Digital Transformation

Ashburn, Va. – September 20, 2026 -- DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC) has appointed Jonathan Nikols as President of the Americas Market, putting him in charge of sales across North America, Central America and South America.

Nikols reports directly to DXC Technology President Paul Taylor

The move places one of DXC's largest regions under a sales leader with more than 25 years of experience running technology commercial organizations. Taylor said the appointment aims to sharpen sales execution, improve customer coverage, accelerate AI-driven growth and add commercial discipline across the Americas territory.

Shanghai – September 20, 2026 -- Carestream Healthcare International has launched the STARVIEW Digital Radiography System, a floor-mounted DR room built for routine radiographic imaging.

STARVIEW targets facilities upgrading from film, CR or aging DR systems

The system is designed to serve healthcare facilities introducing a first DR room, replacing legacy film-based or computed radiography equipment, or expanding routine-imaging capacity. Carestream built the platform around three pillars: fully digital operation, ease of adoption and scalability for future growth.

Southborough, Mass. – September 20, 2026 -- Virtusa Corporation has appointed Srinivas BG as Chairman of its Board of Directors, effective September 20, 2026, succeeding Raj Mehta.

Virtusa taps 40-year industry veteran to lead board through AI-driven transformation

Srinivas BG brings more than 40 years of global leadership experience across the Information Technology, Telecommunications, Financial Services, and Manufacturing sectors. He previously held senior leadership roles at PCCW, Infosys, and ABB, where he managed multi-billion dollar business units, led large-scale acquisition integrations, and oversaw digital transformation programs.

Helsinki – September 20, 2026 -- Scailarc, Nokia and Elisa have completed a proof-of-concept demonstrating a first-of-its-kind mobile calling scenario in which a customer completes a service task without ever answering the call, using IMS Data Channel technology and Nokia's Network as Code platform for trusted caller verification.

Customer books fibre installation via visual screen while call rings unanswered

In the demo, Elisa calls a customer about a fibre installation. Unable to speak, the customer views a trusted interactive call screen and selects "Book installation time." Elisa's system registers the customer moving to self-service, and the task is completed immediately without the call being picked up. The call was placed using the new Jolla Phone.

Nicosia – September 20, 2026 -- Xryma Plc reported a 99.8% collapse in first-half profit to €0.03 million, down from €12.3 million a year earlier, as the Cyprus-based banktech group front-loaded spending on infrastructure ahead of a planned 2027 revenue ramp.

Client Revenue drops 39% as Xryma prioritizes strategic build-out over near-term sales

Client Revenue fell to €16.9 million in H1 2026 from €27.7 million in H1 2025. Management attributed the decline to a deliberate deferral of complementary product enhancements while resources were redirected toward the group's strategic investment programme.

Technology Services revenue jumps 77% on SaaS and consulting demand

Technology Services revenue, covering SaaS, Banking Platform and higher-value consulting and bespoke development work, rose to €1.65 million from €0.93 million a year earlier, providing a recurring income base alongside the group's core banking activities.

Boston – September 20, 2026 -- Seventy-eight percent of U.S. utility innovation leaders are now deploying or operationalizing artificial intelligence to manage interconnection demand, as AI data centers strain power grids nationwide, according to National Grid Partners' third annual Utility Innovation Survey.

Grid reliability overtakes net-zero as the industry's top concern

The survey found 74% of respondents say AI-driven data center load growth is already impacting grid reliability. When ranking organizational priorities, 73% of utility leaders placed reliability in their top three, up sharply from 43% in 2025. Net-zero goals, by contrast, fell from 54% to just 16% over the same period.

LONDON – September 20, 2026 -- Chinese display maker BOE Technology Group has taken the role of lead display technology partner at the "Reviving Craft – Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Design Exhibition," which opened September 16 at Somerset House as part of London Design Festival 2026. The show, organized by Sun Media Group, marks BOE's third consecutive year anchoring the flagship "Reflection of The Mind" event, following prior editions in Paris in 2024 and Milan in 2025.

Seoul – September 20, 2026 -- SK hynix Inc. has launched a new corporate venture capital brand, SK hynix Ventures, to expand strategic investments across the global AI ecosystem, the company announced at the inaugural 'SK hynix Ventures Day' held in Silicon Valley.

CEO Kwak Noh-Jung leads executive delegation at Silicon Valley launch event

CEO Kwak Noh-Jung and senior SK hynix executives met with representatives from global venture capital firms and leading startups to outline investment strategies targeting AI data centers and optical-based systems. The event brought together startups from the U.S. AI computing and data center sectors to discuss memory, computing and system software innovations tied to advanced AI models.

Beijing – September 20, 2026 -- iQIYI's smart TV application, QIYIGuo TV, recorded 141 million monthly active devices in June 2026, leading China's connected-TV market as long-form video consumption shifts decisively to the big screen.

China's smart TV base expands to 302 million active devices

QuestMobile data shows active smart TV devices in China reached 302 million in June 2026, up 12.04 million year-over-year. QIYIGuo TV posted 50.42 million daily active devices that month, edging past the 45.14 million daily active users on iQIYI's mobile app.

Cross-screen data implies 130 million daily viewers on TV

Television is a shared device: Gozen Data estimates each smart TV averages 2.6 viewers, implying iQIYI's big-screen content reaches roughly 130 million individual viewers daily -- nearly three times its mobile daily active user count.

Singapore – September 20, 2026 -- Trip.Biz, the business travel arm of Trip.com Group, unveiled Agent ONE, an AI suite that cuts average trip booking time from 45 minutes to 2 minutes and reduces approval wait times from over an hour to under 3 seconds.

The announcement came at Transform 2026, a half-day summit held at the Mandarin Oriental, Singapore, that drew 200 senior leaders from travel, procurement, finance and HR functions across multinational corporations.