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 to own the full enterprise AI stack.
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, remediation, and pipeline automation.
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 democratizing AI security with E5.
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 collaboration.
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.
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 managing intelligent, adaptive automations across business functions and systems.
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 lifecycle.
Agentic AI Expansion Across SDLC – Building Trust in AI
Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, explores how AI is evolving from code assistant to active team member—planning work, enforcing security, and operating infrastructure across the entire software lifecycle.
IBM HashiCorp Stakes Its Claim to Agentic Infrastructure
Mitch Ashley, VP & Practice Lead, Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on HashiCorp’s definitive move to own agentic infrastructure with Project Infragraph and MCP Servers, leveraging IBM’s credibility for enterprise adoption.
Balancing AI Goals and Core Strengths: Twilio’s Customer Engagement Platform
Keith Kirkpatrick and Mitch Ashley with Futurum share insights on Twilio’s shift to a unified customer engagement platform, its pragmatic AI strategy, and the company’s challenge of winning mindshare while staying true to its developer roots.
Efficiency & Innovation: IBM LinuxONE for Modern Workloads
IBM LinuxONE is a modern IT platform that combines efficiency, high performance, and security in one solution. It helps organizations reduce costs and energy usage, improve responsiveness, and protect sensitive data—all while enabling them to scale for future business needs.
Splunk .conf25: Forging a Data Foundation for Cisco’s AgenticOps Vision
Mitch Ashley and Fernando Montenegro of Futurum analyze Splunk .conf25. They discuss Splunk’s role in AI under Cisco, focusing on the new Data Fabric, security integrations, and the push toward an ‘agentic’ future for enterprise IT.
