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Mastek and CORT Win ISG Paragon Partnership of the Year 2026 for North America
The award celebrates a decade of digital transformation, from digital commerce modernization to an AI-powered future, continuous innovation, and measurable business outcomes.
United States, 14th Oct 2026 – Mastek, a trusted AI-first digital engineering and cloud transformation partner and CORT Business Services, a Berkshire Hathaway company, have won the 2026 ISG Paragon Partnership of the Year award for North America, recognizing their decade-long partnership and continued evolution in digital and business transformation.
For more than 10 years, Mastek has partnered with CORT to evolve CORT’s digital and technology landscape across B2C, B2B and international markets. What began as application modernization and digital commerce transformation has progressively evolved into a strategic partnership spanning digital engineering, platform modernization, AI-led transformation and consolidated managed services.
Together, Mastek and CORT have modernized digital commerce, strengthened customer experience and enabled new business capabilities across B2C, B2B and international markets. Mastek supports CORT’s digital ecosystem through application modernization, digital engineering, quality engineering, cloud and managed services, helping create a foundation for continuous innovation and business growth.
More recently, Mastek designed, built and launched CORT Furniture Outlet, a business-to-consumer eCommerce platform that enables customers to discover and purchase high-quality used furniture online or in-store at discounted prices. Within two weeks of launch, the platform delivered a 37% increase in online conversion rates, a 69% increase in overall online purchase volume and a 30% increase in organic traffic. Mastek’s managed services team has continued to support and enhance the platform following its launch.
Building on this foundation, the partnership is now advancing toward an AI-led business transformation roadmap, focused on embedding AI across customer journeys, digital commerce, engineering and operations to accelerate decision-making, automate processes and create new sources of business value. The roadmap also explores the evolution of traditional managed services toward a “Services as Software” model, combining AI, automation, reusable digital capabilities and outcome-based services to deliver technology and business capabilities with greater speed, scale and intelligence.
This next phase reflects a broader shift from technology modernization to continuous, AI-powered business transformation—where digital platforms, data, AI and services work together to help businesses respond faster to changing customer expectations and continuously create measurable value.
The ISG Paragon Awards recognize innovative technology and sourcing partnerships that drive business and IT transformation. Mastek and CORT accepted the award at the ISG Paragon Awards North America 2026 ceremony on September 24, 2026.
“Great partnerships are built on trust, strong leadership and a shared commitment to business outcomes. Our decade-long relationship with CORT reflects the strength of that collaboration and what we can achieve together. As we look ahead, we are excited to build on this foundation through AI-led transformation, intelligent automation and new ways of delivering technology and business value,” said Sourabh Mukherjee, President of Americas, Mastek.
“Mastek has been a true strategic partner to CORT, bringing a deep understanding of our business, a willingness to challenge the status quo and a consistent focus on delivering results. Over the past decade, our teams have worked side by side to navigate complex technology and business challenges, modernize our digital capabilities and create better experiences for our customers. As our business and customers continue to evolve, our partnership with Mastek is also evolving, with AI and new digital capabilities creating opportunities to accelerate innovation and deliver even greater value,” said Dennis Crawford, VP of Product Development, CORT.
“For us, the true measure of digital transformation is the business outcome it creates. Our decade-long partnership with CORT demonstrates what can be achieved when deep industry understanding, technology expertise and a shared commitment to outcomes come together. We have continuously evolved our partnership—from modernization and digital commerce to managed services and now toward AI-led business transformation. The next opportunity is to move beyond technology delivery toward intelligent, outcome-driven services, including a Services as Software model that can help CORT scale innovation with greater speed and agility. We are proud of what the Mastek and CORT teams have accomplished together and excited about the value we can create in the next chapter,” said Mithun Shenoy, SVP and Head of Retail, CPG, CMT & Manufacturing, Mastek.
“Mastek’s recognition in the ISG Paragon Awards reflects the strength of its partnership with its client and its ability to translate technology expertise into meaningful business outcomes. This achievement demonstrates the value of combining innovation, execution excellence and a deep understanding of client priorities to deliver transformation that makes a lasting difference. We congratulate Mastek and its client on this well-deserved success,” said John Boccuzzi Jr., Partner & President, ISG Research.
The award recognizes a partnership built on long-term collaboration, continuous innovation and measurable business outcomes. More importantly, the Mastek-CORT relationship demonstrates how a technology partnership can continuously evolve—from digital modernization and commerce transformation to managed services and toward an AI-led, outcome-driven model for continuous business transformation.
To learn more about how Mastek helps retailers modernize commerce and customer experience, visit mastek.com/us/industries/retail
About CORT Business Services
CORT Business Services, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a leading provider of transition services and furniture rental, helping people and businesses transform empty spaces into fully furnished environments, when they need them, and for as long as they need them.
For more than 50 years, CORT has supported moments of change by furnishing homes, offices, trade shows, and events, creating spaces and experiences that bring people together, support connection, and leave a lasting impression. With operations across the United States, the United Kingdom, and a global network of partners, CORT is committed to being an indispensable resource during life’s transitions.
For more information, visit cort.com
About Mastek
Mastek (NSE: MASTEK; BSE: 523704) is a global provider of enterprise AI, digital, and cloud services, enabling clients to achieve measurable and sustainable returns on their technology investments. The company has a presence in over 40 countries and a skilled workforce of close to 5,000 employees. Through its “Lead with AI” approach, Mastek integrates intelligence across its solutions and operations, enabling organizations to accelerate transformation using ethical, scalable, and domain-driven AI adoption. Mastek partners with industry leaders such as Oracle, Salesforce, Microsoft, AWS, Snowflake, and Databricks, serving key sectors such as Public Sector, Healthcare, Retail, Manufacturing, Higher Education, and Financial Services. Mastek is committed to driving innovation by developing a strong ecosystem of start-ups, academia, and IPs. With its core values of trust, value, and velocity, the company empowers 400+ active customers to transform their business in the evolving tech landscape. Mastek has always been a solutions-focused and relationship-centric company, valuing both employees and clients. With its humane approach, Mastek fosters growth through sustainable goals, high ethical standards, and responsible governance.
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EvoMap Publishes Skill to Gene Research Showing How AI Agents Can Keep Learning Across Runs
EvoMap, the open infrastructure for AI self-evolution, outlines how its Genome Evolution Protocol (GEP) reflects arXiv:2604.15097. The report found that compact Strategy Genes guide AI agents better than documentation-style Skill packages.
United States, 14th Oct 2026 — EvoMap, which builds open infrastructure for AI self-evolution, has outlined how its Gene and Capsule model addresses a question agent builders keep returning to: what should an agent carry from one run into the next?
Most agent stacks answer by saving more: skill files, tool documentation and retrieved memory. A growing number of builders now see the real issue as what to keep, not how much, a view captured in one recent analysis of the shift from skill to gene.
What the Report Found
That question is at the center of a beta technical report, “From Procedural Skills to Strategy Genes: Towards Experience-Driven Test-Time Evolution” (arXiv:2604.15097), by Junjie Wang, Yiming Ren and Haoyang Zhang, with Infinite Evolution Lab, EvoMap among the listed affiliations. Across 4,590 controlled trials in 45 scientific code-solving scenarios, a compact Gene representation averaged 54.0%, against 49.9% for a full documentation-style Skill package.
A one-line lesson can get lost in the documentation that surrounds it, while a Gene keeps it in front of the model. Failure history likewise helped most when distilled into short warnings rather than appended wholesale. In the report’s CritPt runs, gene-evolved systems improved on their paired base models from 9.1% to 18.57% and from 17.7% to 27.14%.
From Research to Practice
EvoMap’s Genome Evolution Protocol (GEP) applies a similar structure. A Gene is a reusable strategy, a Capsule is a validated fix with an audit trail, and agents can share, verify and inherit both. Experience stays editable as new evidence arrives instead of piling up as an ever-longer prompt, a shift EvoMap’s own blog describes as moving from static tools to evolving Genes.
“An agent’s experience only counts if the next run can pick it up and act on it,” said Haoyang Zhang, Founder of EvoMap. “Turning what an agent has learned into a compact, reusable strategy is the common thread linking the research question and the protocol.”
Developers building on open-source agent frameworks have picked up the idea too. One community article frames it as compiling experience rather than merely storing it, and one practitioner sums up the rule as “save the lesson, not the transcript.” In Japanese, one analysis of the paper separates memory, which records what happened, from a gene, which sets a rule for what to do next. Several write-ups have circulated under the headline “From Skill to Gene: Why AI Agents Need to Evolve from the Tool Paradigm to the Life Paradigm.”
About EvoMap
EvoMap is an open infrastructure for AI self-evolution. Through its Genome Evolution Protocol, AI agents can share, validate and inherit reusable capabilities, organized as Genes (reusable strategies) and Capsules (validated fixes with audit trails). Learn more at https://evomap.ai/.
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Foreclosure Title Search Florida Introduces Dedicated Statewide Online Resource for Property Title Research
Powered by Oleander Abstractors, Inc., the specialized online resource supports property records research and foreclosure-related title information requests across all 67 Florida counties.
Foreclosure Title Search Florida announces the introduction of a dedicated online resource designed to simplify access to property title research and foreclosure-related public records services throughout Florida.
Powered by Oleander Abstractors, Inc., the website provides a centralized point of contact for individuals, attorneys, real estate professionals, and businesses requesting assistance with a Florida foreclosure search, foreclosure title search, or other property documentation requirements.
The dedicated resource brings together information about available research services, county-specific documentation procedures, and methods for submitting property research inquiries.
A Dedicated Statewide Property Research Resource
Florida property records are maintained through individual county recording systems. Differences in document availability, indexing procedures, and public access systems can make property research a multistep process.
Foreclosure Title Search Florida introduces a specialized online destination where customers can obtain information about available research services and request assistance with records maintained throughout the state.
The resource accommodates inquiries concerning a Florida foreclosure title search, property foreclosure search, and foreclosure property search, with research scopes determined by the documentation requested and the records available.
The website supports inquiries involving all 67 Florida counties, providing a consistent online point of contact for statewide property research needs.
Access to Recorded Property Documentation
Property research may require the examination of multiple public documents to identify recorded ownership interests and information associated with a particular parcel.
Depending on the requested scope, a foreclosure ownership search or foreclosure deed search may involve reviewing recorded instruments to help establish a property’s documented ownership history.
Related requests can involve a foreclosure mortgage search, foreclosure judgment search, or foreclosure lien search to identify relevant recorded documents.
The company also provides information about Florida lien search procedures and the availability of county-maintained property records.
These services are intended to support factual documentation needs rather than provide legal conclusions regarding ownership rights, lien enforceability, or property status.
Research Involving Foreclosure Proceedings
Foreclosure-related documentation may include notices of pending litigation and other recorded instruments associated with court proceedings.
A Florida lis pendens search, sometimes described in online inquiries as a lis pendens search Florida, may help locate recorded notices connected to a particular property.
Other requests may involve the examination of foreclosure property records or a broader foreclosure records search to identify relevant publicly available documents.
The website provides information about these research processes and assists customers in identifying the appropriate scope for their documentation requests.
Specialized Research for Different Property Record Requirements
The dedicated resource accommodates requests at different stages of foreclosure-related proceedings.
These may include a pre foreclosure property search, a foreclosure auction title search, or documentation requests associated with foreclosure proceedings and public records review.
For customers researching procedures sometimes described online as foreclosure due diligence Florida, the platform provides information about available title research services and the types of recorded documents that may be examined.
Depending on the research scope, findings may be organized into a foreclosure title report or Florida foreclosure report, subject to the particular service requested and the availability of public records.
The website does not provide recommendations about property purchases, bidding, financing, or investment decisions.
Service Availability Across All 67 Florida Counties
Foreclosure Title Search Florida supports property research inquiries throughout the state, including Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Orange, Hillsborough, Duval, Pinellas, Lee, Collier, and St. Johns counties.
The centralized resource is intended to make it easier for customers to identify relevant research services without navigating multiple service-information websites.
As the platform develops, the company intends to continue organizing educational information around Florida’s county recording systems and commonly requested property documentation procedures.
Powered by Oleander Abstractors, Inc.
Foreclosure Title Search Florida operates as a specialized online resource powered by Oleander Abstractors, Inc., a Florida-based title research and document retrieval company.
The website provides a dedicated channel for foreclosure-related research requests while connecting customers with established property research services.
Research results depend on the scope of each request, the accuracy and availability of public records, and the applicable county recording systems.
About Foreclosure Title Search Florida
Foreclosure Title Search Florida is a dedicated online property research resource powered by Oleander Abstractors, Inc. The website provides information and access to foreclosure-related title research, recorded document retrieval, and public property records services across Florida’s 67 counties.
The resource serves individuals, legal professionals, businesses, and organizations requiring assistance obtaining and reviewing publicly recorded property documentation.
Services do not constitute title insurance, a guarantee of clear title, or legal advice.
Official Website: https://foreclosuretitlesearchflorida.com
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Haolic Launches Third-Gen XP-2 Desktop DTF Printer with Smarter Controls and Simplified Maintenance
Developed with insights from customer feedback, the new 13-inch model introduces touchscreen-controlled film handling, automated maintenance features and upgraded mechanical components.
Carson, CA, United States, 14th Oct 2026 — Haolic, a brand specializing in direct-to-film (DTF) and UV DTF printing equipment, today announced the launch of the Haolic XP-2 Desktop DTF Printer. The third-generation model introduces touchscreen-controlled pinch roller lifting, automatic film cutting, improved ink management and upgraded mechanical components, with a focus on simplifying everyday printing and maintenance tasks.
According to Haolic, XP-2 development drew on several years of customer experience, including after-sales support cases, questions raised during printer setup and maintenance, and discussions in the brand’s Facebook user community. The company says the new model underwent an extended period of internal development, functional checks and quality evaluation before release.
The Haolic XP-2 Desktop DTF Printer, the latest generation in the company’s desktop DTF printer lineup.
Haolic XP-2 Desktop DTF Printer | Official Launch Film
Customer Feedback Shapes a Third Generation
Haolic’s product history began in 2022 with its first pink desktop DTF printer, developed as an alternative to the predominantly black, white and gray equipment commonly seen in small production spaces. Its subsequent XP-1 Pro incorporated revisions informed by printing experience and maintenance requirements.
For the XP-2, Haolic reviewed recurring questions about printhead care, white ink management during inactive periods, film loading and cutting, and access to internal components. These practical concerns helped guide the revisions to everyday operation and maintenance.
“Developing the XP-2 meant looking closely at what happens between print jobs, not just at the finished print,” said Nicole PENG, CEO of Haolic. “Customer feedback helped us identify opportunities to simplify film handling, routine maintenance and everyday printer operation.”
Haolic’s three generations of desktop DTF printers, from the XP-1 to the XP-1 Pro and the latest XP-2.
Updated Controls, Ink Management and Film Handling
The XP-2 introduces several touchscreen-controlled features designed to simplify everyday printing tasks. One-touch pinch roller lifting, automatic film cutting, and forward and reverse film controls help reduce manual handling during film loading and production. The touchscreen also supports multi-copy printing, allowing operators to set print quantities directly on the machine.
For routine maintenance, the XP-2 includes one-touch printhead cleaning, ink priming, and automatic white ink circulation at startup, designed to help limit ink sedimentation. Smart Sleep Mode turns off the vacuum fan after a period of inactivity, while a separate computer-free Vacation Mode performs scheduled white ink circulation and light nozzle firing when the printer remains powered on. These functions are intended to simplify printer care rather than eliminate the need for regular maintenance.
The XP-2 combines an XP600 printhead and a 13-inch printing format with an upgraded drive system featuring a 57-series stepper motor and 10 mm timing belt. According to Haolic, these mechanical revisions are designed to support stable film feeding and positioning during routine production. Additional features include dual maintenance access doors, an emergency stop function, and a two-in-one software workflow without a separate physical dongle requirement.
The Haolic XP-2 touchscreen allows operators to set print quantities directly on the machine.
Small-Workspace Applications and Availability
The XP-2 is designed for independent creators, home-based businesses and small printing studios producing customized apparel and textile items, including T-shirts, hoodies and tote bags. Its compact desktop configuration is intended for workspaces where equipment size, ease of operation and maintenance accessibility are important considerations.
“Our goal is to make everyday printing more manageable for small business owners,” Nicole PENG added. “That means improving the equipment based on real customer experience and continuing to provide guidance and technical support after purchase.”
The XP-2 is available for purchase beginning October 15, 2026, through Haolic’s official website. Current specifications and configurations are listed on the XP-2 product page.
Additional product information is available on the XP-2 launch page.
The Haolic XP-2 Desktop DTF Printer in a small workspace for customized apparel production.
About Haolic
Haolic develops and sells DTF and UV DTF printing equipment for independent creators, home-based businesses and small printing studios. Since introducing its first pink DTF printer in 2022, the brand has continued to develop its desktop printing products based on customer feedback, practical production needs and maintenance accessibility.
Haolic focuses on making desktop printing equipment more approachable for small businesses through user-oriented product design, setup resources and ongoing technical support.
More information is available at https://haolic.com/.
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