Digital Transformation

St. Petersburg, Fla. – September 19, 2026 -- CCI Insurance, a Higginbotham Partner, has rebranded its proprietary CompCorrect platform as RiskCorrect and opened it as a standalone offering to companies outside its existing client base facing complex risk profiles and significant claims exposure.

Platform expands beyond workers' compensation origins since 2020 launch

Since launching in 2020, the technology has grown from a workers' compensation claims-management tool into a broader system linking incidents, safety activity, root-cause analysis, corrective action and underwriting strategy in a continuous risk cycle. Tobin Robeck, Higginbotham | CCI Managing Director and Regional Sales Director who co-founded the platform, said RiskCorrect now helps companies identify loss drivers, connect claims and incidents, and demonstrate that corrective changes are working.

Bridgewater, N.J. – September 19, 2026 -- OneSchool Global (OSG), a school network operating 122 campuses across 20 countries, has received a Silver A' Design Award for its Learning to Learn framework, an education design model applied to its 8,000-student system.

OSG's proprietary framework earns international design recognition

The A' Design Award and Competition, one of the world's largest international design programs, evaluates submissions through a blind peer-review process involving academics, design professionals and international press members. OSG's Learning to Learn framework was recognized for its innovation, functionality and impact within the education design category.

Exton, Pa. – September 19, 2026 -- Kibow Biotech's redesigned website, KibowBiotech.com, has been named Best Science Website in the 2026 WebAward Competition, run by the Web Marketing Association across seven judging criteria including design, innovation, content and ease of use.

Kibow expands Renadyl distribution into Canada as part of global rollout

The company's flagship product, Renadyl®, a clinically studied probiotic dietary supplement built on gut-kidney axis research, is now sold worldwide, with an upcoming expansion into Canada marking the latest step in Kibow's international access strategy.

Kibow prepares Renaphil launch to extend kidney probiotic science to pets

The company is developing RenaphilTM, a kidney probiotic formulated specifically for cats and dogs, applying nearly 30 years of gut-kidney research to companion-animal health.

Bend, Ore. – September 19, 2026 -- Amazon Web Services has published MSP Validation Checklist (VCL) 8.0, a revised standard requiring managed service providers to prove AI-driven delivery capabilities to earn and maintain AWS MSP validation, cloud operations firm Platformr said.

AWS overhauls 61 controls to embed AI across every requirement

Of the standard's 61 total controls, 24 are entirely new, covering agentic AI platform and agent lifecycle governance, a Responsible AI framework for data governance and prompt injection prevention, agentic Zero Trust and blast-radius containment, and GenAI observability tracking sessions, traces, drift and cost. The update also mandates operational toil measurement, an AI transformation roadmap with industry vertical specialization, and new Forward Deployed Engineer and AI Practice Lead roles.

Sunnyvale, Calif. – September 19, 2026 -- Plug and Play Foundation (PNPF) has launched SMB Tech Connect, an accelerator funded by a Wells Fargo grant that will help 10 Bay Area small businesses assess technology needs and fund adoption. Applications for the pilot program are now open.

Ten small businesses will receive assessments, startup pilots and adoption grants

Each participating business begins with a technology and AI readiness assessment mapping operational gaps and repetitive processes. Results determine placement into one of two tracks: a Technology Pilot Track matching businesses with vetted startup solutions, or a Workshop Implementation Track offering hands-on sessions on AI and automation tools.

Hangzhou – September 19, 2026 -- Hangzhou Zhilianhui Electronic Technology Co., Ltd. has launched a direct-to-consumer website for AccuMEMS, its thermal imaging brand, giving technicians and small businesses a new sales channel that bypasses traditional distributor markups on professional-grade inspection hardware.

AccuMEMS targets the price gap between industrial and consumer thermal cameras

The company is positioning its product line between high-end professional thermal imaging systems, which offer high-resolution sensors and rugged designs but often exceed the budgets of independent contractors, and basic consumer-grade devices with limited measurement capability. AccuMEMS is betting that a segment of electricians, HVAC technicians, building inspectors, and automotive diagnosticians will pay for mid-tier accuracy without absorbing the cost structure of specialized lab equipment.

Chicago and Atlanta – September 19, 2026 -- West Monroe and Sitenna have formed a collaboration to help utilities cut manual data reconciliation across grid, network and infrastructure programs by combining consulting expertise with an infrastructure lifecycle management platform.

San Jose, Calif. – September 19, 2026 -- Platform9 has been named a Visionary in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Server Virtualization Platforms, a recognition tied to surging enterprise demand for alternatives to VMware.

Platform9 reports unprecedented growth as enterprises seek VMware alternatives

Madhura Maskasky, co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Platform9, said the company has experienced unprecedented growth over the past year as organizations worldwide look for a more flexible and cost-effective alternative to VMware. That customer momentum has driven increased R&D investment and new product capabilities aimed at giving infrastructure teams a familiar virtualization experience alongside greater flexibility and clearer cost predictability.

Austin, Texas – September 19, 2026 -- BuildersUpdate.com has introduced a "Pay Upon Performance" marketing model that eliminates upfront fees for homebuilders, charging a flat fee starting at $1,000 per property only when a sale closes.

Homebuilders shift away from upfront marketing spend amid rate uncertainty

Rising costs, fluctuating mortgage rates and cautious buyers have made it harder for builders to convert leads into closed sales, prompting scrutiny of traditional lead-generation models that require payment regardless of outcome. BuildersUpdate.com's new structure ties marketing costs directly to closed transactions rather than lead volume.

Covina, Calif. – September 19, 2026 -- EasyLlama has launched Compliance Advisor, a tool that maps more than 800 federal and state compliance mandates directly to an organization's workforce, replacing manual legal research with an automated, tailored training program.

Tool matches organization profiles against a legally verified mandate database

Admins complete a short profile detailing industry, company size, employee locations, and business operations. EasyLlama then cross-references those inputs against a curated database of federal and state training mandates, which its legal team continuously monitors as regulations change. The output identifies which specific training is legally required, the statute behind each requirement, and which employees must complete it.