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Does a 17-Year-Old Movement Need a DevOps Standard
October 6, 2026

Does a 17-Year-Old Movement Need a DevOps Standard?

Vikram Rathnam and Mitch Ashley of Futurum Research share insights on The DevOps Standard, why its AI agent governance is a well-built retrofit, and what enterprise leaders and platform vendors...
Beyond Retrieval CData Connect AI Gateway Tackles Transactional Agents
October 6, 2026

Beyond Retrieval: CData Connect AI Gateway Tackles Transactional Agents

Brad Shimmin, Practice Lead at Futurum, assesses the launch of CData Connect AI Gateway and how its managed MCP architecture overcomes the enterprise agentic read-write divide....
NETSCOUT nGenius Copilot Caps a Three-Release Data-First Strategy
October 6, 2026

NETSCOUT nGenius Copilot Caps a Three-Release Data-First Strategy

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, CIO & Technology Buyers and Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on NETSCOUT nGenius Copilot and why its September AI sequence puts...
OPSWAT Firmware 4.3.0 Deepens OT/IT Data-Sharing for Industrial Diodes
October 6, 2026

OPSWAT Firmware 4.3.0 Deepens OT/IT Data-Sharing for Industrial Diodes

OPSWAT's MetaDefender NetWall Fend 4.3.0 adds UDP Multicast, Syslog, and MQTT support, enhancing secure data-sharing between operational and IT environments....
Ricoh's Board-Led Strategic Review: A Channel Ecosystem Wake-Up Call
October 6, 2026

Ricoh's Board-Led Strategic Review: A Channel Ecosystem Wake-Up Call

Ricoh's strategic review aims to realign operations with AI and workplace transformation demands, reshaping its channel partner ecosystem in a market growing 36% CAGR through 2029....
A $1.94 Trillion Cash Gap Is AI's Next Enterprise Opportunity
October 6, 2026

A $1.94 Trillion Cash Gap Is AI's Next Enterprise Opportunity

The Hackett Group's 2026 North American Working Capital Survey reveals a record $1.94 trillion opportunity for AI platform vendors and channel partners to drive finance transformation among the 1,000 largest...
Reflection's Beam: Open-Weight Frontier at Enterprise Inference Cost
October 6, 2026

Reflection's Beam: Open-Weight Frontier at Enterprise Inference Cost

Reflection launches Beam, a sparse MoE model matching advanced reasoning benchmarks while cutting enterprise inference costs 3-4x, positioning itself as a credible open-weight challenger in the expanding AI market....
Adobe Embeds CX Intelligence Into ChatGPT at OpenAI DevDay
October 5, 2026

Adobe Embeds CX Intelligence Into ChatGPT at OpenAI DevDay

Adobe's new ChatGPT plugin embeds agentic AI to help enterprise marketers compress campaign timelines from weeks to days, capitalizing on 86.6% of decision makers prioritizing autonomous agents....
Oracle Health Builds AI Into the Full Revenue Cycle Stack
October 5, 2026

Oracle Health Builds AI Into the Full Revenue Cycle Stack

Oracle Health unveiled native AI capabilities across its entire revenue cycle management workflow, targeting prior authorization, clinical documentation, charge capture, medical coding, and appeals....
SAP Bets Tabular AI Is the Core of the Autonomous Enterprise
October 5, 2026

SAP Bets Tabular AI Is the Core of the Autonomous Enterprise

SAP makes TabPFN-3.5 Plus generally available in SAP AI Core, leveraging Tabular AI to deliver instant, training-free predictions on structured business data for cash flow forecasting, payment delays, and supplier...
Sophos CISO Advantage Targets Organizations Without a CISO
October 5, 2026

Sophos CISO Advantage Targets Organizations Without a CISO

Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes Sophos's CISO Advantage launch and what it means for managed service providers turning informal security leadership into a billable service....
OPSWAT Targets Critical Infrastructure Gaps With MetaDefender Endpoint v7.6.2609
October 5, 2026

OPSWAT Targets Critical Infrastructure Gaps With MetaDefender Endpoint v7.6.2609

OPSWAT's MetaDefender Endpoint v7.6.2609 release introduces configurable media controls, air-gapped anti-malware updates, and expanded audit trails—addressing critical security gaps for enterprises in high-compliance sectors....

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Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

Benjamin Brown

VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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