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DIGITAL hosted an AI roundtable at Web Summit Vancouver with Canada’s Minister Evan Solomon and leaders from government and the AI ecosystem. The discussion focused on barriers to real-world AI adoption and commercialization, including procurement, scaling, talent, and infrastructure, alongside reported commercialization metrics and sector coverage.

In her latest insight, Sameh Boujelbene examines how OpenAI’s MRC protocol reinforces Ethernet’s growing role in large-scale AI networking infrastructure. Read more>> The post OpenAI’s MRC Initiative Reinforces Ethernet’s Expanding Role in AI Back-end Networks appeared first on Dell'Oro Group.

Capgemini’s 2026 World P&C Insurance report says 10% of insurers have scaled AI and are seeing higher revenue growth and share price gains. It cites gaps in AI metrics, unclear ROI ownership, skills shortages, and limited workday change despite tool access, contrasting “intelligence trailblazers” with the exploration-stage majority.

CTIA said Kurt Schaubach will join as Senior VP and CTO, overseeing spectrum, security, device certification, and 6G.

McKinsey and Google Cloud created the McKinsey Google Transformation Group to scale enterprise AI transformations beyond pilots.

Covered California expanded its CalHEERS partnership with Google Public Sector and Deloitte to automate healthcare eligibility document verification using Google Cloud Document AI. The release cites a 40% reduction in manual tasks, added document types, and routing of ambiguous cases to human reviewers within a FedRAMP-certified cloud setup to reduce fraud while improving consumer turnaround times.

IBM and Adobe cite research on a $29M annual gap between customer insight and action and outline orchestration work using Real-Time CDP and watsonx Orchestrate.

A GSMA report launched at Japan’s Digital Nation Summit Tokyo calls for coordinated action to advance Japan’s digital transformation. It cites challenges to productivity and digital services growth, proposes priorities for 5G SA deployment, digital inclusion, and fraud prevention, and highlights an industry-led “Tokyo Accord” related to 6G ERA.

SailPoint said it received a 2026 Gartner Peer Insights Customers’ Choice for Identity Governance and Administration, with a 4.8/5 rating and 197 reviews.

TM Forum’s Living Networks – Phase III will be showcased at DTW Ignite 2026 with a Kubernetes-based, governed approach.

At OFC 2026, Jimmy Yu observed a shift toward higher-density optical architectures driven by new pluggables, amplification, and system designs. Read more: The post OFC 2026 – Scaling Up Optical Network Density appeared first on Dell'Oro Group.

QuSecure said it will collaborate with NIST NCCoE on the “Migration to PQC” project, including automated discovery tools and lab testing.