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GenAI Workflow Benefit Drops 6pts as Docs, Automation, and Code Gains Rise
June 18, 2026

GenAI Workflow Benefit Drops 6pts as Docs, Automation, and Code Gains Rise

Brad Shimmin, VP & Practice Lead of Data Intelligence, Analytics & Infrastructure, reveals GenAI workflow efficiency fell 6.0 points as a perceived benefit, while measurable tasks like documentation (+4.9), automation...
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Can Zoho’s Nathu La Server Redefine Enterprise Stack Sovereignty and TCO for AI
June 12, 2026
 

Can Zoho’s Nathu La Server Redefine Enterprise Stack Sovereignty and TCO for AI?

The Futurum Group’s Keith Kirkpatrick and Brad Shimmin share their insights on Zoho’s Nathu La server, and discuss the impact on the SaaS market, end customers, and Zoho’s competitors....
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Collate Turns OpenMetadata Into a Persistent Semantic Memory Layer for Enterprise AI Agents
June 12, 2026
 

Collate Turns OpenMetadata Into a Persistent Semantic Memory Layer for Enterprise AI Agents

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, examines Collate 2.0's AI-native semantic context layer built on OpenMetadata, and what it means for enterprise AI readiness, data governance, and the...
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From Storage to Action: Why Autonomous AI Is Forcing a Database Revolution
June 12, 2026

From Storage to Action: Why Autonomous AI Is Forcing a Database Revolution

Brad Shimmin at Futurum shares his insights on how the shift to autonomous, read-write AI agents is forcing legacy databases to evolve. Discover why strong consistency, multi-tiered memory, and speculative...
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From Storage to Action- Why Autonomous AI is Forcing a Database Revolution
June 11, 2026

From Storage to Action: Why Autonomous AI is Forcing a Database Revolution

Brad Shimmin at Futurum shares his insights on how the shift to autonomous, read-write AI agents is forcing legacy databases to evolve. Discover why strong consistency, multi-tiered memory, and speculative...
Brad Shimmin
Data Gravity in the Age of AI Engineering the Mission-Critical Engine for Autonomous Workloads
June 11, 2026

Data Gravity in the Age of AI: Engineering the Mission-Critical Engine for Autonomous Workloads

In our latest report, Data Gravity in the Age of AI: Engineering the Mission-Critical Engine for Autonomous Workloads, completed in partnership with Oracle, Futurum Research explores why fragmented data architectures...
Brad Shimmin
Microsoft Build 2026 - The Platform, Integration Plane, and Developer Surface
June 4, 2026
 

Microsoft Build 2026 – The Platform, Integration Plane, and Developer Surface

Futurum Analysts Ashley, Kirkpatrick, Patience, and Shimmin analyze Microsoft Build 2026 across models, agents, data intelligence, governance, and silicon as Microsoft positions itself as the platform, the integration plane, and...
Mitch Ashley
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Snowflake Summit 2026: Four Infrastructure Bets That Determine Whether the Agentic Enterprise Delivers
June 3, 2026
 

Snowflake Summit 2026: Four Infrastructure Bets That Determine Whether the Agentic Enterprise Delivers

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares insights on Snowflake's four infrastructure bets—Cortex Sense, Iceberg v3, Datastream, and Adaptive Compute—that will determine the success of the agentic enterprise....
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41.3% of Enterprises Default to Cloud-Provider Catalogs as AI Infrastructure Choices Splinter Across Four Layers
June 3, 2026

41.3% of Enterprises Default to Cloud-Provider Catalogs as AI Infrastructure Choices Splinter Across Four Layers

Futurum's Brad Shimmin, VP of Data Intelligence, Analytics & Infrastructure, notes AI infrastructure fragmented in 1H 2026. Cloud catalogs (41.3%), basic RAG (59.4%), and an even vector DB split reveal...
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Curing Agentic Hallucinations: DataHub’s Answer to the AI Context Gap
June 2, 2026
 

Curing Agentic Hallucinations: DataHub’s Answer to the AI Context Gap

Brad Shimmin breaks down the release of DataHub Cloud v1 and explores how its automated context platform cures AI analytics hallucinations by feeding agents pre-validated, expert-approved business logic....
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Starburst’s Intelligence Platform Sets Out to Tame the Multi-Cloud AI Wilderness
June 2, 2026
 

Starburst’s Intelligence Platform Sets Out to Tame the Multi-Cloud AI Wilderness

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on Starburst's new Enterprise Intelligence Platform, exploring how federated data access and Managed Icehouse are solving the unpredictable cloud...
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Alteryx ONE Forges a Deterministic Path Through the Enterprise AI Wilderness
May 26, 2026
 

Alteryx ONE Forges a Deterministic Path Through the Enterprise AI Wilderness

Brad Shimmin at Futurum shares his insights on Alteryx's latest platform updates, exploring how injecting deterministic business logic into Alteryx ONE may solve the enterprise AI governance crisis and empower...
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