Category: CIO & Technology Buyers

August 1, 2026

TCS Reports Sequential Growth Amidst AI-Driven Transformation

TCS reports FY26 growth recovery as enterprise clients prioritize agentic AI deployments. With 86.6% of decision makers investing in this technology, TCS is well-positioned to capture substantial revenue....
August 1, 2026

AI-Driven Phishing Defenses Increase Costs for Security Teams

AI-powered email defenses accelerate response times, yet AI-generated phishing attacks simultaneously inflate protection costs, challenging AI-native platforms' efficiency promise....
August 1, 2026

Is the Enterprise Software Market Ready for a Major Shift in 2026?

Yext's G2 Enterprise Leader recognition reflects strong market momentum as 90.4% of decision makers prioritize generative AI, with the market forecast to reach $762B by 2031....
August 1, 2026

RM and IB’s Digital Assessment Partnership: A Major shift for Education?

RM plc's contract extension with the International Baccalaureate validates its digital assessment platform as a mission-critical solution in education, signaling strong vendor defensibility amid enterprise software market consolidation....
August 1, 2026

Sierra’s Partnership with Plaid: A Major shift for AI-Driven Financial Services?

Sierra launched Horizon agents on July 16, 2026, introducing persistent multi-session agentic AI architecture that orchestrates customer interactions over days or weeks. The launch directly addresses the top production challenge...
July 31, 2026

Can Creatio’s 10x Release Unseat Entrenched CRM Giants With Agentic AI?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, Creatio's 10x Release uses AI Twin and AI Studio to democratize agentic AI development, consolidating fragmented CRM...
July 31, 2026

Can Salesforce’s Agentic AI Close Field Service’s Talent and ROI Gap?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, Agentic AI is reshaping field service by automating complex tasks, offsetting talent shortages, and delivering quantifiable business...
July 31, 2026

Microsoft Copilot Hits 30 Million Seats: Is AI Transformation Finally Real?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, Microsoft Copilot's 30 million paid seats show strong enterprise ROI, though Salesforce Agentforce and ServiceNow pose competitive...
July 31, 2026

OpenClaw Introduces Maturity Scorecard for AI Feature Selection

OpenClaw launches maturity scorecard and long-lived release channel to address enterprise AI reliability concerns, positioning itself to capture share in the $181.3B AI platforms market....
July 28, 2026

Bridging the Gap: Why Citizen Engagement Needs a Technology Overhaul

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, examines the critical gap between government self-assessment and citizen perception of engagement efforts, revealing why technology solutions...
July 28, 2026

IBM as Client Zero: How IBM Built an Enterprise AI Orchestration Model at Global Scale

In our latest case study, IBM as Client Zero: How IBM built an enterprise AI orchestration model at global scale, completed in partnership with IBM, Futurum Research examines how IBM...
July 28, 2026

Orchestrating IT at Global Scale How IBM Consulting Enabled Nestlé’s AI-Driven Delivery Model

In our latest case study, Orchestrating IT at global scale: How IBM Consulting enabled Nestlé's AI-driven delivery model, completed in partnership with IBM, Futurum Research examines how Nestlé consolidated a...

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