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		<title>SoundHound AI Completes Acquisition of LivePerson</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>SoundHound AI has completed its acquisition of LivePerson, combining SoundHound’s proprietary voice and agentic AI technology with LivePerson’s enterprise digital messaging capabilities to create an end-to-end conversational AI platform spanning voice, web, mobile, SMS, and social channels. The completed transaction expands SoundHound’s customer base to include 25 of the Fortune 100 and strengthens its intellectual [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SoundHound AI has completed its acquisition of LivePerson, combining SoundHound’s proprietary voice and agentic AI technology with LivePerson’s enterprise digital messaging capabilities to create an end-to-end conversational AI platform spanning voice, web, mobile, SMS, and social channels. The completed transaction expands SoundHound’s customer base to include 25 of the Fortune 100 and strengthens its intellectual property portfolio to more than 750 patents. LivePerson’s platform will be integrated into OASYS, SoundHound’s self-learning Orchestrated Agent System, enabling enterprises to manage customer interactions through a unified AI engine designed to improve performance, containment, resolution times, and customer experiences. “This merger represents a defining moment for the new agentic AI era. Together, we are delivering the most complete AI platform to the most comprehensive enterprise customer base in the industry,” said Keyvan Mohajer, CEO and Co-Founder of SoundHound AI.</p>
<h4><strong>Also Read: <a class="p-url" href="https://itdigest.com/quick-byte/tech-mahindra-launches-aws-agentic-process-transformation-coe/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" data-wpel-link="internal">Tech Mahindra Launches AWS Agentic Process Transformation CoE</a> </strong></h4>
<p>“Now global brands have a single, unified engine to power intelligent customer interactions scaling SoundHound’s reach to serve every enterprise, on every channel, at an unprecedented level.” The combined company is also targeting more than $500 million in future revenue from its existing customer base through cross-selling opportunities and expanded services. As part of the transaction, SoundHound has retired LivePerson’s outstanding debt, creating a debt-free balance sheet to support growth and continued product development. John Collins, who previously held senior leadership roles at LivePerson, has been appointed CFO of the combined company. “Our shared focus is clear: accelerate innovation and deliver immediate impact for our customers,” said John Sabino, CEO of LivePerson. “Together, we offer an unparalleled value proposition for enterprises seeking to modernize their contact centers and digital touchpoints with a trusted, enterprise-grade AI partner.”</p>
<h4><strong>Read More: <a href="https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/04/3356596/0/en/soundhound-ai-completes-acquisition-of-liveperson-creating-a-world-leading-omnichannel-conversational-ai-powerhouse.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer sponsored ugc">SoundHound AI Completes Acquisition of LivePerson, Creating a World-Leading Omnichannel Conversational AI Powerhouse</a></strong></h4>
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		<title>ITDigest’s Weekly News Roundup Featuring Equinix, PwC, HUMAIN, Boomi, Visa, Abcam, Cognizant, and more</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Here is ITDigest’s weekly roundup of the latest developments shaping global technology markets. This week’s stories highlight advances in AI and multi-cloud connectivity, enterprise AI deployment, cloud-to-edge infrastructure, AI governance, real-time payment security, drug discovery, and critical infrastructure protection. Together, these developments demonstrate how enterprises are building more connected, secure, and intelligent digital environments. In [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="isSelectedEnd">Here is ITDigest’s weekly roundup of the latest developments shaping global technology markets. This week’s stories highlight advances in AI and multi-cloud connectivity, enterprise AI deployment, cloud-to-edge infrastructure, AI governance, real-time payment security, drug discovery, and critical infrastructure protection. Together, these developments demonstrate how enterprises are building more connected, secure, and intelligent digital environments.</p>
<h3>In Hardware and Network news this week…</h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><a href="https://itdigest.com/hardware-and-networks/equinix-launches-fabric-one-to-simplify-ai-and-multi-cloud-interconnectivity/" data-wpel-link="internal"><strong>Equinix Launches Fabric One to Simplify AI and Multi-Cloud Interconnectivity</strong></a><br />
Equinix has launched Fabric One to simplify connectivity across AI workloads, cloud platforms, and distributed enterprise infrastructure. The solution is designed to help organizations establish more seamless interconnections across multiple environments while improving flexibility and network management. As enterprises increasingly distribute AI workloads across clouds and data centers, streamlined interconnectivity is becoming critical to maintaining performance and scalability.</p>
<h3>In Artificial Intelligence news this week…</h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><a href="https://itdigest.com/artificial-intelligence/pwc-and-palantir-expand-strategic-alliance-to-accelerate-production-grade-enterprise-ai-deployment/" data-wpel-link="internal"><strong>PwC and Palantir Expand Strategic Alliance to Accelerate Production-Grade Enterprise AI Deployment</strong></a><br />
PwC and Palantir are expanding their strategic alliance to help organizations move AI initiatives from experimentation into production. The collaboration focuses on combining Palantir’s AI and data capabilities with PwC’s industry and transformation expertise to support enterprise-scale deployments. The partnership reflects growing demand for practical AI solutions that can deliver measurable business value while addressing governance and operational requirements.</p>
<h3>In Cloud Computing &amp; Mobility news this week…</h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><a href="https://itdigest.com/cloud-computing-mobility/humain-partners-with-compal-to-expand-cloud-to-edge-ai-infrastructure/" data-wpel-link="internal"><strong>HUMAIN Partners with Compal to Expand Cloud-to-Edge AI Infrastructure</strong></a><br />
HUMAIN and Compal have partnered to expand AI infrastructure spanning cloud and edge environments. The collaboration aims to support the growing computational requirements of AI applications while enabling workloads to operate closer to where data is generated. Cloud-to-edge architectures can help organizations improve responsiveness, manage data efficiently, and support AI use cases that require low latency.</p>
<h3>In Enterprise AI news this week…</h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><a href="https://itdigest.com/artificial-intelligence/boomi-introduces-agent-control-plane-to-solve-the-enterprise-ai-governance-crisis/" data-wpel-link="internal"><strong>Boomi Introduces Agent Control Plane to Solve the Enterprise AI Governance Crisis</strong></a><br />
Boomi has introduced an Agent Control Plane designed to provide enterprises with greater oversight of AI agents and their activities. The technology focuses on governance, visibility, and control as organizations deploy increasing numbers of autonomous AI systems across business workflows. Establishing centralized management will be increasingly important for enterprises seeking to scale agentic AI while maintaining security, compliance, and accountability.</p>
<h3>In FinTech news this week…</h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><a href="https://itdigest.com/quick-byte/visa-enhances-a2a-protect-to-help-financial-institutions-combat-real-time-fraud/" data-wpel-link="internal"><strong>Visa Enhances A2A Protect to Help Financial Institutions Combat Real-Time Fraud</strong></a><br />
Visa has enhanced A2A Protect to help financial institutions detect and combat fraud across real-time account-to-account payments. The solution is designed to strengthen fraud prevention as instant payment systems expand and transactions move faster than traditional monitoring processes. Enhanced real-time protection can help financial institutions reduce fraud exposure while maintaining faster and more convenient payment experiences.</p>
<h3>In HealthTech news this week…</h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><a href="https://itdigest.com/quick-byte/abcam-and-genedata-collaborate-to-accelerate-ai-driven-antibody-development/" data-wpel-link="internal"><strong>Abcam and Genedata Collaborate to Accelerate AI-Driven Antibody Development</strong></a><br />
Abcam and Genedata are collaborating to accelerate antibody development through AI and advanced scientific data capabilities. The partnership aims to improve research workflows and help scientists work more efficiently with complex biological information. AI-driven approaches could help life sciences organizations shorten research cycles and support the development of new therapeutic candidates.</p>
<h3>In Cybersecurity news this week…</h3>
<p class="isSelectedEnd"><a href="https://itdigest.com/information-communications-technology/cybersecurity/cognizant-and-crowdstrike-unify-it-and-ot-security-to-protect-critical-operations/" data-wpel-link="internal"><strong>Cognizant and CrowdStrike Unify IT and OT Security to Protect Critical Operations</strong></a><br />
Cognizant and CrowdStrike are combining IT and operational technology security capabilities to help organizations protect critical operations. The collaboration addresses the growing convergence between enterprise IT systems and operational environments, where cyber incidents can have significant operational consequences. Unified visibility and threat detection can help organizations strengthen resilience across increasingly connected infrastructures.</p>
<h3>Article of the Week</h3>
<p><a href="https://itdigest.com/staff-writer/eco-friendly-enterprise-software-initiatives-how-businesses-can-build-more-sustainable-digital-operations/" data-wpel-link="internal"><strong>Eco-Friendly Enterprise Software Initiatives: How Businesses Can Build More Sustainable Digital Operations</strong></a></p>
<p><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-83226 size-medium" src="https://itdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Eco-friendly-Enterprise-Software-Initiatives-01-1-300x169.webp" alt="Eco-friendly Enterprise Software Initiatives" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://itdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Eco-friendly-Enterprise-Software-Initiatives-01-1-300x169.webp 300w, https://itdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Eco-friendly-Enterprise-Software-Initiatives-01-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https://itdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Eco-friendly-Enterprise-Software-Initiatives-01-1-768x432.webp 768w, https://itdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Eco-friendly-Enterprise-Software-Initiatives-01-1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https://itdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Eco-friendly-Enterprise-Software-Initiatives-01-1-2048x1153.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /><br />
Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important consideration in enterprise technology strategy as organizations seek to reduce the environmental impact of their digital operations. Businesses can improve efficiency through optimized software, cloud resource management, automation, energy-conscious infrastructure, and responsible data practices. By embedding sustainability into technology decisions, enterprises can reduce resource consumption while improving operational efficiency and supporting broader environmental objectives.</p>
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		<title>PwC and Palantir Expand Strategic Alliance to Accelerate Production-Grade Enterprise AI Deployment</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 11:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>While corporate adoption of generative AI has expanded exponentially over the past two years, technology leads face a critical operational barrier: moving artificial intelligence past isolated proof-of-concept pilots and into core production systems. Unpredictable integration expenses, data quality issues, and complex regulatory compliance hurdles routinely stall corporate transformation efforts. To systematically address these deployment challenges, [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While corporate adoption of generative AI has expanded exponentially over the past two years, technology leads face a critical operational barrier: moving artificial intelligence past isolated proof-of-concept pilots and into core production systems. Unpredictable integration expenses, data quality issues, and complex regulatory compliance hurdles routinely stall corporate transformation efforts.</p>
<p>To systematically address these deployment challenges, consulting giant PwC US and big-data analytics leader Palantir Technologies Inc. announced an expansion of their strategic alliance.</p>
<p>The expanded partnership combines Palantir’s flagship software platforms Palantir Foundry and Palantir&#8217;s Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) with PwC’s industry, systems engineering, and business transformation expertise. Initially targeting three core business priorities scaling enterprise AI into production, transforming mergers and acquisitions (M&amp;A), and modernizing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems the alliance bridges the gap between software capability and operational business outcomes.</p>
<h4><strong>Also Read: <a class="p-url" href="https://itdigest.com/artificial-intelligence/deloitte-launches-open-model-engineering-practice-to-accelerate-enterprise-agentic-ai/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" data-wpel-link="internal">Deloitte Launches Open Model Engineering Practice to Accelerate Enterprise Agentic AI</a> </strong></h4>
<h3>Key Highlights of the Expansion</h3>
<p>The primary technical and commercial breakthrough of the PwC-Palantir alliance is the introduction of specialized operational frameworks that deliver measurable business impact across complex corporate processes:</p>
<p><strong>AI-Native Deals IT Platform for M&amp;A:</strong> Introducing what the companies describe as the industry&#8217;s first AI-native deals platform powered by Palantir Foundry and AIP. The joint architecture is engineered to execute corporate transactions up to 50% faster while cutting one-time integration and separation costs by up to 45%.</p>
<p><strong>AI-Enabled ERP Data Readiness:</strong> Pairing PwC&#8217;s deep SAP and enterprise software practice with Palantir AIP to clean, structure, and evaluate operational data prior to major ERP migrations, removing data quality as a primary implementation risk.</p>
<p><strong>Scaled Engineering &amp; Managed Services:</strong> Expanding joint implementation offerings across critical business units—including supply chain and logistics, cyber risk, customer lifecycle management, capital projects, and real estate.</p>
<p><strong>Proven Track Record:</strong> Builds on demonstrated operational wins, including boosting supply chain efficiency by up to 10% for a global food manufacturer, elevating demand forecasting accuracy to 90–95% for a grocery retailer, and reducing out-of-service vehicles by 40% for a rental car fleet.</p>
<h3>Transforming the IT Consulting, Systems Integration, and Enterprise AI Industry</h3>
<p>The expanded collaboration between a global &#8220;Big Four&#8221; consulting firm and a core data platform provider accelerates fundamental structural shifts across the broader IT Consulting, Systems Integration, and Managed Services landscape.</p>
<p><strong>The End of &#8220;Wrapper-Based&#8221; AI Consulting Services</strong><br />
During the initial wave of enterprise AI adoption, IT consultancies frequently built thin integration layers around public, third-party large language models (LLMs). However, corporate buyers are increasingly demanding deep operational ontology, data governance, and verified business outcomes.</p>
<p>The PwC-Palantir alliance signals a decisive transition toward deep platform co-engineering. Systems integrators are no longer evaluated solely on strategic advisory; they must possess the software engineering capability required to construct persistent enterprise ontologies, fine-tune domain-specific workflows, and govern data pipelines in real time.</p>
<p><strong>Standardizing &#8220;Data Readiness First&#8221; in Complex ERP Modernizations</strong><br />
Historically, enterprise resource planning (ERP) migrations such as moving legacy environments to SAP S/4HANA were notoriously prone to budget overruns and timeline delays caused by bad historical data.</p>
<p>By embedding Palantir AIP directly into the pre-implementation phase, PwC establishes AI-driven data cleanup as an operational prerequisite. The systems integration sector will increasingly be forced to adopt automated data-remediation tools before executing platform migrations, dramatically lowering risk for global enterprise clients.</p>
<h3><strong>Broad Operational Impact on Enterprise Businesses</strong></h3>
<p>For executive leadership, Chief Information Officers (CIOs), and Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) navigating complex digital transformations and strict operating budgets, leveraging joint consulting-and-platform AI architectures yields direct strategic advantages:</p>
<p><strong>Unlocking Capital Efficiency in Corporate M&amp;A Transactions</strong><br />
Slow IT separation and system integration delays will directly impact transaction value in mergers, acquisitions, or divestures. Using M&amp;A team a deals platform that is AI-native will help the team to automate data mapping, identify duplicate software licenses, and streamline operations in a couple of months instead of years to get the full deal value synergy and shareholder returns.</p>
<p><strong>Safeguarding Technology Capital (CapEx) Against Project Failure</strong><br />
Abandoning stalled AI pilots or experiencing delayed ERP implementations burns millions in capital expenditure. Combining <a href="https://www.palantir.com/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer sponsored ugc">Palantir</a>’s robust data orchestration layer with <a href="https://www.pwc.com/gx/en.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer sponsored ugc">PwC</a>’s hands-on industry expertise ensures that enterprise AI projects are anchored directly to measurable key performance indicators (KPIs). Enterprise leads gain an auditable, governed path to operational transformation that turns experimental technology into a defensible driver of profit margin growth.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Tech Mahindra has unveiled its AWS Agentic Process Transformation (APT) Center of Excellence (CoE), first and foremost an undertaking to assist enterprises that want to move beyond the phase of experimenting with AI and adopt agentic AI in a measurable business operation manner. The CoE joins Tech Mahindra BPS&#8217;s process knowledge with AWS cloud and [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tech Mahindra has unveiled its AWS Agentic Process Transformation (APT) Center of Excellence (CoE), first and foremost an undertaking to assist enterprises that want to move beyond the phase of experimenting with AI and adopt agentic AI in a measurable business operation manner. The CoE joins Tech Mahindra BPS&#8217;s process knowledge with AWS cloud and agentic AI to build, at least to a certain level, industry-wide solutions tailored for efficiency and productivity boost, cost reduction, decision-enhancing, and fast-tracking pilots to production. Through this venture, enterprises in telecommunications healthcare banking and financial services, retail, and manufacturing will find support. &#8220;Enterprises are moving quickly on AI, but many still struggle to scale beyond pilots and fragmented use cases,&#8221; said Birendra Sen, President &#8211; Business Process Services, Tech Mahindra.</p>
<h4><strong>Also Read: <a class="p-url" href="https://itdigest.com/quick-byte/elevate-digital-launches-ai-enabled-proprietary-platform-to-accelerate-enterprise-transformation/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" data-wpel-link="internal">Elevate Digital Launches AI-Enabled Proprietary Platform to Accelerate Enterprise Transformation</a> </strong></h4>
<p>&#8220;With the AWS APT CoE, we are bringing together Tech Mahindra BPS&#8217; process expertise and AWS-native AI capabilities to help customers operationalize Agentic AI with stronger governance, faster execution, and measurable business impact.&#8221; The CoE has already demonstrated its potential through Collections Guru, an agentic AI-powered collections solution jointly developed by Tech Mahindra and AWS and deployed by UK-based financial services outsourcing provider Target Group. Built on AWS cloud and AI infrastructure, the solution delivered approximately 40% efficiency gains by autonomously optimizing collection strategies. Katie Pender, Chief Operating Officer, Target Group, said, &#8220;Since introducing the Collections Guru agent, we&#8217;re seeing encouraging early results, including anticipated efficiency gains of around 40% in the areas where it&#8217;s been rolled out. It&#8217;s been a valuable step in how we&#8217;re modernising our operations.&#8221; The launch strengthens Tech Mahindra’s AWS-focused AI services strategy and expands opportunities for enterprises seeking production-ready agentic AI transformation.</p>
<h4><strong>Read More: <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tech-mahindra-launches-aws-agentic-process-transformation-coe-to-redefine-ai-led-business-operations-302868970.html" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer sponsored ugc">Tech Mahindra Launches AWS Agentic Process Transformation CoE to Redefine AI-Led Business Operations</a></strong></h4>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Sectigo, a global leader in automated Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) and digital certificates, announced the appointment of Ian Hassard as Chief Product Officer. Hassard will lead Sectigo&#8217;s global product strategy and drive the continued evolution of Sectigo Certificate Manager (SCM), the company’s flagship CLM platform. His appointment comes as organizations navigate shorter certificate lifespans, unprecedented growth [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="font-weight: 400;">Sectigo, a global leader in automated Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) and digital certificates, announced the appointment of Ian Hassard as Chief Product Officer. Hassard will lead Sectigo&#8217;s global product strategy and drive the continued evolution of Sectigo Certificate Manager (SCM), the company’s flagship CLM platform. His appointment comes as organizations navigate shorter certificate lifespans, unprecedented growth in non-human identities, and migration readiness to PQC.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">&#8220;Ian is the kind of product leader who can turn a rapidly changing market into a clear and compelling product vision,&#8221; said Kevin Weiss, Chief Executive Officer at Sectigo. &#8220;He has an impressive track record of building and scaling security and identity products through periods of significant growth and complexity, while translating major technology shifts into solutions customers can adopt and trust. Ian&#8217;s leadership will strengthen our ability to deliver on our promise of Simplicity at Scale and accelerate the next phase of innovation across our CLM platform.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">As Chief Product Officer, Hassard will lead Sectigo’s product vision and strategy, working closely with engineering and go-to-market teams to guide the continued evolution of Sectigo Certificate Manager. His focus will be on translating changing customer and market requirements into platform capabilities that simplify certificate operations, reduce risk and prepare organizations for the next generation of digital trust.</p>
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<p style="font-weight: 400;">“Certificate Lifecycle Management is becoming foundational to how organizations secure digital operations at scale,” said Hassard. “Sectigo has the market position, technology and depth of expertise to define where this category goes next. I’m excited to build on that strength and advance a platform that makes it easier for organizations to manage growing certificate complexity, reduce risk and prepare for what comes next.”</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;">Hassard brings more than two decades of experience building and scaling products across identity, cybersecurity and networking. Before joining Sectigo, he served as Vice President of Product Management at Okta, where he led product strategy across the Auth0 and Okta Customer Identity portfolio. Earlier, he co-founded RootSecure, a cybersecurity company acquired by Arctic Wolf, where he went on to hold product leadership roles helping drive the company&#8217;s growth. An inventor with multiple patents spanning identity, security and emerging technologies, Hassard has built his career translating complex technological shifts into practical products that solve real-world security challenges at scale.</p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>About Sectigo</strong></p>
<p style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://www.sectigo.com/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer sponsored ugc">Sectigo</a> is a leading provider of Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM), helping organizations secure human and machine identities while reducing the hidden risks of modern digital trust. As certificate volumes grow and lifespans shrink, unmanaged certificates are becoming a source of outages, compliance exposure, and operational disruption. Sectigo uses orchestrated automation to deliver Simplicity at Scale through its cloud‑native CLM platform, bringing visibility, control, and lifecycle management together across complex environments. With more than 700,000 customers, including 65% of the Fortune 500, Sectigo is one of the largest and longest‑standing certificate authorities, with over 20 years of delivering unparalleled digital trust.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Financial and risk advisory solutions provider Kroll announced the launch of Kroll AI Automation Prioritization EXecution (APEX). Unveiled at Fal.Con 2026, the strategic capability is built on the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform to help organizations evaluate, quantify, and prioritize security investments across AI, automation, and hybrid models. While global enterprise spending on artificial intelligence continues to [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Financial and risk advisory solutions provider Kroll announced the launch of Kroll AI Automation Prioritization EXecution (APEX). Unveiled at Fal.Con 2026, the strategic capability is built on the CrowdStrike Falcon® platform to help organizations evaluate, quantify, and prioritize security investments across AI, automation, and hybrid models.</p>
<p>While global enterprise spending on artificial intelligence continues to accelerate with Gartner, Inc. forecasting worldwide AI expenditure to reach $2.59 trillion in 2026 many executive teams lack clear, data-driven frameworks to measure return on investment (ROI) for chief financial officers. Kroll APEX addresses this gap by establishing an evidence-based decision engine before software engineering or platform configuration begins.</p>
<h4>Quantifying Cyber Investment and Operational Impact</h4>
<p>Developed using CrowdStrike&#8217;s Charlotte AI AgentWorks and Falcon Foundry, Kroll APEX evaluates specific cybersecurity use cases against client-specific operational telemetry and financial benchmarks. The framework pairs Kroll&#8217;s history across thousands of global cyber engagements with client data to estimate deployment effort, forecast financial returns, and identify where AI or automation is most appropriate.</p>
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<p>Key operational features of Kroll APEX include:</p>
<p>Pre-Engineering Value Assessment: Analyzes prospective cyber use cases to determine the optimal balance of AI, automation, or human oversight prior to technical deployment.</p>
<p>Unified CFO and CISO Insights: Delivers interactive reporting dashboards directly embedded within the CrowdStrike Falcon platform to align security strategy with financial goals.</p>
<p>Flexible Advisory Delivery: Deploys as a standalone strategic assessment or as part of a recurring advisory framework to adjust priorities as organizational risk profiles evolve.</p>
<p>Resource Optimization: Quantifies implementation effort and projected financial outcomes to minimize technology waste and accelerate executive decision-making.</p>
<p>&#8220;Kroll APEX changes the conversation from &#8216;Should we invest in AI?&#8217; to &#8216;Where will AI, automation or human expertise deliver the greatest value?'&#8221; said Dave Burg, Global Group Head of Cyber and Data Resilience at Kroll. &#8220;With cyber risks mounting and spending accelerating, CFOs and CISOs are under growing pressure to bring financial discipline and operational insight together to make more informed cyber investment decisions. Boards are calling for greater clarity around these decisions, and Kroll provides the insight to prioritize initiatives based on measurable business outcomes rather than guesswork.&#8221;</p>
<h4>Expanding the Strategic Kroll and CrowdStrike Ecosystem</h4>
<p>The release of APEX marks a key milestone in the ongoing collaboration between Kroll and CrowdStrike. As a founding member of CrowdStrike&#8217;s Charlotte AI AgentWorks Ecosystem and Project QuiltWorks, Kroll combines its risk advisory methodology with CrowdStrike&#8217;s AI-native architecture to help global organizations optimize security spending.</p>
<p>&#8220;<a href="https://www.kroll.com/en" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer sponsored ugc">Kroll</a> is combining its deep advisory expertise with the power of Falcon to help customers turn AI ambition into measurable business outcomes,&#8221; said Daniel Bernard, Chief Business Officer at CrowdStrike. &#8220;APEX is a great example of how our partners are building on CrowdStrike to drive innovation and deliver more value for customers.&#8221;</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Here is ITDigest’s weekly roundup of the latest developments shaping enterprise technology. This week’s stories highlight the growing role of agentic AI across telecom, enterprise operations, AI infrastructure, software development, and healthcare, alongside advances in quantum computing, real-time payments, and hybrid cloud management. In Hardware and Network news this week… FS Launches 800G Muxponder to [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer" data-start="116" data-end="454">Here is ITDigest’s weekly roundup of the latest developments shaping enterprise technology. This week’s stories highlight the growing role of agentic AI across telecom, enterprise operations, AI infrastructure, software development, and healthcare, alongside advances in quantum computing, real-time payments, and hybrid cloud management.</p>
<h3 data-section-id="1xlobd" data-start="456" data-end="499">In Hardware and Network news this week…</h3>
<p class="entry-title h6"><strong><a class="p-url" href="https://itdigest.com/hardware-and-networks/fs-launches-800g-muxponder-to-power-next-gen-ai-and-cloud-networks/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" data-wpel-link="internal">FS Launches 800G Muxponder to Power Next-Gen AI and Cloud Networks</a><br />
</strong>FS launched D7070 series Integrated 800G Muxponder and thus extended its DCI product lineup to 800G line capacity. The 1U platform consolidates the current 100 GbE and 400GbE client services into four 800G coherent waves, providing 3.2 Tb/s aggregate line capacity across data centers, metro and regional networks. This launch is an important step for the Optical Networking, Telecommunications and Data Center Infrastructure industries, allowing scaling 800G transport into a flexible and open software architecture.</p>
<h3 data-section-id="1xlobd" data-start="456" data-end="499">In Cybersecurity news this week…</h3>
<p class="entry-title"><strong><a class="p-url" href="https://itdigest.com/cloud-computing-mobility/big-data/cloudera-and-nvidia-partner-to-accelerate-apache-spark-pipelines-and-slash-cloud-compute-spend/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" data-wpel-link="internal">Cloudera and NVIDIA Partner to Accelerate Apache Spark Pipelines and Slash Cloud Compute Spend</a></strong><br />
Cloudera, the industry leader in hybrid data platforms, has joined hands with NVIDIA and is now providing GPU-accelerated Spark 4.1 within Cloudera Data Engineering. The solution leverages the NVIDIA CUDA-X library (cuDF) and enables data engineering teams to accelerate workloads by up to 4x. The solution comes with the recently unveiled Cloudera Anywhere Cloud<img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/2122.png" alt="™" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> and helps organizations to accelerate ETL (extract, transform, load) processes without any change in the existing PySpark and SQL code.</p>
<h3 data-section-id="1yz4vw2" data-start="1184" data-end="1226">In Business Technology news this week…</h3>
<p><strong><a href="https://itdigest.com/artificial-intelligence/bain-company-partners-with-anthropic-to-drive-enterprise-ai-transformations/" data-wpel-link="internal">Bain &amp; Company Partners with Anthropic to Drive Enterprise AI Transformations</a></strong><br />
Bain &amp; Company has announced a strategic global partnership with AI research firm Anthropic, joining the Claude Partner Network as a ‘Global Premier’ partner to help enterprise clients accelerate from initial AI experimentation to full-scale, value-generating deployments. The collaboration unites Anthropic’s frontier Claude models with Bain’s industry expertise and 1,500-strong multidisciplinary team of AI, data, and analytics specialists to deliver end-to-end strategy, technology modernization, and AI-enabled operations.</p>
<h3 data-section-id="vslqrl" data-start="1877" data-end="1923">In Artificial Intelligence news this week…</h3>
<p><strong><a class="p-url" href="https://itdigest.com/information-communications-technology/seclore-and-glean-partner-to-deliver-context-aware-persistent-data-security-for-enterprise-ai/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" data-wpel-link="internal">Seclore and Glean Partner to Deliver Context-Aware, Persistent Data Security for Enterprise AI</a></strong><br />
Seclore announced a strategic partnership with enterprise AI platform leader Glean. The integration unifies Glean’s enterprise context graph with Seclore’s ARMOR Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) and Enterprise Digital Rights Management (EDRM) capabilities. By writing persistent classifications and encryption controls directly onto source files, the joint solution ensures that sensitivity labels follow data wherever it travels—whether opened in native applications, shared externally, or surfaced through conversational AI.</p>
<h3 data-section-id="1vwu9l1" data-start="2608" data-end="2648">In Big Data news this week…</h3>
<p class="entry-title"><strong><a href="https://itdigest.com/information-communications-technology/blockchain/sqd-partners-with-google-cloud-to-expand-blockchain-analytics-capabilities-via-bigquery/" data-wpel-link="internal">SQD Partners with Google Cloud to Expand Blockchain Analytics Capabilities via BigQuery</a></strong><br />
SQD has announced a strategic partnership with Google Cloud to integrate its validated data pipelines into Google Cloud Web3 Blockchain Analytics within BigQuery. Executed through SQD’s enterprise division, SQD 360, the collaboration feeds cryptographically verified on-chain datasets directly into Google Cloud’s fully managed serverless platform, enabling developers, analysts, and enterprises to query structured blockchain records without running dedicated nodes.</p>
<h3 data-section-id="nt86i1" data-start="3324" data-end="3354">In FinTech news this week…</h3>
<p><strong><a class="p-url" href="https://itdigest.com/quick-byte/flagright-partners-with-nacha-to-enhance-ach-compliance-and-risk-prevention/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" data-wpel-link="internal">Flagright Partners with Nacha to Enhance ACH Compliance and Risk Prevention</a> </strong><br />
Flagright has officially been named a Nacha Preferred Partner for ACH Compliance, Fraud Monitoring, and Risk and Fraud Prevention, marking a significant milestone in its expansion across the payments landscape. Organizations utilize Flagright’s transaction monitoring engine to oversee incoming and outgoing ACH payment flows, detect deviations from normal behavior, and prioritize alerts based on dynamic risk parameters by leveraging customer-configured rules alongside machine-learning anomaly detection.</p>
<h3 data-section-id="106qe44" data-start="3955" data-end="3988">In Enterprise Software news this week…</h3>
<p class="entry-title h6"><strong><a class="p-url" href="https://itdigest.com/information-communications-technology/ntt-data-acquires-netgain-to-build-swedens-largest-pure-play-servicenow-entity/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" data-wpel-link="internal">NTT DATA Acquires Netgain to Build Sweden’s Largest Pure-Play ServiceNow Entity</a></strong><br />
Global digital business and IT services leader NTT DATA has announced the acquisition of Stockholm-headquartered ServiceNow specialist Netgain AB, combining its operational scale with The Cloud People acquired by NTT DATA in December 2025 to establish Sweden’s largest pure-play ServiceNow consultancy. Founded in 2008, Netgain brings approximately 60 specialists and over 160 certifications across IT Service Management (ITSM), Human Resources (HR), and Customer Service Management (CSM), expanding NTT DATA’s strategic presence and capacity across the Nordics and broader European markets.</p>
<h3 data-section-id="1ol2mgi" data-start="4616" data-end="4650">In IT &amp; DevOps news this week…</h3>
<p class="single-title entry-title"><strong><a href="https://itdigest.com/information-communications-technology/progress-debuts-telerik-and-kendo-ui-updates-for-agentic-application-build/" data-wpel-link="internal">Progress Debuts Telerik and Kendo UI Updates for Agentic Application Build</a></strong><br />
Enterprise software leader Progress Software announced the latest release of Progress® Telerik® and Progress® Kendo UI®, introducing context-aware AI capabilities designed to streamline UI engineering and support agent-driven software architectures. The updated suite enables software engineering teams to transition from standard AI-assisted coding toward building production-ready applications that support interactions from both human users and autonomous AI agents.</p>
<h3 data-section-id="1kt30j2" data-start="5352" data-end="5375">Article of the Week</h3>
<p><strong><a class="p-url" href="https://itdigest.com/staff-writer/cloud-security-best-practices-how-enterprises-can-protect-data-applications-and-cloud-infrastructure/" target="_self" rel="bookmark" data-wpel-link="internal">Cloud Security Best Practices: How Enterprises Can Protect Data, Applications and Cloud Infrastructure</a></strong></p>
<p><img decoding="async" class="alignleft wp-image-83084 size-medium" src="https://itdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Cloud-Security-Best-Practices-01-300x169.webp" alt="Cloud Security Best Practices" width="300" height="169" srcset="https://itdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Cloud-Security-Best-Practices-01-300x169.webp 300w, https://itdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Cloud-Security-Best-Practices-01-1024x576.webp 1024w, https://itdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Cloud-Security-Best-Practices-01-768x432.webp 768w, https://itdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Cloud-Security-Best-Practices-01-1536x864.webp 1536w, https://itdigest.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Cloud-Security-Best-Practices-01-2048x1153.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" />With IaaS, the customer has a larger security responsibility because it controls more of the environment. Operating systems, applications, network settings, identities, and configurations can all sit within the customer’s area of control. With PaaS, the provider manages more of the underlying platform, but the customer still has to secure applications, data, identities, and configurations. <a href="https://itdigest.com/staff-writer/how-to-choose-the-right-saas-platform-for-your-business-a-strategic-guide-for-enterprise-decision-makers/" data-wpel-link="internal">SaaS</a> moves more infrastructure responsibility to the provider, yet the customer still controls things such as user access, permissions, and data handling.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>IDS Imaging Development Systems will showcase new camera platforms, technologies, and innovation projects for industrial image processing at VISION 2026 (Messe Stuttgart, October 6 to 8) at booth 8C60. Under the theme “Trends. Innovations. Future,” the trade fair appearance includes uEye camera platforms, event-based image processing, 3D vision systems, as well as AI and embedded [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">IDS Imaging Development Systems will showcase new camera platforms, technologies, and innovation projects for industrial image processing at VISION 2026 (Messe Stuttgart, October 6 to 8) at booth 8C60. Under the theme “Trends. Innovations. Future,” the trade fair appearance includes uEye camera platforms, event-based image processing, 3D vision systems, as well as AI and embedded vision technologies. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Computer vision must do more today than just reliably capture images. What is crucial is how quickly and easily image processing moves from an idea to a concrete application and how well cameras, software, and AI functions can be integrated into existing systems. This is exactly what we align our product strategy with: IDS offers industrial cameras and computer vision components that users can flexibly combine into their own solutions. Instead of turnkey systems, we focus on modular hardware and software with high quality, long-term availability, technological standards, and comprehensive support right up to customer-specific customizations. Being close to customers and partners is essential: Requirements from real-world applications feed directly into our development process, helping to improve existing products, expand our portfolio, and bring innovations to industrial applications more quickly. At VISION 2026, we will demonstrate how IDS continues to advance machine vision, from traditional industrial cameras to computer vision components with integrated AI,” explains Jan Hartmann, Managing Partner at IDS. </span></p>
<h4><b>Product and technology innovations for VISION 2026 </b></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">IDS Imaging Development Systems has been developing industrial cameras and computer vision components for industrial and non-industrial applications for almost 30 years. The focus of this year&#8217;s trade fair presence is on new uEye vision camera platforms, which serve as the technological basis for upcoming 2D industrial camera series. They are designed for higher performance, simple integration, and long-term availability. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another focus area is event-based imaging. Together with Prophesee, IDS provides insight into further developments in the field of event-based cameras. The technology is particularly suitable for highly dynamic </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">applications such as drones, AGVs, and autonomous systems, for example for object recognition, tracking, or safe navigation. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In the field of 3D vision, the company is presenting news regarding the 3D ToF camera Nion, including a new RGB set for synchronized image acquisition that merges color and depth data. In addition, IDS will showcase a new version of the Ensenso N Series active stereo vision system for precise and robust 3D data acquisition in robotics, bin picking, and metrology. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">AI cameras and embedded vision systems are also part of the technology roadmap. IDS is expanding the uEye Live series of monitoring cameras with streaming and recording capabilities to include AI-enabled models, enabling AI-powered image processing on-the-edge. High-performance neural networks from our partner DENKweit perform tasks such as fast object and position detection, precise parcel handling and efficient code reading. </span></p>
<h4><b>Insight into innovation projects </b></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a key innovation project, IDS is presenting the “GMSL Multi-Camera Vision System.” It demonstrates how intelligent embedded vision processes and combines images from multiple cameras with integrated ISPs and SoCs directly within the system, before transmitting the resulting data via a single GMSL cable. This reduces latency and data load in favor of a reliable basis for your own projects with distributed GMSL cameras, </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">especially in mobile applications. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Another project demonstrates active focus control fully integrated into the camera, where control and feedback occur directly via the software. The robust hardware is suitable for demanding applications in logistics, autonomous systems, and retail. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For vegetation analysis, IDS is showing an NDVI camera that combines multispectral imaging with high resolution color imaging. It makes the health status of plants visible and provides reliable NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) values, with which planning and resource allocation in agriculture can be specifically improved. </span></p>
<h4><b>VISION Makeathon 2026 </b></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">At the VISION Makeathon 2026, tangible prototypes are created from ideas: Interdisciplinary teams develop practical solutions for current image processing challenges within one day. IDS contributes as a project company with its own challenge, technology, and expert know-how. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">VISION, the world&#8217;s leading trade fair for image processing, will take place October 6–8 at Messe Stuttgart. </span></p>
<h4><strong>About IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH: </strong></h4>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://en.ids-imaging.com/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer sponsored ugc">IDS Imaging Development Systems</a> GmbH is a leading manufacturer of industrial cameras and pioneer in industrial image processing. The owner-managed, environmentally certified company develops high performance and versatile 2D and 3D cameras as well as models with artificial intelligence (AI) or with streaming/event recording feature. The almost unlimited range of applications covers multiple non-industrial and industrial sectors of equipment, plant and mechanical engineering. Since its foundation in 1997 as a two-man company, IDS has developed into an independent, ISO and environmental-friendly certified family business with around 320 employees. The headquarters in Obersulm, Germany, is both a development and production site. With subsidiaries in the USA, Japan, South Korea and the UK, as well as further representative offices in France, Benelux and India, the technology company has a global presence. </span></p>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Enterprise AI software delivery provider Digital.ai announced an expanded global partnership with international digital transformation consultancy knowmad mood. Building upon validated deployments across financial services, automotive, and manufacturing sectors, the updated agreement expands services, support, and reselling rights for Digital.ai&#8217;s portfolio including Application Lifecycle Management (TeamForge), Agile Planning at Scale (Agility), DevOps (Release and Deploy), [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Enterprise AI software delivery provider Digital.ai announced an expanded global partnership with international digital transformation consultancy knowmad mood. Building upon validated deployments across financial services, automotive, and manufacturing sectors, the updated agreement expands services, support, and reselling rights for Digital.ai&#8217;s portfolio including Application Lifecycle Management (TeamForge), Agile Planning at Scale (Agility), DevOps (Release and Deploy), and mobile app security solutions (Arxan Security) across knowmad mood&#8217;s global network.</p>
<p>The expanded go-to-market strategy targets key international growth zones across the DACH region, Southern Europe, LATAM, and APAC. The initiative follows knowmad mood’s recent corporate expansion, including its merger with German consultancy knowmad mood Germany (formerly Aservo).</p>
<h4>Operationalizing Agentic AI Across Complex Delivery Environments</h4>
<p>As enterprise engineering organizations transition past early AI pilots, corporate leaders face increasing pressure to verify whether automated developer tools yield measurable business results. Digital.ai categorizes this market shift as the &#8220;Fourth Wave&#8221; the industry-wide evolution toward deploying artificial intelligence as an active, agentic participant across the entire software development lifecycle rather than maintaining it as a isolated coding assistant.</p>
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<p>To support this transition, Digital.ai offers flexible deployment models across on-premises, private cloud, and SaaS environments, allowing enterprises to integrate AI workflows into existing toolchains without vendor lock-in.</p>
<p>“AI value only shows up when it&#8217;s grounded in real delivery pipelines, which is why this partnership is about giving enterprises the governance and domain expertise to make that shift responsibly, not just generating more output,” said Digital.ai CEO, Derek Holt. “Enterprises are past the pilot phase and are actively looking for partners who can operationalize AI at scale, and this is Digital.ai and knowmad mood meeting that demand together.”</p>
<h4>Combining Domain Governance with Scalable AI Infrastructure</h4>
<p>The collaboration pairs knowmad mood’s specialized Centers of Excellence spanning Agile Governance, IT Service Management, Cloud Migration, and DevSecOps with Digital.ai’s agentic software pipeline tools. This combined architecture enables enterprise IT departments to modernize development processes while maintaining strict regulatory compliance and software security.</p>
<p>&#8220;Enterprise AI transformation in software development and design is as much about culture and operating model as it is about tooling, and knowmad mood&#8217;s role is bringing that local, domain-specific change management expertise to <a href="https://digital.ai/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer sponsored ugc">Digital.ai</a>&#8216;s technology. We&#8217;ve already seen this play out with joint customers across financial services, manufacturing and automotive, and this partnership lets us bring that same approach to more enterprises navigating the same shift,” said Rainer Heinold, CEO, <a href="https://www.knowmadmood.com/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer sponsored ugc">knowmad mood</a> Germany.</p>
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		<title>IDS&#8217;s Nion 3D ToF camera goes into series production</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH is expanding its 3D portfolio with Nion, an industrial ToF camera featuring 1.2-megapixel resolution and integrated depth processing. It provides high-resolution and temporally stable depth information at 30 fps, even during rapid movements and in changing lighting conditions. This makes it suitable for applications such as logistics, automation and robotics, [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH is expanding its 3D portfolio with Nion, an industrial ToF camera featuring 1.2-megapixel resolution and integrated depth processing. It provides high-resolution and temporally stable depth information at 30 fps, even during rapid movements and in changing lighting conditions. This makes it suitable for applications such as logistics, automation and robotics, where precise 3D data is required at real-world process speeds.</p>
<p>The Nion captures moving objects with virtually no blurring. Its high resistance to stray light ensures reproducible measurement results both indoors and outdoors. The measuring range of 0.3 to 7.5 meters covers typical industrial scenarios. The robust IP67-rated housing allows it to be used in more demanding environments. Power over Ethernet (PoE) reduces installation effort and cabling.</p>
<p>Patrick Schick, Product Manager for 3D Vision and Imaging Software at IDS, says: &#8220;The Nion provides stable depth data even under variable lighting conditions. This provides a solid foundation for automation processes that rely on fast and accurate 3D data.&#8221;</p>
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<p>Compared to standard ToF cameras on the market, the onsemi AR0130 depth sensor offers higher resolution, lower noise, more stable results in ambient light and improved motion stability. This enables the Nion to achieve high depth accuracy even when objects are moving quickly and under variable lighting conditions.</p>
<p>Thanks to its compact design, high measurement quality and excellent value for money, the Nion offers a straightforward introduction to 3D image processing. Companies can integrate the camera flexibly into existing systems and benefit from a cost-effective solution for reliable depth data. “In many cases, existing 2D processes can be retained and supplemented with depth data where necessary, if this aids decision making within the process,” emphasizes Patrick Schick.</p>
<p>The Nion 3D camera is now available in series production. Technical information is available in the IDS Webstore. You can also place orders and make individual enquiries there.</p>
<p><strong>About IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH:</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://en.ids-imaging.com/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="nofollow external noopener noreferrer sponsored ugc">IDS Imaging Development Systems GmbH</a> is a leading manufacturer of industrial cameras and pioneer in industrial image processing. The owner-managed, environmentally certified company develops highperformance and versatile 2D and 3D cameras as well as models with artificial intelligence (AI) or with streaming/event recording feature. The almost unlimited range of applications covers multiple non-industrial and industrial sectors of equipment, plant and mechanical engineering. Since its foundation in 1997 as a two-man company, IDS has developed into an independent, ISO and environmental-friendly certified family business with around 320 employees. The headquarters in Obersulm, Germany, is both a development and production site. With subsidiaries in the USA, Japan, South Korea and the UK, as well as further representative offices in France, Benelux and India, the technology company has a global presence.</p>
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