Poughkeepsie, N.Y. – September 22, 2026 -- Marist University and IBM have launched an Innovation Incubator equipped with an IBM z17 mainframe, extending their five-decade partnership into university-wide artificial intelligence research.

IBM z17 mainframe brings enterprise-scale AI computing to Marist campus

IBM provided the z17 system to give students and faculty access to enterprise technology built for the performance, security and reliability demands of large organizations, enabling hands-on application development and testing.

Atlanta – September 22, 2026 -- Siemba has launched general availability of Siemba MCP, a Model Context Protocol server that lets security and engineering teams run penetration tests and generate finished security analysis by chatting directly with AI assistants, eliminating the need for a separate dashboard login.

Santa Clara, Calif. – September 22, 2026 -- Palo Alto Networks has launched Unit 42 Continuous Frontier AI Defense, a new agentic offensive security service built on Anthropic's Claude Mythos 5 and OpenAI's GPT-5.6-Cyber models, aimed at helping enterprises find and fix exposures before attackers exploit them at machine speed.

State College, Pa. – September 22, 2026 -- Giv Local, LLC, a Pennsylvania-based payment processor, is donating 20% of its processing revenue to nonprofits chosen by its merchant clients, a model that undercut a national competitor's rates for one Ohio retailer while funding local causes at no extra cost to businesses or customers.

Victor, N.Y. – September 22, 2026 -- Lite Coms has been selected by Boeing Defence Australia to supply tactical satellite communications terminals for the LAND 4140 Beyond Line-of-Sight (BLOS) SATCOM program, part of the Australian Defence Force's LAND C4 Modernization effort.

Washington – September 22, 2026 -- The Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA) has secured long-term purchase commitments from AVEVA, Bain & Company, Google and McKinsey to back Infinium Energy's Project Atlas, a Texas facility designed to produce up to 100,000 metric tons of high-integrity sustainable aviation fuel annually.

Philadelphia – September 22, 2026 -- IntegriChain will send five senior advisors to three Informa Connect industry conferences this fall, addressing government pricing, 340B compliance, and gross-to-net forecasting for biopharma manufacturers navigating tightening reimbursement rules.

New York – September 22, 2026 -- Pomelo Care presented new claims-based data at three major 2026 medical conferences showing its virtual maternity care model cut NICU-related costs per delivery by 63% and reduced average total episode costs by $9,038.

Denver – September 22, 2026 -- Tres Picosos has launched its Tres Locos Mexican food brand in a self-service kiosk at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) Terminal 1, Concourse G, marking a new automated-retail partnership with airport vending operator Evolvending.

Centreville, Va. – September 22, 2026 -- Just 17% of security leaders are extremely confident in their ability to detect identity-based threats, even though 82% now consider identity the new security perimeter, according to research from CIO Dive's Studio conducted in partnership with ID Dataweb. The same research found 43% of leaders cite fragmented identity systems as their top obstacle to defense.