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Application Replacement Fails Without Onboarding and Sunsetting Strategies, Finds Info-Tech Research Group

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Organizations often approach application replacement as a technical upgrade, but new findings from Info-Tech Research Group show it is a lifecycle challenge. Organizations that focus on deploying new systems without ensuring effective onboarding or fully retiring legacy applications limit value and increase risk. The firm’s blueprint, Master Systematic Application Replacement With a Fit-for-Purpose Plan, outlines a structured methodology to address both sides of the transition. 

ARLINGTON, Va., July 15, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As organizations accelerate application replacement, many struggle to balance user needs, strategic goals, and operational realities. Recent insights from Info-Tech Research Group indicate that the successful onboarding of new applications and the retirement of legacy systems depend on preparing early, coordinating across teams, and managing transitions with full visibility into risks and dependencies.

To address these challenges, Info-Tech’s recently published Master Systematic Application Replacement With a Fit-for-Purpose Plan blueprint outlines a two-phase methodology designed to help CIOs and IT leaders navigate the full application lifecycle from onboarding to sunset. The firm’s resource provides practical guidance for assessing onboarding maturity, aligning stakeholders, and mapping user journeys. The methodology also supports organizations in evaluating readiness for sunsetting, identifying risks and dependencies, and building a structured roadmap for the retirement of low-risk applications.

“Application onboarding sets the tone for the entire lifecycle, shaping how users adopt, engage with, and ultimately realize value from a new system,” says Jinit Shah, research analyst at Info-Tech Research Group. “By focusing on early outcomes and aligning cross-functional teams, organizations can accelerate time-to-value and improve long-term success.”

Info-Tech’s Two-Phase Framework for Systematic Application Replacement
To help organizations improve application replacement outcomes, Info-Tech’s Master Systematic Application Replacement With a Fit-for-Purpose Plan blueprint provides a structured framework to guide onboarding and sunsetting across the full lifecycle.

The two-phase approach is designed to help IT and applications leaders:

Phase 1: Assess and Map Application Onboarding for Seamless Adoption
Evaluate current onboarding maturity, align cross-functional stakeholders, and map application onboarding resources and user journeys. This phase ensures roles, responsibilities, and user needs are clearly defined, enabling organizations to deliver early value, accelerate adoption, and establish a consistent onboarding experience.

Phase 2: Plan and Execute Application Sunsetting Without Disruption
Define a clear sunsetting strategy, assess readiness, and conduct impact analysis to identify risks, dependencies, and affected components. This phase guides organizations in building a structured roadmap, executing the transition, and completing final cleanup activities to retire legacy systems safely and minimize operational disruption.

The firm also emphasizes that without a clear approach to sunsetting, organizations risk disruption, data issues, and lingering dependencies that undermine transformation efforts.

“Application sunsetting is more than just shutting down a system; it requires a controlled transition that protects data, maintains continuity, and minimizes risk,” adds Shah. “By identifying dependencies early and validating readiness, organizations can avoid disruption and confidently move away from legacy systems.”

By applying Info-Tech’s lifecycle approach, organizations can improve user adoption, reduce operational risk, and ensure legacy systems are retired without disruption. The blueprint equips IT leaders with practical tools and structured guidance, including onboarding maturity assessments, journey mapping frameworks, and application sunsetting workbooks, to align stakeholders, manage dependencies, and execute application replacement more effectively across the lifecycle.

For exclusive and timely commentary from Info-Tech’s experts, including Jinit Shah, and access to the complete Master Systematic Application Replacement With a Fit-for-Purpose Plan 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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QuantalRF to Speak on Next-Generation RF Innovations at Wi-Fi World Congress Europe 2026

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CEO/CTO Dr. Ali Fard will discuss RF front-end advancements on Oct. 8

ZÜRICH, Oct. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — QuantalRF, the pioneering developer of RF semiconductor and antenna solutions, today announced that CEO/CTO Dr. Ali Fard will speak at Wi-Fi World Congress Europe 2026. Hosted by Wi-Fi NOW, the free, three-day virtual event runs Oct. 6–8 and brings together the European wireless industry to discuss the future of intelligent connectivity. Other speakers include MediaTek, Silicon Labs, NXP, Intel, Cisco, HPE and the Wi-Fi Alliance.

Dr. Fard will present “Enabling Future Wireless with Innovations in RF” on Thursday, Oct. 8, from 17:45 to 18:05 CEST. The final day of the event focuses on the wireless technologies that will define the next decade. In his session, Dr. Fard will explain why RF front-end technology has not kept pace with advances in Wi-Fi standards and how CMOS SOI intelligent, adaptive architectures can improve power efficiency and range while lowering cost for next-generation Wi-Fi access points, mobile devices and edge AI.

“Future wireless systems—from Wi-Fi 8 to satcom and edge AI devices—will demand far more from hardware, especially RF,” said Dr. Fard. “At QuantalRF, we’ve redesigned the RF front end from the ground up to deliver better efficiency and integration on mature silicon processes. I look forward to sharing how these innovations can help the wireless industry close the gap between what Wi-Fi standards promise and what RF hardware can deliver.”

To attend this virtual event, register here.

About QuantalRF AG

QuantalRF is transforming the RF signal chain for wireless communications to deliver an unmatched user experience. Its ultra-compact, highly configurable front-end ICs and extremely efficient antennas substantially improve area, cost, power, and overall performance. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, with R&D centers in the USA and Sweden, QuantalRF has an extensive portfolio of over 225 patents. For more information, visit www.quantalRF.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements that reflect our current expectations and projections about future events. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements. A non-exclusive list of risk factors may be found on our website at www.quantalRF.com/forward-looking-statement.

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Creatify Labs launches Boreal-H3, a MiniMax H3 video model post-trained for advertising

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Boreal-H3 scores a third higher than its MiniMax H3 base on Creatify’s Ads Quality Index and costs $0.04 per second, about one-twelfth the price of Seedance 2.5.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Oct. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Creatify Labs today launched Boreal-H3, an AI video model for ads built by post-training MiniMax H3 in partnership with MiniMax. Creatify trained the model on the work an ad has to do: keep the product from the reference image intact, deliver natural creator performances, and carry out the brief as written. In the company’s evaluation, Boreal-H3 scored 133.3 on its Ads Quality Index, where MiniMax H3 is 100, the highest score among the frontier video models compared. At $0.04 per second at 768p, it costs about 12 times less than Seedance 2.5, which runs at roughly $0.47 per second.

Boreal-H3 is the second model in the Boreal family, following the original Boreal released earlier this month. Where the first Boreal was built for realtime generation at one cent per second, Boreal-H3 targets the details an advertiser checks first: whether the label is readable, whether the packaging keeps its shape, and whether the creator stays the same person from the first frame to the last.

Ad quality as the benchmark

The Ads Quality Index measures how often a model produces a clip that works as an ad. A clip passes only when prompt following, reference consistency and visual realism each score 6 out of 10 or higher, and each model’s pass rate is indexed against MiniMax H3’s. Boreal-H3 scored 133.3, ahead of Omni 1.1 Flash at 122.2, Seedance 2.5 at 118.1 and Wan 3.0 Prime at 111.1.

On reference fidelity, scored at a stricter 7 out of 10 threshold, Boreal-H3 reached 85.3%, ahead of MiniMax H3 at 82.4%, Wan 3.0 Prime at 79.4%, Seedance 2.5 at 71.9% and Omni 1.1 Flash at 70.6%. Creatify’s automated judges were validated against human preferences, and its human studies used anonymized, randomized outputs.

The product stays the product, and the creator stays the creator

Against its MiniMax H3 base, Boreal-H3 raised subject consistency from 83.3% to 94.4%, keeping the product and the creator recognizably the same across a clip. On a set of difficult production briefs, it raised brief completion from 27.8% to 50.0% and cut visible defects from 1.11 to 0.33 per clip, a 70% reduction.

The model is also built for the performance side of a UGC ad. Boreal-H3 handles complex dialogue and multi-avatar conversations, with a focus on clear speech, natural pacing and a creator who can handle the product while speaking. Product demonstrations get the same attention, with cause-and-effect actions such as a vacuum leaving a clean path or a pour that behaves like liquid.

More control over every shot

Boreal-H3 gives creative teams two ways to direct a shot. Keyframe control, in image-to-video, preserves the subject and visual style of an opening frame, with an optional ending frame to set exactly where the shot lands. Multi-reference control, in reference-to-video, combines up to 9 images, 3 videos and 3 audio clips into a single coherent shot. Text-to-video is also supported, and the model follows camera direction with natural transitions between scenes.

Faster and cheaper iteration

Boreal-H3 generates video at 1.1 seconds per video-second at 768p, so a 10-second clip takes about 11 seconds and costs $0.40. In the same comparison, Seedance 2.5 ran at 46.5 seconds per video-second and about $0.47 per second, which makes Boreal-H3 roughly 42 times faster and 12 times cheaper. MiniMax H3 ran at 32.3 seconds per video-second. On a 15-second product demo published on the model page, Boreal-H3 rendered in 84 seconds against 411 seconds for Seedance 2.5.

A post-training loop that learns what to improve next

Creatify details the approach in its technical report, Introducing Boreal-H3: The Next Frontier in Video Is Post-Training. The company built a closed-loop system that improves the model across data, training and inference strategy. Each generated ad is evaluated on five dimensions: brief execution, product integrity, creator identity, realism, and motion and continuity. When the feedback is unreliable, the team revises the evaluator or reward before optimizing the generator, putting measurement quality ahead of training volume.

Creatify notes that the evaluation measures ad quality before launch, and real campaign testing still has to determine which ads convert.

Pricing and availability

Boreal-H3 is available now in Creatify’s Model Playground and through the Creatify API, with text-to-video, image-to-video and reference-to-video modes. Pricing is the same across all three modes: $0.04 per second at 768p, $0.12 per second at 1088p and $0.26 per second at 2K. At 768p, that is half of MiniMax H3’s $0.08 per second list price. More details are on the Boreal-H3 model page.

About Creatify Labs

Creatify Labs is the research lab building lifelike AI video models, including the Boreal family and the avatar model Aurora. Its work centers on post-training video foundation models into production-grade generators for advertising and serving them as fast, low-cost APIs. More information is available at https://labs.creatify.ai/.

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Yinan Na, Creatify AI, 1 (650) 319-6694, hello@creatify.ai, https://creatify.ai/

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COSRX Sets the Fall Skincare Agenda for Amazon Prime Big Deal Days

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NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Fall skincare resets are in full swing, and COSRX is giving shoppers a reason to refresh their routines during Amazon Prime Big Deal Days, October 6–7. For two days, the global derma beauty brand will offer some of its strongest savings of the season across longtime bestsellers and newer formulas spanning Snail Mucin, Peptides, PDRN, Exosomes and Ceramides.

The event also offers an opportunity to replenish some of the brand’s most recognized essentials. The cult-favorite Advanced Snail 96 Mucin Power Essence and Advanced Snail 92 All In One Cream will each be 41% off, while The 6 Peptide Skin Booster Serum will be 36% off.

At the same time, the lineup gives shoppers room to go beyond their regular staples and explore newer formulas across some of COSRX’s key skincare categories.

“Prime Big Deal Days is one of those moments when our customers can replenish the COSRX products they already rely on while adding something new to their routines,” said a COSRX spokesperson. “For fall, we’re especially focused on hydration, skin barrier care and Peptide-powered skincare—bringing together proven COSRX favorites with newer formulas that reflect what our community is looking for now.”

The COSRX Products Worth Stocking Up on This Prime Big Deal Days

The Blue Peptide Bakuchiol Plump Glow Serum — 26% Off
As temperatures drop and routines become more hydration-focused, The Blue Peptide Bakuchiol Plump Glow Serum offers an easy way to layer moisture and anti-aging care into the same step. Built on COSRX’s Peptide expertise, the serum pairs Copper Tripeptide-1 with Bakuchiol to target the appearance of elasticity, fine lines and loss of firmness while leaving skin looking hydrated, plump and luminous. Its firming and plumping focus also make it relevant for skin that appears less resilient or more depleted after periods of stress, including changes associated with weight fluctuation. For those looking to anchor their routine with one key healthy-aging product, the serum offers a versatile year-round option that layers easily into more hydration-focused fall and winter routines.PDRN EXOSOME Skinplaning Glaze Mask — 20% Off
The TikTok viral PDRN EXOSOME Skinplaning Glaze Mask combines PDRN with Exosomes in a cream-to-film format designed to boost hydration, firmness and glow. As it dries, the formula turns into a peel-off glaze with a subtle pearlescent sheen, leaving skin looking smoother, plumper and more luminous, even after just one use.The Ceramide Skin Barrier Moisturizer — 30% Off
The transition into colder weather often comes with a shift in skincare priorities and barrier care moves to the top of the list. The Ceramide Skin Barrier Moisturizer combines Ceramides with Panthenol and Hyaluronic acid to help replenish hydration and support the skin barrier, making it an easy seasonal switch for skin that starts to feel drier, tighter or more sensitive as temperatures fall.New COSRX Peptide Sets — Up to 33% Off
Prime Big Deal Days also arrive just as holiday shopping starts to pick up, giving COSRX fans an early opportunity to shop for the brand’s new peptide-focused value sets.
The Glow Boosting Peptide Trio will be available at 33% off, while the Peptide Bounce and Glow Giftset will be 30% off, bringing multiple Peptide skincare products together in value-driven formats suited for gifting—or simply building out a more complete Peptide routine.One Step Original Toner Pads — 30% Off
For shoppers who prefer to tailor their routines to specific skin concerns, COSRX’s One Step Original Toner Pad collection offers four options addressing concerns ranging from pores and texture to hydration, calming and visible firmness. During Prime Big Deal Days, the toner pads will be 30% off, with an additional 10% off when shoppers purchase two or more qualifying toner pads. The mix-and-match promotion allows shoppers to build a routine around different skin needs rather than committing to a single concern.

From replenishing everyday staples to exploring newer formulas built around Peptides, PDRN and barrier-supporting ingredients, COSRX’s Prime Big Deal Days lineup brings together products for a wide range of fall skincare needs. With savings across both established favorites and newer additions, the two-day event offers an opportunity to refresh routines ahead of the colder months—and get an early start on holiday beauty shopping.

About COSRX

Rooted in science and driven by consumer needs, COSRX is a global skincare and beauty brand known for effective, accessible formulations developed around carefully selected ingredients and real skin concerns. Through ingredient-led innovation and targeted solutions, COSRX creates high-performance skincare that is easy to understand and incorporate into everyday routines.

COSRX products are available through COSRX.com, Amazon, ULTA, Revolve, Dermstore, Nordstrom and Target. COSRX is also on Instagram and TikTok.

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