Category: Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure

Taming the Agentic Data Center Inside Dell's High-Density AI Platform and Exascale Expansion
May 21, 2026

Taming the Agentic Data Center: Inside Dell’s High-Density AI Platform and Exascale Expansion

Brad Shimmin shares his insights on day two of Dell Technologies World 2026, exploring how the new Dell AI Data Platform, Lightning parallel file system, and PowerStore Elite provide the...
The No-Compromise AI Foundation: Oracle Reimagines the Database for the Agentic Era
May 21, 2026

The No-Compromise AI Foundation: Oracle Reimagines the Database for the Agentic Era

In this report, completed in partnership with Oracle, Futurum Research examines why production-scale agentic AI requires a secure, converged, data-resident foundation built for real-time context, persistent memory, and open data...
Is the Cloud Too Expensive for Agentic AI? Dell Bets on Localized Tokens
May 20, 2026

Is the Cloud Too Expensive for Agentic AI? Dell Bets on Localized Tokens

Brad Shimmin and Nick Patience share their insights on Dell's expansion of the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, exploring how localized agentic infrastructure and data partnerships provide a secure alternative...
Unified Private Cloud
May 19, 2026

Can HPE’s Unified Private Cloud and Data Platforms Really Deliver AI Simplicity?

Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure at Futurum, Examines whether HPE's Unified Private Cloud and GreenLake innovations truly simplify enterprise AI data readiness or merely reduce operational friction....
Healthcare Data
May 18, 2026

Is Qualtrics’ $6.75B Press Ganey Forsta Bet the Healthcare Data Platform Play Others Can’t Match?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, Qualtrics' $6.75B acquisition of Press Ganey consolidates major healthcare datasets, positioning it to lead AI-driven experience management...
Databricks Expands Unity Catalog Interoperability, Is True Open Lakehouse Finally Here?
May 16, 2026

Databricks Expands Unity Catalog Interoperability, Is True Open Lakehouse Finally Here?

Databricks expands Unity Catalog to enable external engines like Apache Spark and DuckDB to access managed Delta tables, eliminating enterprise data silos and reducing operational friction through open lakehouse architecture....
Can You.com's Finance Research API Set a New Standard for Trustworthy Financial AI?
May 15, 2026

Can You.com’s Finance Research API Set a New Standard for Trustworthy Financial AI?

You.com's Finance Research API achieves 87.29% accuracy through evidence arbitration and licensed data, demonstrating enterprise demand for trustworthy AI automation in financial workflows....
Precision Over Prose: Why SAP Knowledge Graph is the Secret to Production-Ready AI
May 14, 2026

Precision Over Prose: Why SAP Knowledge Graph is the Secret to Production-Ready AI

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, explores SAP’s major data-centric announcements at Sapphire 2026. He analyzes how the new SAP Knowledge Graph and SAP-RPT-1.5 aim to...
Memgraph Zero Sidesteps the Data Movement Grind to Give AI Agents Immediate Context
May 12, 2026

Memgraph Zero Sidesteps the Data Movement Grind to Give AI Agents Immediate Context

Brad Shimmin, Vice President and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares insights on Memgraph Zero and MemGQL. This federated graph engine addresses the integration complexity bottleneck currently stalling agentic AI....
Microsoft Agent 365 Turns Shadow AI Into a Governed Asset Class
May 8, 2026

Microsoft Agent 365 Turns Shadow AI Into a Governed Asset Class

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP & RD, Enterprise Software, and Brad Shimmin, VP & Practice Lead, Data Intelligence and Analytics, examine Microsoft Agent 365's general availability and analyze how the cross-platform control...
Can ServiceNow’s Autonomous AI Foundation Finally End the Enterprise ETL Tax
May 8, 2026

Can ServiceNow’s Autonomous AI Foundation Finally End the Enterprise ETL Tax?

Brad Shimmin at Futurum explores ServiceNow's major architectural shift toward a real-time data foundation. This update rearchitects the platform for the era of autonomous agents, collapsing the wall between operational...

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