Digital Transformation

New York – – September 28, 2026 -- Florida Tutoring Advantage has selected Littera Education to manage the statewide program's data layer for the 2026-2027 school year, expanding on Littera's role after the 2025-2026 launch.

Littera moves from one of 25 providers to statewide data manager

Littera was one of 25 tutoring service and support providers in the program's launch year. For the upcoming school year, Florida Tutoring Advantage has now chosen Littera specifically to build and operate the data infrastructure aggregating results across more than 15 different tutoring providers statewide.

New York – – September 28, 2026 -- PSignite's CPGvision platform secured six Best-in-Class Category Distinctions in the Promotion Optimization Institute's (POI) 2026 Consumer Goods Enterprise Planning and Retail Execution Vendor Panorama, covering the full trade and revenue management cycle for consumer packaged goods companies.

CPGvision sweeps six categories spanning planning to deductions

The distinctions cover Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Headquarter Planning, Internal Collaboration, TPMx Analytics, Dashboarding & Reporting, TPMx Deductions Management, and TPMx for Tier 2 & 3/International accounts. The recognitions track the entire commercial planning workflow, from setting headquarter strategy through account execution, deductions resolution, and post-event analysis.

Chicago – September 28, 2026 -- Explorance has released Metrics That Matter (MTM) 10.0, a platform update built to help learning and development teams prove that training programs close organizational skills gaps.

Platform shifts focus from course completion to skills verification

MTM 10.0 lets organizations build structured skills taxonomies using Skills and Skill Categories, including 30 standard benchmarkable categories. Courses can be mapped directly to the skills they are designed to develop, and administrators can manage these mappings at scale through bulk Excel-based tools.

Miami – September 28, 2026 -- Boats Group, operator of YachtWorld and Boat Trader, has appointed marine journalist Jack Haines to expand its original video, editorial and social media content across its marketplaces.

Haines brings 15 years of sea trial and editorial experience to Boats Group

Haines joins after serving as Reviews Director at YachtBuyer and previously as Deputy Editor at Motor Boat & Yachting. Over his career he has evaluated hundreds of vessels, building a reputation for detailed, real-world assessments of performance, design and on-water usability.

Chicago – September 28, 2026 -- iAutomation, a division of CAS Holdings, will send its team to PACK EXPO International 2026 at McCormick Place in Chicago from October 18–21, supporting sister company RND Automation's exhibit at Booth #N-5115 in the North Building.

RND Automation showcases live pouching and robotics demonstrations at Booth N-5115

RND Automation will run a live KANGA Poucher pouching demonstration alongside a configurable High-Risk Test Bench designed to validate difficult automation applications before full production deployment. The booth will also feature a large-scale FANUC M-710 industrial robot on display, with attendees eligible to enter a giveaway for a Bambu Lab 3D printer.

New York and Reston, Va. – September 28, 2026 -- LeapXpert and Carahsoft Technology Corp. have signed a partnership that puts governed messaging tools into the hands of Federal, State and Local Government agencies, closing a compliance gap created by employees' use of consumer apps like WhatsApp and Signal for official business.

Carahsoft becomes Master Government Aggregator for LeapXpert's platform

Under the agreement, Carahsoft will distribute The LeapXpert Communications Platform through its reseller network and four contract vehicles: The Interlocal Purchasing System (TIPS Contract #220105), OMNIA Partners (Contract #R240303), E&I Cooperative Services (Contract #EI00063~2021MA) and The Quilt (Master Service Agreement Number MSA05012019-F).

Delray Beach, Fla. – – September 28, 2026 -- The global micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) market is projected to grow from USD 19.06 billion in 2026 to USD 25.03 billion by 2032, expanding at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.6%, according to MarketsandMarkets.

Microspeakers segment to post 18.4% CAGR through 2032

Among sensor types, microspeakers are expected to grow fastest at 18.4% CAGR between 2026 and 2032, outpacing broader market gains. Radio frequency actuators are forecast to grow approximately 6.3% over the same period, while the telecom vertical is set to expand at roughly 12.2% CAGR, driven by 5G infrastructure rollouts and advanced sensing deployments.

Delray Beach, Fla. – September 28, 2026 -- The global telehealth and telemedicine market is projected to grow from USD 118.8 billion in 2026 to USD 198.9 billion by 2031, expanding at a compound annual growth rate of 10.9%, according to a new report from MarketsandMarkets. A separate figure cited in the same report puts the 2025 market at USD 106.0 billion, underscoring the sector's rapid acceleration ahead of the forecast period.

De Graff, Ohio – September 28, 2026 -- PCPI Plastics, LLC is celebrating 50 years of custom thermoplastic injection molding, having been founded in 1976, while confirming fresh investment in new presses, molds and automation to boost output for customers.

PCPI expands automation and press capacity to serve six industry verticals

The Ohio-based manufacturer serves customers across aerospace and defense, medical devices and pharmaceutical, automotive, electronics, industrial and consumer markets. Company leadership says the recent capital investment in new presses, molds and automation is aimed at improving both quality and cost competitiveness for its client base.

New York – September 28, 2026 -- Eighty-four percent of global wealth management firms say their operating models need a fundamental redesign to capture AI's full value, yet fewer than 10% report being prepared for that shift, according to a new HCLTech study.

The report, titled "Hidden In Pl(AI)n Sight," is based on a synthetic research methodology surveying 1,066 AI personas modeled on senior wealth management decision-makers across 17 global markets. It was produced in partnership with research firm Evidenza.

Adoption outpaces agentic AI deployment by a wide margin

While 98% of leadership teams in the sector are actively pursuing an AI agenda, only slightly more than 7% are building agentic AI capabilities, the study found. HCLTech attributes the gap to firms funding AI primarily for efficiency gains rather than structural transformation.