digital_transformation

Riyadh – September 13, 2026 -- NourNet, a Saudi digital services provider, closed its participation at LEAP 2026 by unveiling a beta AI Agent Platform and expanding its flagship data center to 10 MW and up to 750 racks.

NourNet's new platform keeps AI workloads inside the Kingdom

The AI Agent Platform combines Agentic AI with Inference-as-a-Service, letting organizations build, deploy and operate intelligent agents that automate operational tasks, execute multi-step workflows and interact with enterprise data. Hosted entirely within NourNet's Saudi data centers, the platform offers Arabic-tuned and multilingual models while ensuring customer data and AI workloads do not leave the Kingdom.

Stuart, Fla. – September 13, 2026 -- Health In Tech, Inc. (Nasdaq: HIT) has been named one of Newsweek's America's Greatest Mid-Market Companies 2026, ranking among the 100 highest-scoring U.S. public mid-market firms selected from an initial pool of approximately 4,300 companies.

Newsweek ranking screens nearly 4,300 firms on financial and workforce data

The list, compiled by Newsweek in partnership with Plant-A Insights Group, evaluated companies using financial strength, market performance, workforce data, employee feedback, innovation and patent metrics, independent sustainability assessments, and public records review. A proprietary scoring model narrowed the field to the final 100 honorees for 2026.

Chandler – September 13, 2026 -- VIAVI Solutions Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAV) will present a full-stack data center test portfolio at booth 1001 during ECOC 2026, running September 21-23 at the FYCMA exhibition center in Malaga, Spain.

Hyperscalers push 1.6T rollouts while planning for 3.2T networks

Cloud providers are deploying 1.6T technologies within racks, across clusters and between data centers as AI infrastructure scales, with 3.2T architectures already in planning. These builds depend on 16x224G and 8x448G lane designs enabled by Silicon Photonics, Co-packaged Optics (CPO) and dense optical connectivity, driving sharp growth in fiber density and multifiber interconnects.

Abu Dhabi – September 13, 2026 -- Robo.ai Inc. (Nasdaq: AIIO) said its industrial group Alif Holding plans to establish Alif Maritec, a wholly owned subsidiary dedicated to marine security and intelligent maritime infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates.

Alif Holding designates Dr. Jasem Al-Mansory as chairman of new maritime unit

Dr. Jasem Al-Mansory, Chief Executive Officer of Alif Holding, is expected to serve as Chairman of Alif Maritec once it is formally established. The subsidiary will target four business areas: maritime protection, smart ports, underwater intelligence and critical infrastructure protection, serving governments and infrastructure operators managing ports, coastlines and offshore energy assets.

Arlington, Va. – September 11, 2026 -- Air, the Enterprise Readiness company, has appointed Andrej Danko as Chief Product and Technology Officer to lead engineering and product strategy for its AI-native platform serving the national security enterprise.

Danko joins from ServiceNow after leading global public sector AI deployments

Danko previously served as Vice President and General Manager of Global Public Sector Product Management at ServiceNow, where he directed agentic AI deployments across the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency, the Department of Homeland Security, and international allies including NATO members, Australia, and Singapore. He brings three decades of software industry experience spanning product management, design, engineering, and corporate strategy, with prior roles at Productboard, Merlon Intelligence, and SAP. Danko holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, plus a Ph.D. and M.S. in Applied Computer Science.

Berlin – September 11, 2026 -- SATELLAI announced an expanded collaboration with Deutsche Telekom IoT and Swift Navigation at IFA 2026, combining artificial intelligence, global IoT connectivity and advanced positioning technology to scale its connected pet-care devices internationally.

Three technology layers merge to support global pet-tech rollout

The partnership pairs SATELLAI's AI-driven pet intelligence with Deutsche Telekom IoT's global connectivity infrastructure and Swift Navigation's location technology. SATELLAI unveiled the deepened collaboration during a keynote at an exclusive networking and showcase event hosted by Deutsche Telekom IoT.

Swift Navigation upgrades boost location accuracy for connected collars

The collaboration has improved location capabilities on SATELLAI's connected pet devices, enabling more reliable GPS-based features including virtual perimeters, route history tracking and escape alerts.

Hsinchu – September 11, 2026 -- Spirox Corporation (TWSE: 3055) unveiled its SP7000G high-speed TGV crack inspection system, a tool designed to support mass production testing of glass substrates for next-generation AI and HPC packaging.

Spirox scans a full 510mm by 515mm glass substrate in under 20 minutes

The SP7000G detects internal micro-cracks after metallization and ABF build-up processes, according to the company. Spirox positions the system to improve inspection efficiency, monitor process quality and defect distribution, and optimize yield as Through Glass Via (TGV) technology moves toward volume manufacturing.

Mainz – September 12, 2026 -- Public libraries across Rhineland-Palatinate will offer free coding instruction to children aged four to seven starting this autumn, under a new partnership between the state's Landesbibliothekszentrum (LBZ) and German public broadcasters WDR and SWR.

Library staff train in September ahead of autumn rollout

Training sessions for participating library staff run from September 21 to 23, 2026, preparing personnel to guide children through the program before public sessions begin in autumn 2026.

Colorado Springs, Colo. – September 12, 2026 -- NetAlly has launched LinkRunner 100G, a handheld diagnostic tool priced at $8,999 plus an AllyCare Pro subscription, designed to troubleshoot 100G fiber links now spreading from data centers into enterprise networks.

NetAlly targets a gap left by telco-grade testing tools

CEO Jeff O'Mara said existing tools for validating high-speed fiber links have been expensive and specialized for large telecom providers, leaving enterprise IT teams without an accessible option as 25G, 40G, 50G, and 100G networks become more common. Unlike twisted-pair copper networks up to 10G, which benefit from IEEE-standardized auto-negotiation for speed, power, and polarity, no equivalent automation exists for 100G networks, producing brittle, hard-coded configurations. Proprietary transceivers that modify encodings and bit rates to boost fiber efficiency add further complexity for technicians.

Mission Viejo, Calif. – – September 12, 2026 -- ERPVAR has signed a lead-generation partnership with Crawford Software aimed at driving a 30% increase in qualified sales pipeline for mid-market companies migrating off QuickBooks and other legacy platforms.

Partnership targets discrete manufacturers and distributors abandoning legacy systems

The agreement gives Crawford Software direct access to ERPVAR's buyer-intent database and HubSpot marketing infrastructure to identify organizations preparing to replace QuickBooks and other outdated software. Crawford Software specializes in ERP consulting and support for manufacturers and distributors across New England and the Tri-State area.