DENVER, May 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NexusTek, a top national cloud, managed IT services, and cybersecurity solutions provider, today announced a purpose-built managed IT and cybersecurity practice for energy, oil and gas, and utility operators. The offering delivers enterprise-grade IT operations, 24/7 security monitoring, hybrid cloud infrastructure, and virtual CIO (vCIO) leadership to mid-market energy organizations that carry the complexity of large enterprises without the internal IT headcount to manage it. Energy and utility organizations are among the most heavily targeted sectors for ransomware and nation-state cyberattacks. Expanding NERC CIP requirements and TSA pipeline security directives are increasing regulatory requirements across electric…
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NEW YORK, May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Leni, an AI-powered analytics platform for commercial real estate, today announced top-tier results on four independent AI benchmarks. Leni placed first on the DRACO Benchmark for deep research, in the top two on SpreadsheetBench Verified, outperformed every public model on BullshitBench, and ranked ahead of Genspark, Manus and OpenAI Deep Research on GAIA. “Most teams obsess over models, but the key engineering needed for effective AI adoption, which delivers highly accurate and reliable results for teams, relies on architecture or harness,” said Leni CEO and Co-Founder Arunabh Dastidar. “That’s why the most popular coding tool today is…
Proven retail leader to champion the world’s most innovative merchants and build the community powering what’s next NEW YORK, May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Forter, the AI decisioning Platform for the future of commerce, today announced the appointment of Jennifer Howard as the company’s first Chief Merchant. In this role, Howard will serve as the authentic voice of the merchant, deepening Forter’s connection to its global customer base and accelerating product development tied to real-world retail and consumer challenges. Howard brings more than two decades of experience leading digital commerce, product and merchandising functions at top global retail and consumer brands, including Levi…
Featuring six emerging creators with more than 40 million combined followers, the initiative gives brands real-time access to cultural insight that drives engagement and growth NEW YORK, May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Blue Hour Studios today announced the launch of the Blue Hour Board of Creators, a structured advisory program connecting brands with creators representing nearly 40 million combined followers to deliver faster, more culturally informed marketing insight. Blue Hour Studios, the creator and content division of Horizon Media Holdings, created the Board to address a widening gap between brand planning and real-time audience behavior as AI-generated content scales, platform algorithms shift,…
Despite Growing Adoption of AI Platforms, More than 40% of Marketers Surveyed Face Stubbornly Slow Marketing Cycles, While Three-Quarters Say Winning Experiments Fail at Scale NEW YORK, May 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — GrowthLoop today released its 2026 AI and Marketing Performance Index, a survey of more than 300 marketers and data leaders across the U.S. and Canada. The study, conducted in partnership with Ascend2, found that despite rapid advancements in artificial intelligence, most marketers remain constrained by fragmented data, slow measurement cycles, and ineffective experimentation, even as they’re under increasing pressure to accelerate AI adoption and prove ROI. While the challenges are pervasive across organizations, the…
As brands face mounting threats from damaging search results and AI-generated narratives, NetReputation’s dedicated ORM approach outperforms generalist marketing agencies on every dimension that matters. SARASOTA, Fla., May 13, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NetReputation, the nation’s premier online reputation management firm, today reaffirmed its position as the most effective solution for businesses and individuals who require aggressive, results-driven content removal and search suppression, capabilities that traditional marketing agencies are structurally unable to match. While full-service marketing firms focus primarily on brand awareness, campaign performance, and audience growth, NetReputation is purpose-built around a single, high-stakes outcome: controlling what the world sees when it searches for…
Former Hitachi Vantara executives Ashish Bhagat and Phil Vadon join as CFO and CRO, bringing a track record of building multi-hundred-million-dollar businesses from the ground up SAN FRANCISCO, May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Zetaris, the Open Agentic Lakehouse company, today announced the appointment of Ashish Bhagat as Chief Financial Officer and Phil Vadon as Chief Revenue Officer. Both appointments are global in scope, as Zetaris accelerates its expansion across North America and international markets. The appointments arrive at a defining moment for enterprise data. With hyperscalers committing $725 billion to AI infrastructure in 2026 alone, the race to AI-powered enterprise operations is…
DIEMEN, Netherlands, May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Enterprises are deploying AI across their tech stacks at unprecedented speed. Development cycles are accelerating and code is being generated faster than ever. Yet, most organizations aren’t seeing the business outcomes they expected. A new global report from Randstad Digital, The AI Capability Gap: Why Technology Investment Fails Without Talent Infrastructure, reveals that the most limiting factor in AI-led transformation is not the technology—it’s the human element. This imbalance has created what Randstad Digital calls the “Productivity Paradox”: a critical gap where companies invest in platforms faster than they build the workforce capability to use…
The new framework separates budget allocation from portfolio optimization – revealing 4 in 10 top-performing Creators are wrongly cut with standard attribution tools. NEW YORK, May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Agentio, the AI-native platform for Creator-led advertising, today released A Guide to Measuring YouTube Creator Advertising, a practical framework for how Brands should measure — and stop mismeasuring — YouTube Creator performance. The central finding is stark: 4 in 10 top-performing Creators would not be renewed if Brands relied on standard attribution tools. Discount codes, UTMs, and pixels weren’t built for YouTube, where most viewers absorb a Creator’s message, search for the brand…
Global study shows most organizations cannot detect compromised AI agents for hours, and are already spending over $1 million managing the fallout NEW YORK and TEL AVIV, Israel, May 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Two-thirds of organizations using AI agents suspect those agents have already accessed data beyond their intended scope, according to a new global study released today by Akeyless, the company redefining identity security for the AI era. The findings are based on a survey of 400 IT and security leaders across the United States and United Kingdom, offering one of the first detailed looks at how AI agents are being deployed…