Category: Enterprise Software & Digital Workflows

Sovereign AI Goes Agentic: DataRobot Deepens Etisalat UAE Bet
October 14, 2026

Sovereign AI Goes Agentic: DataRobot Deepens Etisalat UAE Bet

DataRobot and Etisalat UAE deepen their strategic partnership with a new multi-year agreement deploying the Agent Workforce Platform on-premises, addressing critical enterprise demands for data sovereignty and governance in regulated...
Hackett's AI Supply Chain Benchmarks Quantify the Cost of Falling Behind
October 14, 2026

Hackett's AI Supply Chain Benchmarks Quantify the Cost of Falling Behind

The Hackett Group's AI benchmarks show AI-native supply chain operators achieve forecast error reductions up to 52% and cost declines of 12-17% across 16 enterprise workflows....
Salesforce Bets on Loops to Extend Its Analytics Lead with Agentic Intelligence
October 13, 2026

Salesforce Bets on Loops to Extend Its Analytics Lead with Agentic Intelligence

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, analyzes how Salesforce's acquisition of Loops embeds agentic intelligence into Tableau to advance continuous KPI monitoring and...
Centre Technologies Bets on Governed AI to Close the Enterprise Adoption Gap
October 13, 2026

Centre Technologies Bets on Governed AI to Close the Enterprise Adoption Gap

Centre Technologies appoints Dean Wheeler as Director of AI to help enterprises move beyond isolated experiments toward governed, enterprise-wide adoption, addressing a critical gap as 47.2% of organizations remain stuck...
Entelgy Bets on Colombia With an Agentic-AI Veteran at the Helm
October 13, 2026

Entelgy Bets on Colombia With an Agentic-AI Veteran at the Helm

Entelgy appoints AI expert Juan Manuel Gómez Arenas as Colombia's Country Manager to meet surging demand for AI consulting in a market projected to reach $41.8B by 2029....
Octopus Deploy's Remote MCP Removes the Last Excuse Not to Go Agentic
October 13, 2026

Octopus Deploy's Remote MCP Removes the Last Excuse Not to Go Agentic

Octopus Deploy's new built-in remote MCP server eliminates per-machine installation friction, enabling enterprise teams to scale agentic DevOps workflows with governance enhancements including scoped API keys and OAuth on the...
Info Quest Technologies Becomes Cloudflare's Regional Distributor
October 12, 2026

Info Quest Technologies Becomes Cloudflare's Regional Distributor

Info Quest Technologies has been appointed as Cloudflare's official distributor across Greece, Cyprus, and Malta, bringing enterprise-grade cloud networking and Zero Trust security solutions to a rapidly growing regional market....
Google Gemini Agent Puts the Agent Ahead of the Model
October 9, 2026

Google Gemini Agent Puts the Agent Ahead of the Model

Nick Patience, VP and Practice Lead for AI Platforms at Futurum, shares his insights on the Google Gemini agent and why separating the agent from the model, Claude included, matters...
SAP Expands Workforce Learning With WalkMe Learning Arc
October 9, 2026

SAP Expands Workforce Learning With WalkMe Learning Arc

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group shares insights on WalkMe Learning Arc’s SAP SuccessFactors integration and the milestones that will test its learning workflow....
SAP Makes Work Intelligence Central to SuccessFactors
October 9, 2026

SAP Makes Work Intelligence Central to SuccessFactors

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group shares insights on SAP’s TechWolf acquisition, workforce context for Joule, and work intelligence in SuccessFactors....
Google Collapses Enterprise AI Into a Single Gemini Agent at Gemini at Work 2026
October 9, 2026

Google Collapses Enterprise AI Into a Single Gemini Agent at Gemini at Work 2026

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP, Research, Enterprise Software & Digital Workflows at Futurum, shares his insights on Google's new Gemini agent and why giving coworker agents their own Workspace identities changes how...
Microsoft Turns Dynamics 365 Into an Ambient CRM Layer
October 9, 2026

Microsoft Turns Dynamics 365 Into an Ambient CRM Layer

Microsoft expands Dynamics 365 with autonomous AI agents across Teams, Outlook, and Copilot, addressing surging demand as 48.6% of decision makers plan agentic AI deployment in customer experience within 18...

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