers would run an attacker's too](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/mcp-explained-ai-agents-run-commands) (Analysis, 2026-04-15; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/mcp-explained-ai-agents-run-commands.md)): How the Model Context Protocol lets an AI agent call tools, why its local mode runs any command it is given, and five controls to set, from OX Security's research of 15 April 2026. - [India's 3-hour takedown rule: AI audio and video must now carry a label](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/india-deepfake-rule-label-ai-media-three-hours) (Analysis, 2026-02-20; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/india-deepfake-rule-label-ai-media-three-hours.md)): What G.S.R. 120(E) asks of AI tools, large platforms and the companies that publish through them, read from MeitY's gazette text and FAQs, in force 20 February 2026. - [A Power Automate bot costs 10× a seat: ₹12,480 vs ₹1,250 a month](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/role-rpa-interactions) (Note, 2025-12-16; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/role-rpa-interactions.md)): Microsoft's India list prices for attended and unattended RPA, per user or per bot per month, and what the gap means for customer-facing automation, September 2026. - [Three Indian rulebooks put a named person, not a bot, behind every complaint](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/importance-customer-connection-age-ai) (Note, 2025-12-02; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/importance-customer-connection-age-ai.md)): Who must answer a customer complaint under the IT Rules, the E-Commerce Rules and the DPDP law, as amended to September 2026, and where an AI agent fits. - [A first name in the subject line lifted sales leads 31% in a randomised test](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/boost-email-marketing-efforts-automation) (Note, 2025-09-30; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/boost-email-marketing-efforts-automation.md)): What a 2018 field experiment found when email subject lines carried the reader's name, what to automate next, and the India consent and invoice view, as of September 2026. - [Klarna's bot did 700 agents' work; 15 months later it was hiring humans](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/10-ways-use-ai-customer-service-enhanced) (Note, 2025-09-24; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/10-ways-use-ai-customer-service-enhanced.md)): Klarna's February 2024 claim, its May 2025 walk-back and Gartner's survey of 5,728 customers: where AI belongs in a support queue, as of September 2026. - [AI analytics writes correct SQL 83% of the time; humans manage 93%](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-analytics-future-data) (Analysis, 2025-09-16; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-analytics-future-data.md)): What the BIRD text-to-SQL leaderboard, a 2023 knowledge-graph benchmark and Microsoft's Copilot rules show about asking data questions in English, as of September 2026. - [Shopify and Webflow take 2% of each sale on entry plans; Zoho Commerce takes 0%](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/building-ecommerce-store-no-code-ai) (Note, 2025-07-15; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/building-ecommerce-store-no-code-ai.md)): The platform's own fee per sale on the store plans of Shopify India, Webflow and Zoho Commerce, on top of a 2% gateway, and where the AI fits. As of September 2026. - [17% of small EU firms use AI vs 55% of large; lack of skills is the top barrier](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-tools-smbs-boosting-efficiency-savings) (Analysis, 2025-07-09; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-tools-smbs-boosting-efficiency-savings.md)): Eurostat's 2025 count of AI use by firm size, why firms that considered AI passed, and what an AI seat costs an Indian SMB in rupees. As of September 2026. - [An SMB's AI seat costs ₹0 to US$21 a month; the enterprise list is US$30](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/unleashing-power-ai-smbs-can-compete-big) (Note, 2025-05-01; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/unleashing-power-ai-smbs-can-compete-big.md)): What Microsoft, Google and Zoho charged for the AI layer inside software a small Indian firm already buys, September 2026, and where the large firm still wins. - [Bias is a test result: one audit cut AI error on darker women by up to 30 points](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ethics-artificial-intelligence-balancing-innovation-responsibili) (Note, 2025-04-29; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ethics-artificial-intelligence-balancing-innovation-responsibili.md)): What the Gender Shades audit and its 2018 re-test measured, what changed once vendors were named, and what an Indian AI buyer should ask for, as of September 2026. - [Radiology holds 1,230 of the FDA's 1,614 AI medical devices](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-challenges-implementing-ai-healthcare) (Note, 2025-04-09; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-challenges-implementing-ai-healthcare.md)): Every entry on the US FDA's list of AI-enabled medical devices, counted by specialty and year to June 2026, and what CDSCO, ICMR and the DPDP Rules ask in India. - [UK trials put Copilot's saving at 12 to 43 minutes a day; the stricter, the lower](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-artificial-intelligence-growing-startups) (Note, 2025-04-01; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-artificial-intelligence-growing-startups.md)): Four UK public-sector Copilot trials and an NBER study of 5,179 support agents: what AI measurably saved a team, and who gained most. As of September 2026. - [Insurers get 14 days, banks 30: the complaint clock behind every chatbot](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-chatbots-being-implement-across-industries) (Note, 2025-02-13; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-chatbots-being-implement-across-industries.md)): Four Indian regulators’ deadlines for resolving a customer complaint, set against the share of chats vendors say their AI resolves, as of September 2026. - [SummitAI is now Apex Aspen: 2 renames, and still no published price](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/techbag-offering-symphony-summitai-products) (Note, 2025-01-28; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/techbag-offering-symphony-summitai-products.md)): What SymphonyAI’s own pages said about its ITSM line in September 2026, set against 18 products in TechBag’s ITSM guide by price, ITIL depth and India hosting. - [An AI support chat costs US$0.49 to US$2.00: five price lists, compared](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-driven-b2c-conversation) (Note, 2024-10-03; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-driven-b2c-conversation.md)): What Freshworks, HubSpot, Intercom, Zendesk and Salesforce charge per AI-handled customer conversation, and what WhatsApp adds, as of September 2026. ## Cloud & DevOps Workloads, pipelines, observability. Desk page: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/desk/cloud - [TypeScript's Go port runs 10x faster; Cloudflare's Rust proxy uses under half the CPU](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/rewrites-rust-go-measured-results) (Trend, 2026-10-25; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/rewrites-rust-go-measured-results.md)): Five rewrites measured by the teams that did them: Cloudflare, Microsoft's TypeScript, Astral's uv and Ruff, Discord, and Firefox's Rust share from 2016 to October 2026. - [Rust replaces C in Android’s Binder as memory bugs fall from 76% to under 20%](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/rust-binder-linux-android-memory-safety) (Trend, 2026-10-24; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/rust-binder-linux-android-memory-safety.md)): Linux merged the removal of Android’s C Binder driver on 24 October. Google’s Android figures, 2019–2025, show what memory-safe code did to its bug share. - [Cloudflare's Rust panic and Linux's first Rust CVE: what memory safety did not prevent](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/what-memory-safety-did-not-prevent) (Note, 2026-10-18; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/what-memory-safety-did-not-prevent.md)): Two projects' own accounts, November and December 2025: a Cloudflare outage that began with a Rust panic, and the first Linux kernel CVE in Rust code, inside an unsafe block. - [Database monitoring is US$0–142 a month; 54% of outages cost over US$100,000](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/database-monitoring-what-downtime-costs-india) (Note, 2026-08-27; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/database-monitoring-what-downtime-costs-india.md)): Published list prices for four database-monitoring tools, set against Uptime Institute's and ITIC's outage-cost surveys, as of September 2026. - [Valid provenance, malicious code: what three npm worm waves broke](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/npm-worm-valid-provenance-supply-chain) (Analysis, 2026-08-07; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/npm-worm-valid-provenance-supply-chain.md)): How the April, May and August open-source worms put signed releases on npm and PyPI, and the settings that keep the next one out, 29 April to 7 August 2026. - [14 of 20 SSE products sell a CASB; only Netskope puts it in the base tier](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/casb-securing-cloud) (Note, 2026-06-17; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/casb-securing-cloud.md)): How many SASE and SSE products offer a CASB, how many include it in the base price, and which keep logs in India, counted as of September 2026. - [Hourly AWS Glue sync: about US$1,270 a month, and it never sees a deleted row](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/managing-versatile-data-pipeline-saas-cloud-platform) (Note, 2026-06-09; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/managing-versatile-data-pipeline-saas-cloud-platform.md)): What the 2024 pipeline design on this blog costs at AWS's published Glue rates, why timestamp sync misses deletes, and what AWS changed, as of September 2026. - [7 of 18 backup tools cover servers, VMs and cloud; 3 of those leave the lock to you](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/blueprint-secure-cloud-adoption) (Note, 2026-03-26; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/blueprint-secure-cloud-adoption.md)): Coverage, isolated copies and the one-console question across the 18 products in TechBag's backup guide and the 14 in its SaaS backup guide, as of September 2026. - [Only Commvault covers all 7 workloads; 18 backup products use 7 price units](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/simplify-multi-cloud-data-management-deep-dive) (Analysis, 2026-01-14; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/simplify-multi-cloud-data-management-deep-dive.md)): Commvault Cloud against 17 other backup products on workload coverage, hypervisor support and licensing unit, counted from TechBag's Backup & Recovery guide, September 2026. - [Kubernetes runs at 8% CPU and 20% memory; the optimiser is the cheap part](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/taming-kubernetes-wild-west-perfectscale-brings-order) (Note, 2026-01-08; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/taming-kubernetes-wild-west-perfectscale-brings-order.md)): Cast AI's 2026 utilisation figures, PerfectScale's ownership and free tier since DoiT bought it, and what to fix before paying for a Kubernetes cost tool, as of September 2026. - [18 exploited Exchange flaws, 14 used in ransomware: the cost of hosting your own mail](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/email-hosting-internal-external-hosting) (Analysis, 2025-12-23; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/email-hosting-internal-external-hosting.md)): CISA's exploited-flaw list, Microsoft's Exchange lifecycle and the 14 email filters we track, counted to 30 September 2026: what self-hosting mail now commits you to. - [A 3×3×3 multivariate test needs 14.4 lakh visitors; an A/B test, 1.1 lakh](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/concept-multivariate-testing) (Note, 2025-12-10; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/concept-multivariate-testing.md)): Visitors a full-factorial test needs at a 3% conversion rate, from a plain A/B test to Optimizely's 64-combination cap, worked out as of September 2026. - [A rate limit costs US$0 in NGINX, US$12 in AWS WAF and US$1,825 on Kong Konnect](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/api-rate-limiting-websites) (Note, 2025-11-18; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/api-rate-limiting-websites.md)): Four places to put an API rate limit, priced for 1 crore requests a month, and the status code a client should get when it trips. List prices as of September 2026. - [PQL trials convert 2.8× better; the analytics to score them starts free](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/product-qualified-leads-sql-pql) (Note, 2025-10-14; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/product-qualified-leads-sql-pql.md)): What a product qualified lead is, how it becomes a sales qualified one, and the free event allowances at Amplitude, Mixpanel and PostHog, as of September 2026. - [Free CI runs 50 to 6,000 minutes a month: a startup’s DevOps bill starts at ₹0](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-must-have-devops-tools-startups) (Analysis, 2025-09-02; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/top-10-must-have-devops-tools-startups.md)): Free and first paid tiers on five CI platforms, licence changes to the open-source tools this blog named in 2023, and India’s residency gap, as of September 2026. - [Low DevOps performers fail 40% of changes; elite teams fail 5%](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-challenges-implementing-devops-large-enterprises) (Analysis, 2025-06-11; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-challenges-implementing-devops-large-enterprises.md)): What DORA's 2024 and 2025 reports measured on delivery, AI and platforms, and how 28 DevOps toolchain products bill, with Indian prices and rules, as of September 2026. - [Cloud accounting saves ₹31,560 at five users, costs ₹13,440 more at ten](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-cloud-computing-small) (Note, 2025-05-27; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/benefits-cloud-computing-small.md)): Five-year list cost of Zoho Books against TallyPrime for one to ten users, from both vendors’ published Indian prices, as of September 2026. - [Atlassian set an end date for Jira Data Center: self-hosting runs out, cloud is next](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cloud-based-project-management-tools-game-changer) (Note, 2025-03-18; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cloud-based-project-management-tools-game-changer.md)): Atlassian's self-managed milestones from Server's end to Data Center's, and which cloud work-management tools can keep an Indian team's data in India, September 2026. - [Infrastructure monitoring costs US$8 to US$29 a host; 2 of 8 vendors name an India region](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/it-infrastructure-monitoring-best-tools) (Analysis, 2025-01-30; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/it-infrastructure-monitoring-best-tools.md)): Published per-host prices, pricing meters and Indian data regions across the 19 products in TechBag’s observability and APM guide, as of September 2026. - [Load testing starts free; paid tiers run $19 to $149 a month](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/measure-load-testing-benefits) (Note, 2024-12-11; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/measure-load-testing-benefits.md)): What four load-testing vendors' pricing pages and Google's Web Vitals thresholds showed as of September 2026, and the RBI capacity rule that makes a test a duty for banks. - [Datadog database monitoring costs US$85 a host, not the US$70 on the card](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/database-monitoring-by-using-datadog) (Note, 2024-10-29; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/database-monitoring-by-using-datadog.md)): Datadog's Database Monitoring and Infrastructure list prices, worked for a ten-server and an Azure SQL estate, with the India position, as of September 2026. ## Buying software in India Pricing, GST, procurement and the regulations that bite. Desk page: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/desk/buying - [Microsoft's cheapest seats rose the most: F1 +33%, E3 +8%, bundled VMware ends 31 October](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/microsoft-365-price-rise-india-renewal-2026) (Analysis, 2026-10-27; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/microsoft-365-price-rise-india-renewal-2026.md)): Microsoft's 1 July 2026 list, the 1 October 5% uplift on monthly-billed CSP software, and the 31 October Azure VMware deadline, priced for a 500-seat Indian company. - [Jio was free for 208 days, then raised prices 3 times: budget software for year two](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/penetration-pricing-plan-it) (Analysis, 2025-10-22; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/penetration-pricing-plan-it.md)): Jio’s free launch and three tariff rises, IDrive’s 25% first-year discount and the CCI’s 2017 order, read as a buyer’s three-year budget, as of September 2026. - [Only 25 of 449 business tools we track start free; Dropbox's payers are 2.6%](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/exploring-freemium-model-saas-pricing-strategies) (Analysis, 2025-08-19; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/exploring-freemium-model-saas-pricing-strategies.md)): TechBag's count of free tiers across 449 products in its category guides, Dropbox's Q2 2026 paying-user figures, and where free plans stop, as of September 2026. - [We recommended QuickBooks 27 days before it left India; Zoho Books is ₹749 a month](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/streamlining-operations-essential-tools-reducing-costs-saving) (Analysis, 2025-06-25; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/streamlining-operations-essential-tools-reducing-costs-saving.md)): What the three tools our 2023 post recommended cost an Indian SMB now, from archived Trello, Zapier, Zoho Books and TallyPrime price pages, August–September 2026. - [Enterprise software ROI leaks in 3 places: 56% value gap, 46% idle seats](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/maximizing-roi-enterprise-software-best-practices-strategies) (Analysis, 2025-06-10; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/maximizing-roi-enterprise-software-best-practices-strategies.md)): Where enterprise software returns are lost, measured: McKinsey and Oxford's 5,400 projects, Zylo's 2026 idle-seat data and Microsoft's 1 July 2026 price rise, as of September 2026. ## Identity & access Who gets in, with what, for how long. Desk page: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/desk/identity - [Passkeys carry 36% of sign-ins, up from 26%: the gap to enrolment nearly closed](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/passkey-sign-ins-rise-fido-index) (Trend, 2026-10-15; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/passkey-sign-ins-rise-fido-index.md)): Passkey share of successful sign-ins at the consumer services in the FIDO Alliance’s Passkey Index, October 2025 against October 2026. - [IAM costs $3 to $17 a user a month. The breach still starts at the password](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/iam-where-indian-companies-get-it-wrong) (Analysis, 2026-09-16; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/iam-where-indian-companies-get-it-wrong.md)): Six vendors' list prices, two breach reports and three Indian regulations read together: where the IAM money goes and where breaches actually start, as of September 2026. - [The phone call that beat MFA: how ShinyHunters got into Salesforce through OAuth](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/shinyhunters-salesforce-oauth-phone-call) (Analysis, 2026-07-14; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/shinyhunters-salesforce-oauth-phone-call.md)): How a year of SaaS data thefts worked: voice calls, approved apps and stolen integration tokens, mid-2025 to 13 July 2026, from Microsoft, Google and the FBI. - [5 billion passkeys, yet 57% of firms still sign staff in with a phishable factor](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/passkeys-phishable-mfa-workforce) (Analysis, 2026-05-07; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/passkeys-phishable-mfa-workforce.md)): What the FIDO Alliance’s survey of 1,400 organisations and 11,000 consumers in ten countries found in April 2026, and what passkey sign-in costs at five identity providers. - [Entra ID P1 covers 5 of 7 IAM controls; the other 2 cost US$3 more a user](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/organizations-can-use-identity-access-management-iam) (Note, 2024-12-31; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/organizations-can-use-identity-access-management-iam.md)): The 2022 identity checklist mapped onto Microsoft Entra ID Free, P1 and P2 and their US$ list prices, with the log-retention gap CERT-In exposes. September 2026. ## Endpoints & devices Laptops, phones, servers, and the agents on them. Desk page: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/desk/endpoint - [Windows 10 still runs 41% of India's Windows PCs a year after its end; world 28%](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/windows-10-one-year-on-india-41-percent) (Analysis, 2026-10-14; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/windows-10-one-year-on-india-41-percent.md)): Windows 10's share of Windows desktops in India and worldwide, September 2024 to September 2026, and what the second paid year of security updates costs from November. - [Two NinjaOne case studies, five numbers, and no baseline](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ninjaone-two-customer-stories-what-the-numbers-say) (Note, 2026-09-03; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ninjaone-two-customer-stories-what-the-numbers-say.md)): What NinjaOne's published Global Tech and Safe Haven stories state, what a sample of two cannot tell an Indian buyer, and the three figures to demand from a PoC instead. Read September 2026. - [Three Gartner Leaders skipped MITRE's latest test: what AI endpoint security measured](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-endpoint-security-what-mitre-2025-measured) (Analysis, 2026-08-25; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ai-endpoint-security-what-mitre-2025-measured.md)): 11 vendors sat MITRE's ATT&CK Enterprise 2025 round; Microsoft, Palo Alto and SentinelOne did not. Detection, false positives, the May 2026 Gartner Leaders and published prices, as of September 2026. - [One platform or three? All-in-one RMM is 1.5–4.8× cheaper on list; the catch is depth](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/rmm-psa-remote-access-one-platform-or-three) (Analysis, 2026-08-18; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/rmm-psa-remote-access-one-platform-or-three.md)): Published list prices for Atera, SuperOps, NinjaOne, HaloPSA and Splashtop, worked at 500, 1,000 and 2,000 endpoints for an Indian MSP or IT team, in USD and INR, September 2026. - [Seqrite at ₹1,250 vs Kaspersky at ₹5,200: the labs score them level anyway](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/seqrite-vs-kaspersky-endpoint-india) (Analysis, 2026-08-11; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/seqrite-vs-kaspersky-endpoint-india.md)): What the reseller INR lists, AV-TEST's February 2026 and AV-Comparatives' 2025 business rounds, and both vendors' own data-processing pages say, as of September 2026. - [NinjaOne vs six RMMs: wins the rankings, quotes the price](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ninjaone-assessed-against-the-rmm-field) (Analysis, 2026-08-05; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ninjaone-assessed-against-the-rmm-field.md)): What 44 TechBag intel pages across seven RMM vendors and every published price in the field show, as of September 2026: where NinjaOne leads, where it is quote-only, and the India question. - [Of 38 security vendors, none is shortlisted in all five endpoint layers](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/comprehensive-endpoint-security-solutions-securing-every-layer) (Analysis, 2026-07-08; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/comprehensive-endpoint-security-solutions-securing-every-layer.md)): How the 38 vendors in TechBag's endpoint, email, DLP, DNS and firewall guides spread across those layers, and which pairs buy well together, as of September 2026. - [26 exploited flaws in 7 self-hosted RMM servers: on-prem means you patch them](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/current-rmm-landscape-cloud-based-premise-solutions) (Note, 2026-06-02; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/current-rmm-landscape-cloud-based-premise-solutions.md)): CISA's exploited-vulnerability list, counted for the remote-management servers companies run themselves, and what the cloud editions did instead, to 30 September 2026. - [Stage EDR content, not just the agent: Falcon now allows a 72-hour delay](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cybersecurity-effective-edr-implementation) (Note, 2026-05-12; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/cybersecurity-effective-edr-implementation.md)): How CrowdStrike's 2024 root-cause fixes made vendor content something a customer can stage, and four rollout questions for any EDR vendor, as of September 2026. - [Codeproof is 60–80% cheaper than 1 of 7 priced UEMs, not all of them](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/codeproof-uem-lightweight-champion) (Note, 2026-04-01; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/codeproof-uem-lightweight-champion.md)): Codeproof’s published per-device price set against seven UEM and MDM list prices in TechBag’s guide, testing a 2024 claim of 60–80% savings, as of September 2026. - [One stolen admin login wiped Stryker's devices with Intune's own button](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/stryker-intune-wipe-one-admin-login) (Analysis, 2026-03-19; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/stryker-intune-wipe-one-admin-login.md)): How a device-management console became the weapon at Stryker, what CISA asked for on 18 March, and which of seven UEM consoles document a second approver, 11 to 19 March 2026. - [Windows 10 patches now cost US$427 a PC over three years; 40 PCs, US$17,080](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/patch-management-101-from-chaos-control) (Note, 2026-03-17; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/patch-management-101-from-chaos-control.md)): What Microsoft's Extended Security Updates cost per Windows 10 PC over their three years, and why a patch policy starts with which OS versions still get patches, as of September 2026. - [9 of 12 UEMs lock a device to one app; 2 of 14 access tools control only the browser](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/device-browser-lockdown-enterprise-security) (Note, 2026-03-10; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/device-browser-lockdown-enterprise-security.md)): Device lockdown against browser lockdown, counted across TechBag's UEM and zero-trust access guides, with list prices and the India rules, as of September 2026. - [Hexnode went from one product to three in under six months: XDR, then an IdP](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/hexnode-mastering-art-unified-endpoint-management) (Note, 2026-02-24; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/hexnode-mastering-art-unified-endpoint-management.md)): What Hexnode sells as of September 2026 against our June 2024 profile: a Windows-only XDR, a device-aware IdP, and a UEM from US$2.20 a device a month. - [16 endpoint security labels, 7 purchases: six of them are one agent now](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/navigating-endpoint-security-maze-comprehensive) (Note, 2026-02-17; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/navigating-endpoint-security-maze-comprehensive.md)): How the 16 product types in our 2024 endpoint guide map to the decision guides TechBag keeps, with products counted per purchase, as of September 2026. - [Hiver's US$25 seat covers 5 of the 6 things we first sold it on](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/level-up-helpdesk-hiver-can-revolutionize-customer) (Note, 2026-02-10; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/level-up-helpdesk-hiver-can-revolutionize-customer.md)): The six promises in our 2024 Hiver post, mapped to the Free, Growth, Pro and Elite plan that carries each, with billing terms and India notes, as of September 2026. - [UEM adds the laptop: only 5 of 12 tools document Apple's DDM updates](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/simplifying-security-management-uem-beyond-mdm) (Analysis, 2026-01-27; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/simplifying-security-management-uem-beyond-mdm.md)): What the 12 UEM and MDM products in TechBag’s guide document for Windows, Macs and Apple’s declarative updates, and what you may already own, September 2026. - [Only 13 of 36 endpoint security tools cover phones in the same console](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/taming-mobile-menagerie-mdm-endpoint-security) (Analysis, 2026-01-20; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/taming-mobile-menagerie-mdm-endpoint-security.md)): What 36 endpoint-security SKUs, 12 MDMs and Verizon’s 2025 mobile survey show about securing company and personal phones in India, as of September 2026. - [Pharma field-tablet MDM costs US$2 to US$3.99 a device; 4 of 12 host in India](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/role-mobile-device-management-mdm-pharmaceutical-industry) (Note, 2025-02-04; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/role-mobile-device-management-mdm-pharmaceutical-industry.md)): What 12 UEM and MDM products charge to lock a medical representative’s tablet, which ones host in India, and the rules a pharma fleet carries, September 2026. - [9 of 18 service desks carry full asset management; the asset tier costs $27–$49](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/it-asset-management-foundation-efficient-it-management) (Analysis, 2024-12-25; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/it-asset-management-foundation-efficient-it-management.md)): TechBag's count of 18 ITSM products by asset depth and India hosting, the published asset-tier prices and meters, and the RBI end-of-support rule, as of September 2026. - [Four of five UEM tools print a price: US$1.33 to US$6 a device a month](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/unified-endpoint-management-features-marketplace) (Note, 2024-12-17; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/unified-endpoint-management-features-marketplace.md)): Published per-device prices for the five UEM products this blog listed in 2022 (Hexnode, Scalefusion, Miradore, Endpoint Central, Ivanti), as of September 2026. - [12 of 20 patch tools are quote-only, and only 9 patch apps on Linux too](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/patch-management-benefits-best-tools) (Analysis, 2024-12-10; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/patch-management-benefits-best-tools.md)): TechBag’s count of 20 RMM and patch products on price, Linux and third-party catalogues, the breach statistic behind the why, and the 2022 five, as of September 2026. - [12 of 36 endpoint tools roll back ransomware; 10 say where your data sits](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/challenges-solutions-endpoint-security-organization) (Analysis, 2024-11-27; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/challenges-solutions-endpoint-security-organization.md)): What TechBag’s count of 36 endpoint protection SKUs showed on rollback, published price and Indian data region, and where the 2022 shortlist stands, as of September 2026. - [31% of breaches start at an unpatched flaw; RMM to close it costs US$1–3.75 a device](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/remote-monitoring-management-rmm-important) (Note, 2024-11-19; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/remote-monitoring-management-rmm-important.md)): What Verizon’s 2026 breach data and TechBag’s count of 20 RMM and patch products say a 200-device Indian company should expect to pay, as of September 2026. - [Only 4 of 12 MDMs host data in India; 7 manage iPhone, Windows and Android](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/tour-through-mdm-mobile-device-management) (Note, 2024-10-31; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/tour-through-mdm-mobile-device-management.md)): What the 12 MDM and UEM products in TechBag's guide cover, what they cost and where they keep data, counted from records verified in August 2026. ## Network & SASE The edge, the branch, and the tunnel between them. Desk page: https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/desk/network - [MPLS costs 6× broadband plus SD-WAN: a 40-branch Indian worked example](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/sd-wan-sase-branch-network-india) (Analysis, 2026-09-22; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/sd-wan-sase-branch-network-india.md)): What a 40-branch company pays per branch per month for MPLS, broadband with SD-WAN, and SASE, from published Indian rate cards, plus TechBag's count of each vendor's Indian PoPs. September 2026. - [SSL VPNs: 56 exploited flaws; IPsec: 8. Fortinet has already chosen](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ssl-vpn-ipsec-vpn-which-one-right) (Analysis, 2026-05-13; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/ssl-vpn-ipsec-vpn-which-one-right.md)): CISA's exploited-vulnerability catalogue to 30 September 2026, split by the VPN component each flaw sits in, with NSA and CISA's advice and Fortinet's SSL VPN retirement. - [Your firewall is the throttle: a 20 Gbps FortiGate inspects 1 Gbps](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/bandwidth-throttling-strategic-approach-network-bandwidth-monito) (Note, 2026-04-28; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/bandwidth-throttling-strategic-approach-network-bandwidth-monito.md)): FortiGate 100F datasheet throughput with each security engine switched on, where traffic shaping lives, and the Indian price and log rules, as of September 2026. - [Of 10 classic security steps, 3 still hold; the missing one starts 31% of breaches](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/10-steps-safeguard-data-network-security-organization) (Note, 2024-11-26; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/10-steps-safeguard-data-network-security-organization.md)): A 2022 ten-step staff security checklist re-scored against Verizon’s 2026 breach data, CIS IG1 and India’s CERT-In and DPDP duties, as of September 2026. - [5 of 7 firewalls already include SD-WAN; the real purchase is a second line](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/important-sd-wan-improvisation) (Note, 2024-11-13; [markdown](https://www.thetechbag.com/blog/important-sd-wan-improvisation.md)): TechBag’s count of where SD-WAN sits across 13 firewall and 20 SASE products, Gartner’s 2028 forecast, and the Indian price, RBI and CERT-In hooks, as of September 2026.