Category: Software Lifecycle Engineering

IBM HashiCorp Stakes Its Claim to Agentic Infrastructure
October 14, 2025

IBM HashiCorp Stakes Its Claim to Agentic Infrastructure

Mitch Ashley, VP & Practice Lead, Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on HashiCorp’s definitive move to own agentic infrastructure with Project Infragraph and MCP Servers, leveraging IBM’s...
Balancing AI Goals and Core Strengths: Twilio’s Customer Engagement Platform
October 3, 2025

Balancing AI Goals and Core Strengths: Twilio’s Customer Engagement Platform

Keith Kirkpatrick and Mitch Ashley with Futurum share insights on Twilio’s shift to a unified customer engagement platform, its pragmatic AI strategy, and the company’s challenge of winning mindshare while...
September 29, 2025

Software Development Platforms – Futurum Signal

The 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 of the 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘂𝗺 𝗦𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹 has been released, offering in-depth insights into the evolving market for 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝘀 (𝗦𝗗𝗣𝘀)....
Splunk .conf25: Forging a Data Foundation for Cisco's AgenticOps Vision
September 26, 2025

Splunk .conf25: Forging a Data Foundation for Cisco’s AgenticOps Vision

Mitch Ashley and Fernando Montenegro of Futurum analyze Splunk .conf25. They discuss Splunk's role in AI under Cisco, focusing on the new Data Fabric, security integrations, and the push toward...
Synopsys Wraps Up Ansys Acquisition, Targeting Integrated Design Solutions
August 11, 2025

Synopsys Wraps Up Ansys Acquisition, Targeting Integrated Design Solutions

Ray Wang, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights on Synopsys’ $35 billion acquisition of Ansys, uniting EDA and multiphysics simulation to deliver a unified silicon-to-systems design platform with a $31...
August 1, 2025

Open Data is Critical to Becoming an AI Intelligence Company

Daniel Newman, CEO, and Mitch Ashley, VP & Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, take a bold stance on open data access, essential for companies to become AI-powered intelligence organizations....
Microsoft Embraces the Development Community on the Path to Agentic AI
June 6, 2025

Microsoft Embraces the Development Community on the Path to Agentic AI

Analysts Mitch Ashley, Nick Patience, and Keith Kirkpatrick at Futurum share their insights on Microsoft Build 2025, revealing Microsoft's strategic pivot to agentic AI and its profound implications for the...
Pegasystems Focuses on App, Workflow, and Process Transformation at PegaWorld
June 4, 2025

Pegasystems Focuses on App, Workflow, and Process Transformation at PegaWorld

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director with Futurum, shares his insights on the news from PegaWorld ‘25 and discusses the potential impact for other platform vendors operating in the market....
Databricks Takes on Agentic AI Itself as a New User Persona with the Acquisition of Postgres Database Provider, Neon
May 15, 2025

Databricks Takes on Agentic AI Itself as a New User Persona With the Acquisition of Postgres Database Provider, Neon

Brad Shimmin, VP Practice Lead for Data Management and Analytics at Futurum, shares his insights on Databricks' acquisition of Neon. This move positions Databricks to empower agentic AI with a...
Creating a Modern Mainframe Culture Across DevOps Teams - The Main Scoop Episode 33
May 12, 2025

Creating a Modern Mainframe Culture Across DevOps Teams – The Main Scoop Episode 33

Sheree Britt discusses the importance of DevOps in modernizing application development at TD Bank, highlighting the journey and cultural shifts entailed....
IBM Think 2025 - Watsonx Platform Fuels Agentic AI and Hybrid Cloud Value
May 9, 2025

IBM Think 2025 – Watsonx Platform Fuels Agentic AI and Hybrid Cloud Value

Nick Patience and Brad Shimmin, analysts at Futurum, share insights on IBM Think 2025, where IBM showcased advancements in its watsonx platform, focusing on IBM Agentic AI, unstructured data, and...

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