Category: Software Lifecycle Engineering

Fragmented Multi-Cloud Visibility Is a Financial Risk, Not Just an Ops Problem
August 18, 2026

Fragmented Multi-Cloud Visibility Is a Financial Risk, Not Just an Ops Problem

Fragmented multi-cloud visibility creates operational and financial risks; unified OpenTelemetry/LGTM stacks across AWS and GCP achieve 99.8% availability while controlling costs....
Unisys Positions Itself as a Leader in AI and Cloud with Upcoming Investor Conferences
August 15, 2026

Unisys Positions Itself as a Leader in AI and Cloud with Upcoming Investor Conferences

Unisys is positioning itself as a leader in AI and cloud transformation as the Software Lifecycle Engineering market reaches $344B by 2028, driven by accelerating enterprise AI adoption....
MGT's Rapid Growth: A Strategic Shift in Technology Solutions
August 14, 2026

MGT’s Rapid Growth: A Strategic Shift in Technology Solutions

MGT's 213.3% two-year revenue growth earns it No. 5 ranking on CRN's Fast Growth 500 list, positioning the solution provider to capitalize on enterprise demand for Software Lifecycle Engineering services...
Centre Technologies' Growth Signals a Shift in Managed IT Services Market
August 14, 2026

Centre Technologies’ Growth Signals a Shift in Managed IT Services Market

Centre Technologies made CRN's 2026 Solution Provider 500 Fast Growth list, reflecting strong momentum in managed services as enterprises adopt AI workflows and the Software Lifecycle Engineering market nears $344B....
Packer v1.16.0 Elevates Security with SLSA Provenance for Machine Images
August 14, 2026

Packer v1.16.0 Elevates Security with SLSA Provenance for Machine Images

HashiCorp's Packer v1.16.0 introduces native SLSA provenance attestations, addressing a critical vulnerability in cloud infrastructure where compromised machine images silently propagate to every workload launched from them....
Unisys and Dudley Building Society Forge New Path in Mortgage Operations
August 14, 2026

Unisys and Dudley Building Society Forge New Path in Mortgage Operations

Unisys and Dudley Building Society expand their partnership to modernize mortgage operations through Mortgage-as-a-Service and private cloud capabilities, positioning the vendor within a rapidly growing Software Lifecycle Engineering market....
A Loud Floor and a Quiet Gap Security Summer Camp 2026
August 13, 2026

A Loud Floor and a Quiet Gap: Security Summer Camp 2026

Fernando Montenegro and Mitch Ashley of Futurum unpack Black Hat and DEF CON 2026: an agentic-AI wave on every booth, a record funding surge, a widening capability gap, and what...
Heidi Piispanen's Appointment at Tieto Signals Strategic Shift in Partnerships
August 13, 2026

Heidi Piispanen’s Appointment at Tieto Signals Strategic Shift in Partnerships

Tieto appointed Heidi Piispanen as Strategic Partnership Executive to capitalize on the Software Lifecycle Engineering market's projected growth to $343.97B by 2028, reflecting enterprise demand for strong partnerships....
Lovable's $400M Series C: A Major shift for Software Creation?
August 13, 2026

Lovable’s $400M Series C: A Major shift for Software Creation?

Lovable closed a $400M Series C at $13.3B valuation, positioning itself as a major competitor in the AI platform market forecast to reach $181.3B in 2026. The funding reflects accelerating...
Anthropic's 80% Prompt Cut Shows AI Creating Its Own Technical Debt
August 12, 2026

Anthropic’s 80% Prompt Cut Shows AI Creating Its Own Technical Debt

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on Anthropic's 80% prompt cut and how frontier model releases write new technical debt into customer...
Can Appian and Synechron's Open Underwriting Stack Transform Insurance Underwriting?
August 12, 2026

Can Appian and Synechron’s Open Underwriting Stack Transform Insurance Underwriting?

Appian and Synechron's Open Underwriting Stack addresses the enterprise AI orchestration gap by combining process automation with financial services domain expertise to deliver production-ready, AI-powered connected underwriting workflows....
Jacobs Secures $750 Million Utah Water Infrastructure Project: What It Means
August 12, 2026

Jacobs Secures $750 Million Utah Water Infrastructure Project: What It Means

Jacobs Solutions won a $750 million contract to lead Utah's Strawberry High Line Canal program, showcasing its expertise in complex water infrastructure projects enhanced by AI and digital engineering....

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Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

Benjamin Brown

VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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