Global – October 27, 2026 -- Some 88% of 350 telecom decision-makers surveyed plan to increase spending on satellite technologies over the next five years, according to research commissioned by ST Engineering iDirect, which is promoting hybrid architectures as the fastest route to 5G non-terrestrial network (NTN) deployment.

Global – October 20, 2026 -- Capgemini identifies three data failures (fragmentation, stagnation and semantic inconsistency) as the main barrier keeping enterprise AI confined to pilots, particularly in financial services and other highly regulated industries.

North America – October 20, 2026 -- Capgemini Invent North America has introduced the Return on Investment Business Value Framework (ROI-BVF), a methodology that converts operational improvements in product lifecycle management (PLM) programs into financial outcomes, developed with a heavy machinery client investing in Siemens Teamcenter.

Europe – October 20, 2026 -- Capgemini and Microsoft are offering cities an as-a-service, AI-native City Support Center that merges multi-agency data into one operating picture for floods and urban heat events, aiming to avoid the cost of bespoke platform builds.

Global – October 17, 2026 -- Brandon Hall Group began tracking Workforce Intelligence as a distinct HCM technology category in 2025, arguing that vendors using the term are often describing different capabilities.

Berlin – September 10, 2026 -- Ninety-three percent of organizations worldwide now discuss digital sovereignty at board level, yet 59% consider full technological independence an unrealistic goal, according to a new Capgemini Research Institute report based on a survey of 1,300 business and technology executives conducted in April 2026.