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env zero EZ Control Telling a Fix From a Mistake

Market Coverage

env zero EZ Control: Telling a Fix From a Mistake

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, CIO and Tech Buyers, and Vikram Rathnam, Research Director, Software Lifecycle Engineering at The Futurum Group, share insights on env zero EZ Control and the judgment its cloud remediation depends on.

Vikram Rathnam, Mitch AshleyOctober 6, 2026

OpenAI Moves Up the Stack and Competes With the Platforms It Powers

Market Coverage

OpenAI Moves Up the Stack and Competes With the Platforms It Powers

Futurum Research’s Mitch Ashley, Nick Patience, and Vikram Rothnam examine how OpenAI used DevDay 2026 to move up the stack, claiming the work surface, the agent runtime, and the pricing that meters both, and what it leaves the CIO to govern.

Mitch Ashley, Nick Patience, Vikram RathnamOctober 1, 2026