Galderma Publishes Invitation and Agenda for Its 2026 Annual General Meeting

 The Board of Directors proposes a dividend of 0.35 CHF per registered share

Harry Kirsch proposed as new independent member of the Board of Directors

Delphine Viguier-Hovasse and Samuel du Retail proposed as two non-independent board members from L’Oréal

 

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- Galderma Group AG (SIX: GALD), the pure-play dermatology category leader, today published the invitation and agenda for its 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will be held virtually on April 22, 2026, at 3:00pm CEST.

Dividend proposal

The Board of Directors proposes a dividend of 0.35 CHF per registered share of Galderma following its record 2025 performance. If approved by shareholders, the dividend will be paid out of reserves from capital contributions and, in accordance with applicable tax regulations, will be free from Swiss withholding tax.

Proposed elections to the Board of Directors of Galderma Group AG

As previously announced, and in connection with L’Oréal’s increased investment in Galderma, the Board members representing the consortium led by EQT, Michael Bauer and Marcus Brennecke, will not stand for re-election and will step down from the Board at the conclusion of the 2026 AGM. Delphine Viguier-Hovasse, Chief Innovation & Prospective Officer at L’Oréal, and Samuel du Retail, Managing Director of Artificial Intelligence, Data and Shared Services at L’Oréal, will be proposed by L’Oréal to shareholders for election as non-independent members.

The Board of Directors will also propose the appointment of Harry Kirsch, former Chief Financial Officer of Novartis, as a new independent member, as well as the re-election of the following current members, each for a one-year term until the completion of the next AGM:

Thomas Ebeling (Chair)

Daniel Browne

Maria Teresa Hilado

Karen Lee Ling

Roberto Marques

Sherilyn McCoy

Flemming Ørnskov, M.D., MPH

"On behalf of the Board, I would like to sincerely thank Michael Bauer and Marcus Brennecke for their commitment and valuable contributions throughout their tenure. The proposed elections of Harry Kirsch, Delphine Viguier-Hovasse and Samuel du Retail bring a strong and complementary range of experience to Galderma, spanning financial and strategic leadership, consumer and sustainability-focused perspectives, and innovation and advanced technology. The Board looks forward to the contributions they would bring as Galderma advances its ambition to be the undisputed dermatology powerhouse.”

 

 

THOMAS EBELING

CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

GALDERMA

 

 

For further details please consult the 2025 Annual Report and 2026 AGM invitation at https://investors.galderma.com/.

About Galderma

Galderma (SIX: GALD) is the pure-play dermatology category leader, present in approximately 90 countries. We deliver an innovative, science-based portfolio of premium flagship brands and services that span the full spectrum of the fast-growing dermatology market through Injectable Aesthetics, Dermatological Skincare and Therapeutic Dermatology. Since our foundation in 1981, we have dedicated our focus and passion to the human body’s largest organ – the skin – meeting individual consumer and patient needs with superior outcomes in partnership with healthcare professionals. Because we understand that the skin we are in shapes our lives, we are advancing dermatology for every skin story. For more information: www.galderma.com.

Forward-looking statements

Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by words such as "plans", "targets", "aims", " believes", "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "estimates", "will", "may", "continues", "should" and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements reflect, at the time, Galderma's beliefs, intentions and current targets/ aims concerning, among other things, Galderma's results of operations, financial condition, industry, liquidity, prospects, growth and strategies and are subject to change. The estimated financial information is based on management's current expectations and is subject to change. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and assumptions could adversely affect the outcome and financial consequences of the plans and events described herein. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors (including, but not limited to, future global economic conditions, changed market conditions, intense competition in the markets in which Galderma operates, costs of compliance with applicable laws, regulations and standards, diverse political, legal, economic and other conditions affecting Galderma’s markets, and other factors beyond the control of Galderma). Neither Galderma nor any of their respective shareholders (as applicable), directors, officers, employees, advisors, or any other person is under any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak of the date of this announcement. Statements contained in this announcement regarding past trends or events should not be taken as a representation that such trends or events will continue in the future. Some of the information presented herein is based on statements by third parties, and no representation or warranty, express or implied, is made as to, and no reliance should be placed on, the fairness, reasonableness, accuracy, completeness or correctness of this information or any other information or opinions contained herein, for any purpose whatsoever. Except as required by applicable law, Galderma has no intention or obligation to update, keep updated or revise this announcement or any parts thereof.

 

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For further information:

Media

Christian Marcoux, M.Sc.

Chief Communications Officer

christian.marcoux@galderma.com

+41 76 315 26 50

Richard Harbinson

Corporate Communications Director

richard.harbinson@galderma.com

+41 76 210 60 62

Investors

Emil Ivanov

Head of Strategy, Investor Relations and ESG

emil.ivanov@galderma.com

+41 21 642 78 12

Jessica Cohen

Investor Relations and Strategy Director

jessica.cohen@galderma.com

+41 21 642 76 43

 

KnowBe4 Launches AIDA Orchestration as the First Fully Autonomous Agent for Human Risk Management

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - Thursday, 19. March 2026

New AI Agent From KnowBe4 Cuts Security Training Administration From Hours to Seconds

(BUSINESS WIRE)--KnowBe4, the world-renowned platform that comprehensively addresses human and agentic AI risk management, has announced the launch of AIDA Orchestration, the eighth AI-powered agent in KnowBe4’s suite of AI agents for human risk management known as AIDA (Artificial Intelligence Defence Agents).

The AIDA Orchestration agent is an autonomous, AI-powered system for human risk management. It independently creates, schedules and manages personalised phishing security tests (PSTs) and security awareness training (SAT) at a user level that dynamically adapts to each person’s risk profile. This eliminates manual campaigns, reduces administrative burden and efficiently lowers organisational risk.

By reducing the time required to create personalised training from hours to seconds, the Orchestration agent frees security teams to focus on strategic initiatives while ensuring every individual receives the right training at the right time to reduce organisational risk.

The agent brings the following to organisations:

    Individual-Focused Personalisation: Departing from group-wide campaigns, the agent delivers unique phishing tests and training experiences based on real-time user performance.
    Always-On Operations: The system continuously monitors evolving threat landscapes and user engagement, dynamically adjusting strategies without human intervention.
    Intelligent Ecosystem Integration: AIDA Orchestration leverages the full suite of AIDA agents, including Template Generation and Remedial Training, to create a cohesive, data-driven security culture.
    Plan-Based Oversight: While the agent handles tactical execution, administrators maintain strategic control through "Plans", which define high-level constraints and guardrails for specific user groups.

This year marks ten years of the beta version of AIDA. With eight specialised agents available in-market, KnowBe4’s position of training humans and agents is reinforced as the only agentic human risk management provider in the industry.

According to the KnowBe4 State of Human Risk Report 2025, cybersecurity leaders rank AI-powered threats as their top security risk, with 45% citing constantly evolving AI threats as their greatest challenge. AI enables adversaries to remove traditional indications of an attack, generate realistic language at scale and craft messages tailored to specific roles, industries and even individuals.

“The launch of AIDA Orchestration represents a fundamental shift in how organisations approach human risk," said Bryan Palma, CEO at KnowBe4. "By moving from static, one-size-fits-all campaigns to an always-on, autonomous system, we are enabling security teams to deliver the right training at the right time. This saves hours of administrative work and it reduces organisational risk by treating every employee as an individual with unique security needs.”

An anonymous customer who has already been using KnowBe4’s AIDA Orchestration highly recommends the agent saying, "AIDA Orchestration is a game changer and time saver!"

For more information on the AIDA Orchestration Agent and other AI Defence Agents, visit https://www.knowbe4.com/products/aida/orchestration/.

About KnowBe4

KnowBe4 empowers workforces to make smarter security decisions every day. Trusted by more than 70,000 organisations worldwide, KnowBe4 builds security culture and helps teams manage both human and agent risk. The company delivers a comprehensive, agentic best-of-suite platform for Human Risk Management, creating an adaptive defence layer that reinforces secure behaviour against evolving cybersecurity threats. The HRM+ platform includes awareness training, integrated cloud email security, real-time coaching, crowdsourced anti-phishing, AI Defence Agents, and more. As AI becomes increasingly embedded in business operations, KnowBe4 prepares the modern workforce by training both humans and AI agents to recognise and respond to security risks. Through this unified approach, KnowBe4 leads workforce trust management and defence strategies. More info at knowbe4.com.

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Perma-Pipe Accelerates Growth with New U.S. Northeast Facility Investment to serve Artificial Intelligence Data Center customers, Provides Middle East Operations’ Update and Concludes the Board’s Review of Strategic Alternatives

 (BUSINESS WIRE)--Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) today announced a strategic expansion initiative focused on accelerating growth through entry into the high-demand U.S. Northeast region. The Company is positioning itself to capitalize on the rapidly expanding Artificial Intelligence (“AI”)-driven data center market in both the United States and international markets while continuing to reinforce its leadership in critical infrastructure solutions.

As part of this growth strategy, Perma-Pipe will prioritize investments aimed at expanding its presence in the rapidly evolving AI data center sector. The initiative reflects the Company’s long-term commitment to supporting next-generation technology infrastructure and strengthening its position in the global energy, industrial, and infrastructure markets.

Expansion in the U.S. Northeast

President & Chief Executive Officer, Saleh Sagr said, “We are excited to announce the expansion of our operations with a new facility in the Northeast, set to become operational in the second quarter of 2026. This facility will primarily focus on serving the rapidly growing AI-driven data center market, as well as the District Heating and Cooling sector. This strategic move supports our commitment to organic growth and strengthens our position as a global leader in the technology infrastructure ecosystem. Our primary focus will be on capitalizing on the significant potential in these key markets, both domestically and internationally. Furthermore, we are currently seeking to secure a new global banking agreement to provide enhanced liquidity, flexible financing options and expanded access to capital to support further investments in our growth.”

MENA Operations Update

Perma-Pipe also reaffirmed its strong operational position across the Middle East and North Africa region.

“Perma-Pipe remains fully committed to its operations throughout the MENA region. Despite ongoing regional conflicts our business operations have not been impacted. We have implemented comprehensive business continuity plans designed to mitigate potential risks and aim to ensure uninterrupted service to our customers and maintain operational stability and safety across all of our facilities,” Saleh Sagr added.

Market Dynamics Support Growth Strategy

As global demand for data processing capacity continues to accelerate, the Company believes that current market conditions present significant opportunities for infrastructure providers supporting AI and cloud computing.

“The rapid rise of artificial intelligence, cloud platforms and digital infrastructure is creating unprecedented demand for advanced data center solutions,” said Sagr. “Our strategic focus on AI data centers positions Perma-Pipe to capitalize on these powerful global trends. In addition, we are pursuing diversification into new product lines within the industrial and water sectors across both North America and the MENA region to further expand our market reach and ensure long-term resilience.

“We are excited about the future and the opportunities ahead for Perma-Pipe, with strong market demand, a disciplined growth strategy, new financial partnerships and robust business continuity planning, we are well positioned to execute on our strategic vision and capture the significant opportunities emerging in AI infrastructure, next-generation data centers and diversified industrial markets,” Saleh Sagr concluded.

Conclusion of the Board’s Exploration of Strategic Alternatives

The Board of Directors of the Company has concluded its process to explore strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value publicly announced on September 15, 2025. The review evaluated a wide range of value creating alternatives and after extensive evaluation and deliberation, in consultation with the Company’s legal and financial advisors, the Board unanimously determined that continuing to execute on the Company’s strategic plan as an independent public company is the best way to maximize value for shareholders at this time.

Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc.

Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: PPIH) is a global leader in pre-insulated piping and leak detection systems for oil and gas, district heating and cooling, and other applications. It uses its extensive engineering and fabrication expertise to develop piping solutions that solve complex challenges regarding the safe and efficient transportation of many types of liquids. In total, Perma-Pipe has operations at fourteen locations in six countries.

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Certain statements and other information contained in this press release that can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and are subject to the safe harbors created thereby, including, without limitation, statements regarding the expected future performance and operations of the Company. These statements should be considered as subject to the many risks and uncertainties that exist in the Company's operations and business environment. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: (i) the impact of public health crises on the Company's results of operations, financial condition and cash flows; (ii) fluctuations in the price of oil and natural gas and its impact on the customer order volume for the Company's products; (iii) the Company's ability to comply with all covenants in its credit facilities; (iv) the Company’s ability to repay its debt and renew expiring international credit facilities; (v) the Company’s ability to effectively execute its strategic plan and achieve profitability and positive cash flows; (vi) the impact of global economic weakness and volatility; (vii) fluctuations in steel prices and the Company’s ability to offset increases in steel prices through price increases in its products; (viii) the timing of order receipt, execution, delivery and acceptance for the Company’s products; (ix) decreases in government spending on projects using the Company’s products, and challenges to the Company’s non-government customers’ liquidity and access to capital funds; (x) the Company’s ability to successfully negotiate progress-billing arrangements for its large contracts; (xi) aggressive pricing by existing competitors and the entrance of new competitors in the markets in which the Company operates; (xii) the Company’s ability to purchase raw materials at favorable prices and to maintain beneficial relationships with its suppliers; (xiii) the Company’s ability to manufacture products free of latent defects and to recover from suppliers who may provide defective materials to the Company; (xiv) reductions or cancellations of orders included in the Company’s backlog; (xv) the Company's ability to collect an account receivable related to a project in the Middle East; (xvi) risks and uncertainties related to the Company's international business operations; (xvii) the Company’s ability to attract and retain senior management and key personnel; (xviii) the Company’s ability to achieve the expected benefits of its growth initiatives; (xix) the Company’s ability to interpret changes in tax regulations and legislation; (xx) the Company's ability to use its net operating loss carryforwards; (xxi) reversals of previously recorded revenue and profits resulting from inaccurate estimates made in connection with the Company’s percentage-of-completion revenue recognition; (xxii) the Company’s failure to establish and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting; and (xxiii) the impact of cybersecurity threats on the Company’s information technology systems. Shareholders, potential investors and other readers are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements made herein are made only as of the date of this press release and we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. More detailed information about factors that may affect our performance may be found in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which are available at https://www.sec.gov and under the Investor Center section of our website (http://investors.permapipe.com).

 

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Saleh Sagr, President and CEO

Perma-Pipe Investor Relations

847.929.1200

investor@permapipe.com

 

Boomi, a 12X Leader, Positioned Highest for Ability to Execute in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service

CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. - Wednesday, 18. March 2026

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boomi™, the data activation company, today announced it has been recognized as a Leader and positioned highest for Ability to Execute in the 2026 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS). This marks the 12th consecutive time Boomi has been named a Leader – the longest recognized vendor in the report’s history.

Boomi attributes its continued industry recognition to its unwavering commitment to innovation, customer success, and ecosystem growth. Over the past year, Boomi has accelerated its investments in integration and automation, APIM, agent management, and data management to help enterprises transform fragmented systems and data into orchestrated processes and governed agentic workflows.

Recent innovations include:

Boomi Data Integration and MFT - The acquisition of Rivery, now Boomi Data Integration, enhanced real-time data ingestion and analytics-ready pipelines, enabling customers to unify operational and analytical data at scale. Boomi’s acquisition of Thru, Inc. added enterprise-grade managed file transfer (MFT) capabilities, supporting secure, high-volume workloads — an expansion that has increased customer adoption by more than 270% following the acquisition. Additional innovations — including change data capture (CDC) ingestion for SAP — further expanded Boomi’s ability to support complex enterprise environments and modernization initiatives.

API Management and MCP Support - Boomi introduced comprehensive API management to help organizations securely expose, manage, and scale APIs alongside integrations and AI workflows. Boomi also broadened support for Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable more secure, agent-ready access to enterprise APIs, integrations, and data.

Boomi Agentstudio – Since its launch, Boomi Agentstudio, Boomi’s agent management platform (AMP), has seen rapid enterprise adoption as organizations scale agentic AI with built-in governance. More than 75,000 agents are now deployed in production, and partners have published hundreds of reusable agentic workflow assets through the Boomi Marketplace, accelerating time to value across real-world use cases.

Context Grounded Agents With Boomi Meta Hub - Establish a shared source of truth. Meta Hub builds on Boomi's proven foundation in master data management and enterprise connectivity, extending trusted data context across the entire AI ecosystem with a central system of record. By aligning data standards across the enterprise, Meta Hub ensures that AI agents and humans operate on consistent, trusted business logic rather than fragmented interpretations of data.

Customer and Partner Momentum Accelerates

With more than 30,000 customers globally, Boomi continues to serve as the trusted data activation partner for enterprises across industries, including customers like Tropicana, Toyota Australia, BNP Paribas, Chevron Federal Credit Union, and Moderna, who rely on Boomi to connect and automate their business-critical applications and data.

Boomi continues to expand its global partner ecosystem, strengthening alliances with leading global system integrators (GSIs), independent software vendors (ISVs) while deepening strategic collaborations with established technology and services providers. Partnerships with AWS, ServiceNow, DXC, EY, and more are supporting enterprise adoption of agentic AI initiatives and helping customers drive measurable business outcomes.

A Leader in Data Activation

“As organizations accelerate their shift to becoming AI-driven enterprises, data activation has emerged as a strategic imperative,” said Steve Lucas, Chairman and CEO at Boomi. “Our continued recognition as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS — and being positioned highest for Ability to Execute — in our opinion, reinforces that Boomi is not just keeping pace with the market, we’re defining it. We believe being recognized for the 12th consecutive year reflects the consistency of our innovation, the strength of our platform, and the measurable outcomes we deliver for customers worldwide.”

View the 2026 Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS here.

Additional Resources

See why Boomi was recognized as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for iPaaS here

Learn more about the Boomi Enterprise Platform

Follow Boomi on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and YouTube

Gartner Disclaimer:

Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Integration Platform as a Service, Andrew Humphreys, Keith Guttridge, Allan Wilkins, Shrey Pasricha, March 16, 2026.

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About Boomi

Boomi, the data activation company, brings data to life by integrating and governing it to power everything from AI to BI. The Boomi Enterprise Platform puts data in motion, uniting data readiness, integration and automation, and agent management in one comprehensive solution. Trusted by more than 30,000 customers and supported by a global network of 800+ partners, Boomi is driving agentic transformation — helping organizations of all sizes move faster, operate smarter, and innovate at scale. Discover more at boomi.com.

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Analyst Relations Contact:

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Analyst Relations

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Global Communications

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Andersen Consulting Expands Technology Platform in France

 SAN FRANCISCO - Thursday, 19. March 2026 AETOSWire 

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Andersen Consulting expands its digital transformation offering through a Collaboration Agreement with Teolia Consulting, a French firm specializing in project and product management, cloud platform engineering, data transformation, and Atlassian suite integration and adoption.

Founded in 2014, Teolia Consulting helps organizations achieve digital performance, from agile methodology to time-to-market solutions. The firm’s expertise is focused on delivering integrated strategies that align technology with organizational change. The firm works across industries including banking, insurance, fashion, and retail, empowering clients to strengthen resilience and accelerate digital maturity.

“At Teolia Consulting, we believe that true transformation happens when technology and people evolve together,” said Lucienne Jacquet, managing partner of Teolia. “By collaborating with Andersen Consulting, we not only amplify our impact but also gain access to a worldwide organization of like-minded individuals. This synergy enables us to deliver integrated solutions on a global scale, coordinate seamlessly across markets, and bring our technical depth to clients seeking to optimize performance.”

“Teolia Consulting combines deep technology expertise with proven digital transformation capabilities,” said Mark L. Vorsatz, global chairman and CEO of Andersen. “The firm’s technical strength and innovative solutions complement our platform, enabling us to deliver practical, results-driven outcomes for clients facing complex digital challenges.”

Andersen Consulting is a global consulting practice providing a comprehensive suite of services spanning corporate strategy, business, technology, and AI transformation, as well as human capital solutions. Andersen Consulting integrates with the multidimensional service model of Andersen Global, delivering world-class consulting, tax, legal, valuation, global mobility, and advisory expertise on a global platform with more than 50,000 professionals worldwide and a presence in over 1,000 locations through its member firms and collaborating firms. Andersen Consulting Holdings LP is a limited partnership and provides consulting solutions through its member firms and collaborating firms around the world.

 

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Hilton Announces Exclusive Agreement with YOTEL to Expand Global Footprint in Lifestyle Segment

 MCLEAN, Va. & LONDON 

Independent, design-led YOTEL brand gains reach through Hilton’s global distribution platform

Hilton Honors members gain access to a sleek, contemporary new way to stay

YOTEL will be the first independent brand as part of newly established Select by Hilton brand

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hilton (NYSE: HLT) today announced an exclusive agreement with YOTEL that will provide guests yet another way to stay within the hospitality leader’s growing global portfolio. With highly efficient hotels in urban markets, YOTEL has pioneered ways to meet changing guest needs through stays that feature smart room design, and clever tech-enabled features.

The franchise agreement with YOTEL expands Hilton’s network, filling a distinct customer need in the growing lifestyle segment in a manner consistent with its proven asset-light model. YOTEL will continue to independently manage and license its brand at 23 hotels across 10 countries, with a goal of more than tripling its portfolio in the coming years.

YOTEL will be the first brand in the newly established Select by Hilton. Select by Hilton is designed to grow into a brand that creates new ways to stay for guests, with the trust, confidence, and perks they expect from Hilton. High-quality, established hotel brands that join Select by Hilton will retain their own identity and brand management while they connect to the award-winning Hilton Honors loyalty program and enjoy the benefits of Hilton's superior distribution and technology platforms.

Launched in London in 2007, YOTEL has extended its innovative brand to hotels in key markets like New York, Tokyo, Amsterdam, Glasgow and Singapore with smart, efficient room designs that feature the YOTEL SmartBed™, which can transform from a flatbed to a sofa with the touch of a button, and tech-forward features like automated luggage storage.

“The addition of YOTEL to Hilton's network is the latest example of our commitment to capital efficient growth through a relationship that is both complementary to our existing brand portfolio and offers guests thoughtfully designed, sleek new ways to stay with Hilton in key urban locations around the world,” said Christian Charnaux, executive vice president and chief development officer, Hilton. “This agreement further strengthens our network effect by connecting a beloved independent brand like YOTEL into the powerful Hilton Honors network and commercial distribution system, while preserving what makes the brand unique.”

The Hilton brand increases visibility and demand for YOTEL without altering the experience that defines YOTEL’s brand, which will continue to operate with the same quality, intelligent design, and service style.

“Hilton brings unmatched global distribution and loyalty scale to our brand and business,” said Phil Andreopoulos, chief executive officer, YOTEL. “YOTEL’s relationship with Hilton allows us to expand our reach while staying true to who we are. What changes for YOTEL is access – not identity – in a capital-light, and scalable way.”

Once integrated into Hilton’s network, Hilton Honors members staying at participating YOTEL properties will enjoy the benefits of Hilton Honors, the award-winning guest loyalty program for Hilton’s world-class brands. The nearly 250 million Hilton Honors members who book directly through preferred Hilton channels have access to instant benefits and contactless technology exclusively through the industry-leading Hilton Honors app.

The first hotels are expected to be available for booking through Hilton channels later in 2026.

About Hilton

Hilton (NYSE: HLT) is a leading global hospitality company with a portfolio of 27 world-class brands comprising more than 9,100 properties and over 1.3 million rooms, in 143 countries and territories. Dedicated to fulfilling its founding vision to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality, Hilton has welcomed over 4 billion guests in its more than 100-year history. Named as the No. 1 World’s Best Workplace by Great Place to Work and Fortune, Hilton aims to create the best culture for its 500,000 team members around the world. Hilton has introduced industry-leading technology enhancements to improve the guest experience, including Digital Key Share, automated complimentary room upgrades and the ability to book confirmed connecting rooms. Through the award-winning guest loyalty program Hilton Honors, the nearly 250 million Hilton Honors members who book directly with Hilton can earn Points for hotel stays and experiences money can't buy. With the free Hilton Honors app, guests can book their stay, select their room, check in, unlock their door with a Digital Key and check out, all from their smartphone. Visit stories.hilton.com for more information, and connect with Hilton on Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

About YOTEL

YOTEL is a global hotel group with 23 properties in sought-after locations. YOTEL exists so guests sleep better, move faster and enjoy the destination more. From buzzing cities to bustling airports, YOTEL promises the luxury of time, the access of brilliant locations and the fun of discovery. Every stay.

Headquartered in London, the group’s portfolio consists of three brands: YOTEL (city centre hotels), YOTELPAD (extended stay option) and YOTELAIR (airport hotels). YOTEL is in cities across the world, including Amsterdam, Boston, Edinburgh, Geneva, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Miami, New York, Porto, San Francisco, Singapore, Tokyo and Washington DC, and at London Gatwick, Amsterdam Schiphol, Paris Charles de Gaulle, Istanbul, and Singapore Changi airports. Upcoming openings include Kuala Lumpur (2026), Athens (2027), Belfast (2028), Lisbon (2028) and NEOM (2029).

YOTEL’s major shareholders include the Talal Jassim Al-Bahar Group, United Investment Portugal, and Kuwait Real Estate Company (AQARAT).

YOTEL was originally created by YO! founder Simon Woodroffe OBE who took inspiration from the experience of first-class travel and translated that ethos, language and design into small but beautifully designed rooms. www.yo.co.uk. www.yotel.com

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Laserfiche Announces 2026 Run Smarter® Award Winners

 (BUSINESS WIRE)--Laserfiche — the leading SaaS provider of intelligent content management — today announced the winners of the 2026 Laserfiche Run Smarter® Awards.

These awards celebrate the visionaries and trailblazers who are redefining the possible, using Laserfiche to break down operational silos and catalyze a new era of enterprise-wide productivity. From a large city reimagining criminal justice to a financial services firm’s innovative use of AI for smarter service delivery: The winners enhance productivity, reimagine processes and improve lives with Laserfiche technology.

“The true power of Laserfiche has always been in how it unlocks value — whether that is through delivering actionable intelligence, cost savings, or reclaimed time to put toward innovation,” said Karl Chan, CEO of Laserfiche. “This year’s honorees are at the forefront of information management, with many of them leveraging cloud and AI technology to modernize processes and achieve business transformation.”

Congratulations to the 2026 Run Smarter Award winners:

• Doug Haubert, City Prosecutor, Long Beach City Prosecutor's Office: Nien-Ling Wacker Visionary of the Year
• Young Lee, Information Systems Analyst, City of Camarillo, California: Digital Transformation Leader of the Year
• Priya Karthick, Enterprise IT Technologist, Texas A&M Technology Services: Laserfiche Champion of the Year
• Choctaw Nation IT Tribal Solutions: Best Program ROI
• Palo Alto Unified School District Information Services: Change Maker of the Year
• Kansas State University: Laserfiche Program of the Year, U.S./Canada
• Albany Trustee Company Limited: Laserfiche Program of the Year, EMEA
• City of Tucson Department Applications Team: Laserfiche Team of the Year

Learn more about the Laserfiche Run Smarter Award winners here.

Laserfiche will celebrate the winners during the 2026 Empower conference. Click here to register for the conference.

About Laserfiche

Laserfiche is the leading enterprise platform that helps organizations digitally transform operations and manage their content with AI-powered solutions. Through scalable workflows, customizable forms, no-code templates and AI-enabled capabilities, the Laserfiche® document management platform accelerates how business gets done. Trusted by organizations of all sizes — from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises — Laserfiche empowers teams to boost productivity, foster collaboration, and deliver a superior customer experience at scale. Headquartered in Long Beach, California, Laserfiche operates globally, with offices across North America, Europe, and Asia.

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Keenfolks Launches KEENFOLKS X_

 LONDON & BARCELONA, Spain - 

A Global AI-Native Marketing Infrastructure Network for Enterprise Growth

Keenfolks, the AI transformation partner behind marketing initiatives for brands including Coca-Cola, Diageo, Mars, Reckitt, Nestlé and Merck-MSD, today announced the launch of KEENFOLKS X_, a new global marketing network designed to operate on shared AI infrastructure

(BUSINESS WIRE)--The traditional holding company model that has shaped global marketing for decades is facing increasing pressure as capital markets, consolidation activity, and client demands point to a need for structural change.

The marketing industry is searching for a new model. The question is no longer whether agencies need to change, but which ones were built for this shift from the start.

Keenfolks, the Integrative AI® partner built natively for the Age of Intelligence, today announces the launch of KEENFOLKS X_ — a new global AI-native marketing network designed to help organizations move beyond fragmented services and toward intelligent systems, scalable solutions, and measurable transformation.

The network is built on K OS_, Keenfolks’ proprietary marketing operating system, which connects intelligence, data, automation, and execution into reusable marketing systems.

The objective is clear: to help organisations move beyond fragmented agency delivery and build scalable marketing capabilities powered by AI.

The Industry Shift

Over the past decade, marketing organisations have accumulated increasingly complex technology stacks, fragmented agency ecosystems, and disconnected data environments. While these structures worked in a campaign-driven era, they struggle to operate effectively in a world where marketing performance is increasingly shaped by:

Real-time data

AI decision systems

Automated content and media production

Continuous optimisation loops

In this environment, competitive advantage comes not from isolated campaigns, but from integrated marketing systems that learn and improve over time. KEENFOLKS X_ was designed specifically to build and operate those systems.

“The industry is looking for a new model, but for us this is not a future idea — it is an operating reality. KEENFOLKS X_ is how we scale an AI-native way of working that enterprise brands already trust: connecting intelligence, platforms, workflows, and experiences into systems that perform, learn, and compound value over time. We believe the next era will belong to partners who do more than deliver campaigns — they help build the intelligent systems and growth engines behind modern marketing.”

— Miguel Machado, CEO and Co-Founder, Keenfolks

The Platform: K OS_

At the core of the model is K OS_, Keenfolks’ AI-native marketing operating system. The platform connects four foundational layers:

Intelligence: AI-driven analysis of marketing performance, consumer behaviour, and market signals.

Platforms: Integration with CRM, media, commerce, and marketing technology environments.

Workflows: Agent-driven processes that automate planning, production, personalisation, and optimisation.

Experiences: The execution layer where brands deploy campaigns, content ecosystems, and digital experiences.

Together, these layers transform marketing from a collection of services into a continuously improving operational system.

From Services to Systems

Keenfolks has spent the past several years helping enterprise organisations build these systems.

One example is Diageo’s “What’s Your Cocktail” platform, an AI-driven personalisation engine that analysed behaviour across 51 million consumers in the US and UK. The system delivered cocktail recommendations at key decision points, generating engagement rates more than 4X the industry benchmark. More importantly, the system continues to learn and improve over time. KEENFOLKS X_ extends this approach globally.

The Economic Model

The network introduces a new commercial structure that moves beyond traditional agency economics.

KEENFOLKS X_ operates through three engagement models:

Transformation partnerships: Building AI-driven marketing systems for enterprise organisations.

Solution development: Creating reusable products and capabilities across the network.

Venture co-creation: Working with clients to build new data, technology, and marketing ventures.

This approach allows Keenfolks and its partners to participate in long-term value creation rather than short-term project delivery.

Network Expansion

Founded in Barcelona and with offices in London, New York, and Mexico City, Keenfolks currently delivery activity across 50+ markets. The launch of KEENFOLKS X_ marks the beginning of the company’s next phase of growth.

Over the coming months, Keenfolks will begin confirming strategic partners across key markets and expanding the network’s global delivery capabilities. The company is also exploring venture funding to accelerate the development of new AI-driven marketing infrastructure and solutions.

About KEENFOLKS X_

KEENFOLKS X_ is Keenfolks' global AI-native marketing network for the Age of Intelligence. Built on K OS_, it connects intelligence, platforms, workflows, and experiences into reusable intelligent systems and scalable solutions that help organisations move beyond fragmented marketing delivery. Through this model, Keenfolks combines transformation services, solution building, venture co-creation, and selected risk-share structures to create more durable and measurable value for clients.

About Keenfolks

Keenfolks is the Integrative AI® partner built for the Age of Intelligence. Founded in Barcelona, with offices in London, New York, and Mexico City and delivery activity across 50+ countries, Keenfolks helps global brands evolve their marketing practice through intelligent systems that connect strategy, data, technology, media, CRM, and creative execution. Clients include Coca-Cola, Diageo, Kellanova, Reckitt, Mars, Nestlé, and Merck-MSD.

About Miguel Machado

Miguel Machado is the CEO and Co-Founder of Keenfolks and Og.ai. He has led AI-driven marketing transformation for global brands including Coca-Cola, Diageo, Mars, Reckitt, Merck-MSD, and Nestlé. A frequent keynote speaker and host of the AI Marketing Transformation Podcast, he focuses on building practical frameworks that connect strategy, technology, data, and human capability for the Age of Intelligence.

 

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Morocco’s FRMF Welcomes CAF Appeal Board as Upholding Rules, Stability of International Competitions

  Following the announcement by the CAF Appeal Board, the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) welcomes the decision, which reaffirms the primacy of competition regulations and reinforces the conditions necessary for the proper conduct of international tournaments.

From the outset, following the incidents that led to the interruption of the match, the FRMF maintained a clear and consistent position: the strict application of the governing regulations. The Federation’s approach was solely guided by this principle.

Following its appeal, CAF has now confirmed that the applicable regulations were not properly enforced.

Throughout the process, the FRMF acted in full compliance with all relevant legal and procedural frameworks, with a constant focus on upholding its rights and preserving the integrity of the competition.

This decision provides clarity on the applicable framework and strengthens the consistency and credibility of international competitions, particularly within African football.

The FRMF remains committed to the consistent and fair application of competition regulations across all continental and international bodies. It now turns its focus to the upcoming sporting calendar, including the FIFA World Cup and the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations scheduled for this summer.

The FRMF also commends all participating nations in this year’s Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which once again highlighted the strength and dynamism of African football.

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Andersen Consulting Bolsters Cybersecurity Offering Through Collaboration with Trillium Information Security Systems

 (BUSINESS WIRE)--Andersen Consulting strengthens its technology and risk management capabilities through a Collaboration Agreement with Trillium Information Security Systems (TISS), a cybersecurity firm.

With a presence in Canada and Pakistan, TISS delivers comprehensive cybersecurity solutions to organizations across the financial services, telecommunications, and public sectors. The firm’s team offers a broad suite of services, including security assessments, managed security operations, red team services, digital forensics & incident response, and GRC advisory. With nearly two decades of experience, TISS provides adaptive, intelligence-driven defenses that help clients anticipate and respond to evolving cyber threats.

“At TISS, we work to create a safer digital environment by empowering organizations to operate securely and with confidence,” said Mahir Mohsin Sheikh, CEO of TISS. “Our collaboration with Andersen Consulting allows us to combine our deep technical expertise with a global consulting framework, enabling clients across the globe to build cybersecurity strategies that are proactive, scalable, and resilient.”

Global Chairman and CEO of Andersen, Mark L. Vorsatz added, “TISS has established itself as a leader in cybersecurity, safeguarding critical infrastructure and enterprise systems. Our collaboration strengthens our ability to deliver holistic technology and risk solutions that help clients protect, adapt, and grow in a rapidly changing environment.”

Andersen Consulting is a global consulting practice providing a comprehensive suite of services spanning corporate strategy, business, technology, and AI transformation, as well as human capital solutions. Andersen Consulting integrates with the multidimensional service model of Andersen Global, delivering world-class consulting, tax, legal, valuation, global mobility, and advisory expertise on a global platform with more than 50,000 professionals worldwide and a presence in over 1,000 locations through its member firms and collaborating firms. Andersen Consulting Holdings LP is a limited partnership and provides consulting solutions through its member firms and collaborating firms around the world.

 

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Smartly Signs Letter of Intent to Acquire INCRMNTAL

 Integration will combine creative and media orchestration with always-on incrementality measurement across social, commerce, and CTV

 

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smartly today announced it has entered into a letter of intent to acquire INCRMNTAL, a pioneering AI-powered incrementality measurement platform that delivers real-time insights into the incremental impact of marketing investments across channels without relying on user-level data or tracking.

As brands activate across social, commerce, and premium CTV, understanding what actually drives incremental growth has become increasingly complex. By combining INCRMNTAL’s real-time incrementality insights with Smartly's platform that enables advertisers to turn insights into action across channels, marketers can continuously direct investment to what drives business outcomes. The integration will translate incrementality signals into real-time planning and optimization within Smartly, helping brands and agencies allocate budgets with greater confidence.

“Marketing leaders today are demanding better measurement for performance and accountability,” said Laura Desmond, CEO of Smartly. “Incrementality is becoming increasingly important in a world where traditional approaches are challenged to move at the speed of AI and the changing consumer journey. With INCRMNTAL, Smartly enables marketers to connect what’s happening in their business outcomes in real time with how they optimize media, creative, and campaigns, so they can see performance as it happens and take immediate action.”

INCRMNTAL’s AI-powered always-on methodology analyzes natural fluctuations in campaign activity instead of forcing marketers to exclude audiences, pause campaigns, or run formal experiments. The solution complements marketers’ existing measurement tools, including marketing mix modeling (MMM) and multi-touch attribution (MTA).

With this acquisition, Smartly will reinforce its position as the platform that connects creative, media, and intelligence, helping marketers orchestrate performance with confidence.

About Smartly

Smartly is the AI-powered advertising technology company ranked as the leader in The Forrester Wave™: Creative Advertising Technologies. Our platform unifies creative and media to produce intelligent creative, dynamic, data-driven image and video assets optimized for seamless activation across channels. Brands manage, optimize, and scale high-performance campaigns in one place, achieving PwC-validated results, including a 5.5x return on ad spend (ROAS) and 42 minutes saved every hour.

We support 800+ brands and manage over $7 billion in ad spend globally. With strategic partnerships across major media platforms, including Amazon, Google, Meta, Pinterest, Reddit, Snap, Spotify, and TikTok, we help Fortune 500 companies deliver relevant advertising at speed and scale. Backed by deep media expertise and best-in-class customer support, we empower brands to maximize performance and drive real business outcomes. Visit Smartly.io to learn more.

About INCRMNTAL

INCRMNTAL is an AI-powered marketing measurement platform that delivers actionable incrementality measurement for advertising campaigns. The platform provides always-on insights without relying on user-level data or planned experiments, using technological innovation, reinforcement learning, and causal AI to reveal the true impact of marketing across Mobile, Web, TV & CTV, Influencers, OOH & DOOH, Audio, and Podcasts.

Learn more at www.incrmntal.com

 

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Bentley Systems Announces 2026 Year in Infrastructure Event and YII Awards Honoring the World’s Most Innovative Use of Infrastructure Engineering Software

 EXTON, Pa. 

Awards build on a two-decade legacy of recognized innovation, setting the benchmark for excellence across the world’s most critical infrastructure assets

Call for nominations now open; submissions will be accepted through May 3, 2026

 

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bentley Systems, Incorporated (NASDAQ: BSY), the infrastructure engineering software company, today announced the opening of submissions for the Year in Infrastructure event and YII Awards program, which recognizes digital innovation in how infrastructure is designed, built, and operated using Bentley software. Submissions will be accepted through May 3, at 11:59 p.m. EDT.

“Originally, the Bentley awards recognized designers who used 3D technology to drive efficiency,” said Monica Schnitger, founder, president, and principal analyst of Schnitger Corporation. “Now they assess how massive projects are building and leveraging rich data assets to create value throughout the entire lifecycle of a project — from initial financial decision-making through design and construction.”

Over the past two decades, more than 5,500 of the world’s most significant infrastructure projects have participated in Bentley’s award program. Past winners have included landmark projects such as the digital twin for structural monitoring of St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City; the Seine Nord Europe Canal in France; the Thames Tideway Tunnel in the UK; Siemensstadt Square in Germany; Sydney Airport in Australia; the Fairmont Udaipur Palace in India; the Beijing Zhangjiakou highspeed railway in China; the Ontario Line subway in Canada; and EchoWater, one of the largest agricultural water recycling facilities in the United States. These projects demonstrate how digital innovation delivers measurable economic, environmental, and societal impact.

“Around the world, infrastructure professionals rely on Bentley software to design, build, and operate infrastructure that is more resilient, efficient, and sustainable,” said Cate Lochead, chief marketing officer at Bentley Systems. “The YII Awards celebrate real world results from teams that are innovating in areas that include ground informed design, connected data, and AI. It is important to promote this work as best practice as these achievements set a new standard for what’s possible across the infrastructure ecosystem.”

Submissions are evaluated by independent panels of industry experts based on digital advancement and quantifiable results, including improvements in efficiency, cost performance, resilience, and sustainability.

The YII Awards 2026 recognize excellence across the full spectrum of infrastructure disciplines and innovation, with categories including Bridges and Tunnels; Cities and Facilities; Construction; Energy Production; Geospatial and Reality Modeling; Project Delivery; Rail and Transit; Roads and Highways; Structural Engineering; Subsurface Modeling and Analysis; Transmission and Distribution; and Water and Wastewater. Finalist projects contribute to the industry through detailed project stories, digital playbooks, and presentations shared as part of the awards program.

Submission Details:

Opens: March 18, 2026

Closes: May 3, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EDT

Eligibility: Projects of any size or stage that utilize Bentley software

Finalists and Winners: Finalists will be announced in August 2026. Finalists will be invited to present their projects at the Year in Infrastructure event in Singapore, October 6-7, where category winners will be revealed.

For more information or to submit a project, visit Awards | The Year in Infrastructure | Bentley Systems.

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About Bentley Systems

Around the world, infrastructure professionals rely on software from Bentley Systems to help them design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure for transportation, water, energy, cities, and more. Founded in 1984 by engineers for engineers, Bentley is the partner of choice for engineering firms and owner-operators worldwide, with software that spans engineering disciplines, industry sectors, and all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. Through our digital twin solutions, we help infrastructure professionals unlock the value of their data to transform project delivery and asset performance.

© 2026 Bentley Systems, Incorporated. Bentley and the Bentley logo are registered trademarks of Bentley Systems, Incorporated. All other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners.

 

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The Swoosh Meets the ‘b’: Beats and Nike Unveil Historic First-Ever Collaboration for Powerbeats Pro 2

  CULVER CITY, Calif. - Tuesday, 17. March 2026 AETOSWire

LeBron James trades the court for the course in a star-studded campaign celebrating the ultimate performance crossover

 

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Beats and Nike announced the first hardware collaboration in their shared history: Powerbeats Pro 2 – Nike Special Edition. In a landmark design shift, Beats has—for the first time—shared its iconic earbud real estate with a partner, featuring the Nike Swoosh on the right bud and the signature Beats “b” on the left.

The limited-edition release marries Nike’s high-energy “Volt” color palette with the industry-leading audio tech of the Powerbeats Pro 2. The result is a performance tool built to bridge the gap between elite sport and street style.

The Nike Special Edition arrives in a striking matte black, Volt-speckled charging case. Upon opening, users are greeted by Nike’s “JUST DO IT” mantra printed inside the lid. While the aesthetic is new, the internals are pure power:

Pro-Level Sound: Adaptive Active Noise Cancelling (ANC) and Transparency mode

Biometric Integration: Built-in Heart Rate Monitoring that syncs seamlessly with the Fitness app and Nike Run Club1

Athlete Endurance: Up to 45 hours of battery life with the charging case and IPX4-rated sweat and water resistance2

Secure Fit: Signature wrap-around earhooks designed to stay put from the weight room to the 18th green

“This isn't just a new colorway; it’s a collision of two brands that define performance, culture, and sports—the attributes of today’s athlete,” said Chris Thorne, CMO of Beats. “By placing the Swoosh on our hardware for the first time, we’re honoring the shared DNA of Beats and Nike—and celebrating ambassadors like LeBron James who embody both. It’s a tribute to the grit, style, and sound that push people to their limits.”

To accompany the launch, Beats tapped longtime brand ambassador LeBron James for a comedic campaign that proves you don't need to be perfect to play. In “Keep Your Head in The Game,” James hits the green with less-than-elite golf skills—but with Powerbeats Pro 2, he tunes out the critics (played by professional golfer Tom Kim and actors Lionel Boyce and Travis "Taco" Bennett) and embraces the game on his own terms. Watch it here.

“When two iconic brands like Beats and Nike come together, it's more than a collaboration—for me, it's family,” said LeBron James. “I’ve been part of the Beats journey since day one with the original Powerbeats, and the Powerbeats Pro 2 represent everything I need in my daily routine, whether I'm training, recovering, or just living life. These aren't just my go-to earbuds—they're built for anyone who refuses to compromise on performance.”

To learn more about the collaboration and sign up for launch updates, visit Nike.Beats.

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Pricing and Availability

Powerbeats Pro 2 – Nike Special Edition will be available to purchase on Friday, March 20, for $249.99 USD at Apple.com in the United States, United Kingdom, China, Japan, Germany, Canada, Australia, Singapore, France, Spain, India, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Hong Kong. It will also be available at Nike.com in the United States and select Apple Store locations in the United States, United Kingdom, China, and Singapore.

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1. Compatible hardware and software required.

2. Powerbeats Pro 2 are sweat and water resistant for non-water sports and exercise. Powerbeats Pro 2 were tested under controlled laboratory conditions, and have a rating of IPX4 under IEC standard 60529. Sweat and water resistance are not permanent conditions and resistance might decrease as a result of normal wear. Do not attempt to charge wet Powerbeats Pro 2; refer to https://support.apple.com/en-us/102013 for cleaning and drying instructions. The charging case is not sweat or water resistant.

 

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Rimini Street Announces Participation in the ROTH Capital Partners 38th Annual Investor Conference

 (BUSINESS WIRE)--Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a global provider of end-to-end enterprise software support, managed services and Agentic AI ERP innovation solutions, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced the following upcoming ROTH Capital Partners Investor Conference, March 23 and 24, 2026, in Laguna Niguel, California:

Seth Ravin, CEO, and Dean Pohl, vice president, treasurer and investor relations, will participate in one-on-one and small group meetings (Seth Ravin, March 23 only)

Seth Ravin will participate in a panel discussion led by ROTH Capital Partners Managing Director, Senior Research Analyst Rich Baldry, titled “Software: Risks, Opportunities & Realities of the AI Emergence” on March 23, 2:00 p.m. – 2:55 p.m. Pacific Time, Webcast Link

To schedule a meeting, please contact your ROTH Capital salesperson or Rimini Street IR at IR@riministreet.com.

Please visit the Rimini Street investor relations site for additional information regarding the Company and other upcoming Investor Events.

About Rimini Street, Inc.

Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), a Russell 2000® Company, is a proven, trusted global provider of end-to-end, mission-critical enterprise software support, managed services and innovative Agentic AI ERP solutions, and is the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software. The Company has signed thousands of IT service contracts with Fortune Global 100, Fortune 500, midmarket, public sector and government organizations who have leveraged the Rimini Smart Path™ methodology to achieve better operational outcomes, billions of US dollars in savings and fund AI and other innovation.

To learn more, please visit www.riministreet.com, and connect with Rimini Street on X, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

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Elliptic Integrates With Tempo, the Payments-First Blockchain

 NEW YORK - Wednesday, 18. March 2026 AETOSWire Print 

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elliptic, the leader in digital asset decisioning, today announced full blockchain coverage for Tempo, the payments-first Layer-1 blockchain incubated by Stripe and Paradigm. With this integration, compliance and investigation teams gain full visibility into one of the most significant expansions of real-world financial activity onto blockchain infrastructure.

"We're excited to have Elliptic providing compliance infrastructure on Tempo from day one. As payments move onchain at scale, builders and their customers need real-time tools to meet regulatory requirements without slowing down." – Nischay Upadhyayula, GTM, Tempo

Tempo is a Layer-1 blockchain designed for real-world payments at scale, with sub-second finality and high throughput. Incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, Tempo is built for the transaction volumes that global commerce demands. Elliptic’s blockchain analytics platform is purpose-built to analyse on-chain data at this scale.

“Tempo’s payment-specific blockchain infrastructure reflects what we've been saying for years: Digital assets are moving from experimental to foundational,” said Jackson Hull, CTO at Elliptic.

“Tempo isn't designed for thousands of transactions per day. It's designed for more than 100,000 transactions per second, as agents, businesses and consumers increasingly transact on chain. Elliptic's infrastructure is purpose-built to handle data at this scale. Our Tempo integration gives compliance teams the visibility they need as blockchain payments grow exponentially.”

Through this integration, Elliptic’s customers gain the same comprehensive monitoring and investigation capabilities on Tempo as on other blockchains. Customers can:

Screen wallet addresses in real time for exposure to sanctions and illicit activity

Trace cross-chain fund flows between Tempo and other blockchains

Monitor stablecoin transactions across Tempo’s high-throughput infrastructure

Access historical and real-time data for compliance workflows and case management

Maintain consistent compliance standards across blockchain networks

Elliptic continually expands coverage to support major blockchains, serving 500+ financial institutions, exchanges, and regulators worldwide.

About Elliptic

Elliptic is the leader in digital asset decisioning, we have built the most comprehensive platform for efficiently extracting crypto data and intelligence across blockchains with the greatest accuracy.

Our platform’s unrivalled uptime, scalability, depth and breadth of our data and intelligence means exacting organizations choose Elliptic for their compliance, risk management, intelligence operations and blockchain infrastructure needs.

Founded in 2013, Elliptic is headquartered in London with offices in New York, Washington D.C., Dubai, Singapore and Tokyo. To learn more, visit www.elliptic.co and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

 

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Samsung Bioepis Enters into Partnership Agreement with Sandoz for Up to Five Next-Generation Biosimilar Candidates

 INCHEON, Korea - Wednesday, 18. March 2026 AETOSWire 

The agreement covers up to five assets, including SB36, a biosimilar candidate referencing Entyvio (vedolizumab), for collaboration of development and commercialization in global markets excluding China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and Republic of Korea

Samsung Bioepis continues to pave the way for access to life-changing medicines by advancing a biosimilar pipeline across immunology and oncology

 

(BUSINESS WIRE)--Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd. announced today that the company has entered into a global license, development and commercialization agreement (DCA) with Sandoz for up to five biosimilar candidates under development by Samsung Bioepis, including SB36, a biosimilar candidate referencing Entyvio1 (vedolizumab). The other terms of the agreement remain confidential.

Under the terms of the agreement, Samsung Bioepis will be responsible for development, regulatory registration in key markets, and manufacture of the biosimilars, while Sandoz will be responsible for commercialization in global markets, excluding China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and Republic of Korea.

“We are very pleased to expand our successful partnership with Sandoz and to secure commercialization agreement for multiple biosimilar assets that are in early-stage development. The agreement is a significant progress in improving access to biologic medicines for patients living with debilitating conditions, who have limited access to life-changing medicines,” said Kyung-Ah Kim, President and Chief Executive Officer, Samsung Bioepis. “At Samsung Bioepis, we will continue to demonstrate our enduring commitment to biosimilars by further strengthening our pipeline and widening their availability for patients and healthcare systems across the world.”

SB36, under pre-clinical development at Samsung Bioepis, references Entyvio (vedolizumab) which is indicated for the treatment of adult patients with Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis and pouchitis.2

The agreement builds on the global partnership between the two companies for PYZCHIVA® (ustekinumab) established in September 2023. PYZCHIVA was first launched in Europe in July 2024 and in the United States in February 2025. In December 2025, the companies also signed an agreement for the commercialization of EPYSQLI™, a biosimilar to Soliris3 (eculizumab), for the Middle East and Africa region.

About Samsung Bioepis Co., Ltd.

Established in 2012, Samsung Bioepis is a biopharmaceutical company committed to realizing healthcare that is accessible to everyone. Through innovations in product development and a firm commitment to quality, Samsung Bioepis aims to become the world's leading biopharmaceutical company. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Epis Holdings, Samsung Bioepis continues to advance a broad pipeline of biologic candidates that cover a spectrum of therapeutic areas, including immunology, oncology, ophthalmology, hematology, nephrology, endocrinology. For more information, please visit www.samsungbioepis.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

   

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Entyvio is a registered trademark of Takeda Pharmaceuticals

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European Medicines Agency (EMA). Entyvio. Summary of Product Characteristics. Available at: Entyvio, INN-vedolizumab. Last accessed March 2026

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Soliris is a registered trademark of Alexion Pharmaceuticals

 

 

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Royal Moroccan Football Federation acknowledges decision rendered by the CAF Appeals Committee

 The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) wishes to reiterate that its appeal was ever aimed at contesting the sporting merit or performance of the teams involved in this tournament, but solely to ensure the proper enforcement of competition regulations.

The federation reaffirms its commitment to respecting the regulations, ensuring the clarity of the competitive framework and maintaining the stability of African football competitions.

The Federation also wishes to commend all the nations that participated in this year’s edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), which served as a significant moment for African football.

The FRMF will issue a more comprehensive official statement in the coming days after a scheduled meeting of its governing bodies.

 

 

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LTM Named NVIDIA Partner Network ‘Rising Star Consulting Partner of the Year’ at NVIDIA GTC 2026

 (BUSINESS WIRE)--LTM, the Business Creativity partner to the world’s largest enterprises, has been recognized as the NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN) ‘Rising Star Consulting Partner of the Year’ at NVIDIA GTC 2026. The award recognizes LTM’s strong collaboration with NVIDIA and its growing impact in helping enterprises move from AI experimentation to scalable, enterprise-ready adoption.

The NVIDIA Partner Network (NPN) brings together a global ecosystem of technology and consulting partners working closely with NVIDIA to deliver advanced AI solutions. Being an NPN partner is about collaborating deeply with NVIDIA to help clients transition from AI pilots to enterprise-scale deployments combining NVIDIA’s advanced AI technologies with LTM’s industry and domain expertise to drive real-world outcomes.

The Rising Star Consulting Partner of the Year award highlights LTM’s momentum in delivering AI solutions that are production-grade, secure, and designed for enterprise scale. This NPN award is a significant recognition for LTM and reflects the strength of its collaboration with NVIDIA, as well as shared commitment to delivering AI solutions that create meaningful and measurable value for clients.

“Being part of the NVIDIA Partner Network is extremely meaningful because it places us at the centre of NVIDIA’s innovation ecosystem. Direct collaboration with NVIDIA’s innovators, product leaders, and experts enables us to rapidly build, refine, and scale enterprise-ready AI solutions, significantly accelerating the journey from concept to customer impact,” said Venu Lambu, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, LTM.

As AI becomes foundational to enterprise strategy, solutions built on NVIDIA’s trusted technology are expanding new opportunities for clients to innovate with confidence, while ensuring performance, security, and scalability. Through its collaboration with NVIDIA, LTM continues to support enterprises across industries in adopting AI responsibly and at scale.

About LTM:

LTM is a global technology services and consulting company and the business creativity partner to the world’s largest and most disruptive companies. We bring human insights and intelligent systems together to help enterprises across industries rewire their business models, accelerate innovation, and drive AI-centric growth. With our integrated operations, transformation, and business AI services, we design and deliver solutions that create new productivity paradigms and new roads to value. Together with 87,000 employees across 40 countries and our global network of hyperscaler partners, LTM - A Larsen & Toubro company - owns business outcomes for over 700 clients, helping them to not simply outperform the market, but to Outcreate it. Read more at LTM.com.

 

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HyperLight Introduces 400G-per-lane TFLN PICs on its Chiplet™ Platform for Next-Generation AI Interconnects

 (BUSINESS WIRE)--HyperLight Corporation (“HyperLight”), creator of the TFLN Chiplet™ Platform, today announced the availability of 400G-per-lane thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated circuits (PICs) designed for next-generation AI networking infrastructure. The new PIC family delivers low insertion loss, low drive voltage operation, and exceptional electro-optic bandwidth, enabling energy-efficient and high-performance 400G-per-lane optical links.

The transition to 400G-per-lane is a critical step for future AI infrastructure, enabling higher interconnect bandwidth and improved system density. HyperLight’s 400G-per-lane TFLN PICs provide the large electro-optic bandwidth and low-voltage operation required to support these next-generation optical links, where bandwidth, signal integrity, and power efficiency are increasingly challenging for electronic ICs to sustain.

HyperLight’s TFLN devices combine high modulation efficiency with extremely low optical loss, enabling transmitter architectures powered by single- or dual-laser configurations. The devices are manufactured using HyperLight’s TFLN Chiplet™ Platform, designed for scalable production of high-performance TFLN photonic devices.

“400G-per-lane is a prime example of where the advantages of TFLN become clear,” said Mian Zhang, CEO of HyperLight. “While 400G-per-lane pushes the limits of many technologies from a bandwidth perspective, TFLN provides ample bandwidth margin while maintaining low drive voltage. This enables excellent manufacturability while significantly reducing module power.”

“As the industry moves toward the 400G-per-lane era, the performance of optical components becomes increasingly critical,” said Vijay Janapaty, Vice President and General Manager of Broadcom’s Physical Layer Products Division. “HyperLight’s high-bandwidth TFLN transmitter PIC, combined with Broadcom’s Taurus™ DSP platform, enables exceptional signal integrity and energy efficiency for next-generation optical interconnects.”

“HyperLight’s TFLN solution plays an important role in enabling high-performance and power-efficient 400G-per-lane optical transceivers,” said Richard Huang, CEO of Eoptolink. “The superior performance of the TFLN PIC reduces the need for dedicated external drivers, lowers laser count, and simplifies module integration — ultimately improving power efficiency, cost, and reliability.”

About HyperLight

HyperLight delivers high-performance integrated photonics solutions based on thin-film lithium niobate technology. The company combines the electro-optic advantages of TFLN with scalable manufacturing, test, and integration to enable next-generation optical engines for AI data centers, telecom and metro networks, and emerging photonics markets.

Website: https://www.hyperlightcorp.com

 

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NetApp Accelerates Momentum in AI Leadership with NVIDIA

 (BUSINESS WIRE)--NetApp® (NASDAQ: NTAP), the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, today announced enhancements to its enterprise-grade data platform, enabling customers to remove roadblocks to AI innovation. In addition to supporting the latest innovations from NVIDIA announced at GTC, NetApp is launching NetApp AI Data Engine (AIDE)—a secure, unified AI data platform stack co-engineered with NVIDIA and integrated with the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design.

A foundational challenge for AI is enabling enterprises to discover, understand, and govern the data they have across their global data estates. If data is AI’s fuel, finding and using the best data is essential to making truly transformative AI. NetApp AIDE helps enterprises solve this need through an automatically created—and continuously updated—global metadata catalog with powerful search capabilities. Critically, the NetApp AIDE metadata catalog goes beyond standard file system metadata and actively analyzes file content to semantically enrich metadata in place, rather than introducing additional security concerns and expense by moving the data multiple times. This enriched metadata enables enterprises to find, curate, use, and govern data in order to feed and use the correct and most up-to-date data throughout the AI data pipeline—from selection and transformation through retrieval and serving to AI applications and agents.

“Despite massive investments and market pressures to leverage AI for improved productivity and enhanced business decision making, data challenges are bottlenecking projects before they even reach production,” said Syam Nair, Chief Product Officer at NetApp. “To take back control of their data, customers need a mature enterprise-grade data platform that was designed disaggregated and intelligent from the beginning so that storage, services, and control scale independently without lock-in. Leveraging the NetApp data platform, including NetApp AIDE and support for NVIDIA’s leading AI capabilities, we’re helping customers build enterprise grade AI factories supported by our high-performance unified storage platform.”

NetApp AIDE will be launching this month for an initial wave of lighthouse customers and partners, with broad availability coming early summer. As a strong champion of open technology ecosystems NetApp will also continue to deliver integrations across a number of ISV partners, both on-premises and in the cloud, providing the deep and seamless integrations essential for customers bringing production AI workloads to life. Examples of these ISV partner integrations that will be available very soon include leading AI app development platforms and frameworks built on hyperscale cloud services such as Microsoft Azure‑based AI applications, Google Cloud’s Vertex AI platform, and LangChain, enabling customers to rapidly build AI apps that securely leverage their unstructured enterprise data, continuously made AI-ready in-place.

Over the next few months, NetApp AIDE will extend to support an increasing number of deployment options, giving customers broad infrastructure flexibility. AIDE is an integrated set of software solutions that customers will soon be able to run on various server options to help best suit customers’ individual use cases and needs. For example, customers will be able to use NetApp AIDE across their data estate with the new NVIDIA RTX PRO™ 4500 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs announced today at NVIDIA GTC and NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs. NetApp AIDE will also quickly extend to support deployments directly into a wide variety of new and existing NetApp storage environments—including AFF A-Series, AFF C-Series, and FAS.

And, this summer, NetApp AIDE will add several more capabilities. Expansive hybrid cloud support will bring NetApp AIDE capabilities to enterprise data no matter where it lives—seamlessly across on-premises and cloud storage. NetApp AIDE will also evolve to include new multimodal data capabilities—extending the breadth of NetApp AIDE capabilities to include visual data, unlocking powerful new use cases on a range of unstructured data. And, robust agentic AI support will enable seamless, secure, governed agentic workflows on enterprise data—across a global NetApp data estate—all supporting popular, industry standard protocols.

"Through our partnership, NetApp and Cisco are delivering enterprise-grade infrastructure that accelerates AI adoption,” said Jeremy Foster, SVP and GM, Cisco Compute. “FlexPod AI—part of the Cisco AI POD portfolio—brings together the full stack of compute, storage, networking, security and observability capabilities our customers need to anchor their AI factories. Using NetApp AIDE with this solution moves AI to our customers' data, right where it lives, speeding up data pipelines and delivering value faster.”

To further enhance the NetApp data platform’s ability to support AI innovation, NetApp will support NVIDIA STX, a modular, rack-scale storage reference architecture for agentic AI. Built with NVIDIA Vera Rubin and NVIDIA BlueField-4 DPUs, STX will deliver a high-performance data engine with a specialized memory tier for KV-cache storage, improving power efficiency, throughput, and security. Leveraging NetApp data management capabilities in this new reference architecture, customers will be able to bridge the gap between massive AI compute and unstructured data storage by centralizing intelligent data handling.

“The fundamental demand for AI factories is pushing enterprises to find new ways to govern and utilize their vast data estates for generating business value,” said Jason Hardy, Vice President, Storage Technologies at NVIDIA. “By integrating with NVIDIA's AI Data Platform reference architecture, NetApp provides a framework for enterprises to efficiently manage data for large-scale AI deployments.”

To learn more about NetApp AI Data Engine and NetApp’s collaboration with NVIDIA, visit the NetApp booth at NVIDIA GTC #1907 in San Jose, CA from March 16 -19.

Additional Resources

NetApp AI Data Engine: An End-to-End, Storage-Integrated AI Data Service

NetApp: The Enterprise-Grade Data Platform for AI

NetApp and NVIDIA: Bringing the AI Factory to All!

About NetApp

For more than three decades, NetApp has helped the world’s leading organizations navigate change – from the rise of enterprise storage to the intelligent era defined by data and AI. Today, NetApp is the Intelligent Data Infrastructure company, helping customers turn data into a catalyst for innovation, resilience, and growth.

At the heart of that infrastructure is the NetApp data platform – the unified, enterprise-grade, intelligent foundation that connects, protects, and activates data across every cloud, workload, and environment. Built on the proven power of NetApp ONTAP, our leading data management software and OS, and enhanced by automation through the AI Data Engine and AFX, it delivers observability, resilience, and intelligence at scale.

Disaggregated by design, the NetApp data platform separates storage, services, and control so enterprises can modernize faster, scale efficiently, and innovate without lock-in. As the only enterprise storage platform natively embedded in the world’s largest clouds, it gives organizations the freedom to run any workload anywhere with consistent performance, governance, and protection.

With NetApp, data is always ready – ready to defend against threats, ready to power AI, and ready to drive the next breakthrough. That’s why the world’s most forward-thinking enterprises trust NetApp to turn intelligence into advantage.

Learn more at www.netapp.com or follow us on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

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