Berlin – October 31, 2026 -- Vertiv and NVIDIA modeled up to 30% more cumulative token output in the first 12 months at equal installed capacity. The gain comes from a combined design-and-deployment approach for AI factories, introduced at NVIDIA GTC Berlin. Polar Data Centers is applying the factory-built element to the first 41 MW phase of its multiphase AI data center at Herøya, Norway.

Columbus, Ohio – October 31, 2026 -- Vertiv Holdings Co. (NYSE: VRT) launched SmartIT, a factory-validated AI infrastructure platform that combines rack, power, liquid cooling and monitoring in one pre-engineered design, and made it available globally from day one.

The platform targets enterprises, research institutions and colocation providers. It deploys in existing facilities and new data centers. Vertiv says it also covers commercial spaces and hyperscale environments, in each case without redesign.

Orlando – October 31, 2026 -- Springbrook Software has made AI Invoicing and AI Permitting available today on its Cirrus cloud ERP platform. It also previewed natural language reporting and a resident-facing Citizen Portal at its Activate 2026 customer conference in Orlando.

The Innovation Roadmap targets three pain points the company says local governments face everywhere: reporting, ease of use and support. Attendees tested forthcoming features and gave live feedback.

WAKEFIELD, Mass. – October 31, 2026 -- Glance Networks released "The Human Edge in AI Customer Service," a guide aimed at the AI-to-human handoff gap, as 76% of consumers say they get frustrated by repeating themselves when switching channels.

The Glance 2026 Customer Experience Trends Report found that 44% of consumers almost always have to repeat themselves when switching channels. Only 7% say they rarely or never do. Respondents described being stuck in an "endless loop" with AI when they needed a human.

PLANO, Texas – October 31, 2026 -- Securus Technologies has made the Academy Award-eligible short film "Basement People" available across its network of more than 550,000 secure tablets in U.S. correctional facilities. The film was written by an incarcerated screenwriter.

Elton, Louisiana – October 31, 2026 -- Hunt Tech, LLC will put its HUNT Refined Repellent line into Academy Sports + Outdoors stores in Q1 2027. It is the company's first major retail chain placement, following a distribution build-out through roughly 650 independent retailers.

LOS ANGELES – October 31, 2026 -- Hozpitality.com has launched Hozpitality Stories, a content feature that stays visible for 48 hours, twice the typical 24-hour window on conventional social platforms. It is available to the platform's more than 1.3 million registered hospitality members.

Stories reach followers worldwide and non-followers within the same country

Members' Stories are visible to their followers worldwide, regardless of location. Other Hozpitality members in the same country can also discover a Story without following its author.

ATLANTA – October 31, 2026 -- Heritage Werks Group (HWG) has made NetX AuthorityAI commercially available, an "Authority Layer" for enterprise AI that grounds answers in an organization's proprietary knowledge and claims up to 4X greater inference energy efficiency.

PALO ALTO – October 31, 2026 -- KRAFTON subsidiary Ludo Robotics presented Ludi 0.2, the second iteration of its robotic intelligence system, at the 2026 Bay Area Robotics Symposium (BARS) at UC Berkeley, and confirmed that a next-generation foundation model, Ludi 1.0, is in development.

HANGZHOU, China – October 30, 2026 -- Hikvision introduced its Pro-Series UHD cameras, including 16 MP dual-lens models with a seamless wide-angle view, at its third annual SMB event, alongside eight converged security solutions aimed at small and midsize business customers and their installers.