Atlanta – October 12, 2026 -- Syrenis, an enterprise consent and preference management vendor, has been named a Niche Player in the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Privacy UX, the first Magic Quadrant Gartner has published for the Privacy UX market.

Gartner published the report on 6 October 2026. The authors are Shadrock Roberts, Stefan Dumitrescu and Bernard Woo.

Boston – October 12, 2026 -- Fortress will present a full-scale prototype of its NextGen SMART ILA modular optical infrastructure platform, designed for a 600 kW day-one load that scales to 1.2 MW, at an invitation-only event in Denver, Colorado, on October 20–22, 2026.

New York – October 12, 2026 -- B. Riley Securities, Inc. has hired Michael Masiuk, a banker with more than 25 years of experience, as Managing Director in its New York Investment Banking team to expand growth capital, M&A advisory and proprietary deal origination coverage.

Prineville, Oregon – October 12, 2026 -- Cv International, Inc. (Cvi) has won a U.S. Air Force contract to design, fabricate, test and install a modular maintenance work stand system at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma. The system will support the 76th Aircraft Maintenance Group's Program Depot Maintenance mission, with the aim of speeding aircraft servicing and improving mission-capable rates. The company did not disclose a contract value.

New York – October 12, 2026 -- Raytheon, an RTX business, secured a contract worth up to $6.3 billion for Standard Missile-3 Block IB interceptors, as large-cap indexes closed last week near record levels while the Russell 2000 fell 0.91% to 2,806.98.

San Diego – October 12, 2026 -- Robles BioCeutics, a regenerative dermatology company built on stem cell and senolytic technologies, has appointed trial attorney Mark Skeels to its Advisory Board, adding more than 25 years of litigation, government and business-negotiation experience as it targets international expansion.

San Jose – October 12, 2026 -- Flex (NASDAQ: FLEX) has introduced prefabricated AI Modules that integrate power, compute and liquid cooling, and it says they cut AI factory deployment timelines by up to 50% compared with traditional construction.

The modules are part of Flex's Cloud and Power Infrastructure (CPI) segment. Flex plans to separate that segment into Axiom Solutions International, Inc. (Axiom), an independent publicly traded company, in the first quarter of calendar 2027.

Columbus, Wisconsin – October 12, 2026 -- American Packaging Corporation (APC) has introduced APC FlexCube, a preformed cuboid-shaped pouch built to improve the product-to-package ratio and reduce excess headspace in large-format products.

The geometric format is designed to make more efficient use of packaging, shipping and shelf space while giving brands a distinctive, high-impact shelf presentation.

McLean, Va. – October 12, 2026 -- Fedstack, a Smoothstack company that develops software engineering talent for government technology, has been named an OpenAI Select Partner within the OpenAI Partner Network.

Austin, Minn. – October 12, 2026 -- Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) has rehired Holly LaVallie as vice president of marketing excellence, giving her responsibility for enterprise marketing capabilities across its Retail, Foodservice and International businesses.