Insight Type: Research Note

Key Insights into Application Development and Modernization Trends
Paul Nashawaty of The Futurum Group examines the top application development and modernization market and technology moves announced in June 2024.
Steven Dickens, Chief Technology Advisor from The Futurum Group, shares insights on IBM's strong Q2 2024 performance, driven by strategic investments in AI and hybrid cloud solutions.
Current Quarter Beats Analysts’ Consensus Estimates for Total Revenue and EPS
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director with The Futurum Group, shares insights on how generative AI drove ServiceNow’s impressive Q2 2024 revenue growth, highlighting new AI capabilities and strategic partnerships.
New Capabilities Include Oracle Activity Centers and ‘Direct Apply’ Functionality Within Oracle Fusion Cloud Recruiting
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director with The Futurum Group, covers two HR-focused announcements from Oracle, focusing on reducing friction with day-to-day tasks, as well as the employee application process.
Paul Nashawaty, Practice Lead at The Futurum Group shares his insights to the Salesforce and Workday partnership for AI-powered employee and developer experiences announcements to drive adoption.
Tool Combines AI Technology from Both Companies to Improve HR Efficiency and Effectiveness
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director with The Futurum Group, covers the new AI assistant from Salesforce and Workday, and details why he believes the new tool checks all the boxes for an HR-focused AI-driven tool.
Growth Powered by Strength and Momentum in Cloud, Search Products
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director with The Futurum Group, shares his insights on Alphabet's Q2 2024 earnings, focusing on significant revenue growth, the impact of generative AI, and impressive Google Cloud performance.
IT Infrastructure Services Provider Expands RISE with SAP Delivery Partner Capabilities
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director with The Futurum Group, covers Kyndryl’s selection of RISE with SAP, and the extension of a partnership agreement to provide transformation services to customers seeking to move to S/4HANA.
Steven Dickens, Chief Technology Advisor at The Futurum Group, noted that last week's major outage in Microsoft's Central US region severely disrupted multiple Azure services, including Virtual Machines and Cosmos DB. The incident, compounded by the Crowdstrike debacle, highlights significant vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure and underscores the broad impact such outages can have on dependent services and industries.
Organization Seeing Success with RISE and GROW with SAP
Keith Kirkpatrick and Daniel Newman at The Futurum Group, share their insights on SAP’s Q2 2024 results fueled by strong cloud revenue growth, significant customer wins, AI integration, and strategic restructuring efforts.
The Futurum Group team assesses how the global impact of the recent CrowdStrike IT outage has underscored the critical dependency of various sectors on cybersecurity services, and how this incident highlights the vulnerabilities in digital infrastructure and emphasizes the necessity for robust cybersecurity measures and resilient deployment processes to prevent widespread disruptions in the future.

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