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Google Gemini Agent Puts the Agent Ahead of the Model
October 9, 2026

Google Gemini Agent Puts the Agent Ahead of the Model

Nick Patience, VP and Practice Lead for AI Platforms at Futurum, shares his insights on the Google Gemini agent and why separating the agent from the model, Claude included, matters...
SAP Expands Workforce Learning With WalkMe Learning Arc
October 9, 2026

SAP Expands Workforce Learning With WalkMe Learning Arc

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group shares insights on WalkMe Learning Arc’s SAP SuccessFactors integration and the milestones that will test its learning workflow....
SAP Makes Work Intelligence Central to SuccessFactors
October 9, 2026

SAP Makes Work Intelligence Central to SuccessFactors

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group shares insights on SAP’s TechWolf acquisition, workforce context for Joule, and work intelligence in SuccessFactors....
Google Collapses Enterprise AI Into a Single Gemini Agent at Gemini at Work 2026
October 9, 2026

Google Collapses Enterprise AI Into a Single Gemini Agent at Gemini at Work 2026

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP, Research, Enterprise Software & Digital Workflows at Futurum, shares his insights on Google's new Gemini agent and why giving coworker agents their own Workspace identities changes how...
SailPoint Bets on Identity to Govern AI Agents at Navigate 2026
October 9, 2026

SailPoint Bets on Identity to Govern AI Agents at Navigate 2026

Fernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, analyzes SailPoint's Navigate 2026 launches, which extend just-in-time access, discovery, and autonomous agents to AI agents, and what they mean for identity teams....
With Kong Volcano, Kong Hosts the Agents It Governs
October 9, 2026

With Kong Volcano, Kong Hosts the Agents It Governs

Vikram Rathnam and Mitch Ashley of The Futurum Group share their analyst insights on Kong Volcano: what it gives developers building AI agents and whether Kong can host agents and...
Microsoft Turns Dynamics 365 Into an Ambient CRM Layer
October 9, 2026

Microsoft Turns Dynamics 365 Into an Ambient CRM Layer

Microsoft expands Dynamics 365 with autonomous AI agents across Teams, Outlook, and Copilot, addressing surging demand as 48.6% of decision makers plan agentic AI deployment in customer experience within 18...
Marvell Investor Day 2026 Targets $80B FY 2031 Revenue With Custom Silicon and Optics
October 9, 2026

Marvell Investor Day 2026 Targets $80B FY 2031 Revenue With Custom Silicon and Optics

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on the Marvell Investor Day, the $80 billion FY 2031 target, and whether custom silicon and scale-up optics can compound at...
AMD's Class Y Versal Package Extends AI Silicon to 15 Year Space Missions
October 9, 2026

AMD's Class Y Versal Package Extends AI Silicon to 15 Year Space Missions

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines AMD's sampling of the Versal AI Core XQRVC1902 in a Class Y space-grade package, bringing AI compute density to 15-year human-rated and deep...
FPT IS and Bytesforce Target ASEAN Insurtech Modernization
October 9, 2026

FPT IS and Bytesforce Target ASEAN Insurtech Modernization

FPT IS and Bytesforce Technologies announce strategic partnership targeting insurtech modernization in Vietnam and broader ASEAN markets, combining four decades of local expertise with advanced AI capabilities and core insurance...
Astera Labs Bets on PCIe 7 as AI's Next Signal Bottleneck
October 9, 2026

Astera Labs Bets on PCIe 7 as AI's Next Signal Bottleneck

Astera Labs launches its broadest PCIe 7 signal-conditioning portfolio, including optical connectivity products, to address AI's growing interconnect demands. The expanded Aries family spans retimers, redrivers, and cable modules....
Lattice Brings FPGAs and AMI Firmware to Arm's $15 Billion AGI CPU Server Push
October 9, 2026

Lattice Brings FPGAs and AMI Firmware to Arm's $15 Billion AGI CPU Server Push

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights on the Lattice-Arm collaboration placing Lattice FPGAs and AMI firmware inside Arm AGI CPU server platforms as the merchant Arm server era...

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