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Alithya's industry insights reveal 2026 priorities and AI trends across financial services, manufacturing, and healthcare
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\nAlithya's industry insights reveal 2026 priorities and AI trends across financial services, manufacturing, and healthcare\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\n\n\nBuilding on its sector‑specific research program, Alithya presents insights that benchmark AI readiness, business pressures, and technology investments shaping enterprise strategy.MONTREAL, March 23, 2026 /CNW/ - Alithya is unveiling the latest edition of its industry research series, providing data‑driven insights into the business pressures, operational challenges, and technology priorities shaping 2026 strategies across financial services, manufacturing, and healthcare. The findings highlight how organizations are accelerating AI adoption, navigating financial pressures, and strengthening the data and technology foundations needed to compete in an increasingly complex environment.\nAcross financial services, respondents point to three shifts defining the year ahead: the executive priorities driving investment, the push to manage enterprise complexity through cloud, agentic AI, and automation, and the hurdles slowing generative AI deployment. These insights provide a detailed picture of the pressures financial institutions face and the capabilities they expect from technology partners as they modernize.In manufacturing, leaders across multiple subsectors evaluated their AI readiness, automation roadmaps, workforce modernization efforts, and the obstacles preventing them from scaling digital and operational transformation. The responses underscore broad recognition that productivity, resiliency, and AI‑supported decision‑making are central to future competitiveness.Within healthcare, executives from both provider and payer organizations highlighted ongoing financial strain, persistent labor cost challenges, and the technologies they believe will drive the greatest impact in the year ahead. Payers emphasized investment in data modernization and analytics, while providers cited the urgent need for systems that reduce a...