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Dynamics 3Enterprise and Premium Customers Can Access Copilot Within Their Existing Licenses
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group shares his insights into Microsoft’s decision to provide Copilot GPT features within the license terms of its Enterprise and Premium versions of the Dynamics 365 family of products, and discusses the benefits and challenges for the company and its customers.
Global File System Vendor Completes First Institutional Funding Round
Dave Raffo, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on Hammerspace’s $56.7 million funding round and what it means for its data orchestration global file system software.
Vendor Highlights Main Types of SaaS Breaches, Provides 14 SaaS Security Recommendations, and 3 Future Predictions
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, covers the release of Valence’s 2023 State of SaaS Security report, and details the best practices for mitigating risk by tightening access procedures, even at the risk of creating more worker friction.
Growing Sophistication of AI Assistants Signals Next-Generation Computing
Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines Cohere’s launch of Coral, a new AI-based knowledge assistant. Open AI introduced ChatGPT a mere 9 months ago. In that short amount of time, the concept of an AI assistant has evolved and mutated rapidly to a point where the challenges for LLM-based AI assistants are being addressed and enterprise requirements are part of their design. The research note explores what Coral’s debut signals about what is likely to happen next with AI assistants and whether or not we are on the cusp of next-generation computing.
Frontier Model Forum Is a Logical Step to Normalizing GenAI Through Advocacy
Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines the announcement by Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic about the launch of the Frontier Model Forum, which he asserts is a logical step to normalizing Gen AI through advocacy. AI advocates have struggled for several years to coalesce and unify to form a definitive AI industry group. There is a good reason for this – AI is broadly diffused technology and it applies across a massive range of industry sectors and interests. It has taken a disruption moment in the form of generative AI to unify advocacy. The Frontier Model Forum has the potential to solidify AI advocacy. The research note explores the key takeaways and the potential impact of the Frontier Model Forum.
HPE Discover 2023 advances GreenLake offerings, Pure Storage brings more to FlashArray and FlashBlade, MongoDB takes off and what is in with the noise and news around generative AI? Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates dive in on this Infrastructure Matters podcast.
Daniel Newman, CEO and Steven Dickens, VP and Practice Leader at The Futurum Group, share their insights on Microsoft earnings. Microsoft's Q4 earnings showcased the significant impact of AI across its portfolio, with impressive profits and revenues exceeding expectations. While the Azure cloud revenue growth slightly declined, CEO Satya Nadella remains optimistic about sustained high growth, emphasizing the early stages of cloud migration and AI's potential. Microsoft's commitment to AI research and development positions it as a leader in the digital age, with a promising future of innovation and transformation. However, investors closely monitor Azure's performance amid rising interest rates and cost-cutting measures.
Expanded Capabilities Include AI-Powered Enhancements, Desktop-Level Gaming, and Professional-Grade Photography
Clint Wheelock, Chief Research Officer at The Futurum Group, examines the recent announcement by Qualcomm Technologies that its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy is now powering the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold5 and Galaxy Z Flip5, along with Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Series devices.
Google Earnings Provide Insights Into Cloud Growth
The Futurum Group analysts Daniel Newman and Steven Dickens share their insights on Q2 earnings from Alphabet, parent company of Google. Alphabet's Q2 earnings surpassed expectations, driven by strong advertising and Google Cloud growth. The company reported a substantial increase in YouTube ads revenue and a record operating income for Google Cloud, indicating a positive trajectory for future growth. Additionally, CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted the growing adoption of generative AI among startups, signaling a promising trend for AI adoption and revenue growth for the Google Cloud Platform in the future.
The Futurum Group analysts Daniel Newman and Todd R. Weiss examine ServiceNow’s increase in revenue during Q2 2023 to $2.15 billion, beating estimates, as the cloud digital workflow automation software vendor announced its latest earnings on July 26. ServiceNow is bringing powerful new generative AI features to its offerings, which will be a big lever of growth for ServiceNow as customers seek these new capabilities.
SaaS Giant Unveils Pay Now, Snapchat for Commerce, Reorder Portal, and Order Support Features to Enable the Efficient Creation of Purchasing Experiences Across Channels
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, covers Salesforce’s enhancements to its Commerce Cloud offering, which include support for in-channel purchasing experiences, AI-driven reordering tools, AI-powered service-to-commerce tools, and the ability to create Snapchat ads on the platform, and discusses how these tools can drive additional revenue.
Knowledge Automation and Enhanced Digital Capabilities Integrations Are Offered
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, reviews the latest partnership announcement from eGain, an integration with Talkdesk that will offer knowledge and digital capabilities to support agent productivity and workflow and provide a better customer experience.
