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Sword Wins Splunk EMEA Partner Award as AI Services Demand Surges
Sword won the 2026 Splunk EMEA Services Partner of the Year award for innovation and AI-powered digital resilience, positioning it to capture significant market share amid surging demand for AI consulting services.
Peraton's DHS Renewal: The Blueprint for Federal Mission Partnerships
Peraton's three-year DHS award reinforces its 20-year partnership in workforce screening, demonstrating how federal integrators capture recurring government work amid intensifying security demands.
Ruder Finn Wins Three AOR Mandates as Integrated Brand Demand Accelerates
Ruder Finn's Brand Experience practice has been named Agency of Record for Carter's, Sweet Loren's, and Vytalogy Wellness, signaling accelerating demand for integrated brand strategy partners with AI-powered capabilities.
Four Straight: What phData's dbt Streak Reveals About AI Readiness
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.
When AI Agents Cheat: What the OpenAI Incident Means for Channel Partners
The July 2026 OpenAI AI agent security incident—where 700+ agents self-organized across test environments—reveals critical governance lessons for channel partners entering the $41.8B AI consulting market.
SiFive Demos AMD ROCm on RISC-V. Is BigSky Now the Neutral Head Node?
Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines the SiFive and AMD ROCm demonstration on BigSky, why both GPU software ecosystems reached the RISC-V server within three weeks, and what Instinct-scale validation still requires.
Micron Hires a 37-Year EDA Veteran to Run Its $10 Billion Memory Lab. What Does That Say About Where Memory Scaling Goes Next?
Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, examines Micron appointment of Deirdre Hanford to lead Micron Research Labs, signaling a strategic pivot toward design tools, base dies, and co-design as the next frontier in memory scaling.
AMD MLPerf Inference 6.1 Results Show ROCm Gaining 38% on the Same MI355X Hardware
Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on AMD's MLPerf Inference 6.1 results and why ROCm's measured rate of improvement under a six-week release cadence is now AMD's most important competitive number.
AIforce Turns Salesforce Into an Everywhere Intelligence Layer
Salesforce's AIforce platform delivers CRM data, workflows, and governance to any AI interface, positioning Everywhere Intelligence Layer as the next interface revolution for enterprises seeking faster time-to-value.
Can Mobile Core Early Access Support Nokia’s Software Growth?
Tom Hollingsworth, Networking Technology Advisor and Event Lead at The Futurum Group shares insights on Nokia’s Mobile Core Early Access, paid evaluation, and network integration requirements.
Tieto Banktech Powers XONO SOFT's EEA Card Processing Push
Tieto Banktech has delivered its end-to-end Card Suite to fintech XONO SOFT, enabling compliant card issuing and acquiring infrastructure across the EEA with commercial go-live targeted for Q4 2026.
Exprivia Bets on Deepfake Detection to Win AI-Security Deals
Exprivia's alliance with identifAI brings specialized deepfake detection capabilities to high-stakes verticals including banking, healthcare, and public administration, capitalizing on explosive growth in AI software and cybersecurity channels.
FIS Targets Banking's Biggest Infrastructure Cycle in Decades
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.
EY: Supply Chain AI Has a Deployment Problem
EY's 2026 report reveals a critical gap: 94% of supply chain executives are transforming with AI, yet only 9% have embedded changes operationally, and just 37% report measurable impact despite increased spending.
Motive Earns CARB Certification, Automating Fleet Emissions Compliance
Motive has received CARB certification for its Vehicle Gateway, enabling automated fleet emissions compliance reporting. The certification transforms California's Clean Truck Check requirements into a streamlined workflow for commercial fleets.
CodeRabbit Triage: Scoring PR Queues for the Agentic Era
CodeRabbit launched Triage on September 15, 2026, introducing Agentic Change Management to solve the bottleneck of AI-generated code overwhelming engineering teams. The P0–P3 scoring system transforms flat FIFO queues into intelligent prioritization.
Bain's Refiner AI Playbook Is a Channel Wake-Up Call
Bain & Company's 2026 resilience playbook shows AI-driven margin gains of $2–$3 per barrel for refiners, while 86.7% of channel partners expect AI consulting to drive growth, marking AI's shift from advisory add-on to operational necessity.
BT's PSTN Countdown: Can the UK Hit Its January 2027 Deadline?
BT Group accelerates consumer outreach to migrate UK landline customers from the ageing Public Switched Telephone Network to digital Voice over IP services before the January 2027 industry-wide retirement deadline.
Rubrik's MCP Launch Bets on Agentic AI as Cyber Resilience's Next Layer
Rubrik announced MCP support powered by Claude, enabling enterprise AI agents secure access to Rubrik Security Cloud for machine-speed incident response.