Author: Mitch Ashley

env zero EZ Control Telling a Fix From a Mistake
October 6, 2026

env zero EZ Control: Telling a Fix From a Mistake

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, CIO and Tech Buyers, and Vikram Rathnam, Research Director, Software Lifecycle Engineering at The Futurum Group, share insights on env zero EZ Control and...
Does a 17-Year-Old Movement Need a DevOps Standard
October 6, 2026

Does a 17-Year-Old Movement Need a DevOps Standard?

Vikram Rathnam and Mitch Ashley of Futurum Research share insights on The DevOps Standard, why its AI agent governance is a well-built retrofit, and what enterprise leaders and platform vendors...
NETSCOUT nGenius Copilot Caps a Three-Release Data-First Strategy
October 6, 2026

NETSCOUT nGenius Copilot Caps a Three-Release Data-First Strategy

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, CIO & Technology Buyers and Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on NETSCOUT nGenius Copilot and why its September AI sequence puts...
Docker Reruns the Container Playbook, This Time for Cloud Sandbox Kit
October 1, 2026

Docker Reruns the Container Playbook, This Time for Cloud Sandbox Kit

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, and Vikram Rathnam, Research Director, Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, on why Docker's Kit spec wins the agent control plane only if Kubernetes and...
OpenAI Moves Up the Stack and Competes With the Platforms It Powers
October 1, 2026

OpenAI Moves Up the Stack and Competes With the Platforms It Powers

Futurum Research’s Mitch Ashley, Nick Patience, and Vikram Rothnam examine how OpenAI used DevDay 2026 to move up the stack, claiming the work surface, the agent runtime, and the pricing...
NetApp Novus, PEAK:AIO and NetApp's Two-Market AI Strategy
September 30, 2026

NetApp Novus, PEAK:AIO and NetApp’s Two-Market AI Strategy

Nick Patience and Mitch Ashley, VPs and Practice Leads at Futurum, share their insights on NetApp Novus, the planned PEAK:AIO acquisition, and how NetApp is targeting AI factories and the...
When AI Is Everywhere, Data Becomes the Differentiator
September 30, 2026

When AI Is Everywhere, Data Becomes the Differentiator

In our latest Thought Leadership Brief, When AI Is Everywhere, Data Becomes the Differentiator, completed in partnership with Oracle, Futurum Research examines why industry-specific AI requires industry-specific data and how...
NVIDIA Wants Agent Safety Enforced in Silicon
September 29, 2026

NVIDIA Wants Agent Safety Enforced in Silicon

Fernando Montenegro, Mitch Ashley, and Brendan Burke from Futurum analyze NVIDIA's Open Agent Safety Platform, which pairs OpenShell runtime controls with Sentry DPU monitoring to contain AI agents outside their...
AI budget overruns
September 14, 2026

Enterprise AI Overruns Hit 46.9%: Is the Reckoning in FY2027?

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on why 46.9% of enterprises are running over budget on AI and how FY2027 budgeting will force...
Atlassian Bets the Work Surface on Governed Agentic Workflows
September 10, 2026

Atlassian Bets the Work Surface on Governed Agentic Workflows

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, CIO & Tech Buyers and Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on Atlassian's move to governed agentic workflows and why staking the...
46.9% of Enterprises Report AI Spend Over Budget in 2H 2026
September 10, 2026

46.9% of Enterprises Report AI Spend Over Budget in 2H 2026

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, CIO and Technology Buyers at Futurum, reveals that 46.9% of enterprises are running AI spend over budget, and traces how the overrun is funded...
Okta Q2 FY 2027 Earnings Beat and Raise on Core Identity Strength
August 28, 2026

Okta Q2 FY 2027 Earnings Beat and Raise on Core Identity Strength

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, CIO & Technology Buyers at The Futurum Group, reviews Okta's Q2 FY 2027 earnings, where core identity strength and new products drove a beat...

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