IT, AI & Telecommunications

Singapore – – October 07, 2026 -- Shengshu Technology's Vidu has launched Q4 Preview, a public preview of its next-generation flagship AI video and audio generation model, with launch pricing starting at $0.014 per second.

Launch pricing cuts costs to expand flagship video generation to independent creators

Vidu Q4 Preview enables up to five times more output for the same budget compared to prior comparable output specifications and billing conditions, the company said. Output resolutions span 540p, 720p, 1080p, 2K and 4K, with 10-bit color depth available at the higher tiers.

Boston – October 07, 2026 -- Abusix has launched Abusix Frontline, a channel program offering deal registration, margin protection on renewals, pipeline incentives, and training for resellers, system integrators, technology partners, and distributors.

Abusix structures Frontline around Authorized and Advanced partner tiers

The program gives partners autonomy to register deals, build quotes, and progress opportunities independently, with zero channel conflict guaranteed on registered accounts. Partners also gain access to Abbie, an AI assistant built for multilingual sales and technical enablement.

Toronto – October 07, 2026 -- OpsGuru, an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner, has been named a registered OpenAI Select Partner, formalizing its role deploying OpenAI models in production AWS environments for regulated enterprise customers.

OpsGuru already runs agentic AI on AWS for regulated industries

The designation recognizes work OpsGuru has delivered building agentic AI on OpenAI models, running in production on AWS and often orchestrated through Amazon Bedrock. Customers span financial services, healthcare, retail, energy, and technology sectors, where OpsGuru designs, builds, and runs OpenAI-powered solutions within existing security and governance standards.

Fairfax, Va. – October 07, 2026 -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has launched a pilot program letting Veterans verify their identity on VA.gov through CLEAR, the secure identity company, at no cost and entirely by choice.

GovCIO led the technical integration of CLEAR1 into VA.gov's sign-in system

GovCIO, prime contractor for VA.gov modernization, partnered with CLEAR to embed CLEAR1, CLEAR's identity platform, alongside existing sign-in methods. The integration meets the same security standards VA.gov already requires, without replacing current login options.

Edinburgh, Scotland – October 07, 2026 -- Calnex Solutions Plc (LSE:CLX) has expanded its strategic partnership with VIAVI Solutions (NASDAQ: VIAV) to deliver combined end-to-end network and application performance validation for next-generation networks.

Combined portfolio merges emulation and traffic-generation technologies

The integrated offering pairs Calnex's network emulation portfolio -- SNE, SNE-X and SNE-Ignite -- with VIAVI's L0-7 ONE LabPro, TestCenter and CyberFlood platforms. The combined architecture generates realistic application and user traffic, recreates real-world network conditions, and measures resulting performance impacts before deployment.

Albany, N.Y. – October 07, 2026 -- FirstLight is connecting a western Pennsylvania site to its fiber network with just 31 miles of new construction, leveraging an existing backbone to cut the timeline hyperscale and neocloud operators typically face when activating new facilities.

Existing Backbone Cuts New Build to 31 Miles

The site sits along FirstLight's established western Pennsylvania corridor, part of a statewide footprint exceeding 3,200 route miles. Because the backbone was already in place, the project required only a targeted 31-mile extension rather than a long-haul fiber build, a factor that directly shortens the path to operational readiness for prospective hyperscale tenants.

Austin, Texas – October 07, 2026 -- Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) unveiled a set of agentic collaboration tools at WebexOne 2026, aiming to merge AI agents, workplace infrastructure and customer engagement into a single enterprise architecture.

Cisco embeds Claude and OpenAI's dots directly inside Webex workflows

Through Claude Managed Agents, Webex users will soon be able to convert shared team context into multi-step analysis, strategic recommendations and coordinated actions across approved agents without leaving the platform. New collaborative AI agents can be @mentioned inside Webex spaces, meetings and calls to execute cross-application tasks—such as pulling usage statistics and updating a presentation deck in real time. Separately, Cisco's Webex Suite Model Context Protocol integration feeds enterprise context into OpenAI's dots, with plans to make dots an always-on personal agent inside Webex.

Delray Beach, Fla. – – October 07, 2026 -- The global AI Cybersecurity Market is set to grow from $31.25 billion in 2026 to $95.25 billion by 2031, a 25.0% compound annual growth rate, according to MarketsandMarkets. The market stood at $22.07 billion in 2025, underscoring an accelerating pace of enterprise adoption as organizations race to counter machine-speed cyberattacks.

Bangalore – October 07, 2026 -- Sonata Software has secured its sixth Microsoft AI Business Solutions Inner Circle award for 2026-2027, placing the firm among the top tier of Microsoft's global AI Business Solutions partner network.

Sonata extends three-decade Microsoft partnership with sixth Inner Circle win

The recognition builds on Sonata Software's more than 30-year relationship with Microsoft and ongoing investment in full-stack AI capabilities. The company's Harmoni.AI tooling combines AI-led modernization, AI-ready data, resilient AI operations and AI-led service delivery to help enterprises scale beyond AI experimentation into measurable business impact.

Aspen, Colo. – – October 07, 2026 -- Structurely has rebranded as 21X and launched 21X SPORTS, a new revenue platform for collegiate, professional and minor league sports organizations, developed in partnership with GameAbove Sports and backed by parent company CapStone Holdings.

Rebrand builds on a platform shaped by more than 500 million customer conversations

The new 21X name consolidates more than a decade of Structurely's AI engagement work into an expanded product portfolio. Existing customers retain uninterrupted access to services, integrations and support under the new name. The platform uses AI across voice, SMS and email to manage initial customer interactions, identify intent and route qualified opportunities to human staff.