Author: Mitch Ashley

Microsoft Build 2026 - The Platform, Integration Plane, and Developer Surface
June 4, 2026

Microsoft Build 2026 – The Platform, Integration Plane, and Developer Surface

Futurum Analysts Ashley, Kirkpatrick, Patience, and Shimmin analyze Microsoft Build 2026 across models, agents, data intelligence, governance, and silicon as Microsoft positions itself as the platform, the integration plane, and...
IBM and Red Hat Bet $5B on Curating the Open Source Supply Chain
June 3, 2026

IBM and Red Hat Bet $5B on Curating the Open Source Supply Chain

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on IBM and Red Hat's $5 billion Project Lightwell and what a curated open source...
Can Google's AI Threat Defense Set the Pace for Enterprise Cyber Defense?
May 28, 2026

Can Google’s AI Threat Defense Set the Pace for Enterprise Cyber Defense?

Fernando Montenegro and Mitch Ashley, VPs at Futurum, analyze Google Cloud's Google AI Threat Defense, an autonomous platform uniting Wiz, Mandiant, CodeMender, and Gemini to automate vulnerability discovery and remediation...
Google IO Did Google Just Ship the Full AI Stack
May 22, 2026

Google I/O: Did Google Just Ship the Full AI Stack?

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his analysis of whether Google just shipped the AI full stack at I/O 2026 and where the architectural gap remains....
Bedrock Advanced Prompt Optimization Cuts the Cost of Model Switching
May 19, 2026

Bedrock Advanced Prompt Optimization Cuts the Cost of Model Switching

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on how Amazon Bedrock Advanced Prompt Optimization converts model switching from a manual project into a configuration choice....
OpenAI Daybreak Aims For The Agentic AppSec Workflow
May 19, 2026

OpenAI Daybreak Aims For The Agentic AppSec Workflow

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on OpenAI Daybreak and how GPT-5.5 model tiers and Codex Security position OpenAI for AppSec workflow ownership in AI-native...
Narrowing the AI Production Gap Red Hat’s Focus on AI-Assisted Engineering
May 18, 2026

Narrowing the AI Production Gap: Red Hat’s Focus on AI-Assisted Engineering

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on how Red Hat Summit 2026 narrows the production gap for AI-assisted engineering by moving execution, provenance, and identity...
MuleSoft Omni Gateway: As Close to an Agent Control Plane as It Gets
May 13, 2026

MuleSoft Omni Gateway: As Close to an Agent Control Plane as It Gets

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on MuleSoft’s Omni Gateway and what it reveals about the agent control plane competition reshaping...
Red Hat Brings Developers, Product, and Operations to the Center of Agentic AI
May 13, 2026

Red Hat Brings Developers, Product, and Operations to the Center of Agentic AI

Mitch Ashley, VP Software Lifecycle Engineering, and Nick Patience, VP AI Platforms at Futurum, share their insights on Red Hat Summit 2026, introducing AI platform foundation, metal-to-agents stack, and putting...
Atlassian Teamwork Graph: The Secret Weapon That’s No Longer a Secret
May 8, 2026

Atlassian Teamwork Graph: The Secret Weapon That’s No Longer a Secret

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on Atlassian's Teamwork Graph becoming a programmable platform for developer-built AI agents....
Can IREN Build a Full-Stack AI Cloud? The Mirantis Acquisition Makes the Case
May 7, 2026

Can IREN Build a Full-Stack AI Cloud? The Mirantis Acquisition Makes the Case

Nick Patience, VP & AI Platforms Practice Lead, and Mitch Ashley, VP & Software Lifecycle Engineering Practice Lead, at Futurum, examine IREN’s $625M acquisition of Mirantis and what it means...
AWS Pushes the Agent Stack Quick, Connect Verticals, OpenAI on Amazon Bedrock
May 4, 2026

AWS Pushes the Agent Stack: Quick, Connect Verticals, OpenAI on Amazon Bedrock

Mitch Ashley, Keith Kirkpatrick, Fernando Montenegro, and Alex Smith of Futurum Research share their analysis of AWS’s What’s Next event, where Quick, Connect verticals, and OpenAI on Amazon Bedrock reposition...

Newsletter Sign-up Form

Get important insights straight to your inbox, receive first looks at eBooks, exclusive event invitations, custom content, and more. We promise not to spam you or sell your name to anyone. You can always unsubscribe at any time.

All fields are required






Thank you, we received your request, a member of our team will be in contact with you.