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SolarWinds Avior: Goal-Driven Agentic AI for Hybrid IT Ops
October 16, 2026

SolarWinds Avior: Goal-Driven Agentic AI for Hybrid IT Ops

Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure at Futurum, examines SolarWinds' launch of Avior, a goal-driven agentic platform that enables IT teams to define objectives, coordinate specialized agents, and...
Proofpoint Varonis acquisition data security
October 16, 2026

Proofpoint Buys Varonis to Connect People Risk With Data Access

Fernando Montenegro, Vice President & Practice Lead, Cybersecurity & Resilience at Futurum, analyzes how Proofpoint's $6.3 billion acquisition of Varonis combines threat targeting intelligence with identity-based data access controls to...
IFS Ties Its Industrial AI Platform to a Governance Layer Built to Contain It
October 16, 2026

IFS Ties Its Industrial AI Platform to a Governance Layer Built to Contain It

IFS paired a new conversational AI platform with a governance layer at Unleashed 2026 — and admitted, in the same breath, where its differentiation claims still fall short....
NetSuite QuickStart Makes AI-First Finance Free to Win Startups Early
October 16, 2026

NetSuite QuickStart Makes AI-First Finance Free to Win Startups Early

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP, Research at Futurum, shares his insights on NetSuite QuickStart, Oracle NetSuite's free AI-first finance platform for startups, and what it means for the race to win founders...
Ikusi's Triple Certification Signals Compliance-Ready Managed Services
October 16, 2026

Ikusi's Triple Certification Signals Compliance-Ready Managed Services

Ikusi's simultaneous achievement of ENS, NIS2, and ISO 27001:2022 certifications positions it as a compliance-ready provider for Spanish public-sector and EU critical-infrastructure buyers....
ServiceNow's AI Passport Closes the Agentic Governance Gap
October 15, 2026

ServiceNow's AI Passport Closes the Agentic Governance Gap

ServiceNow's AI Passport uses cryptographic credentials to verify AI agents' authorized scope, addressing a critical governance gap: 100% of banks use AI, but only 24% have governance frameworks....
LocalStack for Azure: A Sandbox for Coding Agents Without Cloud Credentials
October 15, 2026

LocalStack for Azure: A Sandbox for Coding Agents Without Cloud Credentials

Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure at Futurum, LocalStack's Azure emulation public beta lets developers and AI agents test code in isolated containers without exposing credentials or incurring...
Microsoft FabCon And SQLCon Europe: Microsoft Looks to Modernize Disparate Database Estates
October 15, 2026

Microsoft FabCon And SQLCon Europe: Microsoft Looks to Modernize Disparate Database Estates

Brad Shimmin, VP & Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, analyzes how Microsoft's database announcements at FabCon 2026 modernize relational estates, fleet governance, and vector indexing for enterprise agentic AI....
Will AI Assistants Use Zendesk's Open Service Directory?
October 15, 2026

Will AI Assistants Use Zendesk’s Open Service Directory?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President, Research at Futurum, shares his insights on Zendesk's Open Service Directory and whether AI assistant makers and rival CX platforms will adopt it....
Applied Materials' EPIC Center Ties 2x Faster Innovation to a 2% WFE Share Gain by 2030
October 15, 2026

Applied Materials' EPIC Center Ties 2x Faster Innovation to a 2% WFE Share Gain by 2030

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights from the Applied Materials EPIC Center unveiling and SEMICON West investor breakfast, where yield innovation and new 2030 targets reset the AI...
Freshworks to Acquire Torii, Extending Freshservice to AI Spend Governance
October 15, 2026

Freshworks to Acquire Torii, Extending Freshservice to AI Spend Governance

Keith Kirkpatrick, VP of Research at Futurum, shares his insights on Freshworks' deal for Torii and why AI spend governance may become the next battleground for ITSM platforms....

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Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

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VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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