Category: CIO & Technology Buyers

Salesforce Q4 FY 2025 Results Deliver Strong AI Growth, but FY 2026 Outlook Disappoints
February 28, 2025

Salesforce Q4 FY 2025 Results Deliver Strong AI Growth, but FY 2026 Outlook Disappoints

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, analyzes Salesforce’s Q4 FY 2025 earnings, highlighting AI growth, margin expansion, and concerns over muted FY 2026 guidance....
AI Agents and Hybrid AI: Preserving Mainframe Knowledge and the Impact of BMC’s AMI Assistant
February 27, 2025

AI Agents and Hybrid AI: Preserving Mainframe Knowledge and the Impact of BMC’s AMI Assistant – Six Five On The Road

David Jeffries and Priya Doty from BMC Software discuss preserving mainframe knowledge and driving transformation with AI Agents and Hybrid AI on the latest Six Five On The Road....
Zendesk to Acquire Local Measure to Strengthen Its AI-Driven Contact Center Solutions
February 27, 2025

Zendesk to Acquire Local Measure to Strengthen Its AI-Driven Contact Center Solutions

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, analyzes Zendesk’s acquisition of Local Measure and its impact on AI-powered contact centers, enterprise growth, and AWS integration....
Maximizing ROI with Agentic AI: Why Agentforce Is the Fast Path to Enterprise Value
February 27, 2025

Maximizing ROI with Agentic AI: Why Agentforce Is the Fast Path to Enterprise Value

In the latest study by Futurum Research, Maximizing ROI with Agentic AI: Why Agentforce Is the Fast Path to Enterprise Value, completed in partnership with Salesforce, Futurum Research explores why...
Does Salesforce and Google’s Partnership Raise the Bar for AI Agent Capability?
February 27, 2025

Does Salesforce and Google’s Partnership Raise the Bar for AI Agent Capability?

The Futurum Group analysts share their insights on the partnership between Salesforce and Google, which is designed to provide more capability for Agentforce agents, and offer greater service capabilities for...
Driving Value from Your AI Investments: Introducing Dell Generative AI Solutions with Intel - Six Five On the Road
February 26, 2025

Driving Value from Your AI Investments: Introducing Dell Generative AI Solutions with Intel – Six Five On the Road

Chad Dunn and Bill Pearson, leading voices at Dell and Intel, join David Nicholson and Keith Townsend to reveal how Dell's Generative AI Solutions powered by Intel are designed to...
AI & Energy Demands: Unlocking Data Center Efficiency - Six Five On The Road
February 25, 2025

AI & Energy Demands: Unlocking Data Center Efficiency – Six Five On The Road

Ty Schmitt and Dr. Jeremy Kepner join David Nicholson to share their insights on the AI energy challenge, exploring the balance between innovation and sustainability....
Kyndryl Strengthens Security Play with AI-Powered SASE Offering
February 24, 2025

Kyndryl Strengthens Security Play with AI-Powered SASE Offering

Fernando Montenegro, VP and Practice Lead, Cybersecurity at The Futurum Group, examines Kyndryl’s expanded Palo Alto partnership, highlighting its impact on cybersecurity, revenue growth, and zero-trust positioning....
Talking Lenovo, Intel & TSMC & Broadcom, Groq, and More
February 24, 2025

Talking Lenovo, Intel & TSMC & Broadcom, Groq, and More

On this episode of The Six Five Webcast, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss Lenovo, Intel, TSMC, Broadcom, Groq, and more....
Gemini 2.0, AI Agents, and the Future of IT - A Recap from The CIO Pulse Report
February 20, 2025

Gemini 2.0, AI Agents, and the Future of IT – A Recap from The CIO Pulse Report

Dion Hinchcliffe, VP of CIO Practice at The Futurum Group, highlights Google’s Gemini 2.0, OpenAI’s Deep Research, and Anysphere’s Cursor, showing how they reshape IT leadership, AI adoption, and custom...
$100 Billion for OpenAI? - Six Five Webcast: Infrastructure Matters
February 19, 2025

$100 Billion for OpenAI? – Six Five Webcast: Infrastructure Matters

Keith Townsend and Dion Hinchcliffe discuss Intel's stock, AI ethics, DataRobot's acquisition, SAP and Databricks' partnership, Elon Musk's OpenAI offer, and CIOs' supply chain strategies in AI chips on this...
T-Mobile Starlink, New Nokia CEO & Qualcomm Results - Six Five Webcast: The 5G Factor
February 18, 2025

T-Mobile Starlink, New Nokia CEO & Qualcomm Results – Six Five Webcast: The 5G Factor

Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard explore T-Mobile Starlink's Super Bowl debut, Nokia's leadership change, and Qualcomm's revenue surge in the latest episode of the Six Five Webcast - The 5G...

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Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

Benjamin Brown

VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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