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WidePoint's DHS Contract Protest: Setback or Speed Bump?
September 26, 2026

WidePoint's DHS Contract Protest: Setback or Speed Bump?

The GAO sustained TurningPoint Global Solutions' protest of WidePoint's DHS CWMS 3.0 contract award. Futurum Group analyzes whether this represents a major setback or routine federal contracting process, examining WidePoint's...
Agentic Work Platform
September 25, 2026

Microsoft Copilot Becomes an Agentic Work Platform

Microsoft's redesigned Copilot launches as an agentic work platform with Home, Code, and Autopilot layers, targeting enterprise productivity and knowledge management priorities with dual pricing and AI spend controls....
Project Suncatcher
September 25, 2026

Project Suncatcher Prepares to Launch TPUs. Is Google Ahead in the Orbital AI Race?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines Google's Project Suncatcher launch and whether orbital data centers can reach cost parity with terrestrial AI infrastructure by the mid-2030s....
SAP Links AI Agents to Business Processes and Oversight
September 24, 2026

SAP Links AI Agents to Business Processes and Oversight

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights on SAP’s tools for governing AI agents, supporting employee adoption, and measuring business outcomes....
Marvell’s 2nm Optics Target AI Scale-Up Beyond the Rack
September 24, 2026

Marvell’s 2nm Optics Target AI Scale-Up Beyond the Rack

Brendan Burke, Research Director at The Futurum Group, positions Marvell’s 2nm optics against the scale-up needs defined at AI Infra Summit and rival moves from Coherent and Broadcom....
TSMC OIP
September 24, 2026

TSMC's OIP Forum Turns Agentic Chip Design Demos Into Production Flows

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines TSMC OIP 2026, where A14 certifications and foundry-endorsed agentic flows arrived together and IC-Link by imec opened the first managed-cloud mixed-partner EDA path...
AI Code Generation Scaled. Verification Didn't.
September 24, 2026

AI Code Generation Scaled. Verification Didn't.

While 89% of organizations face AI production incidents, only 3.7% of leaders trust their verification processes—exposing code quality as the critical bottleneck in agentic software development....
Datacom Bets $200m+ on Sovereign AI Infrastructure in New Zealand
September 24, 2026

Datacom Bets $200m+ on Sovereign AI Infrastructure in New Zealand

Datacom acquired T4's Auckland data centre, expanding its sovereign infrastructure commitment past $200m across five NZ sites, positioning itself to capture growing demand for localized enterprise and government services....
Nomios Acquires Orbcom to Plant Its Flag in Iberia
September 24, 2026

Nomios Acquires Orbcom to Plant Its Flag in Iberia

Nomios, backed by Keensight Capital, acquired Orbcom, a €15M Portuguese cybersecurity firm with 80 professionals, establishing its first Iberian presence and gaining Palo Alto Networks Diamond Innovator Partner status....
ANZ Distribution ERP
September 23, 2026

Epicor Deepens ANZ Distribution ERP Channel With Conveyance Solutions

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President, Research, at Futurum, covers Epicor's partnership with Conveyance Solutions, which the company says delivers faster time to value and enhanced implementation support for ANZ distribution ERP...
Cadence ChipStack RTL Generation Agent
September 23, 2026

Cadence ChipStack Adds RTL Generation: Can Agents Code Production Silicon?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines the Cadence ChipStack RTL Generation Agent, its claimed 24% area and 18% power gains over foundation model code generation, and Honda's validation on...
ADI SHARC-FX
September 23, 2026

ADI SHARC-FX Runs on Cadence IP: Is the Proprietary DSP Era Over?

Brendan Burke and Olivier Blanchard, Research Directors at Futurum, examine ADI's decision to rebuild its SHARC automotive audio DSP on Cadence Tensilica IP and what the ADI SHARC-FX shift means...

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