AI Platforms

The AI software and tools landscape rapidly evolves, with generative AI reshaping industries and technologies. 

Agentic AI, enabling semi-autonomous decision-making, will disrupt business applications by 2025, driving shifts toward agent-usage-based pricing and software market consolidation. Generative AI expands beyond text to modalities like images and molecular design, with smaller, task-specific models gaining traction in edge computing and privacy-sensitive applications. 

GenAIOps frameworks are advancing to manage generative AI production, but challenges like scaling costs, governance, and ITOPs integration remain. Data access issues, including quality, sovereignty, and architecture, highlight the need for solutions like vector database scaling and RAG optimization.

When working on strategy, product, marketing, and sales initiatives, consider intelligence from our expert analysts – planned deliverables for 2025 include:

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The Latest Insights on AI Platforms

Lenovo Expands Its Hybrid AI Advantage Portfolio With New Services, Hardware, and Integrated Platforms Targeting Scalable Enterprise AI Deployment
Nick Patience, VP and AI Practice Lead at Futurum shares insights on Lenovo’s Hybrid AI Advantage expansion, helping enterprises scale AI through new infrastructure, vertical-specific solutions, and employee enablement services.
Snowflake Unveils Cortex AI Enhancements, OpenFlow for Interoperability, and Significant Compute Performance Upgrades, Aiming To Make AI More Accessible and Efficient for Enterprises
Nick Patience, AI Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on Snowflake Summit 2025. Key announcements like Cortex AI, OpenFlow, and Adaptive Compute aim to accelerate enterprise AI by unifying data and enhancing compute efficiency.
Key Announcements Center on watsonx.orchestrate, watsonx.data, and Granite 4.0, as IBM Aims to Make AI Agents and Unstructured Data Pivotal for Enterprise Transformation
Nick Patience and Brad Shimmin, analysts at Futurum, share insights on IBM Think 2025, where IBM showcased advancements in its watsonx platform, focusing on IBM Agentic AI, unstructured data, and hybrid cloud to drive enterprise value.
IBM’s Software Strength and AI Bookings Support Its Reaffirmed 2025 Guidance
Daniel Newman and Nick Patience of The Futurum Group break down IBM’s Q1 FY 2025 results, with a focus on software-led growth, expanding AI backlog, and strategic traction across hybrid cloud and automation.
Google’s AI Ambitions Expand Beyond the Cloud as It Builds an Interoperable Ecosystem for Agent Communication, Application Management, and On-Premises AI Deployment
Nick Patience, AI Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, shares his insights - along with those of colleagues - on Google’s Cloud Next 25 event, held last week in Las Vegas.
SAS Evolves Its Cloud Strategy With the Viya Platform While Expanding Into Agentic AI and Synthetic Data Generation
Nick Patience, AI Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, shares insights on SAS Institute's strategic pivot to cloud-native analytics with Viya while expanding into agentic AI and synthetic data following its acquisition of Hazy Data.

The Latest NEWS

The Global Data Intelligence, Analytics, and Infrastructure Market to Surge Past $876B by 2029, Fueled by AI Innovation and Speculation

The Global Data Intelligence, Analytics, and Infrastructure Market to Surge Past $876B by 2029, Fueled by AI Innovation and Speculation

Brad Shimmin at Futurum shares new research showing the global data market surging to $876.6B by 2029. Discover how AI automation and the demand for…
Channel Partners Struggle Amidst Industry Transformation To AI

As Vendors Push More into Their AI Story, Can the Channel Keep Pace?

Alex Smith, VP Channels Research at Futurum, shares his insights on how partners are performing amid the industry transformation toward AI….
Revocation of U.S. Waivers Raises Disruption Risk for Memory Players in China - Report Summary

Revocation of U.S. Waivers Raises Disruption Risk for Memory Players in China – Report Summary

Ray Wang, Research Director for Semiconductors, Supply Chain, and Emerging Technology at Futurum, shares his insights on how potential regulatory changes could impact the operations…
Databricks Data+AI Summit: Databricks Takes on the World with a New Approach to Database Apps in the Age of AI

Databricks Data+AI Summit: Databricks Takes on the World with a New Approach to Database Apps in the Age of AI

Brad Shimmin, VP at Futurum, shares insights on Databricks’ summit. With a new transactional database, free AI/BI, and unified data engineering, Databricks is aggressively moving…
Partner Programs Remain Very Important to the Partner Ecosystem

Partner Programs Remain Very Important to the Partner Ecosystem

Alex Smith, VP Channels Research at Futurum, shares his insights on what partners are looking for in vendor partner programs….
Cybersecurity is a Strategic and Budgetary Priority, Per Futurum Research

Cybersecurity is a Strategic and Budgetary Priority, Per Futurum Research

Fernando Montenegro and Krista Case of Futurum reveal key findings from comprehensive cybersecurity market research indicating the growing strategic, board-level relevance of cybersecurity and the…

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