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Will ServiceNow's Autonomous Workforce Redraw the Map for Enterprise AI Execution
February 27, 2026

Will ServiceNow’s Autonomous Workforce Redraw the Map for Enterprise AI Execution?

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP & Research Director at Futurum, covers ServiceNow’s announcement of its Autonomous Workforce, and discusses the implications for organizations seeking to use AI agents to handle L1 service...
Are Enterprises Ready for the Virtualization Reset, or Just Swapping Out One Complexity for Another
February 27, 2026

Are Enterprises Ready for the Virtualization Reset, or Just Swapping Out One Complexity for Another?

Futurum’s Alastair Cooke shares his insights on new HPE research that finds that only 5% of enterprises are fully prepared for the so-called Great Virtualization Reset, even as two-thirds plan...
February 26, 2026

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IBM vs. Anthropic A Tale of the COBOL Modernization Tape
February 26, 2026

IBM vs. Anthropic: A Tale of the COBOL Modernization Tape

Mitch Ashley, VP & Software Lifecycle Engineering Practice Lead at Futurum, examines the IBM vs. Anthropic COBOL modernization debate and explains why choosing the right AI tool is the wrong...
Will Meta’s Customization of AMD GPUs Empower Personal Agents
February 26, 2026

Will Meta’s Customization of AMD GPUs Empower Personal Agents?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes Meta's 6-gigawatt AMD deal, its custom MI450 inference GPU, performance-based equity warrant, and what it means for GPU duopoly economics....
Intel Bets on Agentic AI Economics with SambaNova Partnership
February 26, 2026

Intel Bets on Agentic AI Economics with SambaNova Partnership

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, explores how Intel and SambaNova are disrupting the AI inference market with specialized, power-efficient inference and low-latency logic engines designed for the next era...
The Storage Era is Dead; Long Live Everpure!
February 25, 2026

Storage Evolved: Everpure Takes on Data Challenges for an AI World

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on Pure Storage’s rebrand to Everpure as well as its supportive acquisition of 1touch.io, exploring why dropping "Storage" is...
Will Canva’s MangoAI and Cavalry Bets Redefine Enterprise Creative Stack—Or Hit Adoption Barriers
February 25, 2026

Will Canva’s MangoAI and Cavalry Bets Redefine Enterprise Creative Stack—Or Hit Adoption Barriers?

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP and Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on how Canva’s acquisition of MangoAI and Cavalry challenges Adobe by unifying motion design and AI-driven marketing....
Amazon Ads MCP Server Debuts, Streamlining AI-Managed Campaign Execution
February 24, 2026

Amazon Ads MCP Server Debuts, Streamlining AI-Managed Campaign Execution

Futurum Research examines the Amazon Ads MCP Server and how AI-managed workflows streamline ad execution while redefining the role of human oversight in Amazon advertising....
Claude Found 500 Zero-Days. Who Patches Them Before Attackers Arrive
February 24, 2026

Claude Found 500 Zero-Days. Who Patches Them Before Attackers Arrive?

Mitch Ashley, VP & Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on AI-driven zero-day discovery and why Anthropic’s Claude Code Security exposes a race condition between vulnerability discovery and patch...
AWS's Deploy-to-AWS Plugin Frictionless Deployment or Developer Honeypot
February 24, 2026

AWS’s Deploy-to-AWS Plugin: Frictionless Deployment or Developer Honeypot?

Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead at Futurum, examines AWS Agent Plugins for AWS and why the deploy-to-AWS plugin is less a developer productivity tool and more a strategic move to...
Can Writer's Partner Program Model Scale Enterprise AI Through Ecosystem Rigor
February 20, 2026

Can Writer’s Partner Program Model Scale Enterprise AI Through Ecosystem Rigor?

Alex Smith, Analyst at Futurum, shares insights on Writer's new three-tier partner program and how it prioritizes co-delivery and shared outcomes to scale enterprise AI through ecosystem rigor....

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