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Protiviti Achieves 2026-2027 Microsoft AI Business Solutions Inner Circle Award

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Protiviti is honored by Microsoft for a second consecutive year for achieving outstanding sales achievement and innovation. 

MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 12, 2026 /CNW/ — Protiviti, a global consulting firm, has been selected for the Microsoft AI Business Solutions 2026-2027 Inner Circle membership. This is Protiviti’s second consecutive year of being selected into Inner Circle. Participation within Inner Circle is based on sales achievements that rank Protiviti in the top echelon of Microsoft’s AI Business Solutions global network of partners. It’s widely acknowledged that Inner Circle members perform at a high level by delivering valuable and innovative solutions that help organizations excel.

Inner Circle members are invited to the Inner Circle Summit in Spring 2027, as well as virtual meetings between September 2026 and June 2027, where they will have a unique opportunity to discuss strategy with Microsoft executives and fellow Inner Circle partners, while learning more about the Microsoft’s road maps and future plans, establish strong executive connections, and collaborate on best practices.

“Inner Circle partners represent our top selling partners worldwide. But it is more than a sales recognition; it’s a community of industry leaders who work closely with Microsoft to accelerate innovation, share experience and shape the future of AI-powered business transformation. The collaboration and commitment to customer success demonstrated by this community helps us advance the entire AI Business Solutions partner ecosystem around the world to deliver transformative business outcomes at scale.” said Niels Jensen, Microsoft AI Business Solutions ERP Lead in Enterprise Partner Solutions.

“Being recognized within Microsoft’s AI Business Solutions Inner Circle for a second year reflects the strength of our global capabilities and our shared commitment to client success,” Tom Andreesen, Global Microsoft Solutions Lead, Protiviti, said. “In collaboration with Microsoft, we are helping organizations worldwide harness Microsoft Dynamics 365, Copilot and AI solutions to modernize operations, accelerate innovation and deliver sustainable business value.”  

Protiviti provides AI-enabled solutions that help customers achieve a competitive advantage by identifying and transforming key processes that improve business outcomes. By collaborating with the teams at Microsoft, Protiviti maintains a strong expertise of the Microsoft platform to provide innovative solutions, strong services and unparalleled business value to their customers.

About Protiviti

Protiviti (www.protiviti.com) is a global consulting firm that helps clients transform and protect their businesses, and respond to planned and unexpected events. Through a network of more than 90 offices in over 25 countries, Protiviti and its independent and locally owned member firms deliver deep expertise and tailored capabilities across technology, artificial intelligence, data, operations, finance, legal, compliance, HR, marketing, digital, risk, and internal audit — enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, navigate risks and safeguard what matters most.

Named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list since 2015, Protiviti Inc. has served more than 80 percent of Fortune 100 and nearly 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. The firm also works with government agencies and smaller, growing companies, including those looking to go public. Protiviti Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Robert Half (NYSE: RHI).

 

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StarHub’s Got You This October: Halloween Fun and Opening Specials

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SINGAPORE, Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — From a Halloween night out at Clarke Quay to a new store at Compass One, StarHub has a lively October lined up. Guests can dress up, catch a movie and solve a mystery, while customers can drop by the new outlet for exclusive opening specials.

Here’s what’s happening at StarHub this month.

Dress Up and Crack the Mystery at StarHub WatchParty: Halloween Edition

StarHub’s Halloween edition of WatchParty takes over CQ @ Clarke Quay Fountain Square on 30 and 31 October, bringing guests together for a movie night and Halloween fun. Settle in for a screening of Haunted Mansion, then put your detective skills to the test as you uncover clues and solve a mystery.

Guests can also join in themed games and activities. Those in costume can strike a pose at the photo spots, capture their look at the 360-degree video booth and show off their Halloween best in the Best Dressed contest.

Enjoy snacks along the way and unlock exclusive dining deals and treats from participating F&B merchants around CQ @ Clarke Quay to fuel your spooky night out.

StarHub WatchParty is free and open to all. Guests can register at starhub.com/watchparty.

Date: 30 – 31 October 2026Location: CQ @ Clarke Quay, Fountain Square, 3 River Valley Rd, Singapore 179024Time:30 October:  6pm – 11pm31 October:  4pm – 11pm

StarHub Opens Its Doors at Compass One

StarHub is celebrating the grand opening of its new Compass One outlet with prizes and exclusive opening specials. Customers who sign up for any service at the outlet can take part in the sure-win gachapon, with attractive prizes up for grabs.

Those who sign up for a 10Gbps Home Broadband or HomeHub plan can also take home a complimentary Tefal Air Fryer, available exclusively at the Compass One outlet.

Promotion Period: 4 October – 4 November 2026Location: StarHub Store, Compass One, 1 Sengkang Square #03-03, Singapore 545078

Whether you’re getting into the Halloween spirit or checking out the latest offers, StarHub’s got you this October.

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NTT DATA Business Solutions launches “Elevate”, its Agentic AI-powered delivery framework, to help accelerate SAP transformations

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Next-generation delivery initiative combines AI-powered execution, intelligent solutions and adoption services

BIELEFELD, Germany, Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — NTT DATA Business Solutions, a leading global IT service provider and specialist in SAP solutions, today announces the launch of “Elevate”, its next-generation Agentic AI-powered delivery framework. Elevate brings together the company’s secure AI-enabled platform NTT DATA aXet, Natuvion‘s data transformation capabilities and SAP technologies, including SAP’s Agent-Led Toolchain and SAP Business AI Platform. Elevate is designed to maximize the value clients gain from their investments in SAP and emerging AI technologies. This reflects NTT DATA Business Solutions’ ongoing commitment to advancing the future of enterprise transformation in an increasingly AI-driven world.

Organizations are under pressure to modernize ERP environments through initiatives such as RISE with SAP while simultaneously adopting AI as a driver of business transformation. Yet these initiatives are often managed separately, creating complexity and slowing execution.

“We have reached a point where every transformation is becoming an AI-driven business transformation, creating a path toward more autonomous business operations,” says Norbert Rotter, CEO of NTT DATA Business Solutions. “Elevate is our response to this shift. We are reshaping how transformation is delivered by combining human expertise with intelligent agents, AI-powered innovation and structured adoption. This enables our clients to move and adapt more quickly and realize stronger returns from their technology investments.”

“Elevate reflects how we are transforming our own organization to create greater value for our clients,” says Krunal Patel, Global AI, Innovation & Software Assets Leader at NTT DATA Business Solutions. “Rather than applying AI to isolated activities, we are embedding it into the way our people work, the way we deliver and the solutions we develop.”

Across industries, clients are already realizing value from AI-powered solutions delivered by NTT DATA Business Solutions. Recent examples include automated supplier confirmation processing for Lemvigh-Müller, AI-powered consulting workflow orchestration for zeb and intelligent sales order processing for Synthomer, enabling these companies to improve efficiency, accuracy and decision-making while keeping people in control.

NTT DATA aXet: powering the next generation of service delivery

A central element of the Elevate framework is NTT DATA Business Solutions’ evolution into an AI-powered delivery organization. At the core of this approach is NTT DATA aXet, the company’s secure delivery platform, developed within its own enterprise environment. Bringing together enterprise knowledge, proven delivery methodologies, governance frameworks, intelligent agents and delivery assets in a unified operating environment, NTT DATA aXet.elevate equips consultants across the SAP lifecycle with the tools and insights needed to deliver consistent, high-quality outcomes at scale while helping to ensure security, traceability and human oversight. By standardizing delivery processes and automating repetitive activities, ultimately integrating with SAP’s Agent-Led Toolchain, this can help accelerate key activities associated with RISE with SAP transformations, including assessment, migration readiness, testing, clean-core adoption and innovation enablement, enabling faster and more consistent delivery outcomes.

Elevate is supported by a company-wide enablement program that equips consultants with the skills, confidence and mindset needed to work effectively alongside AI.

Unlocking new value through AI innovation

NTT DATA Business Solutions is investing across SAP Business AI and the SAP Business AI Platform to develop business-context-aware AI use cases and intelligent agents that support customers on their journey toward the Autonomous Enterprise through AI-powered process execution, intelligent decision support and business-wide orchestration.

Furthermore, NTT DATA Business Solutions is evolving its own software portfolio into AI-native solutions. Examples include GLASSWING, an intelligent master data management platform that enhances data quality, governance and compliance, and MAKIRA, an AI-powered document and content management solution that uses generative and agentic AI to automate document processing, knowledge retrieval and workflow orchestration. Through these innovations, clients gain access to AI-powered solutions that complement and extend their SAP investments while addressing real-world business and industry challenges.

Turning innovation into sustainable business value

New AI capabilities create value only when they are embraced by the people who use them and embedded into the way the organization operates. Elevate therefore combines AI readiness assessments, governance frameworks, workforce enablement and adoption services to help organizations translate innovation into measurable business outcomes.

By aligning technology, processes and people, clients can build AI-ready operating models, scale new capabilities with confidence and measure their impact across productivity, operational efficiency, service quality and organizational agility.

For more information, please visit nttdata-solutions.com.

About NTT DATA Business Solutions

NTT DATA Business Solutions is focused on SAP and works within a strong ecosystem of partners including Microsoft and ServiceNow. We enable midmarket and lower large enterprise companies worldwide to become Intelligent Enterprises – from consulting and implementation to managed services. We are part of NTT DATA, a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. Together, 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.

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DPC Dash – Domino’s Pizza China Strengthens Market Presence in Q3 2026 with Continued Store Expansion, Product Innovation and Improving Sales Momentum

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HONG KONG, Oct. 12, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — DPC Dash – Domino’s Pizza China (“DPC Dash” or the “Company”, together with its subsidiaries, the “Group”) (1405.HK), Domino’s Pizza’s exclusive master franchisee in the Chinese Mainland, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China, and the Macau Special Administrative Region of China, today published its Third Quarter 2026 Investor Fact Sheet.

During the third quarter, DPC Dash expanded its store network and broadened its product and marketing initiatives under its 4D strategy of Development, Delicious Pizza at Value, Delivery and Digital.

Under its “Go Deeper, Go Broader” strategy, the Company strengthened its presence in existing cities and extended its footprint into new markets. By September 30, 2026, DPC Dash operated 1,634 stores across 87 cities, including 908 stores in initial cities and 726 stores in new cities, representing a net addition of 84 stores and entry into 12 additional cities compared with the previous quarter. New cities continue to drive network expansion, accounting for approximately 44% of the total network.

Over the first nine months of 2026, the Company added 319 net new stores and entered 27 new cities.

As of September 30, DPC Dash had secured 100% of its full-year 2026 opening target of approximately 350 net new stores through stores already opened, under construction or signed, up from approximately 89% as of June 30.

In 3Q2026, DPC Dash achieved positive same-store transaction count growth (“SSTG”). Average transaction price (“ATP”) continued to stabilize and recorded a modest sequential uptick compared with 2Q2026, supported by a series of marketing initiatives, against the backdrop of the gradual rationalization of third-party aggregator platform (“3PP”) subsidies. Same-store sales growth (“SSSG”) remained negative, mainly because ATP was lower than in 3Q2025, despite healthy year-on-year transaction count growth and signs of gradual ATP recovery.

As the Company continued to roll out delivery services, delivery transactions accounted for 30% of total transaction volumes in New City Markets in 3Q2026, up from 25% in 1H2026. Third-party aggregator platforms remained an important channel as the Company further expanded its delivery business in these markets.

The continued expansion of the Company’s loyalty program supported its digital strategy and customer engagement, building a resilient proprietary platform ecosystem. As of September 30, 2026, total loyalty program members reached 45.2 million, compared with 32.9 million as of September 30, 2025. Over the past 12 months, approximately 19.9 million new customers placed their first orders through both the Company’s own channels and third-party channels.

On product innovation, DPC Dash introduced the Durian Roast Chicken Pizza, pairing generous portions of durian flesh with tender roast chicken to offer consumers a new taste experience.

On festive and seasonal marketing, DPC Dash re-hit its core product, the Salted Egg Yolk Flavored Chicken Pizza (金沙咸蛋黄嫩鸡比萨), with a limited-edition Star & Moon design for the Mid-Autumn Festival. During Major Heat (大暑), a traditional Chinese calendar period associated with peak summer heat, the Company ran a tongue-in-cheek campaign (“大暑食薯”), spotlighting seasonal potato pizza flavors to address summer dining demand.

To strengthen its value proposition, DPC Dash headlined the quarter with a RMB79 six-piece set comprising two 9-inch pizzas plus multiple sides and drinks, delivering standout value for money. The quarter’s offers also included an affordable solo combo and the limited-time return of “Mega Week”, a buy-one-get-one-free promotion on Signature and Classic Flavor pizzas.

To build emotional connections and encourage playful engagement, DPC Dash promoted its buy-one-get-one-free offers through social media content including “Favorite Brands and Flavors – You Have it All (招牌美味全都要)”, “Second One On The House (你的第二个比萨,达美乐请)” and “Pizza Freedom (比萨自由)”. The “Finding Domino’s Red & Blue” campaign invited customers to spot and share red-and-blue color pairings in everyday life, encouraging social media engagement and reinforcing Domino’s brand image.

Beyond its product and marketing initiatives, DPC Dash continued to receive recognition for its focus on quality and consumer trust. The Company was named to Southern Metropolis Daily’s 2026 Top100 High-Quality Consumer Brands (2026高品质消费品牌) list for the third consecutive year and was again named a Top10 High-Quality Consumer Brand (十大高品质消费品牌). DPC Dash also received Jiemian News’ 2026 Consumer Trust Award – Western Fast Food of the Year (2026安心奖-年度西式快餐).

For the full figures, please refer to DPC Dash’s Third Quarter 2026 Investor Fact Sheet (“Investor Fact Sheet”) here.

About DPC Dash – Domino’s Pizza China

DPC Dash is Domino’s Pizza’s exclusive master franchisee in the Chinese Mainland, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China and the Macau Special Administrative Region of China. Domino’s Pizza, Inc., DPC Dash’s global franchisor, is one of the most widely-recognized global consumer brands and the world’s largest pizza company. Led by a seasoned and visionary management team, DPC Dash is a market leader that differentiates from competitors with, among others, a continually innovated and localized pizza-focused menu, unique expertise and leadership in delivery, technology focus and scalable and replicable store economic model. As of September 30, 2026, DPC Dash operated 1,634 stores in 87 cities in the Chinese Mainland.

For more information, please visit: www.dpcdash.com 

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