Hitachi to merge GlobalLogic, Hitachi Digital Services. Hitachi to launch Hitachi Digital on April 1, 2027, merging GlobalLogic and Hitachi Digital Services into one global company. Hitachi, Ltd. will launch Hitachi Digital Inc., a global digital services company, on April 1, 2027, under the integration plan announced in January 2026. It will unite Hitachi's US subsidiaries GlobalLogic Inc. and Hitachi Digital Services LLC under a single company using the Hitachi brand. A brand campaign begins today. The company will have about 35,000 professionals in 27 countries and over 880 active clients. It will focus on Physical AI, Data and Intelligence, Cloud and Site Reliability Engineering, and Enterprise Applications. Teams of Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) will work directly in clients' operational environments to apply AI and digital capabilities. Hitachi Digital will also build on HMAX by Hitachi, a suite of AI solutions for social infrastructure. It will accelerate enterprise AI and Physical AI in manufacturing, mobility and energy, including across the Hitachi Group. Its synergy revenue with the Hitachi Group grew 46% year-on-year in the first half. ISG Research ranks the two companies as a Leader in Intelligent Robotics and Physical AI Services, Digital Engineering Services and Generative AI Services. The company plans to invest in AI, data and cloud talent, including FDEs, and expand alliances and acquisitions. It will also drive adoption of Lumada 3.0. Anand Birje, CEO and Chairman, Hitachi Digital, said: "Our clients need one partner who understands how an industry works, maintains deep technology ecosystem relationships, while engineering what's new, modernizing what's underneath and keeping it all running across the enterprise." Submit your email address to receive the latest updates on news & host of opportunities Proofpoint to acquire Varonis in USD 6.3 bn. Proofpoint to acquire Varonis in an all-cash deal valued at $6.3 billion, creating a major AI and data security player. Proofpoint, a portfolio company of Thoma Bravo, will acquire Nasdaq-listed Varonis Systems in an all-cash transaction valued at about USD 6.3 billion. Varonis shareholders will receive USD 49.75 per share, a 52% premium to its June 22, 2026, closing price of USD 32.71, the last trading day before initial sale rumours and 17% above its September 1 close of USD 42.35. The deal values Varonis at about 53x last-twelve-month free cash flow and 8.4x revenue. The combined company will serve more than 16,000 enterprises and millions of organisations, and plans to offer a unified platform to find and protect sensitive data, control what people and AI can access and stop data loss. Proofpoint intends to integrate the companies' capabilities and align go-to-market efforts after closing. "As AI becomes embedded across the enterprise, the data it can access determines both its value and its risk. AI agents are increasingly accessing sensitive information and taking action across systems," said Sumit Dhawan, CEO, Proofpoint. The Varonis board unanimously approved the deal, following a review led by independent directors. It is subject to Varonis shareholder approval, regulatory approvals and customary conditions. Thoma Bravo is providing committed equity financing and has secured debt commitments and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan will invest in Proofpoint. Varonis will delist from Nasdaq on completion. Goldman Sachs is exclusive financial advisor to Varonis; BofA Securities, Morgan Stanley, J.P. Morgan, UBS and Mizuho advise Proofpoint. "This announcement follows a comprehensive evaluation led by a committee of independent members of our Board of Directors, which included extensive outreach to a range of potential strategic and financial buyers," said Yaki Faitelson, CEO, Co-Founder and Chairman, Varonis.

Foreign firms in Ukraine face growing risks as Russian attacks continue. October 4, 2026 (Mainichi Japan) KYIV (Kyodo) - As Russia's invasion of Ukraine drags on, attacks are increasingly damaging facilities operated by foreign companies in the country, including a factory run by a Japan Tobacco subsidiary and a McDonald's warehouse. JT International SA, which oversees Japan Tobacco Inc.'s global tobacco business, said its factory in Kremenchuk in central Ukraine was hit twice in September, although the plant was not operating at the time and no one was injured. JTI also said a warehouse in the Kyiv region was attacked in August. A Kyiv office building housing GlobalLogic, a U.S. information technology unit of Japan's Hitachi Ltd., was damaged in a drone attack on Sept. 25, according to local media reports. A McDonald's warehouse near Kyiv was also hit by a drone that day, leaving outlets in the capital short of certain menu items. It was unclear whether the facilities were deliberately targeted, but Russian forces have made extensive use of high-speed drones, raising concerns that attacks could cause further damage to foreign businesses. Sites which became targets of Russia's recent drone attacks include the National Academy of Sciences building where two people were killed and dozens were injured. The building, built in the 1850s as a girls' boarding school, is known as an architectural landmark in Kyiv.

GlobalLogic unveiled Agentic ai-powered Test Automation Kit at RDK global summit to accelerate broadband and 5G FWA deployments. New AI-native validation framework transforms natural-language intent into self-healing, executable test automation for next-generation broadband and 5G Fixed Wireless Access devices. SANTA CLARA, Calif. and AMSTERDAM - September 15, 2026 - GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company and leader in digital engineering, has introduced its Test Automation Kit (TAK), an AI-native validation framework engineered to address critical quality assurance bottlenecks across the telecommunications industry. Designed for both fixed broadband and 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) environments, TAK is a unified automation framework that transforms plain-English requirements into fully executable, validated Python test scripts through its Agentic AI-powered core. As broadband networks evolve to support next-generation technologies such as Wi-Fi 7 and 5G FWA, service providers face increasing pressure to deliver software updates at a much faster cadence. Legacy testing approaches, however, can be slow, complex, and maintenance-intensive, making it difficult for engineering organizations to keep pace. Built on GlobalLogic's field-proven software footprint spanning more than 50 million connected devices, TAK helps bridge this gap by orchestrating and validating complex broadband environments across physical and virtual labs, including traditional fixed broadband gateways and 5G FWA customer premises equipment (CPE). This enables telecommunications operators and broadband service providers to accelerate release cycles, expand validation coverage, and deliver more reliable connected experiences to their customers. "Traditional QA automation is struggling to keep pace with the speed and complexity of modern broadband platforms," said Yogendra (Yogi) Sharma, Head of GlobalLogic's Communications & Network Providers business. "Teams are spending too much time on a perpetual script-rewrite treadmill. By executing the code it generates directly in authorized physical and virtual lab environments, our Test Automation Kit can interpret feedback, adapt and self-heal in real time. We're enabling engineering teams to move from intent to automation in minutes - and from raw logs to actionable insights just as quickly." Unlike generic generative AI coding assistants, the Test Automation Kit is designed specifically for the complexity of multi-interface telecommunications environments, and delivers several key capabilities: * Democratized Automation: TAK reduces dependency on specialized CPE automation skills by enabling manual QA engineers, developers and product managers to describe tests in plain English and generate verified, ready-to-run Python scripts. * From Intent to Automation in Minutes: The framework automates complex scenarios and edge cases in a fraction of the time required by traditional approaches, helping engineering teams expand test coverage, increase validation velocity and reduce time-to-market. * Reduced Automation Maintenance: When a CPE's UI, API or underlying implementation changes, teams can use TAK's Agentic AI capabilities to regenerate and adapt automation scripts, reducing the ongoing maintenance burden associated with traditional test automation. * Intelligent Diagnostics and Root-Cause Analysis: TAK can analyze CI test runs, investigate failures and use multi-agent reasoning to identify potential root causes, helping engineering teams move from raw logs to actionable insights faster. At its core, the Test Automation Kit leverages AI-assisted script diagnosis and repair. When an automation script fails, the system analyzes actual system behavior to pinpoint errors, propose intelligent workarounds, and accelerate script recovery while preserving the original test intent. The AI agents do not operate in isolation. They are grounded in GlobalLogic's documented and mature broadband automation foundation, helping ensure that generated code follows proven engineering practices while supporting the reliability, security, and repeatability required for carrier-grade validation environments. TAK demonstrates how GlobalLogic is bringing advanced AI capabilities to the RDK community to help drive the next generation of intelligent connectivity. Leveraging its global engineering footprint and deep broadband expertise, GlobalLogic provides professional services across RDK-B platform development, integration and software validation; helping operators accelerate time-to-market and simplify the complexity of deploying open-source solutions. "GlobalLogic is well-recognized for its advanced AI capabilities, including areas such as remote diagnostics and sophisticated applications. We look forward to their continued leadership," said Jason Briggs, President of RDK Management. GlobalLogic is a Preferred Plus Member of the RDK community GlobalLogic has been an active contributor to the RDK broadband ecosystem since 2019, providing specialized expertise in RDK-B feature development, software customization, and platform integration. The company's experience includes adapting RDK-B to specific hardware platforms and integrating 5G, GPON, and DSL subsystems to meet diverse operator and regional requirements. RDK-B based software developed by GlobalLogic powers millions of CPEs across multiple countries, including devices successfully migrated from proprietary middleware through remote software updates. By bringing its expertise in machine learning, generative AI and data analytics to RDK deployments, GlobalLogic is helping advance capabilities such as AI-driven diagnostics, predictive maintenance and sophisticated applications including Wi-Fi sensing. These innovations can help operators transition from reactive support models toward proactive, increasingly self-healing networks designed to optimize customer experiences in real time. The RDK community is comprised of more than 700 companies including CPE manufacturers, SoC vendors, software developers, system integrators, and service providers. Globally, RDK has been shipped on more than 200 million devices to date for service providers across North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia. RDK software is available at no cost to RDK licensees, and RDK community member companies can contribute software changes and enhancements back to the community. About GlobalLogic GlobalLogic, a Hitachi Group Company, is a leading digital engineering partner that helps the world's most forward-thinking companies design and build innovative, AI-powered products, platforms, and digital experiences. Since 2000, GlobalLogic Inc. has been at the forefront of the digital revolution, now accelerating clients' transitions into tomorrow's AI-driven businesses by integrating experience design, complex engineering, AI, and data expertise. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, GlobalLogic is a Hitachi Group Company operating under Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), which contributes to a sustainable society with a higher quality of life by driving innovation through AI and technology as the Social Innovation Business. www.GlobalLogic.com