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Research notes and analysis from the Futurum practice areas.

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Practice areaData Intelligence AnalystBrad Shimmin TypeEvents Clear all

Salesforce Bets on Silicon Synergy and Metadata to Make Business AI Practical

Salesforce Bets on Silicon Synergy and Metadata to Make Business AI Practical

Brad Shimmin, industry analyst at The Futurum Group, analyzes how Salesforce and NVIDIA designed the Koa CRM reasoning model to solve inference economics and defend platform data gravity.

Brad ShimminSeptember 22, 2026

Broadcom Builds Sovereign Agentic AI Foundations Around VMware Tanzu

Broadcom Builds Sovereign Agentic AI Foundations Around VMware Tanzu

Brad Shimmin, Vice President and Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, analyzes Broadcom’s VMware Tanzu Platform updates at VMware Explore 2026, covering deny-by-default agent runtimes, AI-ready data foundations, and TrueSource OSS security.

Brad ShimminSeptember 3, 2026