Category: Software Lifecycle Engineering

Narrowing the AI Production Gap Red Hat’s Focus on AI-Assisted Engineering
May 18, 2026

Narrowing the AI Production Gap: Red Hat’s Focus on AI-Assisted Engineering

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on how Red Hat Summit 2026 narrows the production gap for AI-assisted engineering by moving execution, provenance, and identity...
Is PyTorch 2.12 the Tipping Point for Hardware-Agnostic AI at Scale?
May 14, 2026

Is PyTorch 2.12 the Tipping Point for Hardware-Agnostic AI at Scale?

PyTorch 2.12 transforms from research tool to enterprise-ready platform with hardware-agnostic AI, unified graph APIs, 100x performance gains, and advanced quantization for production dominance....
MuleSoft Omni Gateway: As Close to an Agent Control Plane as It Gets
May 13, 2026

MuleSoft Omni Gateway: As Close to an Agent Control Plane as It Gets

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on MuleSoft’s Omni Gateway and what it reveals about the agent control plane competition reshaping...
Red Hat Brings Developers, Product, and Operations to the Center of Agentic AI
May 13, 2026

Red Hat Brings Developers, Product, and Operations to the Center of Agentic AI

Mitch Ashley, VP Software Lifecycle Engineering, and Nick Patience, VP AI Platforms at Futurum, share their insights on Red Hat Summit 2026, introducing AI platform foundation, metal-to-agents stack, and putting...
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....
Atlassian Teamwork Graph: The Secret Weapon That’s No Longer a Secret
May 8, 2026

Atlassian Teamwork Graph: The Secret Weapon That’s No Longer a Secret

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on Atlassian's Teamwork Graph becoming a programmable platform for developer-built AI agents....
Can IREN Build a Full-Stack AI Cloud? The Mirantis Acquisition Makes the Case
May 7, 2026

Can IREN Build a Full-Stack AI Cloud? The Mirantis Acquisition Makes the Case

Nick Patience, VP & AI Platforms Practice Lead, and Mitch Ashley, VP & Software Lifecycle Engineering Practice Lead, at Futurum, examine IREN’s $625M acquisition of Mirantis and what it means...
Xerox Q1 FY 2026 Earnings Show Improved Revenue Trajectory
May 5, 2026

Xerox Q1 FY 2026 Earnings Show Improved Revenue Trajectory

Futurum Research reviews Xerox Q1 FY 2026 earnings, focusing on improved revenue trajectory, print mix shift toward production, IT Solutions activity trends, and the company’s reaffirmed FY 2026 outlook....
AWS Pushes the Agent Stack Quick, Connect Verticals, OpenAI on Amazon Bedrock
May 4, 2026

AWS Pushes the Agent Stack: Quick, Connect Verticals, OpenAI on Amazon Bedrock

Mitch Ashley, Keith Kirkpatrick, Fernando Montenegro, and Alex Smith of Futurum Research share their analysis of AWS’s What’s Next event, where Quick, Connect verticals, and OpenAI on Amazon Bedrock reposition...
Atlassian Q3 FY 2026 Earnings Show Continued Cloud And AI-Led Expansion
May 4, 2026

Atlassian Q3 FY 2026 Earnings Show Continued Cloud And AI-Led Expansion

Futurum Research reviews Atlassian’s Q3 FY 2026 earnings, focusing on Cloud momentum, AI adoption via Rovo, and Service Collection traction, with takeaways for enterprise workflow and ITSM strategy....
Cursor 3.2 Reframes the IDE as an Agent Execution Runtime
April 29, 2026

Cursor 3.2 Reframes the IDE as an Agent Execution Runtime

Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead, AI-Native Software Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on Cursor 3.2's /multitask release and how it repositions Cursor as an agent execution runtime competitive with...
Why SpaceX-Cursor Works for Both, and What It Means for Google, AWS, IBM
April 29, 2026

Why SpaceX-Cursor Works for Both, and What It Means for Google, AWS, IBM

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on why the SpaceX-Cursor deal made strategic sense for both companies and what enterprise buyers...

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Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

Benjamin Brown

VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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