IT, AI & Telecommunications

BOSTON – October 29, 2026 -- Stockpress, a Digital Asset Management (DAM) platform for marketing, brand and creative teams, has launched a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that connects customer content libraries to AI tools such as ChatGPT and Claude. The server is available now.

MCP server lets AI tools work with assets without migrating files

MCP is an open standard for connecting AI applications with external systems. Compatible AI tools can access and act on content already stored in a Stockpress workspace, so customers do not have to move files to another platform. The server respects existing workspace permissions.

Teams can search, organize and audit libraries in natural language

Stockpress lists five use cases for the server:

Littleton, Colorado – October 29, 2026 -- ReachWell has relaunched its government communication platform with a new brand identity and a new CEO, Jesse Sanders, who joined as an owner and led the rebuild.

Platform automatically translates every message across five channels

The platform sends each message by SMS, email, voice, web and a mobile app, translating it into the languages spoken by an agency's audience. For messages affecting rights, benefits, safety or health, an agency can have its own qualified reviewer check each translation before sending.

Teams can track delivery, views, clicks and replies by channel. They can also export every message, translation and recipient for audits.

ATLANTA – October 29, 2026 -- Riskonnect, a risk management software provider with more than 2,700 customers across six continents, has named the winners of its 2026 Konnect Awards, honoring customers across multiple industries for how they manage risk.

Awards span four categories tied to Riskonnect's core values

Winners were recognized in four categories: Pioneer, Focus, Spark and Community. Pioneer covers customers that explore new ways to deliver value. Focus covers those pursuing continuous improvement. Spark covers those that energize and inspire others. Community covers those that collaborate and share their talents. Riskonnect also honored additional organizations as new members of its customer community.

The honorees include both longtime partners and organizations new to the vendor.

CLEVELAND – October 29, 2026 -- Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine will join a DCD Connect Virginia 2026 panel on November 4 to press for tighter alignment between data center construction and operations, after YOTTA 2026 discussions showed developers shifting from single buildings to full-campus power, cooling and water systems.

YOTTA 2026 participants flag megawatt capacity as the measure of project scale

Discussions at YOTTA 2026 centered on the growing adoption of modular construction and on critical specification decisions being made before projects reach the bid stage. Participants also named megawatt-related power capacity as a defining yardstick of project size, which raises the weight of power delivery, cooling systems and water resources.

Austin – October 29, 2026 -- Schoox will pitch a model that forecasts the return on training before a program launches at four November events, including a solution announcement at DevLearn booth #303 in Las Vegas.

The learning platform vendor wants L&D leaders to name the business result first, then design training to deliver it. Under this approach, leaders set the target with operational heads, identify the required skills, build the program and forecast the return in advance. Sandra Moran, Schoox Chief Marketing Officer, said skills matter to a CFO only when tied to a metric the business is working to improve.

San Francisco – October 29, 2026 -- Doppel, a social engineering defense (SED) platform vendor, has been named to the 2026-2027 Fortune Cyber 60 list for the second consecutive year, as it passes 300 employees and expands into Japan and Toronto.

Fortune list selects 60 venture-backed cybersecurity startups across three stages

The Cyber 60 is produced with Fortune editors, Lightspeed Venture Partners and AWS. It covers venture-backed startups that have not yet gone through an IPO, acquisition or other significant exit. Selection rests on financial performance, growth, business operations and cybersecurity market research, and Fortune reviews and validates the final list.

Companies are split into three groups of 20: Early Stage, Early Growth Stage and Growth Stage. Each group is listed alphabetically, so the list does not rank them.

NEW YORK – October 29, 2026 -- Experience commerce platform Easol has raised a $30 million Series A extension, bringing its total funding to $60 million. The round combines $20 million in equity with a $10 million debt facility from Viola Credit.

The equity investors are Y Combinator, Tiger Global, Foundation Capital, FMZ Ventures, Notion Capital and Eight Roads.

Easol has served 2.8 million guests in 135 countries so far in 2026

Ben and Lisa Simpson, co-founders of Rise Festival, launched Easol in 2021. The platform serves festivals, wellness retreats, sports operators and location-based entertainment venues, with offices in London, New York and Los Angeles. Customers include Coachella, Stagecoach, Rapha, Boots in the Park, Defected, State of Play Hospitality, Bingo Loco and Swingers - The Home of Revelry.

PALO ALTO – October 29, 2026 -- A single faulty CrowdStrike update in July 2024 cost Fortune 500 companies an estimated $5.4 billion, according to a LITSLINK study that finds updates breaking functionality are a far larger risk than interface changes users dislike.

The software development company examined 12 products. Ten, including Microsoft Teams, Google Workspace and Figma, were assessed through regulatory filings and peer-reviewed research. CrowdStrike and Sonos were examined as the costliest failed updates on record.

LOUISVILLE, Colo. – October 29, 2026 -- JumpCloud Inc. added automated compliance reporting, agent identity tracking and real-time risk detection to its platform. The update extends security policies from human users to AI agents, and privileged access management is due in December 2026.

Only 21% of organizations govern non-human identities

JumpCloud's Q3 2026 IT Trends Report found that only 21% of organizations have implemented governance controls for non-human identities. Organizations often run separate tools for identity, device management and compliance, which leaves gaps between systems and forces IT teams to collect audit evidence manually, according to the company.

New York – October 29, 2026 -- IBM and the USTA have renewed their partnership for five years, keeping IBM the Official AI and Cloud Partner of the US Open through 2031, after IBM-powered digital platforms drew more than 270 million total engagements at the 2026 tournament.

The 270 million figure combines activity across USOpen.org and the US Open app. The renewal extends a relationship that IBM dates back 35 years.

IBM-built features debuted at the 2026 US Open

The collaboration began with the launch of USOpen.org in 1995, followed by the mobile app in 2009. The 2026 edition added three fan-facing features: Live Updates, Key Moments and Serve Quality. According to the companies, these run on hybrid cloud and AI technologies.