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The Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) wishes to reiterate that its appeal was never 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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NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, today announced the success of its “AI Consumers” proof of concept (PoC) for a makeup brand operated by Kao Corporation, a leading Japanese consumer goods company and a major global cosmetics and personal care manufacturer. The PoC assessed the feasibility of using AI models to simulate the behavioral characteristics of consumers and develop personas to aid product development research.

As consumer values and purchasing behaviors continue to shift, it has become increasingly important for marketing departments to rapidly and accurately capture the evolving needs of their customers. However, in conventional product development research processes, significant time and costs are required for research design, respondent recruitment, fieldwork and analysis. Within limited development timelines, it is difficult to sufficiently deepen research data or validate hypotheses.

For Kao’s makeup brand, which launches new products each season, shortening the product development cycle has been a critical requirement. Against this backdrop, NTT DATA utilized its marketing AI agent service, in combination with Kao’s accumulated consumer research, purchase and social media data, to create multiple AI Consumers and an AI interviewer for use in product development research.

While remaining consistent with insights gained through traditional research methods, the PoC demonstrated that AI‑driven research could potentially shorten the timeline from 1.5 months to just 0.5 days—a 99% reduction—delivering significant efficiency gains and enabling a more advanced consumer‑insight process. It also reduced the operational workload involved in respondent recruitment and survey execution.

“In recent years, consumer trends have shifted from traditional quarterly and monthly cycles to a weekly cycle. For consumer brands, responding to these rapidly changing trends with a high level of agility is critical to business growth,” said Mizuho Mitake, Head of Second Industry Business Sector, Japan, NTT DATA*.

“This PoC has demonstrated that AI can achieve significant gains in speed in the product development process while ensuring quality equal to or even exceeding that of human output. NTT DATA will expand the application of these results beyond product development into marketing operations.”

*Mizuho Mitake leads commercial strategy, sales, and consulting across Consumer Retail (including vertically integrated retail, grocery & convenience), Real Estate, Food, Beverage, Alcohol & Tobacco, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG), Pharmaceuticals, Chemicals, Materials, and Integrated Energy in Japan.

NTT DATA promotes both proactive AI adoption and responsible governance to drive transformation in clients’ businesses as well as our own business. For clients, NTT DATA aims to realize “Smart AI Agent®”, in which AI agents autonomously extract, organize, and execute tasks in response to user instructions.

Within our own business, NTT DATA is accelerating dramatic improvements in software development productivity, AI literacy and practical skills development. Through these initiatives, NTT DATA seeks to advance AI-native business process transformation, address social challenges such as labor shortages, and enable a world in which people can focus on higher value-added activities.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world’s leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 70 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.

Visit us at nttdata.com

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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.

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

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.

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings or other designation. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner’s research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. GARTNER is a registered trademark and service mark of Gartner and Magic Quadrant is a registered trademark of Gartner, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and are used herein with permission. All rights reserved.

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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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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Datacipher Limited, a leading provider of AI driven networking solutions, in collaboration with HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise), successfully hosted an exclusive industry event in Mumbai, India, at Radisson Goregaon focused on the future of AI-driven networking and next-generation enterprise infrastructure.

The event brought together senior IT leaders, technology decision-makers, and Key enterprise customers of Datacipher to explore how modern networking technologies are transforming business operations and enabling organizations to build intelligent, secure, and scalable digital infrastructures.

The sessions highlighted the growing importance of AI-native networking, data center innovation, SASE/SD-WAN, and next-generation routing infrastructure where networks can proactively detect issues, optimize performance, and deliver seamless user experiences in increasingly complex IT environments.

Speaking about the event, Vivek Pandey, Sales Director India – SAARC, Datacipher Limited, said: “As organizations continue to accelerate their digital transformation journeys, the role of intelligent networking becomes more critical than ever. Through our collaboration with HPE, we aim to help enterprises adopt AI-driven infrastructure that simplifies network operations while delivering greater agility, visibility, and security. As an Elite Plus partner of HPE, we bring together innovation, customer choice, and the power of the HPE – Juniper to deliver a stronger Network-as-a-Service offering, enabling organizations to adopt more flexible and future-ready networking models.”

The event also featured engaging discussions on next-generation wireless networking, cloud-managed infrastructure, and the role of AI in enhancing network reliability and operational efficiency.

Representatives from HPE shared insights into how enterprises can leverage AI-powered networking solutions to build resilient and future-ready IT environments, enabling businesses to adapt quickly to evolving technological demands.

Vinay Kumar Karunakar, Vice President – Sales, Cloud Business, Datacipher Limited, added: “Our collaboration with HPE underscores our shared ambition to lead the next wave of enterprise transformation. As organizations embrace cloud‑native architectures, intelligent automation, and consumption‑driven IT models, Datacipher and HPE are committed to delivering the secure, agile, and future‑ready infrastructure they need to thrive. Together, we are empowering customers to accelerate their digital strategies, unlock meaningful business outcomes, and build the resilient technology foundations required to compete in a rapidly evolving digital economy.”

The event concluded with an interactive networking session, providing attendees the opportunity to engage directly with technology experts and explore innovative solutions designed to support the growing digital needs of modern enterprises.

This successful gathering reinforced the strong partnership between Datacipher and HPE, and their shared commitment to empowering organizations with cutting-edge networking technologies that drive business innovation and operational excellence.

RecVue, the leader in AI-powered billing and revenue management platforms for complex enterprise monetization, today announced it has completed the acquisition of AiVidens. By acquiring the cash management and collections platform, RecVue will enable enterprises to move beyond simple revenue automation to unify contract governance, billing, collections, revenue compliance, revenue sharing, and liquidity management all within a single revenue operating system.

“This acquisition furthers our strategy to close the structural gap between revenue and cash,” said Nishant Nair, Founder and CEO of RecVue. “CFOs today are accountable not only for revenue accuracy, but for liquidity performance and working capital efficiency. With AiVidens, we are extending RevOS to connect commercial activity directly to cash realization.”

While tasked with these widening responsibilities, enterprise CFOs struggle with disparate systems and data. Contracts are governed in CRM, billing happens in ERP, collections are done from standalone solutions, and revenue recognition is managed in separate accounting tools and spreadsheets. This fragmentation results in revenue leakage, audit risk, delayed cash realization, and working capital inefficiency.

The acquisition of AiVidens will expand the RecVue RevOS platform into a fully unified, AI-powered revenue-to-cash operating model. RevOS can connect contract governance, monetization and billing, receivables and collections, revenue compliance, and third-party revenue sharing within a single, intelligent system. By integrating AI-driven receivables management and predictive payment intelligence, RecVue will seamlessly link commercial activity to financial outcomes — accelerating cash realization, improving liquidity visibility, and transforming monetization into predictable cash performance.

“Enterprises face increasing complexity across billing, revenue recognition, and cash management,” said Nair. “One of the critical challenges is turning complex revenue models into predictable liquidity. This acquisition strengthens our ability to help finance teams manage receivables with greater productivity, accelerate cash conversion, reduce bad debt exposure, optimize working capital, and deploy organizational resources more efficiently.”

“This marks a significant step forward in redefining how enterprises manage liquidity,” said Edouard Beauvois, Co-founder, AiVidens. “Customers leveraging our AI-driven receivables intelligence achieve, on average, a five-day reduction in DSO and a 20% improvement in collections efficiency. Integrated into RecVue RevOS, this capability transforms reactive collections into predictive cash performance at enterprise scale.”

With the acquisition, the AiVidens receivables management solution will be available as a part of RecVue RevOS. The AiVidens team will join RecVue, and RecVue will maintain a new EMEA sales office in Brussels, Belgium.

Learn more in the webinar Revenue to Cash: Predictive Liquidity for Enterprise CFOs on April 2.

About RecVue

RecVue is the AI Revenue Operating System (RevOS) purpose-built to power modern monetization models. Designed for today’s most complex revenue environments, RecVue unifies billing, revenue recognition, and partner compensation models into a single, AI-powered platform. With native support for usage-based, recurring, milestone, and multi-party monetization models, RecVue automates and scales the entire revenue lifecycle—from quote to cash to close—without reengineering the tech stack. RecVue integrates seamlessly with ERP and CRM systems and delivers intelligent workflows that eliminate revenue leakage, accelerate billing cycles, and ensure compliance. RecVue is used by 200+ legal entities in over 50 countries, and leading brands like Hertz, World Wide Technology, ACI Worldwide, Textainer, Landstar, and Crown Castle. Learn more: www.recvue.com.

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IKS Health, a global leader in care enablement solutions, is honored to win three 2026 Black Book Research awards: AI-driven revenue cycle management (RCM) category for a second year, medical coding for the fourth year in a row, and clinical documentation and AI services for 13 straight years. The trifecta of wins highlights the importance of client recognition of accountability, technology enablement, and measurable outcomes, and highlights IKS Health’s proven value across revenue optimization for healthcare organizations.

“We are pleased to once again earn top honors from Black Book Research in AI-driven RCM, medical coding, and clinical documentation and AI solutions,” said Sachin K. Gupta, Founder and Global CEO. “Our dedication to delivering intelligent, robust healthcare solutions that combine our AI-driven platform with human expertise remains steadfast, and we are honored to be recognized by the industry.”

According to Black Book Research, there will be continued market growth across all three segments, reflecting a broader shift toward outcomes-based contracting, integrated service delivery, and enterprise-grade accountability.

• In AI-driven RCM managed services, 35% to 55% of surveyed providers expect to increase spending in 2026, with 45% to 70% expecting further increases in 2027.
• In outsourced coding, 35% to 55% of surveyed providers expect to increase spending in 2026, followed by 40% to 60% in 2027.
• In clinical documentation services, growth will be driven by sustained clinician burden, increasing complexity of specialty documentation, ongoing investments in provider experience, and by the convergence with adjacent functions including CDI alignment, quality reporting, and revenue integrity.

AI-driven RCM

Ranked No. 1 in AI-driven RCM services, the distinction demonstrates IKS Health’s excellence in claims processing optimization, denial prevention, and revenue integrity solutions. Black Book Research, a highly regarded independent healthcare research firm, conducted its comprehensive survey from 1,037 respondents from health systems, hospitals, physician organizations and groups, payers, and more.

In nine out of 18 key performance indicators, IKS Health ranked No. 1 for AI-driven RCM, including:
 

1. Denial prevention and claim optimization performance
2. AI-driven revenue protection and cash-flow stability
3. Reduction of administrative burden and manual rework
4. Accuracy and effectiveness of AI-driven claim adjustments
5. Reliability of AI in predicting denials and prioritizing work
6. System compliance with evolving payer rules
7. Customer support, training, and change enablement
8. Cybersecurity and data protection
9. Regulatory compliance agility and audit readiness

Medical Coding Services

Black Book’s 2026 survey of 1,037 respondents from health systems, hospitals, physician groups, ambulatory centers, ancillary care facilities, and more, ranked IKS Health No. 1 in medical coding, leading in the following nine out of 18 performance indicators:

1. Code set change management
2. Specialty depth and complex procedural coding capability
3. Quality assurance rigor and continuous improvement
4. Workforce credentialing, training, and retention
5. Client support, onboarding, and change management
6. Reporting transparency and KPI governance
7. Delivery model governance and business continuity
8. Client satisfaction and partnership sustainability
9. Innovation and responsible automation in coding operations

Clinical Documentation & AI Services

In its 2026 Clinical Documentation & AI Services survey of 1,146 users from academic, rural, and community hospitals, independent and group medical practices, ambulatory providers, and more, IKS Health’s clinical documentation solutions ranked No. 1 in 14 performance indicators:

1. Strategic alignment of client goals and regulatory priorities
2. Innovation
3. Training
4. span style=”font-size:11pt”>Trust, accountability, ethics, and transparency
5. Breadth of offerings and delivery excellence across settings
6. Deployment and implementation
7. Integration and interfaces
8. Scalability, client adaptability, and flexible pricing
9. Reliability
10. Brand image and marketing communications
11. Marginal value adds
12. Viability and managerial stability
13. Data security and backup services
14. Support and customer care

“Black Book’s 2026 findings indicate that healthcare buyers are rewarding vendors that can translate service delivery, technology enablement, and operational governance into measurable client outcomes,” said Doug Brown, Founder of Black Book Research. “IKS Health’s performance across AI-driven revenue cycle, medical coding, and clinical documentation services reflects a level of consistency that stands out in a market where provider organizations are demanding stronger accountability, faster time-to-value, and sustained operational improvement.”

Read the full Black Book reports:

• 2026 AI-Driven RCM Claims and Denials Solutions
• 2026 Managed Medical Coding Solutions
• 2026 Clinical Documentation Solutions

Shell India, in collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission (AIM), NITI Aayog and Learning Links Foundation (LLF), launched the NXplorers Blended Learning Model – a digital framework that strengthens teacher capability and scales structured problem‑solving across Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) nationwide. The partners also unveiled the NXplorers Coffee Table Book, showcasing the creativity and imagination of young innovators from ATL schools across India.

The NXplorers Blended Learning Model integrates in‑person workshops with self‑paced digital modules, enabling educators across diverse geographies to deliver NXplorers sessions effectively, consistently, and at scale. The model aims to accelerate the adoption of structured thinking and systems-based problem‑solving among students, thereby strengthening the country’s STEM learning ecosystem.

Speaking at the event, Mr. Deepak Bagla, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, said, “India’s aspiration to be a global innovation leader will be powered by the young minds we nurture today. Programs like Shell NXplorers complement the Atal Innovation Mission by introducing structured thinking and sustainability-focused innovation at the school level.”

Commenting on the initiative, Ms. Mansi Madan Tripathy, Chairperson, Shell Group of Companies in India and Senior Vice President, Shell Lubricants Asia Pacific, added, “At Shell, we see India’s young talent pool as one of the country’s greatest competitive strengths. As AI, clean energy, and automation reshape industries, building future‑ready capabilities is imperative. By equipping young people to think systemically and develop sustainable solutions, we are helping shape a workforce that is ready to lead India’s energy and technology transition.”

The NXplorers Coffee Table Book features 55 student‑led projects developed using the NXplorers methodology in ATL schools. It captures how hands‑on experimentation, structured thinking, and science-based approaches are enabling students to address real‑world challenges from clean energy and waste management to water stewardship and sustainable mobility.
 

Dr. Anjlee Prakash, Founder and Chairperson, Learning Links Foundation, said, “The NXplorers Coffee Table Book captures the voices of young innovators who looked at everyday realities and chose to build solutions. With the Blended Learning Model, we are building a model where technology lifts teachers, amplifying their insight, freeing their time, extending their reach so they can guide, inspire and cultivate each young mind.”

NXplorers is Shell’s global flagship education initiative for young learners aged 11–16, equipping students with practical tools in systems thinking, scenario planning, and creative problem‑solving to navigate complex challenges. Introduced in India in 2018 in partnership with Learning Links Foundation, the program expanded in 2023 through a collaboration with Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, bringing structured‑thinking methodologies to ATL schools nationwide. The program has reached more than 4.7 lakh students across government and low‑income private schools, reinforcing its expanding national footprint and measurable impact.

Link to access the NXplorers Coffee Table Book: Shell-NXplorers-Coffee-Table-Book-2025-26-Final.pdf

R Systems International Limited, a global leader in digital product engineering, today announced the launch of EXIQO, an AI Studio designed to enable enterprises scale production-grade agentic AI across business and technology functions.

As organizations move beyond AI pilots toward autonomous agents, they are seeking ways to scale execution in a consistent and reliable manner. According to research commissioned by R Systems and produced by Everest Group, only 15% enterprises have successfully operationalized agentic AI at scale, citing integration complexity, governance risks, legacy system constraints and talent readiness gaps as barriers to enterprise-wide deployment.

“Mid-market enterprises are at an inflection point, with access to powerful AI models opening up new possibilities to reimagine how engineering is done. Unlocking this opportunity calls for enterprise readiness, strong engineering discipline, and robust governance,” said Nitesh Bansal, CEO and Managing Director of R Systems. “EXIQO brings these together through a unified, people-and-platform execution approach designed to accelerate engineering velocity and deliver sustained, measurable impact.”

People-led, platform-amplified, EXIQO is an AI Studio by R Systems built to accelerate engineering velocity. It brings together 1,400+ AI-native engineers, R Systems’ proprietary OptimaAI Suite, and governed execution methodology. EXIQO combines enterprise context, embedded guardrails, and human oversight to deliver governed, enterprise-grade execution at scale.

EXIQO is built on three pillars:

• AI Native Engineers: Talent that is evaluated on proven production delivery, with proficiency measured through 43+ parameters spanning code quality, system design, and real-world impact. Their expertise is built on hands-on experience, reflected in merged code and shipped features across live client environments. Leveraging OptimaAI and the governed delivery methodology, they consistently deliver 40–55% sustained improvements in engineering velocity.
   
• OptimaAI: It is a unified platform for agentic business operations, SDLC acceleration, and legacy modernization. It brings together enterprise-grade guardrails, policies, and compliance with a rich ecosystem of 150+ digital agents and a library of reusable connectors, prompts, evaluations, and data models. Built on a standards-ready architecture, OptimaAI integrates seamlessly with existing enterprise systems, preserves institutional knowledge, and provides the flexibility to choose underlying foundation models.
   
• Delivery methodology: EXIQO is designed for easy onboarding and the fastest path to outcomes. Using a well-defined approach, the methodology helps identify and evaluate high-impact use cases, and build solutions with outcomes, scalability, and cost efficiency in mind.

EXIQO has been successfully deployed to improve engineering throughput, reduce repetitive development effort, and strengthen release quality across enterprise environments. In early deployments, measured against predefined business KPIs in live enterprise environments, EXIQO has delivered measurable operational improvements, including:

• 40-55% uplift in productivity
• Up to 50% reduction in support and operational overhead
• 50-70% automation in high-volume workflows
• Up to 2X faster execution across teams

“Enterprises are moving from isolated AI experiments to orchestrated, agent-driven execution, but scaling this shift requires more than just access to models. EXIQO reflects a pragmatic approach, combining talent, platform, and a governed methodology to help organizations scale agentic AI with confidence,” said Pareekh Jain, Founder and CEO of tech advisory firm EIIRTrend.

To learn more about EXIQO, visit: www.exiqo.ai

To learn more about R Systems, visit: www.rsystems.com

• 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

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.

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Bentley Systems 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. (Image courtesy of Bentley Systems, with credit to PT. Wika Tirta Jaya Jatiluhur (WTJJ), Voyants Solutions Private Limited, EGIS, and Baosteel Engineering & Technology Group Co., Ltd.)

“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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