Insight Type: News

July 20, 2026

Microsoft Puts 3M EBO Technology to Work. Can 3M Scale It?

Tom Hollingsworth, Networking Technology Advisor and Event Lead at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on why Microsoft validates 3M EBO technology, while manufacturing scale and alternative sourcing remain unresolved....
July 20, 2026

Salesforce and Databricks Forge New AI Partnership: What’s at Stake?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, The Salesforce Databricks partnership enables enterprises to deploy AI agents securely while maintaining data privacy and compliance...
July 20, 2026

QumulusAI Lists on Nasdaq: The Speed Advantage of a Distributed Path to Multi-Gigawatt Scale

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines QumulusAI's Nasdaq listing targeting 2.5 gigawatts of GPU capacity by 2027, with distributed inference accelerating infrastructure deployment....
July 20, 2026

Will Oracle’s Fusion-Native Approach Solve Agentic AI Governance?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on whether Oracle’s Fusion Agentic Applications can turn governed workflows into reliable business execution....
July 20, 2026

Can Lenovo’s World Cup AI Moment Cement Its Enterprise PC Dominance?

Lenovo's AI-powered Referee View at FIFA World Cup 2026 showcases enterprise AI capabilities globally, positioning the company as a market leader as 85.4% of enterprises pilot AI PCs in a...
July 20, 2026

Lenovo’s 90% Renewable Energy Milestone Sharpens Its AI PC Competitive Edge

Lenovo's FY2025-26 ESG Report reveals a 90% renewable energy milestone, positioning the company as a sustainability leader in AI-enabled devices and capturing enterprise procurement preference through responsible innovation credentials....
Managed Services
July 20, 2026

Are Managed Services Failing to Deliver Real Business Outcomes?

Apps Associates argues that true success requires monitoring critical business processes, not just uptime metrics, fundamentally redefining how organizations evaluate service delivery....
July 20, 2026

Are Managed Services Failing to Deliver Real Business Outcomes?

Apps Associates argues that true success requires monitoring critical business processes, not just uptime metrics, fundamentally redefining how organizations evaluate service delivery....
agentic AI
July 20, 2026

LogicMonitor’s New Leadership: Aiming for AI-Driven Observability Success

LogicMonitor appoints industry veteran Prabhu Nakkeeran as CTO to lead agentic AI integration, addressing critical reliability and hallucination management challenges in enterprise IT operations....
July 20, 2026

LogicMonitor’s New Leadership: Aiming for AI-Driven Observability Success

LogicMonitor appoints industry veteran Prabhu Nakkeeran as CTO to lead agentic AI integration, addressing critical reliability and hallucination management challenges in enterprise IT operations....
July 17, 2026

RegattaDB Arrives: A Unified Engine Built for the Era of Read-Write AI

Brad Shimmin, VP of Data Intelligence, Analytics, and Infrastructure at Futurum, explores Regatta's launch of RegattaDB. By unifying OLTP, OLAP, and vector workloads, this new architecture provides the low-latency core...
Apache Spark
July 17, 2026

Apache Spark 4.2: A Leap Forward for AI and Analytics Integration

Apache Spark 4.2 introduces governed metrics and enhanced Python ecosystem integration, positioning the platform as essential for organizations demanding seamless AI-driven data management and real-time insights....

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VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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