Tag: artificial intelligence

Can Legacy Data Security Survive the Velocity of Autonomous AI Agents?
July 30, 2026

Can Legacy Data Security Survive the Velocity of Autonomous AI Agents?

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on Bedrock Data's launch of Agent DLP, a runtime data loss prevention tool designed to secure AI agents and...
July 30, 2026

Can Legacy Data Security Survive the Velocity of Autonomous AI Agents?

Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, shares his insights on Bedrock Data's launch of Agent DLP, a runtime data loss prevention tool designed to secure AI agents and...
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...
Agentic AI
July 23, 2026

Kore.ai’s Strategic Shift: Uma Sandilya Takes Charge as CCO

Kore.ai consolidates leadership under Uma Sandilya to capitalize on the $181.3B agentic AI enterprise market, unifying sales, marketing, and strategy for faster market execution....
AI labor market impact 2026
July 22, 2026

AI Isn’t Coming for Your Job Yet – and Maybe Never Will

Despite rapid AI adoption, labor data shows no economy-wide jobs shock. Instead, a "hiring pause" is occurring, with entry-level roles facing the clearest squeeze. AI’s productivity dividend remains modest, hindered...
The Governance Gap Why Scaling AI Requires More Than Monitoring
July 15, 2026

The Governance Gap: Why Scaling AI Requires More Than Monitoring

In our latest market brieft, The Governance Gap: Why Scaling AI Requires More Than Monitoring, completed in partnership with IBM, Futurum Research examines why AI governance must evolve from periodic...
Oracle Makes the Case for AI Inside Everyday Leadership Workflows
July 2, 2026

Oracle Makes the Case for AI Inside Everyday Leadership Workflows

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines how Oracle Manager Edge embeds AI-powered coaching into Oracle Cloud HCM, bringing real-time guidance into managers' daily workflows and strengthening Oracle's...
How Anthropic and OpenAI Are Building Everywhere Ecosystems
July 1, 2026

How Anthropic and OpenAI Are Building “Everywhere Ecosystems”

Alex Smith, VP & Practice Lead, Ecosystems, Channels & Marketplaces at Futurum, shares insights on how Anthropic and OpenAI are building 'Everywhere Ecosystems' and the multidimensional go-to-market strategies designed to...
Agentic AI
June 25, 2026

Salesforce’s Agentforce Help Agent Bets on Pay-Per-Resolution, Will Enterprises Trust the Model?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, examines how Salesforce's Agentforce Help Agent is reshaping enterprise customer service through autonomous agentic AI and outcome-based...
Quantum Fine-Tuning and the Energy Case for Quantum in AI
June 25, 2026

Quantum Fine-Tuning and the Energy Case for Quantum in AI

Daniel Newman at Futurum, shares his insights on the shift to energy-to-solution as the definitive metric for quantum AI, arguing that energy efficiency, not qubit counts, will dictate which architectures...
Agentic AI
June 3, 2026

Salesforce Bets on Agentic Marketing: Will Unified AI Agents Redefine Martech ROI?

Keith Kirkpatrick, Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Di at Futurum, analyzes how Salesforce's agentic AI marketing platform leverages collaborative agents for campaign creation, lead qualification, and customer...
Is the Cloud Too Expensive for Agentic AI? Dell Bets on Localized Tokens
May 20, 2026

Is the Cloud Too Expensive for Agentic AI? Dell Bets on Localized Tokens

Brad Shimmin and Nick Patience share their insights on Dell's expansion of the Dell AI Factory with NVIDIA, exploring how localized agentic infrastructure and data partnerships provide a secure alternative...

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