Product Launch

Parsippany-Troy Hills – October 29, 2026 -- OLI has released Version 12.7 of its chemistry simulation software with Microsoft Excel import and export, removing the manual data entry that engineers previously needed to move spreadsheet data into OLI Studio.

Excel link lets engineers build and update analyses from spreadsheets

Users can create new analyses in OLI Studio directly from Excel, or update existing projects as new sample data arrives. Calculated results can be returned to Excel, where teams compare cases and feed findings into existing reporting workflows. OLI says the change cuts manual data handling and the risk of transcription errors.

The functionality initially covers selected objects in OLI Studio: Stream Analyzer and OLI Studio: ScaleChem. Supported analysis types are water, brine, gas and oil.

BOSTON – October 29, 2026 -- IANS has made its Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for Microsoft Copilot generally available, giving security teams access to peer decision data, vendor assessments and practitioner insight inside Copilot Chat and Copilot Cowork.

IANS Agent delivers cited answers across three Copilot entry points

In Copilot Chat, users can select IANS as a source for a prompt and receive answers with citations linking to the underlying IANS material. In Copilot Cowork, IANS runs as a plugin for multi-step tasks. The IANS Agent offers a dedicated conversation powered solely by IANS intelligence.

A Microsoft 365 administrator enables IANS in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Each user's access follows the organization's IANS subscription.

PHOENIX – October 29, 2026 -- Dr. Jason Patterson of OrthoArizona is the first surgeon worldwide to perform total ankle replacement with Stryker's Prophecy Incompass patient-specific instrumentation, completing three procedures in July 2026.

Prophecy builds a 3D-printed surgical guide from the patient's CT scan

The system uses each patient's own CT scan to produce a custom 3D-printed guide before surgery begins. Paired with Stryker's Incompass total ankle system, it lets surgeons switch between stemmed and pegged implants mid-procedure if the exposed joint anatomy requires it.

Patterson has used CT-guided, patient-specific instrumentation for ankle replacement since 2015. He said the latest generation makes implant placement more consistent and surgery more efficient. In his words, the technology lets him plan around a specific patient's anatomy "instead of relying on a generic template."

ATLANTA – October 29, 2026 -- CallRail has launched Market Insights, a feature that benchmarks a business's lead performance against industry peers at no additional cost, drawing on more than 130 million daily touchpoints across its network of over 225,000 businesses.

The tool addresses a gap between data volume and interpretation. An 80% call answer rate may look strong in isolation, yet still trail similar businesses. Without a comparison, marketers cannot tell whether a result reflects their own performance or an industry-wide trend.

Frankfurt am Main – October 29, 2026 -- Agile Heroes GmbH plans to offer its AI training courses to companies eligible for state funding, with subsidies covering up to 100 percent of course costs and up to 75 percent of wage costs during training. The offer depends on a certification the company has yet to complete.

Employment agency funding can cover up to 100% of course fees

Funding is available through the Agentur für Arbeit under rules on employee qualification, expanded by the Qualifizierungschancengesetz. Depending on company size and individual circumstances, course costs can be covered partly or fully. Employers can also receive wage subsidies of up to 75 percent for the target group addressed, under the relevant conditions.

CHICAGO – October 29, 2026 -- Keeper Security released version 18.1 of its iOS app, rebuilding the vault interface on Apple's Liquid Glass design system and adding support for Apple's dual-screen iPhone Duo.

The company calls the update one of the most significant UI overhauls in its history. "Friction is the enemy of enterprise security," said Craig Lurey, CTO and co-founder, who added that the redesign keeps zero-knowledge encryption intact.

iPhone Duo support opens the vault into a side-by-side view

When the device is open, the vault expands so users can navigate folders and view detailed record entries at the same time. The app returns to a single-screen layout when the device is closed.

Liquid Glass redesign moves search, Security Audit and two-factor codes to a bottom toolbar

Account settings now sit in a central avatar menu. A new floating action button and a swipeable product tour are also included.

Melbourne – October 29, 2026 -- HiTHIUM showed a 6.9MWh, 8-hour-native battery energy storage system (BESS) at All Energy Australia on October 28, claiming that a purpose-built 8-hour system undercuts two 4-hour systems by about 23% on cost.

CSIRO analysis puts the 8-hour cost advantage at 23%

HiTHIUM cited CSIRO GenCost analysis showing that two 4-hour systems delivering the same 8-hour output would cost about 23% more than a purpose-built 8-hour system. The company also pointed to Australian market data: 4-hour-plus high-price events accounted for over 70% of scarcity revenue in 2025, shifting storage value toward firm supply duration.

Policy demand is building. The federal Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) supports dispatchable clean energy projects, while New South Wales continues to advance dedicated long-duration energy storage (LDES) tenders for projects of eight hours or longer.

CHICAGO – October 29, 2026 -- RedMane Technology LLC has launched the Child Care Assistance Program statewide on South Dakota's Benefits Eligibility and Enrollment System (BEES), adding a second major benefit program to the platform operated by the state Department of Social Services (DSS).

Phased rollout ends with full public launch

The implementation was delivered in phases and ended with the public launch of the full Child Care Assistance functionality. The new capabilities are fully integrated into the cloud-based BEES platform, which lets DSS consolidate eligibility and benefit administration in a single system.

PHILADELPHIA – October 29, 2026 -- Clone Systems, Inc. has rebuilt its Managed SOC + SIEM as a 24/7 managed detection and response (MDR) service priced per endpoint, with the SIEM included and no log-ingestion fees. The service runs on the company's own private, self-hosted AI. Customer logs are never sent to an outside AI provider or used to train public models.

The pricing model targets a cost problem for buyers. Auditors, cyber insurers and boards increasingly demand proof of continuous monitoring, and PCI DSS v4.0.1 has required automated review of audit logs under Requirement 10 since March 31, 2025. Clone Systems says many organizations told to "get MDR" find the SIEM, log ingestion and AI features priced separately. Others find that AI-assisted triage means sending sensitive logs to a third-party model.

WASHINGTON – October 29, 2026 -- Seven Letter, a bipartisan strategic communications firm, launched Engine, an "Answer Intelligence" service that audits how seven AI platforms describe a brand, executive or issue and then builds a plan to change that portrayal.

Engine audits ChatGPT, Claude and five other AI platforms

Each Engine report draws on custom prompts run through ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, DeepSeek, Perplexity, Copilot and Claude. It quantifies brand visibility, mentions, sentiment, top sources cited, top journalists cited and frequent prompts. A separate score measures narrative favorability, mention and citation rates, frequency and intensity, and prominence and placement.

The audit also benchmarks clients against competitors and flags AI-generated answers that contain negative themes or possible inaccuracies.