CHICAGO - Thursday, 20. August 2026


Liquid I.V., Hostess, Back to Nature, and five other brands named 2026 NIQ Design Impact Award winners

(BUSINESS WIRE) -- NielsenIQ (NYSE: NIQ), a global leader in consumer intelligence, today named the winners of its ninth annual Design Impact Awards, recognizing eight package redesigns that combined stronger shopper experiences with measurable commercial performance. Across nearly a decade of NIQ Design Impact Award winners, recognized redesigns have been associated with an average volume increase of approximately 4%.

The 2026 NIQ Design Impact Award Winners*:

Aval French Cider (Parent Company: Aval Cider; Country: USA)

Liquid I.V. (Parent Company: Unilever; Country: USA)

Root & Splendor (Parent Company: Root & Splendor; Country: USA)

Hostess Cakes (Parent Company: The J.M. Smucker Company; Country: USA)

Back to Nature (Parent Company: Barilla Group; Country: USA)

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BALARUC, France - Thursday, 20. August 2026 AETOSWire


Backed by two granted and active U.S. patents, a fully industrialized technology and commercial commitments spanning more than 50 countries, the French company is now seeking leading U.S. industrial and strategic partners to help shape the future of this emerging market.



(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the first time, major U.S. federal agencies are beginning to structure procurement around a new category of intermediate-force equipment, giving officers an additional option between verbal presence and higher levels of force. NETFORCE believes companies establishing themselves at this early stage will benefit from a significant first-mover advantage as this category expands nationwide. This is precisely the market NETFORCE anticipated years ago, having invested heavily in research, industrialization and international intellectual property well before the category attracted attention.

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REDLANDS, Calif. - Thursday, 20. August 2026 AETOSWire

New Airbus Imagery Enhances World Imagery Basemap as Part of Broader Expansion Announced at 2026 Esri User Conference

Esri is enhancing its World Imagery basemap through new agreements with Airbus, Vantor, and Nearmap, announced during the 2026 Esri User Conference.
Airbus will begin delivering 30 cm basemap imagery for approximately 2,000 cities worldwide starting in the second half of 2026.
Airbus basemaps provide highly accurate, color-consistent, nearly cloud-free coverage designed to deliver fresher and more detailed urban imagery.
Additional enhancements include expanded metropolitan coverage from Nearmap and continued global basemap updates from Vantor.


(BUSINESS WIRE)--At the 2026 Esri User Conference (UC), the global leader in location intelligence announced a significant enhancement to its World Imagery basemap through a new agreement with Airbus. The collaboration will enable Esri t ... Read more »

TOKYO & LONDON & SANTA CLARA, Calif. -
First-of-its-kind global alliance combines AI-powered security innovation with enterprise-scale consulting and managed services
Helps organizations navigate Frontier AI with integrated governance, threat intelligence and cybersecurity expertise
Backed by co-innovation, shared engineering, coordinated global delivery and more than 2,000 Palo Alto Networks-certified professionals


(BUSINESS WIRE) -- NTT DATA, a global leader in AI, digital business and technology services, and Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) today announced a multi-year strategic alliance designed to help organizations securely adopt AI, modernize cybersecurity, simplify complex technology environments and build cyber resilience for the AI era.

As Palo Alto Networks first strategic alliance of this kind with a global systems integrator, the agreement, which targets $1 billion in joint business by the end of three years (2029), combines Palo Al ... Read more »