Category: Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure

Can AWS and Salesforce Turn Connected Data Into Better Execution
September 17, 2026

Can AWS and Salesforce Turn Connected Data Into Better Execution?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group shares insights on AWS and Salesforce’s expanded integrations and the tests that matter for enterprise adoption....
Four Straight: What phData's dbt Streak Reveals About AI Readiness
September 17, 2026

Four Straight: What phData's dbt Streak Reveals About AI Readiness

phData earns its fourth consecutive dbt Visionary Partner of the Year award, demonstrating practice-wide commitment to analytics engineering and data governance as the foundation for enterprise AI readiness and scalable...
FIS Targets Banking's Biggest Infrastructure Cycle in Decades
September 16, 2026

FIS Targets Banking's Biggest Infrastructure Cycle in Decades

FIS capitalizes on three forces reshaping banking: de novo charter resurgence, accelerating M&A consolidation, and large-bank modernization, securing core banking for a $100B+ institution and five new charters in 1H...
Alteryx and Golden Analytics Unite Governance With AI-Native Analytics
September 16, 2026

Alteryx and Golden Analytics Unite Governance With AI-Native Analytics

Alteryx and Golden Analytics partner to combine governed data workflows with AI-native analytics, targeting enterprise demand for generative AI tools in the booming Data Intelligence market....
Will CDW’s Lovelytics Acquisition Close Its AI Delivery Gap
September 15, 2026

Will CDW’s Lovelytics Acquisition Close Its AI Delivery Gap?

Tiffani Bova, Chief Strategy and Research Officer at The Futurum Group, examines CDW’s Lovelytics acquisition, its data and AI capabilities, and the work ahead on integration....
Cloudera and Mistral AI Deliver Sovereign Private Intelligence
September 15, 2026

Cloudera and Mistral AI Deliver Sovereign Private Intelligence

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, analyzes how Cloudera's partnership with Mistral AI brings sovereign AI and local model fine-tuning to hybrid and air-gapped enterprise data estates....
Snowflake Q2 FY 2027 CoCo and CoWork Expand AI Consumption
September 8, 2026

Snowflake Q2 FY 2027: CoCo and CoWork Expand AI Consumption

Futurum Research analyzes Snowflake’s Q2 FY 2027 earnings, focusing on AI-led consumption, CoCo adoption, CoWork growth, and raised FY 2027 guidance....
NetApp Q1 FY 2027 AI-Ready Storage Drives Enterprise Momentum
September 4, 2026

NetApp Q1 FY 2027: AI-Ready Storage Drives Enterprise Momentum

Futurum Research analyzes NetApp’s Q1 FY 2027 earnings, focusing on AI data infrastructure, hybrid cloud demand, and migration momentum....
Hitachi Bets on Grid-to-AI Stack as Physical Infrastructure Play
September 4, 2026

Hitachi Bets on Grid-to-AI Stack as Physical Infrastructure Play

Hitachi pairs sustainable insulating gas production in Germany with HMAX Physical AI expansion, positioning itself to capitalize on enterprise AI investment tied to reliable power infrastructure....
Broadcom Builds Sovereign Agentic AI Foundations Around VMware Tanzu
September 3, 2026

Broadcom Builds Sovereign Agentic AI Foundations Around VMware Tanzu

Brad Shimmin, Vice President and Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, analyzes Broadcom's VMware Tanzu Platform updates at VMware Explore 2026, covering deny-by-default agent runtimes, AI-ready data foundations, and TrueSource...
Escaping Data Gravity and Infrastructure Debt Why the AI Era Demands an Agentic Data Cloud
September 2, 2026

Escaping Data Gravity and Infrastructure Debt: Why the AI Era Demands an Agentic Data Cloud

In its latest report, Escaping Data Gravity and Infrastructure Debt, completed in partnership with Google Cloud, Futurum Research examines how decoupled data architectures are driving up costs and operational overhead...

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