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DURHAM, N.C. – November 04, 2026 -- The International Society of Automation (ISA) and the Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) Society have signed a technical partnership agreement to collaborate on standards development and contribute to each other's events.

ISA opens its ANSI-accredited standards process to PHM experts

As an ANSI-accredited Standards Developing Organization, ISA can identify existing ISA committees where PHM experts can participate. Where the two organizations agree that technical areas overlap, ISA can also create new standards writing committees.

The agreement also commits both groups to plan for contributions to the other's events.

Los Angeles – October 06, 2026 -- Vodafone has selected CUJO AI's Quality of Outcome (QoO) technology for deployment across several European broadband markets, becoming the first major operator to roll out the new IETF-backed standard at scale in live networks.

QoO Is Already Live In One Vodafone Network

The technology is operating in a live Vodafone broadband network, with further rollout underway across Europe. CUJO AI, a provider of device and network intelligence solutions based in Los Angeles, said the deployment reaches millions of Vodafone gateways (CPE).

North Bethesda, Md. – September 19, 2026 -- RacketPro (RPO) has been named the strategic coaching education provider for Life Time Pickleball (NYSE: LTH), giving coaches across the company's national club network access to RPO's Level 1–3 certification pathway.

Life Time operates more than 900 pickleball courts across 152 clubs nationwide

Over the past two years, Life Time has built one of the largest pickleball court networks in the United States, with over 900 permanent indoor and outdoor courts at 152 locations. The RPO partnership extends that infrastructure investment to coaching quality, standardizing training across all Life Time facilities offering pickleball.

Hackensack, N.J. – September 08, 2026 -- LiveU has joined the IBC Accelerator Incubator 2026's Smart Stories initiative, a consortium of more than a dozen broadcasters and technology vendors building the Story Object Model (SOM), an open standard designed to give newsroom production tools a shared, structured view of a story's editorial context.

LiveU joins consortium building Story Object Model standard for newsrooms

The Smart Stories project brings together champions including ITN, BBC, AP, Al Jazeera, Channel 4, Washington Post, ITV, Sky, EBU, NBCUniversal, Reuters, Scripps and SMPTE, alongside technology participants such as Google Cloud, AWS, Shure, Trint, Cognizant, EVS, CUEZ, Vizrt and Moments Lab. The group spans the full content chain from field acquisition through distribution.