Category: Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure

Infotel's Q3 Acceleration: AI Services Drive Fastest Growth of 2026
October 29, 2026

Infotel's Q3 Acceleration: AI Services Drive Fastest Growth of 2026

Infotel posted Q3 2026 revenue of 77.9M€, marking its fastest growth of the year at +11.3% YoY. AI-integrated wins at major Banking & Finance clients, including ARKEA, powered the Services...
SAP Q3 FY 2026 AI and Data Integration Expand Cloud Adoption
October 23, 2026

SAP Q3 FY 2026: AI and Data Integration Expand Cloud Adoption

Futurum Research analyzes SAP’s Q3 FY 2026 earnings, examining AI-led cloud migration, enterprise data integration, and the shift toward adoption-based economics....
WEKA and Smartbird End the Sovereignty-Performance Tradeoff
October 23, 2026

WEKA and Smartbird End the Sovereignty-Performance Tradeoff

WEKA and Smartbird announced a strategic partnership to deliver sovereign managed AI infrastructure for regulated enterprises in government, healthcare, and financial services, combining NeuralMesh software with dedicated clusters....
Western Digital's 55% Revenue Surge Signals AI Storage Boom
October 23, 2026

Western Digital's 55% Revenue Surge Signals AI Storage Boom

Western Digital's Q1 FY2027 revenue surged 55% to $4.38 billion with non-GAAP EPS jumping 161% to $4.64, driven by hyperscaler and cloud AI-storage investments positioning the company to capitalize on...
UK Finance Leaders Bet on AI but Can't Prove It's Working
October 23, 2026

UK Finance Leaders Bet on AI but Can't Prove It's Working

New FIS research exposes a critical paradox: 90% of UK finance leaders have clear AI business cases for cash management, yet 29% cannot measure the value delivered. Fragmented data infrastructure,...
Sprinklr's VOC Agent Suite Targets the Agentic AI Moment
October 23, 2026

Sprinklr's VOC Agent Suite Targets the Agentic AI Moment

Sprinklr launches its VOC Agent Suite, deploying autonomous AI agents to synthesize customer feedback and generate strategic recommendations for enterprise sales, marketing, and service functions....
Hitachi Spins Off Home Appliances to Double Down on AI
October 22, 2026

Hitachi Spins Off Home Appliances to Double Down on AI

Hitachi spun off its home appliance business as KADENOVA to free capital for the rapidly expanding Data Intelligence market, projected to reach $392B by 2026 driven by generative AI demand....
Solving the Agentic Context Dilemma Inside Neo4j’s Strategy to Build an Operational World Model
October 21, 2026

Solving the Agentic Context Dilemma: Inside Neo4j’s Strategy to Build an Operational World Model

Brad Shimmin, Practice Lead at Futurum, shares insights on how Neo4j is repositioning graph architecture into an enterprise context engine to resolve data bottlenecks and govern autonomous AI agents....
The Storage Squeeze How Smart Organizations Are Funding Their AI Future
October 20, 2026

The Storage Squeeze: How Smart Organizations Are Funding Their AI Future

In our latest Thought Leadership Brief, The Storage Squeeze: How Smart Organizations Are Funding Their AI Future, completed in partnership with CTERA, Futurum Research examines how unmanaged data growth drains...
Closing the Enterprise Context Gap
October 16, 2026

Closing the Enterprise Context Gap

In our latest thought leadership brief, Closing the Enterprise Context Gap, completed in partnership with Teradata, Futurum Research examines why autonomous AI agents stall before reaching production and outlines the...
Microsoft FabCon And SQLCon Europe: Microsoft Looks to Modernize Disparate Database Estates
October 15, 2026

Microsoft FabCon And SQLCon Europe: Microsoft Looks to Modernize Disparate Database Estates

Brad Shimmin, VP & Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, analyzes how Microsoft's database announcements at FabCon 2026 modernize relational estates, fleet governance, and vector indexing for enterprise agentic AI....
Modal Hits $1B Run Rate: AI-Native Infrastructure's Breakout Moment
October 15, 2026

Modal Hits $1B Run Rate: AI-Native Infrastructure's Breakout Moment

Modal has crossed $1B in annualized run rate and raised $750M Series D at $15.75B valuation, with usage tripling in five months and 15x year-over-year growth, positioning the AI infrastructure...

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Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

Benjamin Brown

VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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