Press Release$1.2T Data Market by 2031: Agentic AI Replaces Data PipelinesFuturum Analyst Brad Shimmin forecasts the Data Intelligence market to surpass US$1.2T by 2031. The study reveals a capital rotation from legacy plumbing to “Agentic” control planes, driving 19%+ growth in Semantic Layer and Observability.Brad Shimmin·January 23, 2026
Press ReleaseWill Vendors Enable More Complex Agentic Workflows in 2026?Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights into the development of more complex agentic AI workflows and provides key examples of leading SaaS vendors that are developing these agents and workflows for enterprises.Keith Kirkpatrick·January 15, 2026
Press ReleaseFuturum Research: Cybersecurity Sentiment Points to Resilience and GrowthFernando Montenegro, VP at Futurum, shares insights on new research revealing that while recovery confidence remains steady, organizations are shifting budgets to address the urgent security implications of AI and autonomous agentic systems.Fernando Montenegro·January 6, 2026
Press Release2026: AI is a Reality in Software DevelopmentMitch Ashley, VP and Practice, Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on research showing AI is increasingly embedded across the SDLC and DevOps, with 2026 emphasizing observability, security, behavior control, and governance.Mitch Ashley·December 29, 2025
Press ReleaseThe Semantic Layer Wars: Why BI Must Remain the Center of Gravity for Trusted AIBrad Shimmin explains why the semantic layer is moving from dashboards to AI reasoning engines. Learn why BI teams are the essential Insight Engineers tasked with stopping AI hallucinations through governed data logic.Brad Shimmin·December 22, 2025
Press ReleaseAre We Clear On What We Mean When We Say “AI Security”? – Report SummaryFernando Montenegro, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, unpacks the confusion around “AI Security,” urging a shift from static controls to managing autonomous, agentic systems.Fernando Montenegro·December 19, 2025
Press ReleaseFuturumWatch Agentic AI Needs the Agentic AI FoundationMitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, explains why the new Agentic AI Foundation is becoming essential infrastructure for scalable, interoperable agentic systems and what it means for vendors and practitioners.Mitch Ashley·December 15, 2025
Press ReleaseWill Major SaaS Vendors Continue to Evolve Their Pricing Models?Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on the current AI pricing strategies from major enterprise SaaS vendors, and provides his thoughts on how pricing will evolve as AI continues to proliferate in the market.Keith Kirkpatrick·November 20, 2025
Press ReleaseAI21 Labs Aims to Fix AI Agents’ Unreliability with Maestro – Report SummaryNick Patience, AI Platforms Practice Lead at Futurum shares his insights on how AI21 Labs addresses foundational enterprise AI accuracy challenges with Maestro, its agentic orchestration system, and hybrid Jamba models.Nick Patience·November 11, 2025
Press ReleaseWill OpenAI’s Foray into Enterprise Software Spell Trouble for SaaS Incumbents?Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director with Futurum, covers OpenAI’s entry into the enterprise SaaS market, its launch of AI-native apps, and the implications for established vendors adapting to an evolving, co-opetitive AI ecosystem.Keith Kirkpatrick·October 27, 2025
Press ReleaseAgentic AI Expansion Across SDLC – Building Trust in AIMitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, explores how AI is evolving from code assistant to active team member—planning work, enforcing security, and operating infrastructure across the entire software lifecycle.Mitch Ashley·October 14, 2025
Press ReleaseGenAI, Features, Are the Top Criteria for Future Enterprise Software PurchasesKeith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on the key decision criteria used by enterprise software decision makers to evaluate purchases, and discusses why these are critical in today’s market.Keith Kirkpatrick·September 23, 2025
Press ReleaseWill ServiceNow’s Zurich Platform Accelerate Time-to-Value for Agentic AI?Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at Futurum, covers ServiceNow’s Zurich platform enhancements, how they will help enterprises, and discusses the impact on other vendors in the enterprise software & digital workflows market.Keith Kirkpatrick·September 15, 2025
Press ReleaseFuturum Agentic AI Open Standards Report: 1H-2025Mitch Ashley, VP Practice Lead of Software Engineering Lifecycle at Futurum, shares his Futurum new 1H-2025 report, which identifies the top 10 essential agentic AI open standards.Mitch Ashley·June 18, 2025
Press ReleaseTech Vendors See the Future – Software Development Is the Agentic AI-Proving GroundFuturum’s Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, DevOps and Application Development, shares how AI’s rapid integration in software development, especially agentic AI, is a proving ground for its transformative potential.Mitch Ashley·May 28, 2025
Press ReleaseHow Should We Consider Agentic AI Workflows in Cybersecurity? – Report SummaryFernando Montenegro, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, examines how agentic AI can be effectively deployed within cybersecurity operations and the evolution of these autonomous systems in security workflows.Fernando Montenegro·May 8, 2025
Press ReleaseVeeamOn 2025: Building the New Backbone of AI-Ready, Cyber-Secure InfrastructureKrista Case, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares her insights on VeeamON 2025.April 29, 2025
Press ReleaseWill Tableau’s New Enhancements Excite Its Current Users and Prospects?Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, discusses Tableau’s latest AI, product, and strategy announcements, and why executing on these enhancements is critical to the company’s success.Keith Kirkpatrick·April 25, 2025
Press ReleaseAgentic Agents and MCP Signal Shift to Development WorkMitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead for DevOps and Application Development at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on advancements in the uses of AI, agentic agents, and the recent Model Context Protocol open standard.Mitch Ashley·April 16, 2025
Press ReleaseGPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2025: NVIDIA and Partners Highlight the Value of Data in Building Agentic AI SolutionsBrad Shimmin, VP Data & Analytics at The Futurum Group shares insights on NVIDIA GTC 2025, focusing on the new AI Data Platform and partner efforts to accelerate agentic AI through optimized data infrastructure for complex workloads.Brad Shimmin·April 9, 2025