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Boomi Appoints Mike Hickman as Chief Financial Officer

Boomi, the data activation company for AI, announced the appointment of Mike Hickman as Chief Financial Officer. Hickman will lead Boomi's global finance organization, including financial planning, accounting, treasury, tax, and reporting. He brings three decades of senior finance leadership, with experience at Proofpoint, Adobe, Marin Software, eBay, and Vitria Technology. At Proofpoint, he helped navigate a $12.3 billion take-private and a $1.8 billion acquisition. Boomi's CEO Steve Lucas highlighted Hickman's experience across IPO, take-private, and acquisitions. The appointment supports Boomi's scaling efforts with over 30,000 customers and 2,200 employees.

• Boomi appointed Mike Hickman as CFO.
• Hickman previously served as SVP of Finance at Proofpoint for 7.5 years.
• He has experience with IPO, take-private, and large acquisitions.

Boomi Ranked No.1 in ISG 2026 Integration Guide

Boomi was ranked the #1 overall software provider in ISG Buyers Guide™ for Application Integration 2026, placing in ISG’s highest quadrant classification, Exemplary. ISG Software Research evaluated 24 providers and designated Boomi a Leader overall and in every category, including #1 rankings for Capability and Product Experience and top scores in Customer Experience. ISG cited Boomi’s breadth of integration, API management and AI capabilities and highlighted the company’s expansion into agentic integration development, agent management and governance. Quotes from Boomi and ISG research leadership emphasize the company’s investments in integration, automation and agent governance to support operationalizing agentic AI.

• Boomi was ranked #1 overall software provider in the 2026 ISG Buyers Guide for Application Integration.
• ISG placed Boomi in its highest quadrant classification, Exemplary, and named it a Leader in every category evaluated.
• The report evaluated 24 providers; Boomi received #1 rankings for Capability and Product Experience and the highest score in Customer Experience.

Securing AI agent access: Inside the architecture of classification-based access policy in Box Shield

How Box Shield's Classification-Based Access Policy governs AI agent reads, not just downloads, closing the preview-layer gap in Integration Restriction.

Box and OpenAI to bring enterprise content directly into ChatGPT

Box and OpenAI are partnering to embed Box content directly into ChatGPT, giving users seamless access to enterprise files.

Box Integrates with ChatGPT for Secure Enterprise Content Access

Box, Inc., the Intelligent Content Management (ICM) platform, announced a new integration with OpenAI's ChatGPT, allowing enterprise users to securely access, browse, and work with their Box-stored content directly within ChatGPT. This integration aims to streamline workflows by enabling users to @mention files, preview source documents, and edit Box Notes in ChatGPT without switching applications. Box's granular permissions and governance controls ensure that AI only accesses authorized information. The partnership builds on the existing relationship where Box AI already leverages OpenAI models. The integration supports various use cases including clinical research, legal contract review, financial analysis, insurance auditing, and production management, bringing enterprise knowledge into AI-powered workflows.

• Box announced integration with OpenAI's ChatGPT for enterprise content access.
• Users can browse, search, and @mention Box files within ChatGPT.
• Box maintains security, permissions, and governance controls.