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Futurum Agent Control Plane Framework: A Reference Model for Production AI Agents
April 3, 2026

Futurum Agent Control Plane Framework: A Reference Model for Production AI Agents

Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead at Futurum, examines the Agent Control Plane Framework, defining the five-layer governance architecture enterprises need to deploy AI agents safely at production scale....
Mitch Ashley
RSAC 2026: The AI 'Tragedy of the Commons' and the Future of Agentic Security
April 3, 2026
 

RSAC 2026: The AI ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ and the Future of Agentic Security

Fernando Montenegro and Mitch Ashley, VPs and Practice Leads at Futurum, convey their observations from the RSAC 2026 Conference, with a focus on AI and agentic security....
Fernando Montenegro
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Futurum Research Finds Enterprise Observability Spend Surging in $1M-Plus
March 31, 2026

Futurum Research Finds Enterprise Observability Spend Surging in $1M-Plus

Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead at Futurum, shares new survey data showing that enterprise observability budgets of $1M-plus have doubled year over year, signaling the observability-native shift is moving from...
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OpenShell Redraws the Agent Control Plane — Open Standard or Product Launch
March 18, 2026
 

OpenShell Redraws the Agent Control Plane — Open Standard or Product Launch?

Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead at Futurum, examines NVIDIA OpenShell's out-of-process enforcement model — and why it sets a standard every enterprise agent runtime must now meet....
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NVIDIA Agent Toolkit
March 16, 2026
 

At GTC 2026, NVIDIA Stakes Its Claim on Autonomous Agent Infrastructure

Nick Patience and Mitch Ashley, analysts at Futurum, examine NVIDIA's Agent Toolkit announcements at GTC 2026, covering NemoClaw, AI-Q, the Nemotron Coalition, and what they mean for enterprise agentic AI...
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How Google Is Constructing the Path for AI-Generation Developers
March 13, 2026

How Google Is Constructing the Path for AI-Generation Developers

In this market brief by Futurum Research, in partnership with Google Cloud, we explore how Google’s approach to AI development aims to accelerate innovation, reduce friction for developers, and help...
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OpenAI Acquires Promptfoo, Gaining 25% Foothold in Fortune 500 Enterprises
March 11, 2026
 

OpenAI Acquires Promptfoo, Gaining 25% Foothold in Fortune 500 Enterprises

Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead at Futurum, examines OpenAI's acquisition of Promptfoo and what it signals about the security and governance requirements blocking AI agents from enterprise production....
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Did GitHub Agent HQ Quietly Show Up in Microsoft VS Code 1.110
March 10, 2026
 

Did GitHub Agent HQ Quietly Show Up in Microsoft VS Code 1.110?

Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on how VS Code 1.110’s agent plugins, hooks, and Git-based distribution embed agent development control surface capabilities directly into the...
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Microsoft Leaders Have an Answer To AI Gutting the Developer Pipeline
March 4, 2026
 

Microsoft Leaders Have an Answer To AI Gutting the Developer Pipeline

Mitch Ashley, VP and Software Lifecycle Engineering Practice Lead at Futurum, examines Microsoft leaders' warning that AI productivity gains are gutting the developer talent pipeline and how their preceptorship model...
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Google ADK Is Not a Toolkit – It Is an Agent Execution Framework
March 3, 2026
 

Google ADK Is Not a Toolkit – It Is an Agent Execution Framework

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead of Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on how Google ADK’s new integrations turn agent frameworks into an execution layer, connecting GitHub,...
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Nokia’s Global Data Center Network Migration: From Legacy Complexity to Automated, Reliable Operations
March 3, 2026

Nokia’s Global Data Center Network Migration: From Legacy Complexity to Automated, Reliable Operations

In our latest report, Nokia’s Global Data Center Network Migration: From Legacy Complexity to Automated, Reliable Operations, completed in partnership with Nokia, Futurum Research details Nokia IT’s automation-first data center...
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Enterprises Prioritize Agent Observability Before They've Deployed Agents
February 26, 2026

Enterprises Prioritize Agent Observability Before They’ve Deployed Agents

Mitch Ashley, VP & Software Lifecycle Engineering practice lead at Futurum, shares new research showing enterprises are prioritizing AI agent observability before agents are deployed at scale, outranking distributed tracing...
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