Research notes and analysis from the Futurum practice areas.
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Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, analyzes how VAST DataEnclave leverages NVIDIA Confidential Computing to manage proprietary AI models and sensitive data as unified operating system resources.
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.
Everforth ECS secured a prime position on the CPSC's $58M Data Solutions BPA and captured the first $1.7M task order, positioning the Fairfax-based firm as a key player in federal civilian data modernization, cloud engineering, and AI/ML enablement.
Fernando Montenegro, VP at The Futurum Group, shares insights on Splunk AI, the Cisco–NVIDIA partnership, and enterprise requirements for hybrid deployment.
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines Salesforce’s Google Cloud expansion and the tests ahead for enterprise workflows and commerce.
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group shares insights on AWS and Salesforce’s expanded integrations and the tests that matter for enterprise adoption.
phData earns its fourth consecutive dbt Visionary Partner of the Year award, demonstrating practice-wide commitment to analytics engineering and data governance as the foundation for enterprise AI readiness and scalable transformation.
FIS capitalizes on three forces reshaping banking: de novo charter resurgence, accelerating M&A consolidation, and large-bank modernization, securing core banking for a $100B+ institution and five new charters in 1H 2026.
Alteryx and Golden Analytics partner to combine governed data workflows with AI-native analytics, targeting enterprise demand for generative AI tools in the booming Data Intelligence market.
Tiffani Bova, Chief Strategy and Research Officer at The Futurum Group, examines CDW’s Lovelytics acquisition, its data and AI capabilities, and the work ahead on integration.
Brad Shimmin, VP and Practice Lead at Futurum, analyzes how Cloudera’s partnership with Mistral AI brings sovereign AI and local model fine-tuning to hybrid and air-gapped enterprise data estates.
Futurum Research analyzes Snowflake’s Q2 FY 2027 earnings, focusing on AI-led consumption, CoCo adoption, CoWork growth, and raised FY 2027 guidance.
Futurum Research analyzes NetApp’s Q1 FY 2027 earnings, focusing on AI data infrastructure, hybrid cloud demand, and migration momentum.
Hitachi pairs sustainable insulating gas production in Germany with HMAX Physical AI expansion, positioning itself to capitalize on enterprise AI investment tied to reliable power infrastructure.
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 Shimmin, VP & Practice Lead at Futurum, reveals findings from the new Data Intelligence Platforms Signal report, highlighting how read-write AI agents and transactional execution realigned competitive market standings.
Alastair Cooke, analyst at Futurum, shares his insights on why Nasuni acquires DryvIQ and what the deal means for AI data governance and file platform consolidation.
AWS acquires DuckLabs to embed DuckDB’s in-process OLAP engine natively into Amazon S3 storage, challenging data warehouse economics while keeping open-source governance independent.
ScyllaDB released an open-source Rust driver for its DynamoDB-compatible Alternator API, achieving 58% higher throughput than AWS SDK on 3-node clusters. The driver maintains full API compatibility while enabling cluster-aware load balancing.
Futurum Research analyzes Salesforce’s Q2 FY 2027 earnings, focusing on AI and data momentum, Agentforce adoption, Anthropic partnership expansion, and FY 2027 guidance.