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The Futurum Group’s analysts cover topics from a variety of industry verticals. Here you can narrow down our insights by industry or vertical. If you prefer to filter by specific technologies, you can do that here.

How Genesys and AWS Are Redefining AI-Driven Customer Engagement
July 24, 2026

How Genesys and AWS Are Redefining AI-Driven Customer Engagement

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, Genesys Cloud's expanded AWS partnership leverages agentic AI to transform enterprise customer engagement and enable autonomous interactions...
So This Is How AIs Attack- Observations From the OpenAI & Hugging Face Incident
July 24, 2026

So This Is How AIs Attack: Observations From the OpenAI & Hugging Face Incident

Fernando Montenegro and Mitch Ashley, VPs at Futurum, read the OpenAI and Hugging Face agentic incident as a live test of enterprise readiness to detect and contain AI agents that...
Nokia Q2 FY 2026 Optical Strength Positions Nokia for the AI Buildout
July 24, 2026

Nokia Q2 FY 2026: Optical Strength Positions Nokia for the AI Buildout

Futurum Research analyzes Nokia’s Q2 FY 2026 earnings, focusing on AI and cloud order strength, optical and IP demand, AI-RAN timing, and supply constraints....
Texas Instruments Q2 FY 2026 Earnings Climb on Broad-based Analog Growth
July 24, 2026

Texas Instruments Q2 FY 2026 Earnings Climb on Broad-based Analog Growth

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, reviews Texas Instruments' Q2 FY 2026 earnings, the broad industrial recovery, doubling data center revenue, and automotive re-acceleration....
AMD Helios Reaches Parity with Vera Rubin NVL72: Can Open Standards Outflank NVIDIA?
July 24, 2026

AMD Helios Reaches Parity with Vera Rubin NVL72: Can Open Standards Outflank NVIDIA?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines AMD's Helios launch and whether spec advantages over Vera Rubin NVL72 and a bet on open standards can convert into data center share....
WEKA Engineers the AI Chassis to Conquer the Inference Power Paradox
July 24, 2026

WEKA Engineers the AI Chassis to Conquer the Inference Power Paradox

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on WEKA’s launch of the WEKApod 3 appliances and NeuralMesh 6 software. By taking total control of its hardware...
Solving the Distributed AI Dilemma: Oracle Base Database Cloud@Customer Brings OCI Automation to Local Workloads
July 24, 2026

Solving the Distributed AI Dilemma: Oracle Base Database Cloud@Customer Brings OCI Automation to Local Workloads

Brad Shimmin at Futurum analyzes Oracle's launch of Base Database Cloud@Customer X11, exploring how converged application VMs and local AI Database 26ai deployments solve data gravity and latency issues....
Conduent's AI-Powered CX Platform: A Major shift for Customer Engagement?
July 24, 2026

Conduent’s AI-Powered CX Platform: A Major shift for Customer Engagement?

Conduent sells its tolling business to Quarterhill for $70M to redirect resources toward AI platform services, capitalizing on surging demand as the AI market projects to reach $25.7B by 2026....
ServiceNow Q2 FY 2026: AI, Security, and Workflow Expansion Fuel Growth
July 23, 2026

ServiceNow Q2 FY 2026: AI, Security, and Workflow Expansion Fuel Growth

Futurum Research analyzes ServiceNow Q2 FY 2026 earnings, focusing on AI Control Tower adoption, security expansion, and workflow demand....
Alphabet Q2 FY 2026: Google Cloud Leads Growth Amid Rising AI Investment
July 23, 2026

Alphabet Q2 FY 2026: Google Cloud Leads Growth Amid Rising AI Investment

Futurum Research analyzes Alphabet’s Q2 FY 2026 earnings, focusing on cloud AI demand, Gemini adoption, Search monetization, and rising AI infrastructure spending....
Tesla's Cash Burn: Is the AI Gamble Worth the Risk?
July 23, 2026

Tesla’s Cash Burn: Is the AI Gamble Worth the Risk?

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director & Practice Lead, Intelligent Devices at Futurum, Tesla faces mounting pressure to sustain AI and robotics investments while managing negative free cash flow amid intense automotive...
Why Did a Cryptomining Campaign Fail Despite 199 RubyGems?
July 23, 2026

Why Did a Cryptomining Campaign Fail Despite 199 RubyGems?

Mend.io's security team identified 199 malicious RubyGems and achieved complete takedown within hours, intercepting a cryptomining campaign before execution and demonstrating the critical importance of continuous open-source monitoring....

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