Product Launch

Palmyra, Wis. – – October 05, 2026 -- Wholistic Matters, powered by Standard Process, has launched an expanded continuing education catalog pricing courses between $29 and $79, undercutting an industry standard of $30 to $50 per credit hour.

Pricing structure targets rising CE costs for practitioners

The self-paced, on-demand courses are tiered at $29 for 1-credit offerings, $59 for 3-credit courses, $69 for 4-credit courses, and $79 for 5-credit courses. The courses carry accreditation across multiple practitioner boards, including ND, DC, LAc, CNS, ACBN, BCHN, NTP, and California RN.

Philadelphia – October 05, 2026 -- SmartMark Communications has received the platinum Pinnacle Award for Excellence in the Best Consumer IoT Product category following the successful deployment of its customer-centric load flexibility solution at a Tier one Investor-Owned utility.

Award marks first recognition for a customer-focused IoT solution in load flexibility

The company said this is the first time a customer-centric IoT platform has won industry recognition specifically for shaping the future of load flexibility in the energy sector. The patented solution, built on SmartMark's Customer2GridTM strategy, is designed to establish a balanced, two-way relationship between utilities and their customers within grid-flexible programs.

Teaneck, N.J. – October 05, 2026 -- Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) has launched Cognizant Activate, a new business unit targeting enterprises generating $1 billion to $5 billion in annual revenue with a dedicated AI transformation model.

Cognizant builds a right-sized operating model for fast-growing mid-market firms

The business unit pairs Cognizant's AI Builder capability, already deployed with the world's largest companies, with an operating model designed for the speed and decision-making pace of emerging enterprises building toward Global 2000 scale. Cognizant Activate will deliver platform-aligned, pre-configured solution kits covering data and AI, cybersecurity, enterprise applications, cloud modernization and managed services.

Plainsboro Township, N.J. – October 05, 2026 -- Greater Dayton Regional Transit Authority (GDRTA) has selected ConnXAI to deploy its Unified Customer Communications Platform, powered by ConnXAI MaestroTM, to merge fixed-route, paratransit and customer-service data into a single operational layer.

GDRTA aims to replace fragmented transit systems with one operational truth

Transit data at GDRTA currently sits across separate systems covering fixed-route schedules, paratransit, vehicle locations, incident tracking and customer service. ConnXAI MaestroTM will connect these existing platforms rather than replace them, creating a shared operational context designed to improve the accuracy and timing of rider communications.

"The goal is to establish one operational truth and turn that truth into the right customer message, delivered through the right channels at the right time," said Shawn Prince, IT Director at GDRTA.

New York – October 05, 2026 -- MediaRadar launched Total Event Investment, a proprietary framework that tracks brand spending across advertising, sponsorship and creative campaigns tied to major sporting events, the company announced.

MediaRadar's World Cup research found 6,737 brands spent $1.42 billion

The framework grew out of MediaRadar's analysis of the 2026 Men's World Cup, where 6,737 brands invested a combined $1.42 billion across advertising, official sponsorships, athlete and national team partnerships, and creative campaigns. That research pushed MediaRadar to expand from broadcast and streaming ad tracking into sponsorship analytics.

Indianapolis – October 05, 2026 -- CAMINUS, formerly EnPower, has signed a contract manufacturing agreement with Amprius Technologies (NYSE: AMPX) to produce Amprius-designed silicon-anode pouch cells at its Indianapolis facility, adding domestic capacity for the aviation, defense, and uncrewed systems markets. Qualification builds are already underway, with volume production scheduled for the first quarter of 2027.

Agreement covers full production chain from partial assembly to finished cells

The deal spans the entire cell production process, from partial assembly of Amprius-supplied components to full cell manufacturing. This staged structure allows different cell formats to be produced according to their volume needs and qualification status, supporting Amprius's contract manufacturing strategy of expanding capacity with minimal capital investment.

New York – October 05, 2026 -- A new multisector coalition launched the 30x30x50 Brain Challenge, pledging to cut stroke incidence by 30 percent and increase primary-care cognitive screening by 50 percent across 30 global cities by 2031.

Atria-coordinated coalition unites pharma, tech and the UN behind brain health delivery

The International Brain Health Coalition (IBC), coordinated by the Atria Research and Global Health Institute (ARGHI), brings together patients, multilateral institutions including the United Nations, and organizations spanning medicine, technology, and finance. Collaborators include Eli Lilly and Company, Bristol Myers Squibb, Microsoft, the Royal Bank of Canada, the American Heart Association, UN Women, Western University, and the AI-Mind Institute in Norway.

Newtown, Pa. – October 05, 2026 -- EPAM Systems (NYSE: EPAM) has launched a strategic offering aimed at powering frontier AI models through high-fidelity data generation, model evaluation and custom reinforcement learning (RL) environments, targeting what it calls a critical industry bottleneck in enterprise AI deployment.

EPAM positions engineering heritage against shift from compute to domain intelligence

Elaina Shekhter, Chief Strategy & Transformation Officer at EPAM, said demand has moved from raw compute to specialized domain intelligence as frontier AI models shift from general experimentation toward complex enterprise workflows and multi-step agentic execution. The company is leveraging its multi-decade enterprise engineering background to build what it describes as a foundational intelligence layer for the AI ecosystem.

Cary, N.C. – October 05, 2026 -- SAS Institute will stage the 2026 SAS Championship at Prestonwood Country Club Oct. 12-18, pairing PGA Tour Champions competition with a new AI-powered fan platform and roughly $280,000 in direct community and charity funding tied to tournament week.

SAS launches Fairway Forecast, an AI analytics app for live tournament data

The company has built Fairway Forecast, a mobile web application powered by SAS analytics and AI that gives fans real-time player insights, tournament trends and an interactive chat feature. The tool includes the SAS Index, a proprietary rating that projects player competitiveness, along with live leaderboards and a prediction contest on holes 17 and 18. Fans access the platform via QR code at the venue or through official tournament channels.

Austin, Texas – October 05, 2026 -- Nonhuman sources generated 87.3% of all recorded click activity across 1.77 billion emails processed in the first quarter of 2026, according to data from Omeda, raising questions about the reliability of engagement metrics marketers use to evaluate campaigns and report results to sponsors. Even newsletters, which registered the lowest bot share among major high-volume email categories, still saw 82.4% of clicks attributed to automated activity rather than human readers.

Breaker, a B2B-focused newsletter platform, has launched RealClickTM alongside a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server and API designed to address distorted click data and unchecked AI access to marketing workflows.