Information & Communication Technology (ICT)

Arlington, Va. – September 18, 2026 -- Organizations that hand strategic S/4HANA migration decisions to implementation partners face higher risks of cost overruns, project delays, and outcomes misaligned with business priorities, according to new research from Info-Tech Research Group. The warning comes as SAP's end of mainstream maintenance for ECC in 2027 forces enterprises to finalize migration plans.

Info-Tech says implementation partners lack full business context for critical trade-offs

Info-Tech's Build Your S/4HANA Migration Plan blueprint states that while technical partners are essential for execution, they cannot determine organizational priorities, transformation goals, or acceptable trade-offs. These decisions influence deployment strategy, governance, and organizational change throughout the migration.

Los Angeles – September 18, 2026 -- Fotor, an AI Vibe Marketing Platform serving more than 800 million users worldwide, has launched Fotor Agent, an AI production system that converts prompts and raw assets into fully editable, production-ready videos and 4K motion graphics.

Fotor Agent cuts motion graphics production costs to 1/200th of traditional After Effects workflows

According to Fotor's internal benchmarks, the new agent reduces motion design costs by two orders of magnitude while boosting generation and editing speed 50-fold. The system keeps text, brand colors, charts, and animation timing fully parametric on a live preview canvas, eliminating the costly full-project regenerations required by conventional AI video models that bake motion graphics into fixed pixel streams.

Stockholm and London – September 18, 2026 -- DanAds, a self-service advertising technology provider, and Nodals AI, an autonomous AI platform for publishers, have entered a strategic partnership that combines predictive-outcome modeling with self-service ad buying, letting publishers sell performance-based campaigns without sacrificing yield.

Nodals AI's models predict clicks, conversions and video completions from publisher data

Nodals AI trains on a publisher's own first-party data to forecast advertiser outcomes such as clicks, conversions or video completes. That capability lets publishers offer CPC- or CPA-style outcome campaigns directly inside their existing ad stacks, matching advertiser demand for performance-based buying.

San Francisco – September 18, 2026 -- Corelight has launched the Agent Builder Library and Natural Language Query, two tools designed to let security operations centers match the speed of AI-driven cyberattacks without losing auditability over investigation logic.

Attackers now exploit vulnerabilities in roughly five days, far outpacing patch cycles

Enterprise patching cycles typically run 60 to 150 days, but the median time to exploit has dropped to approximately five days, according to Corelight. The company warns that with emerging Mythos-class AI models, attackers may exploit vulnerabilities before defenders even know a flaw exists, making faster patching an inadequate defense on its own.

Zurich, Switzerland – September 17, 2026 -- Ontinue, a managed detection and response (MXDR) provider, has published its 2025 greenhouse gas emissions inventory, reporting a 2.5% year-over-year reduction in Scope 2 emissions to 12.59 tCO2e on a location-based basis, driven by consolidation of its global office footprint.

Total company-wide emissions rose approximately 3% versus 2024

Ontinue attributes the overall increase to two factors: higher employee business travel tied to company growth, and a planned methodology shift from spend-based to activity-based accounting for fuel and energy-related activities. The company frames the accounting change as an improvement in data precision rather than an operational setback.

New York – September 17, 2026 -- Zip Security has joined Project QuiltWorks, the CrowdStrike-led coalition defending organizations against frontier AI-driven cyber risk, extending enterprise-grade protection to small and mid-sized businesses that lack dedicated security teams.

Frontier AI models have cut attack costs while defense costs stay flat for SMBs

Frontier AI has changed the economics of cyber risk, giving attackers tools to discover software vulnerabilities that earlier reviews missed. Small and mid-sized businesses now face sophisticated threats without the resources enterprises use to counter them, according to the companies.

Atlanta and Washington – September 17, 2026 -- Global cybersecurity exposure tied to artificial intelligence could reach as much as $3 trillion, according to Michael Gargiulo, CEO of VPN.com, a company specializing in cybersecurity and domain name brand protection.

Palo Alto Networks flagged $1 trillion in cybersecurity debt

On a recent earnings call, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora said approximately $1 trillion in global cybersecurity infrastructure must be modernized to counter automated threats that operate instantaneously.

Herndon, Virginia – September 17, 2026 -- ReDEFY, a pure-play Salesforce consulting partner, has already built working Salesforce Environmental Health solutions for six large California counties ahead of the state's CERS NextGen deadline, without a signed contract in hand.

ReDEFY reverses the consulting sales cycle by delivering the product before the pitch

The firm's new campaign, "Built Before the Meeting," launches at Dreamforce 2026 in San Francisco, running September 15 to 17. Instead of discovery calls and slide decks, ReDEFY constructs a working Salesforce Industry Cloud solution for a prospect's specific problem before the first meeting occurs. The first public proof is live now at redefy.com, targeting California's 81 Certified Unified Program Agencies.

Shanghai – September 17, 2026 -- DFRobot opened preorders for seeMote Cap, a $229 mountable spatial tracking module for Apple Vision Pro developers, with first units shipping in late September 2026.

Device attaches to existing tools instead of requiring custom controllers

seeMote Cap mounts directly onto tools engineers already use, including screwdrivers, lab instruments, training devices, and teaching models. Its 6DoF tracking captures the position, orientation, and motion of the attached tool, letting developers map real-world movements into visionOS app logic while preserving the original grip and workflow.

Palo Alto, Calif. – September 17, 2026 -- The Open Source Vision Foundation (OSVF) is building native OpenCV binaries for Windows on Snapdragon, working directly with Qualcomm Technologies to close a gap for computer vision developers targeting Snapdragon X Series-powered Windows devices.

OSVF targets native builds and automated testing infrastructure for Snapdragon

The project scope covers native OpenCV binaries built specifically for Windows on Snapdragon, automated build-and-test infrastructure designed to ensure quality at scale, targeted software optimizations for performance, and compatibility work to resolve existing dependency issues within the library.

Development will move from experimental native builds toward validated releases distributed through OpenCV's established open-source channels, with all improvements passing through the organization's existing review and testing processes.