Category: Software Lifecycle Engineering

OpenAI Frontier Close the Enterprise AI Opportunity Gap—or Widen It
February 9, 2026

OpenAI Frontier: Close the Enterprise AI Opportunity Gap—or Widen It?

Futurum Research Analysts Mitch Ashley, Keith Kirkpatrick, Fernando Montenegro, Nick Patience, and Brad Shimmin examine OpenAI Frontier and whether enterprise AI agents can finally move from pilots to production. The...
Is 2026 the Turning Point for Industrial-Scale Agentic AI?
February 5, 2026

Is 2026 the Turning Point for Industrial-Scale Agentic AI?

VP and Practice Lead Fernando Montenegro shares insights from the Cisco AI Summit 2026, where leaders from the major AI ecosystem providers gathered to discuss bridging the AI ROI gap...
Agent-Driven Development - Two Paths, One Future
February 5, 2026

Agent-Driven Development – Two Paths, One Future

Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead at Futurum, examines how multi-agent execution and intent-first structuring form parallel paths toward agent-driven development, with OpenAI Codex establishing a baseline for multi-agent work....
Running Virtualization, Kubernetes, and AI at Scale
February 3, 2026

Running Virtualization, Kubernetes, and AI at Scale

In this Market Report, Running Virtualization, Kubernetes, and AI at Scale, completed in partnership with Dell Technologies, Intel, and Red Hat, Futurum Research examines how enterprises can operate diverse platforms...
100% AI-Generated Code Can You Code Like Boris
February 3, 2026

100% AI-Generated Code: Can You Code Like Boris?

Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead at Futurum, examines whether developers can achieve 100% AI-generated code like Anthropic's Boris Cherny, analyzing the gap between vendor demonstrations and peer-reviewed research showing 29%...
Dynatrace Perform 2026 Is Observability The New Agent OS
February 2, 2026

Dynatrace Perform 2026: Is Observability The New Agent OS?

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares insights on Dynatrace Perform 2026, examining how Dynatrace Intelligence and domain-specific agents signal the emergence of observability-led agent control planes....
SUSE Assists Customers With Digital Sovereignty Self-Assessment Framework
January 30, 2026

SUSE Assists Customers With Digital Sovereignty Self-Assessment Framework

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, examines SUSE’s Cloud Sovereignty Framework Self-Assessment and what it signals about digital sovereignty shifting from policy intent to measurable, operational execution....
Enabling Enterprise Agility with Low-Code/No-Code, AI, and Platforms
January 27, 2026

Enabling Enterprise Agility with Low-Code/No-Code, AI, and Platforms

In Enabling Enterprise Agility with Low-Code/No-Code, AI, and Platforms, Futurum Research explores how enterprises are modernizing application development by combining LCNC tools, AI-powered development, and platform engineering. The brief highlights...
Harness Incident Agent Is DevOps Now The AI Engineers of Software Delivery
January 22, 2026

Harness Incident Agent: Is DevOps Now The AI Engineers of Software Delivery?

Mitch Ashley, VP & Practice Lead, Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, analyzes Harness's introduction of the Human-Aware Change Agent and what it signals about AI agents emerging across software delivery,...
GitLab’s Salvo in the Agent Control Plane Race
January 16, 2026

GitLab’s Salvo in the Agent Control Plane Race

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, Software Lifecycle Delivery at Futurum, analyzes how GitLab’s GA Duo Agent Platform positions the DevSecOps platform as the place where agent-driven delivery is controlled,...
Dynatrace Brings Feature Management Into the Observability Control Plane
January 15, 2026

Dynatrace Brings Feature Management Into the Observability Control Plane

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, analyzes how Dynatrace’s move to native feature management inside observability enables agent-driven delivery, tighter release control, and runtime...
Can Red Hat and NVIDIA Remove the Friction Slowing AI Deployments
January 14, 2026

Can Red Hat and NVIDIA Remove the Friction Slowing AI Deployments?

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, analyzes Red Hat and NVIDIA’s expanded collaboration around the Rubin platform and RHEL for NVIDIA, examining how Day...

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