Top Worktech News From the Week of September 18th: Updates from Oracle, ScienceLogic, Betterworks, and More

The editors at Solutions Review have curated this list of the most noteworthy Worktech news from the week of September 18th. This round-up covers announcements and updates from Oracle, ScienceLogic, Betterworks, and more.

Keeping tabs on the most relevant ERP and BPM news can be time-consuming. As a result, our editorial team aims to summarize some of the week’s top headlines in the enterprise technology marketplace. The Solutions Review editors will compile a weekly round-up of vendor product news, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital funding, talent acquisition, and other noteworthy WorkTech information. With that in mind, here is some of the top WorkTech news for September 18th.

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Top WorkTech News From the Week of September 18th, 2026

Betterworks Debuts New AI-Powered Workforce Readiness Capabilities

Betterworks, a real-time performance management and talent intelligence platform provider, has introduced new AI-powered capabilities that bring growth signals, development, and upskilling together. These additions include Conversational Intelligence, which captures development and performance signals from everyday manager-employee meetings; Individual Development Plans to connect employee development with skills, performance, and learning; and new Adaptive Learning & Upskilling to help employees turn development priorities into focused actions.

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Oracle Details the Updates Available in the Java 27 Release

Oracle has announced the availability of Java 27, the latest version of the global programming language and development platform. The update adds thousands of performance, stability, security, and productivity improvements to the platform, advances its post-quantum cryptography (PQC) capabilities with hybrid key exchange for TLS 1.3, and an aligned update for the Java ecosystem and Oracle Java Verified Portfolio (JVP).

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ScienceLogic Announces Skylar AI 2.6

ScienceLogic, an AI-driven observability and ITOps platform provider, has announced Skylar AI 2.6, introducing new capabilities that give IT teams the visibility, verification, and control they need to confidently scale agentic AI. Specific additions and updates include a more connected, governed foundation for agentic AI, a self-service Alert Builder, platform optimizations to improve responsiveness and performance under load, and more.

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Syntax Reveals a Retail Solution Built in Collaboration with SAP

Syntax, a global technology solutions provider focused on driving enterprise transformation in the cloud, has launched Syntax Promotion Lift, a new solution designed to help retailers achieve greater coordination and profitability in omnichannel promotions. Developed through a co-innovation collaboration with SAP and integrated with SAP Cloud ERP, the solution brings Syntax’s retail expertise with SAP’s capabilities, empowering retailers to run promotions with greater precision, reliability, and control.

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What to Expect from the Solutions Spotlight with G-P on September 30th, 2026

For this Solutions Spotlight event, the Solutions Review team has partnered with G-P (Globalization Partners) to unpack the break-even math between Employer of Record (EOR) models and legal entity establishment, cover strategies to neutralize permanent establishment tax risks, and balance top-line growth. Lindsey Teschner, the VP Financial Planning & Analytics at G-P, will also delve into a clear, risk-adjusted framework tailored specifically for CFOs, finance directors, and financial analysts.

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The AI Features That Set Modern Manufacturing ERPs Apart

“For most of the last decade, AI in enterprise software meant dashboards. Better visualizations, smarter filters, predictive charts that gave operations managers a cleaner view of what had already happened—these are useful in a limited way, but not transformative. Ultimately, the system was a record-keeper, and decisions still belonged entirely to the people running the operation. That has changed. The AI now available in leading manufacturing ERPs is more than a reporting layer sitting on top of the system.”

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