Category: AI Platforms

AI Platform
June 24, 2026

Will Samsara’s AI-Driven Safety Stack Redefine Fleet Risk Management?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, Samsara's AI Platform innovations in safety, automation, and supply chain visibility position it as a fleet risk...
Can HPE's Unified Agentic IT Operations Cut Through AI Infrastructure Complexity?
June 24, 2026

Can HPE’s Unified Agentic IT Operations Cut Through AI Infrastructure Complexity?

Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure at Futurum, HPE's new agentic AI capabilities across GreenLake and Morpheus Software promise unified orchestration for operational simplicity amid competition from Dell,...
Salesforce's Agentforce Commerce Pushes Agentic AI From Hype to Retail Revenue Reality
June 24, 2026

Salesforce’s Agentforce Commerce Pushes Agentic AI From Hype to Retail Revenue Reality

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, Salesforce's Agentforce Commerce shifts agentic AI from hype to results, with retailers deploying shopper agents achieving 59%...
June 24, 2026

AWS Summit NY 2026: Is AI Infrastructure AWS’s Real Agentic Moat?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, recaps AWS Summit New York 2026, examining whether AI infrastructure—G7 Blackwell GPUs, QuEra quantum, AMD Outposts, and the RGN fabric—is the hyperscaler’s real agentic...
Agentic AI
June 24, 2026

Is Adobe’s Agentic AI Push the New Standard for Enterprise Customer Experience?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, analyzes how Adobe's deep partnerships with leading agencies and integration into Microsoft 365 Copilot and Claude Enterprise...
Can Nokia's Gemini-Based Network Agents Make Autonomous Networks Practical
June 24, 2026

Can Nokia’s Gemini-Based Network Agents Make Autonomous Networks Practical?

Tom Hollingsworth, Networking Technology Advisor and Event Lead at The Futurum Group, examines how Nokia and Google Cloud are using AI agents to automate network assurance, accelerate fault resolution, and...
Voice Agent Latency: Why Milliseconds Matter for Enterprise AI Adoption
June 24, 2026

Voice Agent Latency: Why Milliseconds Matter for Enterprise AI Adoption

ElevenLabs reveals that voice agent latency impacts enterprise AI adoption. With 56% of organizations prioritizing AI-driven customer experience, optimizing response times becomes a key business differentiator....
Can Zoom's Agent Architect Redefine the AI Agent Lifecycle for Enterprise CX
June 22, 2026

Can Zoom’s Agent Architect Redefine the AI Agent Lifecycle for Enterprise CX?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, Zoom's Agent Architect and Performance Suite transform enterprise AI creation, deployment, and optimization with outcome-based pricing and...
AMD and Rackspace
June 22, 2026

Can AMD and Rackspace Scale Sovereign AI Inference?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines AMD and Rackspace's agreement to deploy 30 MW of AI compute capacity that establishes governed enterprise infrastructure for regulated production workloads....
Databricks Data + AI Summit: Looking Beyond the Database Through Unified Transactions, Analytics, and Agentic AI
June 22, 2026

Databricks Data + AI Summit: Looking Beyond the Database Through Unified Transactions, Analytics, and Agentic AI

Brad Shimmin, Chief Analyst at Futurum, shares his insights on Databricks' 2026 Summit announcements, detailing how the unification of transactional and analytical data via LTAP lays the groundwork for truly...
Can Databricks’ Security Upgrades Finally Unify AI Innovation and Compliance at Scale?
June 19, 2026

Can Databricks’ Security Upgrades Finally Unify AI Innovation and Compliance at Scale?

Databricks announces Automatic Identity Management for Entra ID and Okta, removing compliance bottlenecks for regulated industries. New security enhancements enable zero-trust access across all major clouds....
Will PyTorch Certification Reset the AI Talent Benchmark for Enterprises?
June 19, 2026

Will PyTorch Certification Reset the AI Talent Benchmark for Enterprises?

The PyTorch Foundation and Linux Foundation Education launch PyTorch Certification (PTCA) for AI practitioners, establishing a standardized skills benchmark that could reshape how enterprises assess, hire, and upskill talent in...

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Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

Benjamin Brown

VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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