Category: Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure

The Data Foundation Problem: Why "Bring AI to Your Data" Beats the AI Data Lake
August 5, 2026

The Data Foundation Problem: Why “Bring AI to Your Data” Beats the AI Data Lake

OpenText's Waqas Ahmed and Futurum's Keith Kirkpatrick on why the fastest AI pilots fail for a data-governance reason nobody names in the demo. From Utilizing AI, "Trusted Data Foundations for...
Backblaze Q2 FY 2026 CoreWeave Deal Strengthens AI Storage Position
August 5, 2026

Backblaze Q2 FY 2026: CoreWeave Deal Strengthens AI Storage Position

Brad Shimmin and Brendan Burke, analysts at Futurum, review Backblaze’s Q2 FY 2026 earnings, focusing on B2 Cloud Storage growth, AI infrastructure demand, and the CoreWeave agreement....
Commvault Q1 FY 2027 AI and Identity Security Drive Subscription Momentum
August 5, 2026

Commvault Q1 FY 2027: AI and Identity Security Drive Subscription Momentum

Futurum Research analyzes Commvault’s Q1 FY 2027 earnings, focusing on SaaS growth, cyber resilience, identity recovery, and AI data protection demand....
The Software-Defined Vehicle is Winning the Compute War and Losing the Owner
August 5, 2026

The Software-Defined Vehicle is Winning the Compute War and Losing the Owner

Futurum analysts Olivier Blanchard and Brad Shimmin on the moment the car stopped being a car, and why the sharpest pushback isn’t about EVs, autonomy, or subscriptions at all. From...
Can Legacy Data Security Survive the Velocity of Autonomous AI Agents?
August 5, 2026

Can Legacy Data Security Survive the Velocity of Autonomous AI Agents?

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on Bedrock Data's launch of Agent DLP, a runtime data loss prevention tool designed to secure AI agents and...
SAP Q2 FY 2026: Autonomous Enterprise Strategy Gains Commercial Traction
August 5, 2026

SAP Q2 FY 2026: Autonomous Enterprise Strategy Gains Commercial Traction

Futurum Research analyzes SAP’s Q2 FY 2026 earnings, focusing on cloud backlog growth, agentic AI strategy, and updated profit guidance....
WEKA Engineers the AI Chassis to Conquer the Inference Power Paradox
August 5, 2026

WEKA Engineers the AI Chassis to Conquer the Inference Power Paradox

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on WEKA’s launch of the WEKApod 3 appliances and NeuralMesh 6 software. By taking total control of its hardware...
Solving the Distributed AI Dilemma: Oracle Base Database Cloud@Customer Brings OCI Automation to Local Workloads
August 5, 2026

Solving the Distributed AI Dilemma: Oracle Base Database Cloud@Customer Brings OCI Automation to Local Workloads

Brad Shimmin at Futurum analyzes Oracle's launch of Base Database Cloud@Customer X11, exploring how converged application VMs and local AI Database 26ai deployments solve data gravity and latency issues....
SAP Completes Prior Labs Acquisition to Advance Structured Data AI
August 5, 2026

SAP Completes Prior Labs Acquisition to Advance Structured Data AI

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on why SAP’s Prior Labs acquisition must produce measurable business results....
Salesforce and Databricks Forge New AI Partnership: What's at Stake?
August 5, 2026

Salesforce and Databricks Forge New AI Partnership: What’s at Stake?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, The Salesforce Databricks partnership enables enterprises to deploy AI agents securely while maintaining data privacy and compliance...
RegattaDB Arrives A Unified Engine Built for the Era of Read-Write AI
August 5, 2026

RegattaDB Arrives: A Unified Engine Built for the Era of Read-Write AI

Brad Shimmin, VP of Data Intelligence, Analytics, and Infrastructure at Futurum, explores Regatta's launch of RegattaDB. By unifying OLTP, OLAP, and vector workloads, this new architecture provides the low-latency core...
August 5, 2026

Backblaze Q2 FY 2026: CoreWeave Deal Strengthens AI Storage Position

Brad Shimmin and Brendan Burke, analysts at Futurum, review Backblaze’s Q2 FY 2026 earnings, focusing on B2 Cloud Storage growth, AI infrastructure demand, and the CoreWeave agreement....

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