Insight Type: Market Coverage

Salesforce's Agentforce Commerce Pushes Agentic AI From Hype to Retail Revenue Reality
June 24, 2026

Salesforce’s Agentforce Commerce Pushes Agentic AI From Hype to Retail Revenue Reality

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, Salesforce's Agentforce Commerce shifts agentic AI from hype to results, with retailers deploying shopper agents achieving 59%...
HPE Discover 2026: A Coherent AI Story That Now Has to Convert
June 24, 2026

HPE Discover 2026: A Coherent AI Story That Now Has to Convert

Fernando Montenegro and Tom Hollingsworth analyze HPE Discover 2026, where HPE built a networking-centered, full-stack AI story and now must convert that breadth into spending momentum and a security story...
June 24, 2026

AWS Summit NY 2026: Is AI Infrastructure AWS’s Real Agentic Moat?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, recaps AWS Summit New York 2026, examining whether AI infrastructure—G7 Blackwell GPUs, QuEra quantum, AMD Outposts, and the RGN fabric—is the hyperscaler’s real agentic...
Agentic AI
June 24, 2026

Is Adobe’s Agentic AI Push the New Standard for Enterprise Customer Experience?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, analyzes how Adobe's deep partnerships with leading agencies and integration into Microsoft 365 Copilot and Claude Enterprise...
Modern Data Pipeline Design Is Now a Boardroom Issue, Not Just an IT Detail
June 24, 2026

Modern Data Pipeline Design Is Now a Boardroom Issue, Not Just an IT Detail

Modern data pipelines directly shape business agility, cost efficiency, and risk. Research shows 73.6% of organizations plan to increase spending on analytical platforms, signaling that pipeline modernization is now strategic....
Can Nokia's Gemini-Based Network Agents Make Autonomous Networks Practical
June 24, 2026

Can Nokia’s Gemini-Based Network Agents Make Autonomous Networks Practical?

Tom Hollingsworth, Networking Technology Advisor and Event Lead at The Futurum Group, examines how Nokia and Google Cloud are using AI agents to automate network assurance, accelerate fault resolution, and...
Voice Agent Latency: Why Milliseconds Matter for Enterprise AI Adoption
June 24, 2026

Voice Agent Latency: Why Milliseconds Matter for Enterprise AI Adoption

ElevenLabs reveals that voice agent latency impacts enterprise AI adoption. With 56% of organizations prioritizing AI-driven customer experience, optimizing response times becomes a key business differentiator....
Epicor Indago Warehouse Management
June 23, 2026

Can Epicor’s Indago-Karmak Integration Redefine Heavy-Duty Dealership Efficiency?

Epicor's Indago Warehouse Management System earns certified integration with Karmak Fusion, delivering real-time inventory visibility and operational accuracy improvements for heavy-duty truck dealerships....
Can Zoom's Agent Architect Redefine the AI Agent Lifecycle for Enterprise CX
June 22, 2026

Can Zoom’s Agent Architect Redefine the AI Agent Lifecycle for Enterprise CX?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, Zoom's Agent Architect and Performance Suite transform enterprise AI creation, deployment, and optimization with outcome-based pricing and...
AMD and Rackspace
June 22, 2026

Can AMD and Rackspace Scale Sovereign AI Inference?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines AMD and Rackspace's agreement to deploy 30 MW of AI compute capacity that establishes governed enterprise infrastructure for regulated production workloads....
Will the First Wave of Synopsys Multiphysics Fusion Start the Next Wave of AI Chip Designs?
June 22, 2026

Will the First Wave of Synopsys Multiphysics Fusion Start the Next Wave of AI Chip Designs?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, outlines how Synopsys Multiphysics Fusion integrates Ansys signoff engines with EDA tools, enabling up to 10x faster design closure and challenging Cadence competition....
Will QuEra's Neutral Atoms Deliver Fault-Tolerant Quantum on AWS by 2028?
June 22, 2026

Will QuEra’s Neutral Atoms Deliver Fault-Tolerant Quantum on AWS by 2028?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, explores how QuEra's neutral atom Libra system will deliver fault-tolerant quantum computing on Amazon Braket by 2028, potentially offering a more cost-effective path than...

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