Artificial Intelligence

Global – October 27, 2026 -- ST Engineering iDirect expects its new Foresight AI platform to cut network operations center (NOC) workload by up to 60% and shrink mean time to repair from hours to minutes, according to the company's input to the World Teleport Association (WTA) report "The AI-Driven Teleport."

Foresight KPI gains are projections, not measured results

Shanthakumar Ramakrishnan, Sr. Director of Engineering, said the figures draw on industry benchmarks, operational analysis and Foresight's developing capabilities. The company has run AI proofs-of-concept in network operations, service assurance and service orchestration. It reports the most measurable value in predictive maintenance, anomaly detection and closed-loop automation.

MARRAKECH – October 27, 2026 -- The International Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities (IAACA), which counts more than 190 member anti-corruption authorities worldwide, will hold its 2026 annual conference in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 25, marking the organisation's 20th anniversary.

Hong Kong's ICAC and Morocco's INPPLC co-host the conference

The event is co-hosted by the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong, China (ICAC) and Morocco's National Authority for Probity, Prevention and Fight Against Corruption (INPPLC). Its theme is "Building on 20 Years of Legacy: Drawing Strength from the Past, Guarding Global Integrity for the Future."

IAACA President Woo Ying-ming, who also serves as ICAC Commissioner, urged international counterparts to attend, describing the gathering as a pivotal moment for collective action on integrity risks.

Global – October 27, 2026 -- Snowflake is built around three pillars, Ground, Analyze and Act, wrapped in a governance layer it calls Assure, to let AI agents run open-ended business investigations on enterprise data without copying that data into each agent platform.

The model targets agents that decide which data to examine, learn from each result and choose the next step. A churn probe, for example, could compare customer segments, product usage and support issues, then feed a recommended response into a retention workflow.

Global – October 27, 2026 -- Eagleview, which has supplied aerial imagery and property intelligence to insurers for more than two decades, argues that carriers should measure operational efficiency by how much they know before sending anyone into the field, not by expense reduction alone. Patrick Gill, the company's Senior Vice President and General Manager for Insurance & Commercial Solutions, outlines the case in a new commentary.

AI queries compress weeks of data science work into minutes

Gill says AI lets carriers merge large volumes of disparate data and query it in natural language within minutes. Claims leaders can ask which older roofs sit inside a hail path, which insured properties were already deteriorating before a storm, and where experienced adjusters should deploy first. He says these decisions directly affect claim severity, customer satisfaction and operating expense.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – October 27, 2026 -- Eagleview's AI-powered Horizon platform completed portfolio-wide wildfire damage assessments in minutes that previously took weeks, the company said at its Property Claims Leadership Forum in Half Moon Bay, where it also released a white paper on AI-driven underwriting and claims.

Catastrophe frequency has more than doubled the long-term average

The U.S. averaged 23 weather and climate disasters per year over the past five years, each costing more than $1 billion in claims, according to NOAA. The long-term average is about nine. Global insured catastrophe losses reached $107 billion in 2025, per Swiss Re, and have risen 5-7% a year in real terms over the long run. Wildfires, storms and floods accounted for a record 92% of the 2025 total, and wildfire is the fastest-growing risk, with insured losses climbing an estimated 12% a year.

Boston – October 25, 2026 -- Informa TechTarget (Nasdaq: TTGT) has launched Buyer Intelligence, an AI-enhanced solution that applies three new AI skills to person-level intent data drawn from approximately 58 million permissioned first-party audience members.

CEO Gary Nugent said AI-optimized go-to-market systems depend on input quality, noting that outcomes "will only be as strong as their inputs."

Three AI skills target pitch preparation and segment selection

Pain Points surfaces the challenges buying group members are researching, based on the articles, videos and webinars they consume. It is designed to cut sales call preparation time.

Pitch Assist generates messaging guidance tailored to each account's business problems. Persona and ICP Intelligence ranks customer segments by current in-market activity, flags new personas and indicates when to re-evaluate an Ideal Customer Profile.

Global – October 23, 2026 -- Pitcher is repositioning its sales enablement software as an AI-native platform, adding a no-code enterprise app builder called Pitcher Catalyst and an intelligent agent named PIA to its content tools.

Pitcher Catalyst lets teams build data-connected apps in natural language

Catalyst allows teams to create fully functional, data-connected applications inside the Pitcher platform using natural language rather than code. Pitcher markets it as an Enterprise AI App Builder.

Pitcher Pathways converts company data into live presentations

Pitcher Pathways turns a company's data and content into dynamic, live presentations. Advisors and reps use them in client conversations, with the stated aim of increasing revenue.

Europe – October 23, 2026 -- Fujirebio Europe has replaced Showpad with Pitcher's sales enablement platform, citing deeper integration with Salesforce CRM and Microsoft SharePoint 365 as the reason for the switch.

Fujirebio Europe moves from Showpad after two years of mobile enablement

Fujirebio Europe took its first steps in mobile sales enablement with Showpad over a couple of years. It then moved to Pitcher to connect field content directly to its existing CRM and content management systems.

Christian Lindknud, Senior Global Business Manager for eBusiness and Strategic Initiatives at Fujirebio, said the platform keeps field teams on the most recent and relevant resources. Reps use them in customer meetings and to catch up on complex topics between sales calls.

Global – October 23, 2026 -- Pitcher has built AI roleplay, recorded feedback and team-level readiness analytics into its sales coaching capabilities, giving sales leaders a single view of skill gaps across their reps.

Reps practice with Pitcher's Intelligent Agent and record sessions for review

Reps can roleplay customer conversations with Pitcher's Intelligent Agent (PIA). They can also record sessions and send them to a peer, coach or manager for additional feedback.

Analytics show sales leadership team readiness and recommended training

Sales leadership gets a view of the entire team's readiness. The analytics detail skill gaps and recommend training aimed at individual reps or whole teams.

Global – October 23, 2026 -- Pitcher has launched Catalyst, an enterprise AI app builder that shortens custom sales application development from weeks to minutes, according to the company.

Catalyst lets non-developers build data-connected apps in natural language

Admins, marketing managers and sales operations teams can create fully functional, data-connected applications directly inside the Pitcher platform without writing code. Users describe the application they need, and Catalyst writes the code, renders the app and deploys it to sales reps within Pitcher.

Pitcher gives one example: a view of Salesforce accounts sorted by last activity date, with search and pagination. A custom store audit dashboard is another. Users can refine either through conversational prompts before publishing.