Digital Transformation

Wilmington, Del. – October 08, 2026 -- Progressive has claimed first place overall and for mobile web in Keynova Group's Q3 2026 Mobile Insurance Scorecard, while Allstate took the top spot for mobile app experience, according to the semi-annual benchmark of the 12 largest U.S. auto and property insurers.

Carriers push personalized savings tools as premiums climb

One-third of the 12 carriers evaluated have introduced enhanced mobile tools that let existing policyholders identify and apply for new discounts, policy options or deductible changes, moving beyond discount offers limited to new-policy quoting. These guided savings assessments factor in a policyholder's current deductibles, coverages and discounts to generate targeted recommendations.

Santa Clara, Calif. – October 08, 2026 -- DoiT has partnered with OpenAI to help enterprises move AI workloads from pilot to production on Amazon Web Services while tracing every dollar of spend to the customer, feature or agent that generated it.

Monthly AI spend among DoiT's customer base has surged roughly 100-fold in two years

Across DoiT's more than 4,000 customers, AI expenditure has outpaced the tools available to measure returns, pushing finance and engineering leaders to justify which models, features and customers are driving cost -- and whether each pays off.

LONDON – October 08, 2026 -- DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) has grown Assure Platform adoption to more than 275 customers as it rolls out new AI-enabled tools and London Market investments aimed at modernizing insurer operations without disrupting legacy systems.

DXC adds 18 Smart App customers in one year, reaching 450 insurers

Since launching Assure Smart Apps a year ago, DXC has signed 18 new Smart App customers supporting more than 450 insurers. The AI-enabled tools target underwriting, claims, broking, distribution and operations, letting insurers start with a single business priority and scale capabilities over time.

New York – – October 08, 2026 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has integrated CLEAR's secure identity platform, CLEAR1, into a pilot program designed to simplify account access for the nation's roughly 17 million living Veterans while combating fraud across federal benefit programs.

VA.gov sign-in now offers biometric verification via selfie

Veterans can now create or access their VA.gov account using CLEAR1, which combines biometrics, government-issued identification and trusted data sources to verify identity. After a one-time setup, future sign-ins require only a selfie, reducing reliance on traditional usernames and passwords. VA operates the largest integrated health care system in the country, serving 9.1 million enrolled Veterans annually, and VA.gov serves as the primary digital gateway to earned benefits and services.

New York – October 08, 2026 -- Elsevier has signed a strategic content agreement with the JAMA Network to integrate full-text content and visuals from 13 JAMA journals into ClinicalKey AI, its clinical-grade AI workspace, giving clinicians access to more than half of the world's top 100 medical journals through the platform.

Agreement covers 13 JAMA Network titles including flagship journal and specialty publications

The deal brings all published full-text content and visuals from JAMA, JAMA Network Open, and 11 specialty journals -- JAMA Cardiology, JAMA Dermatology, JAMA Health Forum, JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Neurology, JAMA Oncology, JAMA Ophthalmology, JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, JAMA Pediatrics, JAMA Psychiatry and JAMA Surgery -- into the responses clinicians receive through ClinicalKey AI. Content is available to ClinicalKey AI customers immediately.

Cedar Falls, Iowa – October 08, 2026 -- Simple Mining has acquired an approximately 8 MW Bitcoin mining facility in Iowa from Sphere 3D Corp. (NASDAQ: ANY), pushing its total Iowa hosting platform to nearly 160 MW.

Acquired site adds 2,200 miners to Simple Mining's owned infrastructure

The facility supports roughly 2,200 latest-generation miners and expands the owned hosting capacity available to Simple Mining's customers, who purchase and host machines on the company's infrastructure. The site joins Simple Mining's existing network of Iowa facilities and will operate under the same in-house model covering machine sales, hosting, and repair.

Dublin – October 08, 2026 -- Edgescan has launched Edgescan Atomic, an autonomous penetration-testing capability built on agentic AI, designed to close the gap left by scheduled security assessments. The tool can run on top of Edgescan's existing continuous security platform or operate as a standalone agentic penetration-testing solution.

Atomic replaces fixed testing schedules with on-demand validation

Traditional penetration-testing programs rely on periodic, scheduled engagements, leaving organizations exposed between tests as application code changes and threats evolve. Edgescan Atomic allows security teams to launch autonomous testing immediately, using previous target metadata when available, with validation handled by an agentic team backed by human experts when required.

San Francisco – October 08, 2026 -- Whirl AI unveiled the Integrated Business Environment (IBE), a new AI category built specifically for enterprise IT departments managing CRM, ERP, HRIS and ITSM systems.

Whirl AI targets the 'rediscovery tax' draining enterprise IT productivity

The company says IT teams currently rebuild system knowledge manually from configurations, metadata, integrations, custom code and tickets every time a business leader asks how a process works or what a change would break. This reactive cycle consumes most of IT's time, leaving little capacity for leading transformation initiatives.

Tampa, Fla. – October 08, 2026 -- Command Control Communications Engineering & Logistics, LLC (C3EL) closed Government Fiscal Year 2026 with four new federal prime contract awards and Final CMMC Level 2 certification, expanding its footprint across cybersecurity, secure communications, and mission systems integration.

Air Force cybersecurity contract anchors FY26 growth at Offutt Air Force Base

C3EL began performance in March as prime contractor for the U.S. Air Force 55th Strategic Communications Squadron's Defense Red Switch Network Cybersecurity Support Services requirement at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, under Contract No. FA460026P0017. The company supplies cybersecurity and information systems security subject matter experts supporting Risk Management Framework activities, Authorization to Operate sustainment, and configuration management reviews for NC3 systems serving national-level command authorities and allied forces.

Arlington, Va. – October 08, 2026 -- Info-Tech Research Group has named Gong and Agentforce Sales as joint leaders in its 2026 Conversation Intelligence Data Quadrant Report, each scoring 9.0 on the firm's Composite Score (CS) scale, with Avoma close behind at 8.6 CS.

The rankings, drawn entirely from verified end-user feedback on Info-Tech's SoftwareReviews platform, designate all three vendors as Champions in a category covering tools that capture, transcribe, and analyze customer calls and meetings.

Gong and Agentforce Sales tie at the top with 9.0 Composite Scores

Gong earned its score on the strength of call recording features, according to user feedback aggregated in the report. Agentforce Sales matched that score, with reviewers citing its conversation coaching capabilities as a standout strength.