Category: AI Platforms

Will Microsoft’s “Frontier Firms” Serve as Models for AI Utilization
January 26, 2026

Will Microsoft’s “Frontier Firms” Serve as Models for AI Utilization?

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP and Research Director at Futurum, covers the New York Microsoft AI Tour stop and discusses how the company is shifting the conversation around AI from features to...
Snowflake Acquires Observe Operationalizing the Data Cloud
January 26, 2026

Snowflake Acquires Observe: Operationalizing the Data Cloud

Brad Shimmin, VP & Practice Lead at Futurum, examines Snowflake’s intent to acquire Observe and integrate AI-powered observability into the AI Data Cloud....
ServiceNow Bets on OpenAI to Power Agentic Enterprise Workflows
January 23, 2026

ServiceNow Bets on OpenAI to Power Agentic Enterprise Workflows

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at Futurum, examines ServiceNow’s multi-year collaboration with OpenAI, highlighting a shift toward agentic AI embedded in core enterprise workflows....
January 21, 2026

AI-Enabled Enterprise Workspace – Futurum Signal

The enterprise workspace is entering a new phase—one shaped less by device refresh cycles and more by intelligent integration. As AI-enabled PCs enter the mainstream, the real challenge for IT...
AWS European Sovereign Cloud Debuts with Independent EU Infrastructure
January 16, 2026

AWS European Sovereign Cloud Debuts with Independent EU Infrastructure

Nick Patience, AI Platforms Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his/her insights on AWS’s launch of its European Sovereign Cloud. It is an independently-run cloud in the EU aimed at meeting...
Salesforce’s Slackbot Goes GA - Is This the Real Test for Agentforce
January 15, 2026

Salesforce’s Slackbot Goes GA – Is This the Real Test for Agentforce?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at Futurum, examines Slackbot general availability and how Salesforce is operationalizing Agentforce 360 by embedding a permissioned, context-aware AI agent directly into Slack workflows....
Modern Private Cloud: Balancing Operational Agility with Data Sovereignty
January 14, 2026

Modern Private Cloud: Balancing Operational Agility with Data Sovereignty

In this Market Brief, Modern Private Cloud: Balancing Operational Agility with Data Sovereignty, Futurum Research explores why enterprises are rethinking public cloud-first strategies and how modern private cloud platforms enable...
CIO Take Smartsheet's Intelligent Work Management as a Strategic Execution Platform
December 22, 2025

CIO Take: Smartsheet’s Intelligent Work Management as a Strategic Execution Platform

Dion Hinchcliffe analyzes Smartsheet’s Intelligent Work Management announcements from a CIO lens—what’s real about agentic AI for execution at scale, what’s risky, and what to validate before standardizing....
Will Zoho’s Embedded AI Enterprise Spend and Billing Solutions Drive Growth
December 22, 2025

Will Zoho’s Embedded AI Enterprise Spend and Billing Solutions Drive Growth?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director with Futurum, shares his insights on Zoho’s latest finance-focused releases, Zoho Spend and Zoho Billing Enterprise Edition, further underscoring Zoho’s drive to illustrate its enterprise-focused capabilities....
TAE Technologies: America’s Answer to Fusion Energy—And Why It Matters for AI Dominance
December 18, 2025

TAE Technologies: America’s Answer to Fusion Energy—And Why It Matters for AI Dominance

In our latest Analyst Insight Report, TAE Technologies: America’s Answer to Fusion Energy—And Why It Matters for AI Dominance, completed in partnership with TMTG, The Futurum Group covers the critical...
Brendan Burke, Research Director
December 17, 2025

Brendan Burke

NVIDIA Bolsters AI/HPC Ecosystem with Nemotron 3 Models and SchedMD Buy
December 16, 2025

NVIDIA Bolsters AI/HPC Ecosystem with Nemotron 3 Models and SchedMD Buy

Nick Patience, AI Platforms Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on NVIDIA's release of its Nemotron 3 family of open-source models and the acquisition of SchedMD, the developer of...

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