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Author: Keith Kirkpatrick

Technology Friction
April 13, 2026

Will Technology Friction Derail the ROI Promise of Enterprise AI Investments?

Despite record AI spending, enterprises lose 51 workdays per employee yearly to technology friction due to inadequate training, undermining ROI and requiring robust user enablement for platform-first strategies to succeed....
Who Will Win the Agent Orchestration Layer Battle?
April 13, 2026

Who Will Win the Agent Orchestration Layer Battle?

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP and Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on the battle to control the agent orchestration layer, and discusses the key aspects that concern enterprise buyers as...
ServiceNow Embeds AI Across Platform. How Far Can This Model Scale?
April 13, 2026

ServiceNow Embeds AI Across Platform. How Far Can This Model Scale?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at Futurum, examines ServiceNow AI platform strategy, including Context Engine and developer tools, and highlights trade-offs around control, cost visibility, and enterprise dependence....
Agentic AI
April 10, 2026

Oracle’s Fusion Agentic Apps: Can Platform-First AI Finally Deliver Enterprise ROI?

Oracle launches Fusion Agentic Applications with autonomous AI agents in enterprise platforms. Research shows 38.8% of enterprise buyers now expect GenAI delivery via agents, signaling a fundamental shift in how...
42.9% of Buyers Prefer Consumption Pricing for GenAI; Reject It for Core SaaS
April 10, 2026

42.9% of Buyers Prefer Consumption Pricing for GenAI; Reject It for Core SaaS

Futurum’s Keith Kirkpatrick finds enterprise buyers prefer consumption-based pricing for GenAI at 42.9%, while rejecting it for core software, a pricing bifurcation reshaping vendor strategy among 830 IT decision-makers....
Canva Doubles Down on AI and Martech to Bolster its Creative OS
April 9, 2026

Canva Doubles Down on AI and Martech to Bolster its Creative OS

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP and Research Director at Futurum, covers Canva’s Simtheory and Ortto acquisitions, and discusses the impact on Canva and its competitors in the highly competitive enterprise content creation...
Slack Expands Slackbot for Enterprise Work; Can It Simplify Execution?
April 9, 2026

Slack Expands Slackbot for Enterprise Work; Can It Simplify Execution?

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP and Research Director at Futurum, examines Salesforce’s Slackbot enterprise update, expanding Slack into a unified work interface with AI skills, CRM, and orchestration capabilities....
From Pipeline to Financial Impact: The Business Economic Value of SAP Sales Cloud
April 2, 2026

From Pipeline to Financial Impact: The Business Economic Value of SAP Sales Cloud

In our latest BEV Report, From Pipeline to Financial Impact: The Business Economic Value of SAP Sales Cloud, completed in partnership with SAP, Futurum Research examines how SAP Sales Cloud...
Will MS Copilot Cowork Enable Real Enterprise AI Collaboration?
April 1, 2026

Will MS Copilot Cowork Enable Real Enterprise AI Collaboration?

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP & Research Director at Futurum, discusses Microsoft’s Copilot Cowork in Frontier, and discusses the steps Microsoft will need to take to enable enterprise-grade usage by customers....
Is Workflow AI Now Native After Microsoft Embeds Copilot in Power Platform?
March 27, 2026

Is Workflow AI Now Native After Microsoft Embeds Copilot in Power Platform?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at Futurum, examines Microsoft Copilot integration within Power Platform and how agentic workflows and process mining reshape enterprise application execution and decision-making....
Oracle Positions AI Database 26ai to Lead $1.2 Trillion Market by Bridging the Agentic Reasoning Gap
March 25, 2026

Oracle Positions AI Database 26ai to Lead $1.2 Trillion Market by Bridging the Agentic Reasoning Gap

Brad Shimmin and Keith Kirkpatrick of Futurum explore Oracle's pivot to agentic plumbing. Oracle is embedding autonomous reasoning directly into Oracle AI Database 26ai to solve the enterprise data latency...

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