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The Hard(er) Challenge in Agent Governance Is Authorization
June 25, 2026

The Hard(er) Challenge in Agent Governance Is Authorization

Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum Group, argues that the launch of the Agent Control Standard does not close the agent governance gap, and that "shrinkage," not universal coverage, is the...
June 15, 2026

AI Cloud Platforms – Futurum Signal

The AI Cloud Platforms market has matured past the point where a single definition can contain it, evolving from a conversation about GPU clusters and managed training pipelines into a...
The Hidden Moat: Why Operational Depth Defeats the 'Build It Yourself' Narrative
June 3, 2026

The Hidden Moat: Why Operational Depth Defeats the ‘Build It Yourself’ Narrative

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP & Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on the buy vs build debate for enterprise applications, and discusses the appropriate use of AI to build functional...
Who Will Control the Enterprise Agentic Workforce – CIOs Face a New Platform War
June 1, 2026

Who Will Control the Enterprise Agentic Workforce? – CIOs Face a New Platform War

Dion Hinchcliffe, VP & Practice Lead, CIO & Technology Buyers at Futurum, shares insights on how the enterprise AI market is shifting from assistive AI to autonomous digital labor. Five...
June 1, 2026

Agentic AI Platforms for Enterprise – Futurum Signal

The Agentic AI Platforms for Enterprise market is entering a decisive new phase as organizations move beyond isolated copilots and assistive interfaces toward coordinated execution layers that can take action...
Can Zscaler Own the AI Agent Control Plane?
May 27, 2026

Can Zscaler Own the AI Agent Control Plane?

Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes Zscaler's acquisition of Symmetry Systems and its access graph technology, and the impact on AI agent identity and data governance at enterprise scale....
Google IO Did Google Just Ship the Full AI Stack
May 22, 2026

Google I/O: Did Google Just Ship the Full AI Stack?

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his analysis of whether Google just shipped the AI full stack at I/O 2026 and where the architectural gap remains....
Breaking Data Gravity: Google’s Play for a Composable Agentic Ecosystem
May 22, 2026

Breaking Data Gravity: Google’s Play for a Composable Agentic Ecosystem

Brad Shimmin at Futurum unpacks the data announcements from Google I/O 2026, exploring how the Antigravity platform and open protocols drive an evolution away from monolithic data architectures and toward...
Bedrock Advanced Prompt Optimization Cuts the Cost of Model Switching
May 19, 2026

Bedrock Advanced Prompt Optimization Cuts the Cost of Model Switching

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on how Amazon Bedrock Advanced Prompt Optimization converts model switching from a manual project into a configuration choice....
Can Palo Alto Networks Route the Agentic Future Through Portkey’s AI Gateway?
May 7, 2026

Can Palo Alto Networks Route the Agentic Future Through Portkey’s AI Gateway?

Fernando Montenegro, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, discusses how the intended acquisition of Portkey by Palo Alto Networks fits into a broader framework of agentic security and broader platformization...
Does Cisco Put an Astrix on the Agentic Identity Race
May 5, 2026

Does Cisco Put an Astrix on the Agentic Identity Race?

Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyses Cisco’s intended acquisition of Astrix Security for $400 million to secure non-human identities....
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...

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