AI adoption

New York – October 6, 2026 -- Lippincott, the global brand and marketing consultancy owned by Oliver Wyman, has agreed to acquire New York-based design studio Athletics, adding roughly 25 staff and a proprietary AI software platform called Sesame to its service lineup.

Deal closes November 2, 2026, folding a 25-person studio into Lippincott's network

The transaction is set to close November 2, 2026, at which point Athletics' team will join Lippincott while retaining its existing Brooklyn offices. Athletics, known for multidisciplinary work spanning identity, digital experiences and creative technology, has built brand systems for clients including Salesforce, IBM, Google, Amazon, MoMA and Major League Soccer.

Redwood City, Calif. – – October 05, 2026 -- Simpplr has been positioned as a Leader in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Intranet Packaged Solutions, marking the fourth consecutive year the company has earned the distinction.

Gartner ranks Simpplr across three core use cases

In the accompanying 2026 Gartner Critical Capabilities for Intranet Packaged Solutions report, Gartner evaluated Simpplr across Knowledge Services, Employee & Workplace Services, and Work Management use cases.

CEO cites growing complexity in enterprise systems as driver of product strategy

"Work has become more complex, with more systems, more information, and now more AI. Employees shouldn't have to navigate all of that complexity just to get something done," said Dhiraj Sharma, CEO of Simpplr.

London – September 28, 2026 -- jaam automation has launched M. by jaam, an Agentic Work Management platform designed to close the gap between AI adoption and measurable business impact. The launch responds to McKinsey data showing 88% of organisations now use AI, yet only 7% have fully scaled it across operations.

Adoption outpaces execution, McKinsey data shows

McKinsey research cited by jaam found that while 80% of employees report AI has improved their individual productivity, only 37% of organisations see a positive impact on EBIT. jaam positions M. as a fix for this disconnect, arguing that fragmented processes across people, applications and systems prevent AI agents from understanding what needs to happen next in a workflow.

Shanghai – September 28, 2026 -- The9 Limited (Nasdaq: NCTY) said its mobile simulation title "The Greed of Man《大時代》" reached No. 1 in the Simulation Games category on both the Hong Kong Apple App Store and Google Play following its September 24, 2026 launch.

Game built in eight months versus industry-standard two to three years

The title was produced on the9bit, The9's proprietary AI game production platform that orchestrates multiple AI models across development rather than relying on a single foundation model. The platform converts a natural-language or image-based idea into a structured production blueprint, then coordinates content generation, debugging, asset creation and integration across the pipeline. An AI-native editing environment allows creators to refine gameplay elements, parameters and visuals through further natural-language instructions.

San Antonio – September 24, 2026 -- Sixty-three percent of in-market vehicle shoppers say they will definitely or probably use AI during their next vehicle purchase, while only 29% of dealers report actively adjusting for AI-powered search, according to Cox Automotive's Q2 2026 AI in Auto Retail Tracker. The survey, fielded in May 2026, polled 483 franchise and independent dealership decision-makers and 1,502 consumers planning a vehicle purchase within 12 months.

AI tools now rival automotive websites as a research channel

Cox Automotive found 36% of shoppers now use AI tools for vehicle research, nearly matching the 38% who rely on automotive-specific websites. Among AI users, 26% ask AI to generate questions for dealers and 24% say it makes them feel more prepared for dealership visits, while only 17% cite avoiding dealership staff as a benefit -- indicating AI use is largely preparatory rather than a replacement for dealer interaction.

Xiamen, China – September 24, 2026 -- Yeastar has launched NovoOne, an AI-native, carrier-grade multi-tenant communications platform designed for managed service providers, ITSPs, telecom resellers, and carriers handling large, growing user bases.

NovoOne targets the scale-versus-flexibility trade-off facing communication service providers

Traditional carrier-grade platforms offer scale but suffer from fragmented components, slow R&D cycles, and legacy interfaces, while modern SaaS UC platforms limit customization and raise costs as usage grows. Yeastar says NovoOne removes that trade-off by combining SaaS-grade user experience with carrier-grade resilience, control, and economics.

San Jose, Calif. – September 23, 2026 -- Cisco and Omdia research finds that 95% of enterprises say their existing AIOps tools cannot keep pace with current network demands, while more than half have already shifted to AgenticOps, where AI agents act autonomously in production network environments.

Daily alert volumes have outpaced human capacity to respond

The average organization generates about 4,100 monitoring alerts and events daily, more than half of them network related. Clearing that backlog manually would require roughly 100 IT specialists. Nearly half of network alerts are closed without investigation, and a similar share of investigation time is spent chasing false positives.

Palo Alto – September 22, 2026 -- Aragon Research has published its second annual Globe report for Strategic Response Management (SRM), evaluating 14 technology providers as the market moves from reactive AI assistants to fully autonomous agentic systems.

Market expands beyond RFP automation to cover security questionnaires and complex sales bids

The 2026 Aragon Research Globe for SRM assesses vendors managing not just requests for proposals but also RFIs and security questionnaires, reflecting a broader shift in enterprise response management. Aragon Research CEO and Lead Analyst Jim Lundy stated that the industry is entering the age of the "AI coworker," where autonomous agents handle multi-step tasks without constant human oversight.

Pune – September 22, 2026 -- Bitwise has earned more than 130 Databricks Delivery Expert badges, securing recognition among the top partners in a credentialing program that launched in May 2026 to identify firms with deep migration and modernization expertise across the Databricks ecosystem.

Bitwise Certifications Surpass 330 Across Its Engineering Organization

The Chicago-headquartered engineering firm, which operates delivery centers in Pune, India, has accumulated over 330 Databricks certifications organization-wide. The company also holds Databricks Silver Partner status and was previously named a Databricks Genie GTM Partner for conversational, AI-powered enterprise data access.

Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – September 22, 2026 -- Marist University and IBM have launched an Innovation Incubator equipped with an IBM z17 mainframe, extending their five-decade partnership into university-wide artificial intelligence research.

IBM z17 mainframe brings enterprise-scale AI computing to Marist campus

IBM provided the z17 system to give students and faculty access to enterprise technology built for the performance, security and reliability demands of large organizations, enabling hands-on application development and testing.