Author: Keith Kirkpatrick

Microsoft Takes ‘AIM’ at On-Premises Customers
July 21, 2023

Microsoft Takes ‘AIM’ at On-Premises Customers

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, covers Microsoft’s announcement of AIM, and discusses how this program should help the company drive long-term relationships with customers....
watsonx.ai Leverages Foundation Models to Accelerate AI Application Development
July 19, 2023

watsonx.ai Leverages Foundation Models to Accelerate AI Application Development

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers the general availability of watsonx, including watsonx.ai, which should help enterprises developing AI applications deploy them more quickly and efficiently, improving...
Infor Announces Ask ChatGPT Widget Using OpenAI APIs
July 19, 2023

Infor Announces Ask ChatGPT Widget Using OpenAI APIs

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, covers Infor’s announcement of Ask ChatGPT, a widget that allows users to easily build generative AI prompts via information held within Infor...
Microsoft Announces General Availability of Sales Copilot
July 19, 2023

Microsoft Announces General Availability of Sales Copilot

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers Microsoft’s announcements of the general availability of Sales Copilot and new features in Dynamics 365 Customer Insights, and discusses how these...
New Generative AI-Powered Capabilities in Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM Announced
July 17, 2023

New Generative AI-Powered Capabilities in Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM Announced

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers Oracle’s introduction of generative AI technology within its Oracle Cloud HCM solution, and discusses why Oracle’s customers may be in a...
Improving Contact Center Experiences via NLP, NLU, and Analytics-Focused AI
July 17, 2023

Improving Contact Center Experiences via NLP, NLU, and Analytics-Focused AI

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers Twilio’s partnership with Frame AI, and discusses the continuing value being derived from non-generative AI technology, including NLP, NLG, and analytics-based...
Using-Retrieval-Augmented-Generation-With-Access-Control-Technique-for-Managing-LLMs-Can-Be-Applied-Enterprise-Wide
July 17, 2023

Using Retrieval-Augmented Generation With Access Control Technique for Managing LLMs Can Be Applied Enterprise-Wide

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, covers Coveo’s use of retrieval-augmented generation, and discusses how the company’s inclusion of access-level control can help organizations safely deploy generative AI...
Microsoft’s Viva Sales, Copilot Driving Productivity Gains for Sales Professionals
July 12, 2023

Microsoft’s Viva Sales, Copilot Driving Productivity Gains for Sales Professionals

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers the internal usage of Microsoft Viva Sales, a generative AI-infused tool aimed at driving productivity gains among sales professionals, and discusses...
Balancing Average Resolution Time With CSAT in the Generative AI Era
July 11, 2023

Balancing Average Resolution Time With CSAT in the Generative AI Era

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group discusses the impact of generative AI on the average resolution time (ART) metric, and the steps that organizations must take with agent...
AI Contact Center Training Tools Provide Efficiency, But Need Guardrails
July 11, 2023

AI Contact Center Training Tools Provide Efficiency, But Need Guardrails

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers Zenarate’s AI Coach and its most recent funding round, and discusses the lack of information provided around bias mitigation in the...
Study Generative AI Is Most Helpful to Less-Skilled Contact Center Workers
July 10, 2023

Study: Generative AI Is Most Helpful to Less-Skilled Contact Center Workers

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, covers the results of an MIT Sloan/Stanford University study that found generative AI is most helpful to less-skilled contact center workers, and...

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