Category: Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure

Sovereign Cloud
April 20, 2026

Can NetApp and Google Cloud Redefine Distributed Cloud Data Infrastructure for the AI Era?

NetApp and Google Cloud partnered to deliver unified sovereign cloud infrastructure for government agencies and regulated enterprises, integrating NetApp's data platform into Google Distributed Cloud for compliant, distributed AI solutions....
Hybrid Data
April 20, 2026

Can Cloudera’s Stability Bet Win the Hybrid Data War?

Cloudera's platform enhancements enable hybrid data environments with stability, elastic scaling, and Apache Iceberg interoperability, positioning the company to serve enterprises balancing cloud and on-premises infrastructure....
Can Databricks Out-Iceberg the Competition?
April 20, 2026

Can Databricks Out-Iceberg the Competition?

Brad Shimmin, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes Databricks’ public preview of Apache Iceberg v3, detailing how deletion vectors and the VARIANT data type bring performance parity and interoperability to the...
How Big A Role Will Commvault Play In Securing Agentic AI?
April 17, 2026

How Big A Role Will Commvault Play In Securing Agentic AI?

Fernando Montenegro and Brad Shimmin, VPs at Futurum, analyze Commvault's new offerings—Data Activate, AI Protect, and AI Studio—and their strategic role in securing enterprise agentic AI ecosystems against rising competition....
Can Starburst's AIDA Crack the Enterprise AI Data Access Problem?
April 17, 2026

Can Starburst’s AIDA Crack the Enterprise AI Data Access Problem?

Starburst's AIDA represents a fundamental shift in how enterprises approach AI data access. Rather than centralizing data, agentic AI systems reason across distributed sources, addressing accuracy concerns and accelerating AI...
ClickHouse Builds a CLI to Make its Databases Agent-Native
April 15, 2026

ClickHouse Builds a CLI to Make its Databases Agent-Native

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, explores Cloudera’s latest hybrid data platform updates. He analyzes how the Hybrid Multi-Cloud Fabric and Iceberg REST Catalog are designed to reduce...
Neo4j's Context Gap
April 14, 2026

Does Neo4j’s Context Gap Thesis Expose Enterprise AI’s Biggest Blind Spot?

Neo4j's latest analysis exposes a critical flaw in enterprise AI: the neglect of structural, relational context. Discover why graph databases are positioned as the missing memory layer for agentic AI...
Wasabi Acquires Lyve Cloud. Does This Strengthen Its Storage Position?
April 14, 2026

Wasabi Acquires Lyve Cloud. Does This Strengthen Its Storage Position?

Alex Smith and Brad Shimmin from Futurum examine the Wasabi Lyve Cloud acquisition and whether the deal meaningfully shifts cloud storage dynamics or primarily consolidates customers, capacity, and ecosystem integrations....
Oracle Redefines Mission-Critical Tiers as AI Workloads Demand Always-On Data
April 14, 2026

Oracle Redefines Mission-Critical Tiers as AI Workloads Demand Always-On Data

Brad Shimmin, Research Director at Futurum, explores Oracle's new Diamond-Grade resilience and how sub-millisecond latency and post-quantum security are redefining mission-critical data for the age of agentic AI....
Can AI Save the Mainframe BMC Bets on Governance and Agentic AI
April 10, 2026

Can AI Save the Mainframe? BMC Bets on Governance and Agentic AI

Brad Shimmin and Mitch Ashley, Analysts at Futurum, examine BMC Software’s April 2026 AI expansion. The report details how uniting AMI with Control-M's new Agent Gateway addresses the mainframe demographic...
Slack Expands Slackbot for Enterprise Work; Can It Simplify Execution?
April 9, 2026

Slack Expands Slackbot for Enterprise Work; Can It Simplify Execution?

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP and Research Director at Futurum, examines Salesforce’s Slackbot enterprise update, expanding Slack into a unified work interface with AI skills, CRM, and orchestration capabilities....
Does Honoring Matei Zaharia Signal a New Era for Open-Source Data and AI Systems?
April 9, 2026

Does Honoring Matei Zaharia Signal a New Era for Open-Source Data and AI Systems?

Matei Zaharia's ACM Prize for Apache Spark reflects enterprise AI's shift toward open-source platforms, showing how democratized data infrastructure is transforming competitive dynamics across the industry....

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Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

Benjamin Brown

VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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