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ServiceNow Buys Pyramid Does this Spell the End of the BI Dashboard
February 13, 2026
 

ServiceNow Buys Pyramid: Does this Spell the End of the BI Dashboard?

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, along with Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Digital Workflows, analyze ServiceNow’s acquisition of Pyramid Analytics. They explore...
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OpenAI Frontier Close the Enterprise AI Opportunity Gap—or Widen It
February 9, 2026
 

OpenAI Frontier: Close the Enterprise AI Opportunity Gap—or Widen It?

Futurum Research Analysts Mitch Ashley, Keith Kirkpatrick, Fernando Montenegro, Nick Patience, and Brad Shimmin examine OpenAI Frontier and whether enterprise AI agents can finally move from pilots to production. The...
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Fernando Montenegro
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Teradata Set to Turn Data Gravity Into AI Gold With Enterprise AgentStack
January 29, 2026
 

Teradata Set to Turn Data Gravity Into AI Gold With Enterprise AgentStack

Brad Shimmin, Vice President and Practice Lead at Futurum, analyzes Teradata’s launch of Enterprise AgentStack. He explores how Teradata is leveraging data gravity and robust governance to bridge the "production...
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Snowflake Acquires Observe Operationalizing the Data Cloud
January 26, 2026
 

Snowflake Acquires Observe: Operationalizing the Data Cloud

Brad Shimmin, VP & Practice Lead at Futurum, examines Snowflake’s intent to acquire Observe and integrate AI-powered observability into the AI Data Cloud....
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$1.2T Data Market by 2031 Agentic AI Replaces Data Pipelines
January 23, 2026

$1.2T Data Market by 2031: Agentic AI Replaces Data Pipelines

Futurum Analyst Brad Shimmin forecasts the Data Intelligence market to surpass US$1.2T by 2031. The study reveals a capital rotation from legacy plumbing to "Agentic" control planes, driving 19%+ growth...
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Navigating the Shift to Production AI in 2026
January 21, 2026

Navigating the Shift to Production AI in 2026

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, analyzes the shift to production AI, predicting the rise of the "AI Shepherd," the necessity of the Semantic Layer, and why the...
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The Semantic Layer Wars Why BI Must Remain the Center of Gravity for Trusted AI
December 22, 2025

The Semantic Layer Wars: Why BI Must Remain the Center of Gravity for Trusted AI

Brad Shimmin explains why the semantic layer is moving from dashboards to AI reasoning engines. Learn why BI teams are the essential Insight Engineers tasked with stopping AI hallucinations through...
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Five Key Reasons Why Confluent Is Strategic To IBM
December 9, 2025
 

Five Key Reasons Why Confluent Is Strategic To IBM

Brad Shimmin and Mitch Ashley at Futurum, share their insights on IBM’s $11B acquisition of Confluent. This bold move signals a strategic pivot, betting that real-time "data in motion" is...
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Mitch Ashley
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AWS re:Invent 2025: Wrestling Back AI Leadership
December 5, 2025
 

AWS re:Invent 2025: Wrestling Back AI Leadership

Futurum analysts share their insights on how AWS re:Invent 2025 redefines the cloud giant as an AI manufacturer. We analyze Nova models, Trainium silicon, and AI Factories as AWS moves...
Mitch Ashley
Fernando Montenegro
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Is Conversational Analytics in Looker the Tipping Point for Enterprise BI
November 18, 2025

Is Conversational Analytics in Looker the Tipping Point for Enterprise BI?

Brad Shimmin, industry analyst at Futurum, shares his insights on Google's GA of Conversational Analytics in Looker, a strategic move to defend traditional BI by grounding Gemini's power in a...
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From Data Paralysis to AI-Powered Progress
November 13, 2025

From Data Paralysis to AI-Powered Progress

In our latest Research Brief, From Data Paralysis to AI-Powered Progress, completed in partnership with Databricks, Futurum explores the challenges holding enterprises back and explains how a modern data intelligence...
Brad Shimmin
Chaos to Clarity The FinOps Imperative for Data, Analytics, and AI
November 10, 2025

Chaos to Clarity: The FinOps Imperative for Data, Analytics, and AI

In our latest Research Brief, Delivering Personalized Outreach via Dynamics 365 Customer Insights, completed in partnership with Microsoft, Futurum covers demand drivers for greater personalization and discusses the ways in...
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