Capgemini

Global – October 20, 2026 -- Capgemini identifies three data failures (fragmentation, stagnation and semantic inconsistency) as the main barrier keeping enterprise AI confined to pilots, particularly in financial services and other highly regulated industries.

Capgemini's Renjith Sreekumar says scaling problems lie in data, not models

Renjith Sreekumar, Head of Oracle Cloud & AI CoE for Financial Services at Capgemini, frames the issue as a shift from "does AI work?" to why it is so hard to scale. Early gains in analysis, content creation, workflow automation and customer experience remain limited to pilots, single functions or tightly controlled use cases.

North America – October 20, 2026 -- Capgemini Invent North America has introduced the Return on Investment Business Value Framework (ROI-BVF), a methodology that converts operational improvements in product lifecycle management (PLM) programs into financial outcomes, developed with a heavy machinery client investing in Siemens Teamcenter.

Framework targets subjective PLM funding decisions

Capgemini says many enterprises still base PLM funding on varying assumptions and inconsistent business cases, with limited visibility into realized outcomes. Decisions are further complicated by the choice between Teamcenter, Teamcenter X and other Siemens Xcelerator capabilities, each carrying different implementation efforts and expected returns.

Europe – October 20, 2026 -- Capgemini and Microsoft are offering cities an as-a-service, AI-native City Support Center that merges multi-agency data into one operating picture for floods and urban heat events, aiming to avoid the cost of bespoke platform builds.

Siloed agencies drive delays, duplication and rising maintenance costs

In flood and heat island scenarios, water authorities, transport departments, health bodies and first responders typically each focus on their own responsibilities, with little data transparency between them. The result is delayed interventions, inefficient resource deployment, duplicated effort and counterproductive actions. Maintenance spending also rises because of potentially preventable damage, adding pressure on already stretched local government budgets.

Global – October 17, 2026 -- Brandon Hall Group began tracking Workforce Intelligence as a distinct HCM technology category in 2025, arguing that vendors using the term are often describing different capabilities.

Brandon Hall Group defines Workforce Intelligence as continuous, connected understanding of workforce and work

The analyst firm defines the category as the continuous understanding of the workforce, the work being performed, available skills and the external talent market, using connected data to improve workforce and business decisions. Workforce movement is central to that definition: hires, exits, internal moves, and shifts in turnover, attendance, scheduling, compensation and employee sentiment.

Berlin – September 10, 2026 -- Ninety-three percent of organizations worldwide now discuss digital sovereignty at board level, yet 59% consider full technological independence an unrealistic goal, according to a new Capgemini Research Institute report based on a survey of 1,300 business and technology executives conducted in April 2026.

The report, titled "Digital Sovereignty: From Policy Ambition to Executive Imperative," finds that two-thirds of organizations globally define digital sovereignty as "resilient interdependence" rather than complete self-sufficiency, favoring targeted control over critical technologies and strategic partnerships instead.