Digital Transformation

Houston – October 13, 2026 -- Healthcare professionals spend an average of 86 minutes a day on administrative tasks they believe AI could eliminate or significantly reduce, according to the fifth annual Compass Survey from healthcare operations software provider symplr. Directors and managers report 106 minutes a day, roughly a fifth of the workday.

Core hospital processes remain largely manual

Between 40% and 46% of clinicians, operations and IT respondents describe credentialing, contract management, workforce scheduling and supply chain management as fully manual. Only 2% to 6% call these processes fully automated.

Downers Grove – October 13, 2026 -- CompTIA has launched DataSys+ V2, an updated certification that validates skills for managing, securing and integrating data across cloud, hybrid and AI-enabled environments, as database administration expands well beyond its traditional scope.

CompTIA widens database administration to cloud, security and AI operations

The credential covers responsibilities that now include cloud operations, security, data integration, automation and support for AI-driven applications. New or expanded content includes multi-cloud database administration, database security and compliance, data integration and pipeline concepts, AI-assisted database operations, performance monitoring and automation, and hybrid-cloud data environments.

St. Louis – October 13, 2026 -- Omnigo Software has launched Omnigo Asset Forfeiture Management, a web-based application that tracks civil asset forfeiture from initial seizure through final disposition, as law enforcement agencies face heightened legislative, judicial and public scrutiny.

Omnigo builds a single end-to-end record for each seized asset

The workflow starts at the point of seizure. Staff can maintain asset, evidence and case information, monitor deadlines and required actions, create standardized legal documents, record financial activity and document final disposition in one complete record.

Scrutiny pushes agencies to run forfeiture as an agency-wide process

Agencies face a higher burden to show that every seized asset was handled properly. Omnigo says this is leading them to treat forfeiture as a coordinated, agency-wide process rather than a series of separate property, legal and financial tasks.

Irvine – October 13, 2026 -- Bluon has launched Asset Manager, a feature that enriches historical HVAC equipment records using a proprietary dataset of more than 35 million unique model numbers across 270 OEMs dating back to 1980.

Bluon claims 99.9% accuracy against error-prone AI-generated equipment data

The company says its dataset is 99.9% accurate. It contrasts this with AI-generated equipment specifications, which it describes as limited and subject to very high error rates. Bluon can enrich the vast majority of historical records with full model specifications, equipment age, warranty status, original manuals, common problems, complete bills of material, part specifications and replacement part options.

Fairfax – October 13, 2026 -- CGI Federal has released Momentum 8.4, making its financial, acquisition and budget management suite the first core financial system on the Treasury FM QSMO Marketplace to offer commercial-off-the-shelf integration with GO.gov, the federal travel management system. The release is available now to all federal agencies.

Momentum 8.4 adds conversational AI analytics through its analytics agent

Agencies can query and interpret data through AI-backed conversational analytics delivered via Momentum's analytics agent. CGI Federal says the release also streamlines business processes and helps agencies make better use of unused funds.

The fund-management upgrades include improved handling of unliquidated obligation (ULO) and unliquidated commitment (ULC) balances. Automated recommendations for credit card reconciliation are also included.

Raleigh – October 13, 2026 -- Ledger Run, a clinical trial financial management provider, has appointed former Cytel and Oracle product executive Anne Pelz as Vice President of Product and is increasing R&D spending to build an AI-powered, end-to-end financial platform.

Pelz brings more than two decades of life sciences technology experience

Pelz began her career in product management at PHT Corporation, later acquired by Clario, where she led development of what became Clario's cornerstone mobile tool. She then moved to Parexel, managing medical imaging software development and working as a solutions consultant for its eCOA division. As vice president of product at Cytel, she helped build and launch a clinical trials management platform, before taking a similar executive role at Oracle. She holds an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Yale University and an MBA from MIT Sloan.

Langhorne, Pa. – October 13, 2026 -- Perspecta has launched a redesigned version of its ProviderDirectoryAI (PDAI) solution, adding list, map and card views and client-specific member content to a search tool used by health plans, workers' compensation teams and provider organizations.

The redesign extends existing provider search capabilities and targets users on mobile, tablet and desktop. Perspecta says it built the update from client and end-user feedback.

PDAI adds three search views and distance-based sorting

Users can switch between list, map and card views. Healthcare professionals can review detailed provider information, while members can compare options and find providers close to home or work. Interactive maps and distance-based sorting show where providers are located.

Research Triangle Park – October 13, 2026 -- IQVIA has selected four Veeva applications (CTMS, eTMF, Study Startup and Site Connect) as enterprise standards for its clinical development studies, extending a partnership that previously covered Veeva's EDC.

IQVIA and Veeva widen the clinical technology tie-up beyond EDC

IQVIA (NYSE: IQV) and Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV) announced the expansion on Oct. 13, 2026. The companies say the combined offering is intended to raise trial speed and efficiency, strengthen site centricity and improve decision-making.

All Veeva clinical solutions are also available through IQVIA for sponsors that want a full Veeva technology stack.

Los Angeles – October 13, 2026 -- Sizzle, Inc. has launched Rosa, a conversational video "Synth Human" that serves guests of Sheraton Universal Hotel around the clock in more than 33 languages, with no app download and no dedicated hotel hardware.

Guests scan a QR code in their arrival welcome letter to start a face-to-face video conversation on their own phones. Rosa answers questions on reservations, parking, valet, room service, dining, amenities and shuttle information. She connects guests with the appropriate hotel team when human assistance is required.

Redmond – October 13, 2026 -- Halfpricesoft.com has added an IRS-authorized direct e-filing module for Form 941 to its ezPaycheck payroll software, with e-filing priced from $5.95 per form ahead of the November 2, 2026 third-quarter filing deadline.

E-file module covers 941, 940 and other 94x forms inside the application

The update lets employers submit quarterly Form 941, annual Form 940 and other 94x series forms directly from ezPaycheck. A dedicated portal tracks submission status and lets users resolve filing errors immediately.

Volume discounts are available for businesses with larger filing needs, according to the company.

Payroll engine automates federal tax calculations and covers all 50 states

The software automatically factors in Federal Withholding Tax, Social Security, Medicare, Employer Unemployment Taxes (FUTA) and differential pay. Built-in tax tables cover all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.