Author: Mitch Ashley

December 30, 2025

Karpathy’s Thread Signals AI-Driven Development Breakpoint

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, examines why industry researcher Andrej Karpathy’s X thread signals a breakpoint in AI-driven software development and what it...

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Mitch Ashley

December 29, 2025

2026: AI is a Reality in Software Development

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice, Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on research showing AI is increasingly embedded across the SDLC and DevOps, with 2026 emphasizing observability, security,...

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Mitch Ashley

December 15, 2025

FuturumWatch Agentic AI Needs the Agentic AI Foundation

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, explains why the new Agentic AI Foundation is becoming essential infrastructure for scalable, interoperable agentic systems and what it means for vendors...

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Mitch Ashley

December 9, 2025

Market Coverage News

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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Brad Shimmin & Mitch Ashley

December 8, 2025

Platform Engineers Critical To AI Adoption In 2026

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares insights on why platform engineers will be central to 2026 AI adoption and what organizations must prepare...

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Mitch Ashley

December 5, 2025

Events Market Coverage

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...

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<img width="36" height="36" src="https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-48x48.jpg.webp" class="attachment-36x36 size-36x36" alt="Fernando Montenegro" itemprop="image" decoding="async" srcset="https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-48x48.jpg.webp 48w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-500x500.jpg.webp 500w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-300x300.jpg.webp 300w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-768x768.jpg.webp 768w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-120x120.jpg.webp 120w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-150x150.jpg.webp 150w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-70x70.jpg.webp 70w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-74x74.jpg.webp 74w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-400x400.jpg.webp 400w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-600x600.jpg.webp 600w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-100x100.jpg 100w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-24x24.jpg.webp 24w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605-96x96.jpg.webp 96w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IMG_9605.jpg.webp 800w" sizes="(max-width: 36px) 100vw, 36px"/>
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Mitch Ashley, Fernando Montenegro, Nick Patience, Brad Shimmin & Alex Smith

November 25, 2025

Will AI Fix Our Code Security Problems?

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, examines why AI-generated code still introduces real security risks and how vendors are responding with early AI-driven analysis,...

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Mitch Ashley

November 21, 2025

Events Market Coverage

Microsoft Ignite 2025: AI, Agent 365, Anthropic on Azure & Security Advances

Analysts Nick Patience, Mitch Ashley, Fernando Montenegro, and Keith Kirkpatrick share insights on Microsoft's shift to agent-centric architecture, cementing the role of Agent 365 as the operational control plane and...

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<img width="36" height="36" src="https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-48x48.jpg" class="attachment-36x36 size-36x36" alt="Mitch Ashley" itemprop="image" decoding="async" srcset="https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-48x48.jpg 48w, https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-498x500.jpg 498w, https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-1019x1024.jpg 1019w, https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-300x300.jpg 300w, https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-768x772.jpg 768w, https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-120x120.jpg 120w, https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-150x150.jpg 150w, https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-70x70.jpg 70w, https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-74x74.jpg 74w, https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-600x603.jpg 600w, https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-100x100.jpg 100w, https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-24x24.jpg 24w, https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600-96x96.jpg 96w, https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Mitch-Ashley_headshot_jacket_600x600.jpg 1194w" sizes="(max-width: 36px) 100vw, 36px"/>
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<img width="36" height="36" src="https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Keith-Kirkpatrick-48x48.png.webp" class="attachment-36x36 size-36x36" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" srcset="https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Keith-Kirkpatrick-48x48.png.webp 48w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Keith-Kirkpatrick-500x500.png.webp 500w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Keith-Kirkpatrick-300x300.png.webp 300w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Keith-Kirkpatrick-120x120.png.webp 120w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Keith-Kirkpatrick-150x150.png.webp 150w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Keith-Kirkpatrick-70x70.png.webp 70w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Keith-Kirkpatrick-100x100.png 100w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Keith-Kirkpatrick-24x24.png.webp 24w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Keith-Kirkpatrick-96x96.png.webp 96w,https://futurumgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Keith-Kirkpatrick.png.webp 512w" sizes="(max-width: 36px) 100vw, 36px"/>
Nick Patience, Mitch Ashley, Fernando Montenegro & Keith Kirkpatrick

November 3, 2025

Events Market Coverage

GitHub Boldly Maps Out The Agentic Development Universe

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on GitHub's Agent HQ, the new control center transforming software development from code-assist to orchestrated, multi-agent...

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Mitch Ashley

October 27, 2025

Security, Alignment, and Visibility Lead Observability Benefits for Enterprises

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares why observability is delivering real-world security, alignment, and visibility benefits—driving new investments in AIOps across enterprises....

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Mitch Ashley

October 20, 2025

Market Coverage News

AgentOps: AI Agents Take Command of Workflow Automation

Mitch Ashley, VP & Practice Lead of Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on how AI agents are overtaking rule-based workflow tools. AgentOps emerges as the discipline for...

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Mitch Ashley

October 15, 2025

Market Coverage News

Microsoft Agent Framework: Advancing The Agentic DevOps Vision

Mitch Ashley, VP & Practice Lead, Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, analyzes how Microsoft’s Agent Framework extends its Agentic DevOps strategy and moves enterprises closer to adopting the agentic development...

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