Information & Communication Technology (ICT)

Omaha – September 15, 2026 -- SecureSky has acquired Soveren, a London-based Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) provider, adding real-time sensitive-data discovery and classification to its Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) platform.

Soveren claims 98% accuracy detecting sensitive data in encrypted traffic

Soveren's architecture pairs eBPF-powered network analysis with ML-driven classification, enabling it to inspect and classify encrypted TLS traffic at scale without impacting application speed. The company positions this against legacy DSPM tools that rely on regex detection and static snapshots, which it says produce high false-positive rates.

San Francisco – September 15, 2026 -- Lightfield has raised $47 million in a Series A funding round led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Maverick Capital, Coatue, Audacious, Alumni Ventures, Greylock, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. More than 5,000 companies have signed up for the platform since its November 2025 launch, ranging from early-stage startups to scaling firms with hundreds of CRM users.

Lightfield targets a structural flaw in legacy CRM systems built for manual data entry

Traditional CRM platforms like Salesforce and HubSpot were designed for people to type data into fields, stages, and notes rather than for AI agents to reason from. When agents are layered onto these systems, they inherit incomplete fields, stale close dates, and notes reconstructed from memory, producing work that companies cannot verify.

Straubing – September 15, 2026 -- Germany's Digital Minister Karsten Wildberger unveiled the EUDI Wallet on Wednesday, a state-backed digital identity tool that lets citizens store ID cards, driver's licenses and certificates securely on a smartphone.

Government rolls out smartphone-based ID replacing paper documents

The wallet is designed to shorten or eliminate in-person visits to public administration offices, cutting paper use and removing the need to copy, stamp and physically present official documents. Officials frame the launch as a foundational step toward a more reliable digital identity infrastructure for modern administration.

Palo Alto – September 15, 2026 -- Aragon Research has identified a new enterprise technology category, the Intelligent Communications Experience (ICX), projecting the market to reach $251.83 billion by 2031, up from $152.13 billion in 2025.

ICX merges unified communications and contact center platforms into one architecture

The framework eliminates the long-standing divide between internal employee collaboration tools and external customer engagement systems, combining voice, video, messaging and contact center orchestration into a single foundation. Aragon Research positions the category as the enterprise entry point for agentic AI, treating AI agents as "first-class citizens" alongside human workers.

Irvine, Calif. – September 15, 2026 -- Caylent has secured a spot on Fast Company's eighth annual Best Workplaces for Innovators list, winning in the Emerging Enterprise category for companies with 201-999 employees.

The company joins 100 honorees across entertainment, biotech, consumer packaged goods, marketing, education, and healthcare, alongside names such as Anthropic, Chipotle, and American Express. Fast Company editors scored applicants on innovation investment, internal programs, and culture before a judging panel selected final winners.

Berlin – September 15, 2026 -- Broken business processes are costing companies an average of $1.55 million each as artificial intelligence initiatives collapse under outdated workflows, according to a new report from Camunda.

Process failures drive 72% of AI project setbacks, study finds

The AI Process Gap report, commissioned by Camunda and conducted by Sapio Research, found that 72% of enterprises have seen AI projects fail due to process-related challenges. Another 72% warn of spiraling costs if they fail to overhaul their processes, while 82% believe AI investments will flop without deep process re-design.

The core issue: 79% of companies say bolting AI onto existing workflows meets less internal resistance than redesigning them from scratch. Yet 82% estimate it will take up to five years to make core processes truly AI-ready, and 61% admit their process re-design efforts cannot keep pace with AI adoption speed.

Cambridge, Mass. – September 15, 2026 -- MIT Technology Review will cap in-person attendance at its EmTech Future 2026 conference to 500 participants, running September 29 through October 1 on the MIT campus and online under the theme "Convergence."

Event examines intersection of AI, quantum computing, and energy systems

The reimagined flagship conference from MIT Technology Review will use keynotes, interviews, and guided experiences to explore how AI, quantum technologies, and energy infrastructure are beginning to intersect. Agenda tracks include "At the Frontier of Intelligence," covering reasoning and multimodal AI systems, and "At the Quantum Frontier," focused on breakthroughs moving quantum computing from lab to practical deployment.

Miami – September 15, 2026 -- Qtonic Quantum has appointed Gina Fratarcangeli, a former Google Managing Director who oversaw an $8 billion Global Strategic Integrator ecosystem, as Senior Advisor for AI Transformation and Global Alliances. The move brings three decades of enterprise leadership from Google, Accenture, IBM and Genpact to a quantum cyber risk company scaling its post-quantum readiness business.

Fratarcangeli drove 89% year-over-year growth leading Google's North America systems integrator business

At Google, Fratarcangeli managed profit-and-loss portfolios of up to $5 billion and guided enterprise modernization programs for Fortune 1000 companies. Her joint AI go-to-market strategies with global systems integrators delivered 89% year-over-year growth, according to the company.

San Francisco – – September 14, 2026 -- The Globee Awards has opened nominations for its 14th Annual Globee Awards for Leadership, calling on organizations and professionals worldwide to submit cybersecurity leadership achievements for evaluation.

Program accepts entries spanning individual, team, and organizational cybersecurity work

The awards welcome measurable achievements by individual professionals, teams, departments, and entire organizations that strengthen security, protect operations, manage risk, or improve resilience. Eligible categories include cybersecurity strategy, cloud security, identity and access management, data protection, governance risk and compliance, incident response, threat management, and artificial intelligence applications in cybersecurity.

Teaneck, N.J. – September 14, 2026 -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) has been named to TIME's World's Best Companies 2026 list for the third consecutive year, placing it among 1,000 global companies ranked for employee satisfaction, revenue growth and sustainability transparency.

TIME and Statista scored companies on three measurable dimensions

The ranking, compiled by TIME and Statista, drew on survey data from more than 200,000 employees worldwide to assess satisfaction through direct recommendations and peer evaluations. Revenue growth criteria required companies to show three-year top-line growth with revenues exceeding $100 million. Sustainability transparency was measured across environmental impact, social responsibility and governance practices.