Author: Alex Smith

AI Platform
April 15, 2026

Can AgentExchange Cement Salesforce’s Lead in the Agentic AI Platform Race?

Salesforce's AgentExchange relaunch unifies its marketplace strategy around agentic AI, signaling a major shift in how enterprises deploy AI agents and AI platforms....
Wasabi Acquires Lyve Cloud. Does This Strengthen Its Storage Position?
April 14, 2026

Wasabi Acquires Lyve Cloud. Does This Strengthen Its Storage Position?

Alex Smith and Brad Shimmin from Futurum examine the Wasabi Lyve Cloud acquisition and whether the deal meaningfully shifts cloud storage dynamics or primarily consolidates customers, capacity, and ecosystem integrations....
Will Ecolab's $4.75B CoolIT Systems Bet Define the Future of GPU Liquid Cooling?
April 1, 2026

Will Ecolab’s $4.75B CoolIT Systems Bet Define the Future of GPU Liquid Cooling?

Alex Smith and Brendan Burke share their insights on how Ecolab's $4.75 billion acquisition of CoolIT is a cross-industry move that reshapes the competitive landscape for data center liquid cooling....
Marketplace Ecosystem Map Companies Reshaping Software Buying - Report Summary
March 26, 2026

Marketplace Ecosystem Map: Companies Reshaping Software Buying – Report Summary

Alex Smith at Futurum shares insights on the transformation of the enterprise technology marketplace into a complex ecosystem of Hyperscaler, SaaS, Agentic/LLM, and Distributor archetypes, reshaping software procurement....
Adobe’s Ecosystem Evolution Creating a Seamless Core for Partner Success
March 12, 2026

Adobe’s Ecosystem Evolution: Creating a Seamless Core for Partner Success

Alex Smith and Tiffani Bova at Futurum Research at Futurum examine Adobe’s unified Digital Experience Partner Program and AI-powered PxHub mark a shift in scaling ecosystems....
Claude Marketplace Tests Whether Anthropic Can Win the Procurement Heart
March 11, 2026

Claude Marketplace Tests Whether Anthropic Can Win the Procurement Heart

Alex Smith, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum examines Anthropic’s Claude Marketplace and how commitment-based procurement and partner apps shift enterprise AI buying toward consolidated spend and workflow-specific tools....
Co-Sell Support Jumps 14.6 Points to 39.2%, Displacing Developer Tools as Channel Partners' #1 Vendor Priority
March 4, 2026

Co-Sell Support Jumps 14.6 Points to 39.2%, Displacing Developer Tools as Channel Partners’ #1 Vendor Priority

Futurum survey of 400 channel partners finds channel partner co-sell demand surged to #1 vendor priority while training collapsed to last, as portfolio competitiveness anxiety doubled....
Salesforce Overhauls Consulting Track, Recasting Partners as Outcome Architects
March 3, 2026

Salesforce Overhauls Consulting Track, Recasting Partners as Outcome Architects

Futurum’s Alex Smith shares insights on Salesforce’s radical overhaul of its Consulting Track, recasting partners as outcome architects to accelerate the shift toward agentic AI delivery in the partner ecosystem....
Can Writer's Partner Program Model Scale Enterprise AI Through Ecosystem Rigor
February 20, 2026

Can Writer’s Partner Program Model Scale Enterprise AI Through Ecosystem Rigor?

Alex Smith, Analyst at Futurum, shares insights on Writer's new three-tier partner program and how it prioritizes co-delivery and shared outcomes to scale enterprise AI through ecosystem rigor....
Proofpoint Increases Bets on Partners to Capture More Security Mindshare
February 19, 2026

Proofpoint Increases Bets on Partners to Capture More Security Mindshare

Alex Smith at Futurum shares his insights on Proofpoint’s new partner program launch, and the increased emphasis on cloud marketplaces as a route-to-market....
Xerox Restructures Global Sales to Drive Print Through Partner Expansion
February 18, 2026

Xerox Restructures Global Sales to Drive Print Through Partner Expansion

Alex Smith, Analyst at Futurum, shares insights on Xerox’s new global print sales structure, exploring how partner expansion and operational consolidation aim to reverse share loss in a declining print...
February 17, 2026

A Shift from Technology to Intelligence: The Rise of the Frontier Partner

Discover the Orchestration Era of enterprise AI. Frontier Partners: AI-first firms building original, agent-based solutions for business transformation....

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