Insight Type: Market Coverage

Does Honoring Matei Zaharia Signal a New Era for Open-Source Data and AI Systems?
April 9, 2026

Does Honoring Matei Zaharia Signal a New Era for Open-Source Data and AI Systems?

Matei Zaharia's ACM Prize for Apache Spark reflects enterprise AI's shift toward open-source platforms, showing how democratized data infrastructure is transforming competitive dynamics across the industry....
Can Nasuni’s File Data Activation Drive Real AI ROI, or Is It More AI Hype?
April 8, 2026

Can Nasuni’s File Data Activation Drive Real AI ROI, or Is It More AI Hype?

Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Cloud and Data Center at Futurum, shares his insights on Nasuni’s announcement of the Resilio Active Everywhere V6 and AI Active products, which enable file data...
Anthropic Glasswing: AI Vulnerability Detection Has Crossed a Threshold
April 8, 2026

Anthropic Glasswing: AI Vulnerability Detection Has Crossed a Threshold

Analysts Mitch Ashley and Fernando Montenegro explore Anthropic's Project Glasswing. As AI vulnerability detection crosses a new threshold, the economics and speed of offensive and defensive cybersecurity are forever changed....
MCP Dev Summit 2026: AAIF Sets A Clear Direction With Disciplined Guardrails
April 7, 2026

MCP Dev Summit 2026: AAIF Sets A Clear Direction With Disciplined Guardrails

Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead at Futurum, shares insights from the inaugural MCP Dev Summit North America on MCP's institutional momentum, scope, and discipline, and the open standards stack forming...
IBM and Arm Partner on Dual-Architecture Computing To Redefine Mainframes for AI
April 7, 2026

IBM and Arm Partner on Dual-Architecture Computing To Redefine Mainframes for AI

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights on IBM/Arm dual architecture. Arm workloads on IBM Z systems can expand software compatibility, flexibility, and support AI in regulated enterprise environments....
MediaTek Analyst Day 2026 - Is the New MediaTek Ready to Move Upmarket to AI PCs and Data Center
April 6, 2026

MediaTek Analyst Day 2026 – Is the New MediaTek Ready to Move Upmarket to AI PCs and Data Center?

Brendan Burke and Olivier Blanchard, Research Directors at Futurum, share insights on MediaTek Analyst Day 2026, analyzing their transition to a B2B powerhouse and the innovation behind their aggressive $1B...
Glean Doubles ARR to $200M. Can Its Knowledge Graph Beat Copilot
April 3, 2026

Glean Doubles ARR to $200M. Can Its Knowledge Graph Beat Copilot?

Nick Patience, VP & Practice Lead at Futurum, examines Glean's platform evolution from enterprise search to agentic AI, as it doubles ARR to $200M and battles Microsoft 365 Copilot for...
HP IQ Finally Brings Useful On-Device AI To Workspaces
April 3, 2026

HP IQ Finally Brings Useful On-Device AI To Workspaces

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights on HP IQ, HP’s workplace intelligence layer combining on-device AI, proximity-based connectivity, and IT control across devices and workflows....
RSAC 2026: The AI 'Tragedy of the Commons' and the Future of Agentic Security
April 3, 2026

RSAC 2026: The AI ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ and the Future of Agentic Security

Fernando Montenegro and Mitch Ashley, VPs and Practice Leads at Futurum, convey their observations from the RSAC 2026 Conference, with a focus on AI and agentic security....
Can UK Public Sector Security Keep Up With Its Own Digital Growth?
April 2, 2026

Can UK Public Sector Security Keep Up With Its Own Digital Growth?

The UK public sector's complex digital infrastructure has outpaced manual audits. Palo Alto Networks offers visibility to uncover critical security gaps in government and NHS environments....
Are Browsers the New Enterprise Attack Surface No One Is Ready to Defend?
April 2, 2026

Are Browsers the New Enterprise Attack Surface No One Is Ready to Defend?

Browser security is now the primary enterprise attack surface, with 95% of organizations experiencing browser-originated incidents that legacy tools cannot defend....
Will NVIDIA Investment Accelerate Marvell’s XPU Growth?
April 2, 2026

Will NVIDIA Investment Accelerate Marvell’s XPU Growth?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, reviews the NVIDIA-Marvell NVLink Fusion partnership, showing how heterogeneous AI infrastructure, custom silicon, and optical networking reshape ecosystem control and enterprise deployment flexibility....

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