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Closing the AIOps Gap: Why AI Insights Need Trusted Action
March 20, 2026

Closing the AIOps Gap: Why AI Insights Need Trusted Action

In our latest thought leadership report, Closing the AIOps Gap: Why AI Insights Need Trusted Action, completed in partnership with Red Hat, Futurum Research examines why AIOps initiatives often stop...
OpenShell Redraws the Agent Control Plane — Open Standard or Product Launch
March 18, 2026

OpenShell Redraws the Agent Control Plane — Open Standard or Product Launch?

Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead at Futurum, examines NVIDIA OpenShell's out-of-process enforcement model — and why it sets a standard every enterprise agent runtime must now meet....
NVIDIA Agent Toolkit
March 16, 2026

At GTC 2026, NVIDIA Stakes Its Claim on Autonomous Agent Infrastructure

Nick Patience and Mitch Ashley, analysts at Futurum, examine NVIDIA's Agent Toolkit announcements at GTC 2026, covering NemoClaw, AI-Q, the Nemotron Coalition, and what they mean for enterprise agentic AI...
How Google Is Constructing the Path for AI-Generation Developers
March 13, 2026

How Google Is Constructing the Path for AI-Generation Developers

In this market brief by Futurum Research, in partnership with Google Cloud, we explore how Google’s approach to AI development aims to accelerate innovation, reduce friction for developers, and help...
OpenAI Acquires Promptfoo, Gaining 25% Foothold in Fortune 500 Enterprises
March 11, 2026

OpenAI Acquires Promptfoo, Gaining 25% Foothold in Fortune 500 Enterprises

Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead at Futurum, examines OpenAI's acquisition of Promptfoo and what it signals about the security and governance requirements blocking AI agents from enterprise production....
Did GitHub Agent HQ Quietly Show Up in Microsoft VS Code 1.110
March 10, 2026

Did GitHub Agent HQ Quietly Show Up in Microsoft VS Code 1.110?

Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on how VS Code 1.110’s agent plugins, hooks, and Git-based distribution embed agent development control surface capabilities directly into the...
Microsoft Leaders Have an Answer To AI Gutting the Developer Pipeline
March 4, 2026

Microsoft Leaders Have an Answer To AI Gutting the Developer Pipeline

Mitch Ashley, VP and Software Lifecycle Engineering Practice Lead at Futurum, examines Microsoft leaders' warning that AI productivity gains are gutting the developer talent pipeline and how their preceptorship model...
Elastic Q3 FY 2026 Strong Quarter, but Reacceleration Thesis Unproven
March 3, 2026

Elastic Q3 FY 2026: Strong Quarter, but Reacceleration Thesis Unproven

Nick Patience, VP and Practice Lead for AI Platforms at Futurum reviews Elastic Q3 FY 2026 earnings, highlighting sales-led subscription momentum, AI context engineering adoption, and agentic workflow expansion across...
Google ADK Is Not a Toolkit – It Is an Agent Execution Framework
March 3, 2026

Google ADK Is Not a Toolkit – It Is an Agent Execution Framework

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead of Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on how Google ADK’s new integrations turn agent frameworks into an execution layer, connecting GitHub,...
February 26, 2026

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IBM vs. Anthropic A Tale of the COBOL Modernization Tape
February 26, 2026

IBM vs. Anthropic: A Tale of the COBOL Modernization Tape

Mitch Ashley, VP & Software Lifecycle Engineering Practice Lead at Futurum, examines the IBM vs. Anthropic COBOL modernization debate and explains why choosing the right AI tool is the wrong...
Claude Found 500 Zero-Days. Who Patches Them Before Attackers Arrive
February 24, 2026

Claude Found 500 Zero-Days. Who Patches Them Before Attackers Arrive?

Mitch Ashley, VP & Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on AI-driven zero-day discovery and why Anthropic’s Claude Code Security exposes a race condition between vulnerability discovery and patch...

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