Category: AI Platforms

OpenAI’s GPT-5.3 Instant Mini: Does Faster AI Mean Smarter Enterprise Decisions?
April 12, 2026

OpenAI’s GPT-5.3 Instant Mini: Does Faster AI Mean Smarter Enterprise Decisions?

OpenAI's GPT-5.3 Instant Mini launch signals a critical shift in enterprise AI adoption. With 67% of organizations running GenAI in production and 75% increasing budgets, speed and cost-efficiency now drive...
OpenAI Sora Discontinuation: What the End of a Platform Means for Enterprise AI Strategy
April 12, 2026

OpenAI Sora Discontinuation: What the End of a Platform Means for Enterprise AI Strategy

OpenAI's 2026 Sora discontinuation forces enterprises to urgently reassess GenAI strategies, as 67% already run it in production while facing vendor lock-in and integration risks....
Is Autonomous IT the Endgame for AI in Operations or Just the Start of a Bigger Shift?
April 11, 2026

Is Autonomous IT the Endgame for AI in Operations or Just the Start of a Bigger Shift?

As Autonomous IT evolves, CIOs must weigh efficiency gains against vendor lock-in and skills gaps, raising the question: is this AI's operational endgame or just the beginning?...
Agentic AI
April 10, 2026

Oracle’s Fusion Agentic Apps: Can Platform-First AI Finally Deliver Enterprise ROI?

Oracle launches Fusion Agentic Applications with autonomous AI agents in enterprise platforms. Research shows 38.8% of enterprise buyers now expect GenAI delivery via agents, signaling a fundamental shift in how...
Can AI Save the Mainframe BMC Bets on Governance and Agentic AI
April 10, 2026

Can AI Save the Mainframe? BMC Bets on Governance and Agentic AI

Brad Shimmin and Mitch Ashley, Analysts at Futurum, examine BMC Software’s April 2026 AI expansion. The report details how uniting AMI with Control-M's new Agent Gateway addresses the mainframe demographic...
Anthropic's Gigawatt-Scale TPU Deal with Broadcom Creates a Structural Advantage
April 9, 2026

Anthropic’s Gigawatt-Scale TPU Deal with Broadcom Creates a Structural Advantage

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines Anthropic TPU expansion with Google and Broadcom, highlighting how multi-gigawatt compute deals and custom silicon are reshaping AI infrastructure scale and competition....
Slack Expands Slackbot for Enterprise Work; Can It Simplify Execution?
April 9, 2026

Slack Expands Slackbot for Enterprise Work; Can It Simplify Execution?

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP and Research Director at Futurum, examines Salesforce’s Slackbot enterprise update, expanding Slack into a unified work interface with AI skills, CRM, and orchestration capabilities....
Does Honoring Matei Zaharia Signal a New Era for Open-Source Data and AI Systems?
April 9, 2026

Does Honoring Matei Zaharia Signal a New Era for Open-Source Data and AI Systems?

Matei Zaharia's ACM Prize for Apache Spark reflects enterprise AI's shift toward open-source platforms, showing how democratized data infrastructure is transforming competitive dynamics across the industry....
Can Nasuni’s File Data Activation Drive Real AI ROI, or Is It More AI Hype?
April 8, 2026

Can Nasuni’s File Data Activation Drive Real AI ROI, or Is It More AI Hype?

Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Cloud and Data Center at Futurum, shares his insights on Nasuni’s announcement of the Resilio Active Everywhere V6 and AI Active products, which enable file data...
IBM and Arm Partner on Dual-Architecture Computing To Redefine Mainframes for AI
April 7, 2026

IBM and Arm Partner on Dual-Architecture Computing To Redefine Mainframes for AI

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights on IBM/Arm dual architecture. Arm workloads on IBM Z systems can expand software compatibility, flexibility, and support AI in regulated enterprise environments....
Glean Doubles ARR to $200M. Can Its Knowledge Graph Beat Copilot
April 3, 2026

Glean Doubles ARR to $200M. Can Its Knowledge Graph Beat Copilot?

Nick Patience, VP & Practice Lead at Futurum, examines Glean's platform evolution from enterprise search to agentic AI, as it doubles ARR to $200M and battles Microsoft 365 Copilot for...
HP IQ Finally Brings Useful On-Device AI To Workspaces
April 3, 2026

HP IQ Finally Brings Useful On-Device AI To Workspaces

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights on HP IQ, HP’s workplace intelligence layer combining on-device AI, proximity-based connectivity, and IT control across devices and workflows....

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