Category: Enterprise Software & Digital Workflows

Canva Doubles Down on AI and Martech to Bolster its Creative OS
April 9, 2026

Canva Doubles Down on AI and Martech to Bolster its Creative OS

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP and Research Director at Futurum, covers Canva’s Simtheory and Ortto acquisitions, and discusses the impact on Canva and its competitors in the highly competitive enterprise content creation...
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....
Glean Doubles ARR to $200M. Can Its Knowledge Graph Beat Copilot
April 3, 2026

Glean Doubles ARR to $200M. Can Its Knowledge Graph Beat Copilot?

Nick Patience, VP & Practice Lead at Futurum, examines Glean's platform evolution from enterprise search to agentic AI, as it doubles ARR to $200M and battles Microsoft 365 Copilot for...
Can UK Public Sector Security Keep Up With Its Own Digital Growth?
April 2, 2026

Can UK Public Sector Security Keep Up With Its Own Digital Growth?

The UK public sector's complex digital infrastructure has outpaced manual audits. Palo Alto Networks offers visibility to uncover critical security gaps in government and NHS environments....
Are Browsers the New Enterprise Attack Surface No One Is Ready to Defend?
April 2, 2026

Are Browsers the New Enterprise Attack Surface No One Is Ready to Defend?

Browser security is now the primary enterprise attack surface, with 95% of organizations experiencing browser-originated incidents that legacy tools cannot defend....
From Pipeline to Financial Impact: The Business Economic Value of SAP Sales Cloud
April 2, 2026

From Pipeline to Financial Impact: The Business Economic Value of SAP Sales Cloud

In our latest BEV Report, From Pipeline to Financial Impact: The Business Economic Value of SAP Sales Cloud, completed in partnership with SAP, Futurum Research examines how SAP Sales Cloud...
Will MS Copilot Cowork Enable Real Enterprise AI Collaboration?
April 1, 2026

Will MS Copilot Cowork Enable Real Enterprise AI Collaboration?

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP & Research Director at Futurum, discusses Microsoft’s Copilot Cowork in Frontier, and discusses the steps Microsoft will need to take to enable enterprise-grade usage by customers....
Palo Alto Bets on Agentic Endpoints Before Anyone Else Does
April 1, 2026

Palo Alto Bets on Agentic Endpoints Before Anyone Else Does

Palo Alto Networks bets big on AI agent security through Koi acquisition, with CEO Nikesh Arora backing it with a $10M stock purchase, positioning the company as first to formally...
IBM Pushes Voice AI Into watsonx. Can It Drive Enterprise Adoption
March 31, 2026

IBM Pushes Voice AI Into watsonx. Can It Drive Enterprise Adoption?

Nick Patience, VP and AI Practice Lead at Futurum, examines IBM ElevenLabs voice AI integration and how it enables multilingual, secure, voice-first AI agents within watsonx Orchestrate for enterprise workflows....
Bluesky's Attie Backlash Reveals the AI Trust Deficit in Social
March 31, 2026

Bluesky’s Attie Backlash Reveals the AI Trust Deficit in Social

Bluesky's Attie AI became the platform's second-most blocked account, revealing users' deep distrust of uninvited AI in personal spaces—a critical signal for enterprise AI strategies....

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