IT, AI & Telecommunications

New York – – November 03, 2026 -- Egan-Jones Ratings warns that free open-source software and artificial intelligence are weakening software incumbents' staying power, and that some credit models overstate how secure incumbency is. The commentary is addressed to institutional investors and risk managers holding software and platform credit.

Free substitutes cap what incumbents can charge

Egan-Jones finds that open-source products need not dominate a market to constrain pricing. A free alternative limits what an incumbent can charge before it loses significant share. Linux has gained significant share among personal computer operating systems over the past five years, and open-source software holds virtually the entire enterprise supercomputer market.

NOIDA – November 03, 2026 -- Appy Pie has launched its Agentic AI App Builder, which uses four specialised AI agents to plan, design, build and test iOS and Android apps with backend services, a database, user accounts and hosting included.

Users submit a written or spoken brief, approve a development plan and refine the app through conversation. CEO Abhinav Girdhar called the launch Appy Pie's "biggest product announcement in a decade."

Bad Friedrichshall – November 03, 2026 -- Bull and Schwarz Digits, the IT and digital division of Schwarz Group, have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a European AI and cloud infrastructure stack covering servers, software platform and integrated system solutions.

The partners target regulated and strategic sectors. Their aim is for customers in these sectors to develop, deploy and scale AI and enterprise computing while sensitive data, infrastructure and operations stay under European jurisdiction and control.

Servers to be built at Bull's Angers plant with liquid cooling

The servers will be manufactured at Bull's Angers facility, using European production capacity for scalable AI infrastructure. Bull contributes Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC) expertise and experience implementing large-scale AI systems. Schwarz Digits supplies secure cloud infrastructure through its STACKIT brand.

Austin – November 03, 2026 -- Schoox, the learning and growth platform for frontline enterprises, is adding an intelligence dashboard that turns the questions employees ask during work into capability gaps with a dollar value attached to each. The company also gave its Learning-In-Action Assistant (LINA) agentic capabilities for administrators and introduced FlexCourses, a tool that builds one course for delivery in multiple formats and languages.

The additions join the Learning Impact Suite, introduced in November 2025. Together they form what Schoox calls a continuous loop linking frontline questions, training and business results.

LONDON – November 03, 2026 -- Logicalis has become the first Cisco global partner to achieve Cisco's Secure Networking Specialisation in five countries, and plans to double the number of accredited countries within six months.

Logicalis earns Cisco Secure Networking Specialisation in the US, Germany, Brazil, China and Indonesia

The accreditation covers the United States, Germany, Brazil, China and Indonesia. It validates Logicalis' expertise in designing, implementing and managing secure network environments, and extends its global managed services capabilities across networking and security.

Customers gain access to validated Cisco expertise through a global delivery model. That model is backed by local market knowledge and regional Network Operations Centres and Security Operations Centres.

Hamburg – November 03, 2026 -- Hamburg data strategist Ole Albers has launched the "Data Fitness Check," a three-minute anonymous online survey of how German companies and institutions manage their data, with first results due in the Data Fitness Report 2026.

The survey is the first wave of a multi-year research series. Albers plans to track changes in data management over several years and to repeat selected questions regularly to show which organizational and technical problems persist.

Seven core questions test data sources, ownership and quality controls

The questionnaire asks whether key data sources are known, responsibilities are clearly assigned, KPIs are defined transparently and data-quality measures are in place. Supplementary questions cover day-to-day difficulties. Respondents can also use the survey to gauge their own organization's standing.

Bend – November 03, 2026 -- Platformr, an AWS Partner, has released two additions to its Optics AI Suite: Optics Tag Manager, which audits and applies resource tags across an entire AWS Organization from plain-English requests, and the Optics Remote MCP Server, which connects third-party AI assistants to Platformr Organizations.

Tag Manager applies bulk tag changes across multiple AWS accounts from one agent interface

Tags drive cost allocation, attribute-based access control (ABAC) policies, partner program attribution and operational targeting for services such as AWS Systems Manager and AWS Backup. Platformr says inconsistent tags leave cost attribution unreliable and turn cleanup into weeks of scripting.

Redondo Beach – November 03, 2026 -- AT&T's Chad Townes was named Channel Executive of the Year at the 2026 Sandler Partners National Summit in San Diego, which drew more than 1,100 members of the technology distributor's partner community.

Summit pairs 65+ providers with 1,100 attendees across three tracks

The event combined educational panels, a keynote and sessions across Technology, Sales and Growth tracks. Attendees met more than 65 technology providers in the Exhibit Hall. Sandler Partners says its portfolio spans 220+ providers.

Eight provider managers take national Channel Manager of the Year honors

The national recipients were Kevin Bednarz (Granite), Stevie Heap (Comcast Business), Patrick Cupp (CallTower), Jennifer Rutherford (Zayo), Sarah Manley and Brett Harman (both AT&T), Nikki Beck (Front) and Matt Winterburn (Lumen).

Washington – November 03, 2026 -- Federal IT contractor GovCIO has signed a partnership with the Washington Commanders for the 2026/27 season, with activations tied to two games on Nov. 8 and Nov. 23, 2026.

GovCIO backs Commanders' Salute to Service game against the Rams on Nov. 8

GovCIO will support the team's annual Salute to Service game against the Los Angeles Rams on Nov. 8, 2026. The event honors military members, Veterans and their families. GovCIO said it will help connect military families with the broader community through a game-day experience. The source does not disclose financial terms, the deal's length beyond the season, or specific program deliverables.

California – November 02, 2026 -- A local-inference benchmark on an AMD Strix Halo machine found that gemma-3-27b delivers a correct answer for 729 joules at 98% accuracy, while the faster, leaner trinity-nano needs 1,004 joules at 39% accuracy.

The test covered 27 local models on 190 small tasks with checkable answers, each run under two prompts, with a power meter running. Energy was priced at California summer rates of 34 cents per kilowatt-hour off-peak and 58 cents on-peak. The rank correlation between energy per token and energy per correct answer is +0.27, close to no relationship.