Category: Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure

Cisco Q1 FY 2026 AI Demand Lifts Outlook and Orders
November 14, 2025

Cisco Q1 FY 2026: AI Demand Lifts Outlook and Orders

Futurum Research analyzes Cisco’s Q1 FY 2026 results, highlighting AI infrastructure demand, campus refresh momentum, and a cloud-first security transition that lifts recurring revenue visibility into the second half of...
From Data Paralysis to AI-Powered Progress
November 13, 2025

From Data Paralysis to AI-Powered Progress

In our latest Research Brief, From Data Paralysis to AI-Powered Progress, completed in partnership with Databricks, Futurum explores the challenges holding enterprises back and explains how a modern data intelligence...
Chaos to Clarity The FinOps Imperative for Data, Analytics, and AI
November 10, 2025

Chaos to Clarity: The FinOps Imperative for Data, Analytics, and AI

In our latest Research Brief, Delivering Personalized Outreach via Dynamics 365 Customer Insights, completed in partnership with Microsoft, Futurum covers demand drivers for greater personalization and discusses the ways in...
SAP and Snowflake Redefine Enterprise Data for AI Is Your ETL Strategy Already Obsolete
November 6, 2025

SAP and Snowflake Redefine Enterprise Data for AI: Is Your ETL Strategy Already Obsolete?

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, breaks down the SAP and Snowflake partnership. This isn't just an integration; it's a fundamental shift away from ETL that redefines enterprise...
Twilio Q3 FY 2025 Results Lift Outlook on Broad-Based Demand
November 4, 2025

Twilio Q3 FY 2025 Results Lift Outlook on Broad-Based Demand

Futurum Research analyzes Twilio’s Q3 FY 2025 results, highlighting voice/AI momentum, ISV and self-serve strength, and solution selling that underpin raised revenue and profitability....
ServiceNow Q3 FY 2025 Earnings Raise Outlook on AI-Driven Demand
October 31, 2025

ServiceNow Q3 FY 2025 Earnings Raise Outlook on AI-Driven Demand

Futurum Research analyzes ServiceNow’s Q3 FY 2025 results, highlighting AI-led upsell momentum, federal strength, and platform expansion across workflows and CRM, alongside raised FY 2025 guidance on margins and free...
Alphabet Q3 FY 2025 Earnings Show Broad-Based AI-Driven Growth
October 31, 2025

Alphabet Q3 FY 2025 Earnings Show Broad-Based AI-Driven Growth

Futurum Research analyzes Alphabet’s Q3 FY 2025 results, highlighting AI-driven gains across Search, YouTube, and Google Cloud, rising Cloud backlog visibility, and elevated capex to scale AI infrastructure and enterprise...
Microsoft Q1 FY 2026 Cloud and AI Fuel Broad-Based Growth
October 31, 2025

Microsoft Q1 FY 2026: Cloud and AI Fuel Broad-Based Growth

Futurum Research analyzes Microsoft’s Q1 FY 2026 results, highlighting Azure AI scale, Copilot adoption, and the expanded OpenAI pact amid capacity constraints, and what this means for enterprise AI strategies...
Commvault Q2 FY 2026 ARR Tops $1 Billion; Revenue Beats Consensus
October 31, 2025

Commvault Q2 FY 2026: ARR Tops $1 Billion; Revenue Beats Consensus

Futurum Research analyzes Commvault’s Q2 FY 2026 earnings, highlighting SaaS and identity-led resilience momentum, ARR surpassing $1 billion, and guidance that balances growth investments with disciplined margin targets....
PROS Holdings Q3 FY 2025 Results Subscription Growth, Margin Gains
October 31, 2025

PROS Holdings Q3 FY 2025 Results: Subscription Growth, Margin Gains

Futurum Research analyzes PROS’s Q3 FY 2025 results, highlighting subscription growth, margin expansion from cloud optimization, and a healthy recurring mix as guidance is suspended during the pending acquisition....
Microsoft Introduces New Agents and Benchmarks for Dynamics 365
October 29, 2025

Microsoft Introduces New Agents and Benchmarks for Dynamics 365

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on Microsoft's new Dynamics 365 agents, which aim to transform business applications from systems of record to systems of action....
Oracle AI World 2025 Is the Database the Center of the AI Universe Again
October 20, 2025

Oracle AI World 2025: Is the Database the Center of the AI Universe Again?

Brad Shimmin, analyst at Futurum digs into Oracle AI World 2025, where the new Oracle AI Database 26ai and Autonomous AI Lakehouse signal a bold strategy to make the database...

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