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AI Initiatives Deliver Limited Returns When Organizations Automate Tasks Instead of Redesigning Processes, Says Info-Tech Research Group

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Many organizations are limiting the impact of AI by applying it to individual tasks instead of redesigning the workflows, decisions, and handoffs that shape business outcomes. Info-Tech Research Group’s recent blueprint, Reimagine Business Processes With an AI-First Approach, provides a three-phase framework to help IT, business, and operations leaders identify high-value opportunities, assess process readiness, and design AI-enabled workflows that can scale beyond surface-level automation.

ARLINGTON, Va., June 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ – As organizations accelerate AI adoption, many continue to apply the technology to isolated tasks rather than redesigning the business processes that drive meaningful outcomes, according to new findings from Info-Tech Research Group. The global research and advisory firm’s blueprint, Reimagine Business Processes With an AI-First Approach, provides a structured methodology to help leaders move from fragmented AI experimentation to intentional process transformation.

Info-Tech’s research shows that business, IT, and operations teams often lack a shared way to identify, evaluate, and prioritize which processes are suitable for AI-enabled redesign. Many organizations also focus heavily on AI’s potential value while giving less attention to the risks, feasibility constraints, and readiness gaps that can affect whether a process is truly suitable for redesign.. Without that alignment, AI initiatives can remain disconnected, reinforce legacy workflows, and deliver only incremental efficiency gains. The blueprint addresses these challenges by helping organizations discover high-impact opportunities, diagnose current-state process limitations, and design future-state workflows that place AI at the core of how work is performed.

“AI will not transform organizations unless it transforms how work actually happens,” says Mahmoud Ramin, research director at Info-Tech Research Group. “Applying AI to individual tasks may create short-term efficiency, but meaningful value comes from redesigning entire workflows so intelligence is embedded where decisions are made, handoffs occur, and outcomes are shaped.”

Info-Tech’s Three-Phase, AI-First Methodology to Reimagine Business Processes

Info-Tech’s Reimagine Business Processes With an AI-First Approach blueprint introduces a three-phase methodology to help organizations move beyond ad hoc AI use cases to intentional, AI-first process design:

Phase 1: Discover Pain Points and Opportunities – Build a cross-functional working group, inventory key business processes, and assess each process for AI suitability, value, and risk.

Phase 2: Prioritize and Dissect AI-Ready Processes – Shortlist the strongest candidates for redesign, map current-state workflows, and identify bottlenecks, handoffs, decision delays, and other friction points.

Phase 3: Reimagine Future-State Processes With AI – Apply AI opportunity dimensions, redesign the future-state workflow, assess feasibility, and document the new process using the Process Reimagination Canvas.

The blueprint also identifies five AI opportunity dimensions that can help teams rethink workflows end to end: knowledge retrieval, language generation and summarization, forecasting and pattern detection, intelligent routing and decisioning, and computer vision and document understanding.

To support execution, the Reimagine Business Processes With an AI-First Approach blueprint is accompanied by two deliverables: a Process Discovery and Evaluation Workbook to assess readiness and prioritize opportunities, and a Process Reimagination Canvas to summarize redesigned workflows in an executive-ready, one-page format.

“Organizations often ask which AI use cases to prioritize, but the better question is which processes should change and why,” explains Ramin. “Leaders should focus on redesigning workflows before investing further in tools, so AI is applied where it can meaningfully improve decisions, reduce friction, and deliver sustained value.”

By following Info-Tech’s method, IT and business leaders can shift from task-level automation to scalable process transformation, identifying high-impact, process-specific opportunities that align with business strategy and support long-term resilience and growth. 

For exclusive and timely commentary from Info-Tech’s experts, including Mahmoud Ramin, and access to the complete Reimagine Business Processes With an AI-First Approach blueprint, please contact pr@infotech.com.

About Info-Tech Research Group

Info-Tech Research Group is the “get things done” partner for over 30,000 IT, HR, and marketing leaders worldwide. The fastest growing research and advisory firm, Info-Tech enables leaders to make well-informed decisions and transform their organizations through AI, strategic foresight, step-by-step methodologies, practical tools, industry-leading advisory, and training programs. For nearly 30 years, tens of thousands of private and public organizations have trusted Info-Tech to lead their most important initiatives through periods of change and deliver outcomes that truly matter.

To learn more about Info-Tech’s HR research and advisory services, visit McLean & Company, and for data-driven software buying insights and vendor evaluations, visit the firm’s SoftwareReviews platform.

Media professionals can register for unrestricted access to research across IT, HR, and software and hundreds of industry analysts through the firm’s Media Insiders program. To gain access, contact pr@infotech.com.

For information about Info-Tech Research Group or to access the latest research, visit infotech.com and connect via LinkedIn and X.

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Corgi Launches Digital Assets Coverage Endorsement for Directors and Officers Liability Insurance

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New endorsement affirms D&O coverage for organizations engaged in cryptocurrency, stablecoins, and other digital asset operations

SAN FRANCISCO, June 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Corgi, the AI-native insurance carrier built for startups, today announced the launch of its Digital Assets Coverage Endorsement, a new policy enhancement designed to provide greater clarity and certainty for companies operating in the digital asset ecosystem.

The endorsement expressly affirms coverage under Directors and Officers (D&O) Liability Insurance for claims arising from organizations who have digital asset operations, including activities involving cryptocurrencies.

As digital asset businesses continue to mature, many founders and executives face uncertainty around how traditional insurance policies respond to emerging technologies and business models. The Digital Assets Coverage Endorsement is designed to address that uncertainty by explicitly recognizing digital asset operations within the scope of covered activities.

Digital asset companies have spent years navigating an insurance market that often treated blockchain businesses as exceptions,” said Emily Yuan, CEO and co-founder of Corgi. “We believe insurance should evolve alongside innovation. This endorsement provides founders, boards, and investors with greater confidence that their insurance coverage reflects the realities of how modern technology companies operate.”

The endorsement defines digital assets broadly to include blockchain-based and distributed ledger-based tokens, cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and other virtual assets, regardless of how they are classified under applicable law.

Importantly, the endorsement clarifies that an organization’s participation in digital asset operations, by itself, does not trigger policy exclusions. Coverage remains subject to all other policy terms, conditions, exclusions, retentions, and limits.

The launch reflects Corgi’s continued expansion into emerging technology risks and its commitment to building insurance products that align with the needs of innovative companies.

About Corgi
Corgi is an AI-native insurance carrier built for startups and high-growth technology companies. By combining proprietary underwriting technology, in-house claims handling, and modern insurance infrastructure, Corgi helps businesses secure coverage faster and manage risk more effectively as they scale.

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PS Hogan highlights launch of National Food Security Strategy

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CALGARY, AB, June 24, 2026 /CNW/ – The Government of Canada is focused on building a stronger economy and making life more affordable for Canadians. Today, Corey Hogan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for Calgary Confederation, on behalf of the Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, highlighted the launch of the National Food Security Strategy in Calgary, Alberta.

Backed by more than $3 billion in investments over 10 years, this strategy will drive productivity and innovation, support independent grocers, and create greater competition across Canada’s food system to help lower prices for Canadians.  

PS Hogan outlined the Strategy’s four main objectives:

Spur grocery store competition and create more choice for Canadians 
Canada’s new government will invest $1 billion in food infrastructure – including new and expanded food terminals and hubs – to help independent grocers buy and move competitively-priced products without relying on supply networks owned by large retail chains. Additional funding will also provide the Competition Bureau and Competition Tribunal with more resources to investigate, prevent, and combat unfair business practices.Boost domestic food production across Canada   
For decades, we’ve been paying other countries to convert what we already have into what we really need. This Strategy changes that. This Strategy launches a new $1 billion Agri-food Project Finance Fund through Farm Credit Canada (FCC), and a $150 million Food Security Fund to help Canadian businesses grow, produce, and process more food in Canada. The Strategy will also create a $100 million Collaborative Food Innovation Fund to help producers make better use of what they already grow – expanding processing so more parts of each crop are used, and so more value is kept in Canada.Grow fruits and vegetables year-round   
We will invest $750 million to drastically expand year-round Canadian production of fruits and vegetables, through greenhouses, vertical farms, and other enclosed growing spaces, including in rural and Northern communities. The Strategy will reduce reliance on long, costly supply chains by expanding local food production.Cut red tape across the agricultural supply chain 
To reduce the regulatory burden on farmers and producers, we will modernize key regulations; speed up approvals for seeds, feed, fertilizers, and veterinary products; and reduce backlogs that slow down the system. This will help farmers access the tools they need sooner, increase productivity, and stabilise the food supply. The Strategy will also help provincially licensed food businesses meet federal requirements so that a Canadian product made in one province or territory can more easily reach a shelf in another.

A country’s sovereignty depends on its ability to feed itself, fuel itself, and defend itself. And right now, Canada is not fully in control of our own food system. Our overreliance on foreign suppliers has left us vulnerable to global shocks – to conflicts overseas, to droughts, and to tariffs. Our new National Food Security Strategy is about changing that. It is about putting Canadians back in control of what we grow, of what we buy, and of what we put on our tables, so that we can build a truly strong, affordable, resilient Canada for all.

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“The National Food Security Strategy is about giving Canadians greater choice, control, and access to affordable, locally produced food. Through this made-in-Canada approach we will be able to process more of what our farmers grow, creating new jobs, economic opportunity and more food self-sufficiency. By reducing red tape and helping innovative businesses get projects off the ground faster, we will unlock new opportunities for farmers, food processors, and entrepreneurs across the agri-food sector.”
     –  The Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food’

“This strategy takes practical steps to strengthen Canada’s food system by improving how food is produced, processed and delivered to communities, benefiting communities in Calgary. It will help create new opportunities for Canadian businesses while ensuring families have reliable access to affordable, locally grown food.”
    –  Corey Hogan, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources and Member of Parliament for Calgary Confederation

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The Strategy builds on federal measures already helping lower everyday costs for Canadians, including:Eliminating the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for first-time homebuyers on new homes up to $1 million and reducing it on new homes between $1 million and $1.5 million.Making the National School Food Program permanent, providing school meals for up to 400,000 children each year and saving participating families with two children in school an estimated $800 annually on groceries.Cancelling the federal consumer carbon price effective April 1, 2025, helping lower gas prices in most provinces and territories by around 18 cents per litre compared to 2024-25.Launching the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit, providing a family of four up to $1,890 this year and about $1,400 a year for the next four years, and a single person up to $950 this year and about $700 a year for the next four years – reaching more than 12 million Canadians.To support Canadians while building a stronger domestic food system, the government is also:Providing $20 million to food banks and community food organisations across the country through the Local Food Infrastructure Fund’s Community Support Stream.Through Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and the Regional Development Agencies, the Government will call on industry leaders inviting them to put forward projects to improve the resilience and self-sufficiency in food processing by building new capacity, modernizing existing capacity and strengthening our support infrastructure. The Strategic Response Fund is to launch an early wave of its call for proposals in June 2026, followed by a second wave in the fall of 2026, in conjunction with Regional Development Agencies.Delivering immediate expensing for new or expanded greenhouse construction, providing upfront tax relief to help boost the domestic supply of fresh fruits and vegetables.Reforming the Nutrition North Canada program to improve food-related access, affordability, and long-term sustainability in Northern communities.

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Monport Laser Kicks Off Prime Day Mid-Year Sale With Up to $600 Off and Free Gifts on Every Laser Machine

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Running June 23–30, the laser engraving brand’s biggest mid-year event combines tiered spending discounts with free accessories across its CO2 laser, fiber laser, and UV laser lineup.

NEW YORK, June 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Monport Laser, a manufacturer of CO2 laser, fiber laser, and UV laser engraver and laser cutter machines, today announced its Prime Day Mid-Year Sale, running June 23–30, 2026. The event pairs tiered spending discounts of up to $600 off with free bundled accessories across the brand’s desktop, industrial, and fiber laser engraver lines — giving hobbyists, small business owners, and production shops a wider window to upgrade equipment at mid-year prices.

“Create More. Save More” anchors this year’s event, with discounts structured to reward larger purchases rather than offering blanket markdowns. The tiered model lets customers stack savings with free gifts already built into select machine bundles, while one of the brand’s most popular industrial models, the Effi16s 150W Industrial CO2 laser engraver, is included at current pricing ahead of a planned price increase.

How the Tiered Savings Work

Unlike single flat-discount sales, Monport’s Mid-Year Sale rewards higher-tier laser engraver machines with proportionally larger dollar savings:

Shoppers can unlock instant discounts based on their purchase total:

Spend $999 or more, save $70Spend $1,999 or more, save $150Spend $2,999 or more, save $220Spend $3,999 or more, save $300Spend $6,999 or more, save $600

The highest spending tier delivers the largest savings of the event, allowing customers to maximize value when investing in professional fiber laser, CO2 laser, laser engraver, and laser cutter solutions.

Whether upgrading a workshop, expanding production capacity, or purchasing a first desktop CO2 laser, the tiered discount structure gives businesses and creators additional incentives to invest in equipment that supports long-term growth.

Free Gifts Bundled Into Every Series

Beyond the tiered discount, Monport is bundling free laser engraver accessories directly into its CO2 laser and fiber laser lines for the duration of the sale:

MegaS 70W desktop laser engraver: Free air assist pump + 2 metal marking spraysReno Series desktop CO2 laser: Free 2 metal marking sprays + 1 laser coolantEffi Series high-speed CO2 laser machines: Free 2 metal marking sprays + free LightBurn software license, plus $200 off a compatible conveyor systemGA / GT Fiber Laser Series: Free LightBurn software license + free M85 70mm F-theta field lens

For buyers comparing a desktop CO2 engraver against a fiber laser system for the first time, the bundled laser engraver software and lenses offset some of the most common first-year add-on costs.

Built for Hobbyists Through Production Shops

The Mid-Year Sale spans Monport’s full laser machine range:

Desktop CO2 Laser Engravers (Reno45, Reno45 Pro, Reno45 Pro Vision, Reno65, Reno65 Pro, Reno65 Pro Vision, MegaS 70W) — compact laser engravers with magnetic-assisted or camera-based autofocus, suited to makers, Etsy sellers, and small workshops working with wood, acrylic, and leather.Industrial CO2 Laser Engravers (Monport 60W, 90W, Effi9S, Effi16S) — higher-wattage systems with autofocus and, on the Effi series, a built-in water chiller for sustained production runs.Fiber Laser Engravers (GM Pro 20W–60W, GT 30W–200W Split MOPA, GA 60W/100W) — metal marking and engraving systems for shops doing color marking, deep engraving, and industrial part identification.UV Laser Engravers (6W, 10W) — precision marking for materials prone to heat damage or discoloration under CO2 and fiber lasers, including electronics and specialty packaging.

“Mid-year is when a lot of our customers are deciding whether to add a second machine or step up in wattage for the first time,” said Monport Laser CEO. “Structuring the discount by spend tier, instead of a single sitewide percentage, means the savings actually scale with the kind of upgrade someone is making.”

Shop with Confidence

Monport’s Prime Day Mid-Year Sale is designed to give customers more than just exceptional savings. Every eligible purchase is backed by Monport’s 90-Day Satisfaction Guarantee, providing added peace of mind when investing in professional laser equipment.

Whether you’re purchasing your first laser engraver, upgrading to a more powerful CO2 laser, or expanding production with a new fiber laser, Monport’s customer-focused support helps ensure a smooth purchasing experience. This added protection allows creators and businesses to invest with confidence while exploring new opportunities for growth and production.

Earn More with the Monport Loyalty Program

The savings don’t stop when the sale ends.

Customers can also join the Monport Loyalty Program for free and begin earning points and rewards every time they shop. Designed for makers, entrepreneurs, and growing businesses, the program offers ongoing opportunities to unlock additional value with every purchase.

Members can enjoy:

Earn points on eligible purchasesAccess exclusive rewards and member benefitsUnlock additional savings opportunitiesEnjoy special perks throughout the yearGet rewarded as your business and creativity grow

Monport’s loyalty program is built to give customers more of what they love—more savings, more perks, and more opportunities to level up their passion for creating.

Creators interested in maximizing the value of their laser investment are encouraged to learn more about the Monport Loyalty Program and start earning rewards today.

Limited-Time Opportunity

With substantial tiered discounts, exclusive bonus gifts, a 90-Day Satisfaction Guarantee, and ongoing rewards through the Monport Loyalty Program, the Prime Day Mid-Year Sale offers one of the best opportunities of the year to invest in a professional desktop CO2 laser, laser cutter, CO2 laser, fiber laser, or laser engraver.

The promotion runs through June 30, 2026, while supplies last.

About Monport Laser

Founded in 2021, Monport Laser is a laser engraving equipment manufacturer serving hobbyists, small businesses, and industrial customers with a range of CO2, fiber, and UV laser engraving and cutting machines, with power outputs from 40W to 200W. Monport’s product lineup includes standard features such as autofocus, water cooling, and LightBurn software compatibility, backed by a warranty of up to two years and free U.S.-based technical support. Monport ships orders from U.S. warehouses within 2–7 business days. Learn more at monportlaser.com.

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