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Splunk .conf26 Trust is Key for the Agentic Era
September 22, 2026

Splunk .conf26: Trust is Key for the Agentic Era

Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes Splunk .conf26, where Cisco made trust and cost the gate on the agentic SOC and positioned the data and control layer beneath the agents...
Salesforce's Real Moat Behind Koa Is Its CRM Training Data
September 22, 2026

Salesforce’s Real Moat Behind Koa Is Its CRM Training Data

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP, Research, Enterprise Software & Digital Workflows at Futurum, argues that Koa's real defense isn't the model Salesforce built, but the CRM training data behind it....
AI Infra Summit 2026 – Can Optics Break the AI Power Wall by 2028?
September 22, 2026

AI Infra Summit 2026 – Can Optics Break the AI Power Wall by 2028?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights from AI Infra Summit 2026, where power-capped data centers pushed vendors toward optics, near-memory silicon, and physical AI ahead of a 2028...
AIforce Turns Salesforce Into an Everywhere Intelligence Layer
September 16, 2026

AIforce Turns Salesforce Into an Everywhere Intelligence Layer

Salesforce's AIforce platform delivers CRM data, workflows, and governance to any AI interface, positioning Everywhere Intelligence Layer as the next interface revolution for enterprises seeking faster time-to-value....
AI budget overruns
September 14, 2026

Enterprise AI Overruns Hit 46.9%: Is the Reckoning in FY2027?

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on why 46.9% of enterprises are running over budget on AI and how FY2027 budgeting will force...
AWS Marketplace Evolving to Support All Stages of the Sales Cycle
September 14, 2026

AWS Marketplace Evolving to Support All Stages of the Sales Cycle

Alex Smith, Analyst at The Futurum Group, covers the AWS Marketplace Seller Conference 2026, detailing strategies like 'Marketplace Everywhere', new GEO storefronts, and commercial upgrades such as 0% fees for...
Can Qualtrics Close the AI-Widened Experience Gap
September 11, 2026

Can Qualtrics Close the AI-Widened Experience Gap?

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP, Research, Enterprise Software & Digital Workflows at Futurum, shares his insights on whether Qualtrics' new XM Data & AI platform can close the AI-widened Experience Gap....
The Foundry Bet- IonQ, SkyWater, and the Industrialization of Quantum
September 10, 2026

The Foundry Bet: IonQ, SkyWater, and the Industrialization of Quantum

Futurum's Daniel Newman shares his insights on why quantum’s next phase is an industrialization race, why the SkyWater acquisition puts IonQ in the top echelon, and why the bet still...
Beyond Raw Compute Equinix’s Strategic Bet on AI Infrastructure
September 9, 2026

Beyond Raw Compute: Equinix’s Strategic Bet on AI Infrastructure

Nick Patience, VP & AI Platforms Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, examines Equinix Fabric One and Inference Exchange, and asks whether neutral infrastructure solves a problem enterprises have today...
CrowdStrike Bets on Its Own Models to Secure the AI Revolution
September 8, 2026

CrowdStrike Bets on Its Own Models to Secure the AI Revolution

Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes CrowdStrike's Fal.Con 2026: an ambitious, largely defensible push into its own AI models and agent security, anchored to the endpoint and the promise to...
Genesys Bets on Agentic Orchestration to Own Enterprise CX
September 8, 2026

Genesys Bets on Agentic Orchestration to Own Enterprise CX

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP and Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on Genesys's new four-layer agentic orchestration stack, which aims to make Genesys Cloud the enterprise system of record for...

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