Market CoverageFour Straight: What phData's dbt Streak Reveals About AI ReadinessphData 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.September 17, 2026
Market CoverageWhen AI Agents Cheat: What the OpenAI Incident Means for Channel PartnersThe 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.September 17, 2026
Market CoverageSiFive 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.Brendan Burke·September 16, 2026
Market CoverageMicron 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.Brendan Burke·September 16, 2026
Market CoverageAMD MLPerf Inference 6.1 Results Show ROCm Gaining 38% on the Same MI355X HardwareBrendan 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.Brendan Burke·September 16, 2026
Market CoverageCan 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.Tom Hollingsworth·September 16, 2026
Market CoverageTieto Banktech Powers XONO SOFT's EEA Card Processing PushTieto 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.September 16, 2026
Market CoverageExprivia Bets on Deepfake Detection to Win AI-Security DealsExprivia'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.September 16, 2026
Market CoverageFIS Targets Banking's Biggest Infrastructure Cycle in DecadesFIS 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.September 16, 2026
Market CoverageEY: Supply Chain AI Has a Deployment ProblemEY'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.September 16, 2026
Market CoverageMotive Earns CARB Certification, Automating Fleet Emissions ComplianceMotive 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.September 16, 2026
Market CoverageCodeRabbit Triage: Scoring PR Queues for the Agentic EraCodeRabbit 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.September 16, 2026
Market CoverageBain's Refiner AI Playbook Is a Channel Wake-Up CallBain & 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.September 16, 2026
Market CoverageBT'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.September 16, 2026
Market CoverageRubrik's MCP Launch Bets on Agentic AI as Cyber Resilience's Next LayerRubrik announced MCP support powered by Claude, enabling enterprise AI agents secure access to Rubrik Security Cloud for machine-speed incident response.September 16, 2026
Market CoverageScalian Completes Skills & Affinity Integration to Build Sovereign-Engineering ScaleScalian has completed the brand integration of Skills & Affinity, finalizing a 2025 acquisition sequence that positions the company as a reference actor in sovereign engineering with €550M revenue and 6,000 employees across 12 countries.September 16, 2026
Market CoverageAlteryx and Golden Analytics Unite Governance With AI-Native AnalyticsAlteryx 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.September 16, 2026
Market CoverageCan Kinaxis Close the AI-to-Action Gap in Supply Chain?Kinaxis addresses the persistent enterprise challenge where only 12% of supply chain leaders consider themselves AI leaders. At Kinexions EMEA 2026, the company showcases how its Maestro platform and agentic AI capabilities deliver operational.September 16, 2026
Market CoverageArm's Agentic Moat Widens With CSS for Mobile 2, CSS N4, and Physical AIBrendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes how Arm's Agentic AI strategy is expanding by launching CSS for Mobile 2, Neoverse CSS N4, and Arm Total Design for robotics.Brendan Burke·September 15, 2026
Market CoverageWhat Qualcomm’s Focus at IFA Berlin Signals About the Company’s Intelligent Edge StrategyOlivier Blanchard, research Director at Futurum, breaks down Qualcomm’s Dragonwing Q-2390 and IQ-2390 edge AI chips, which debuted at IFA Berlin, and what they signal about Qualcomm’s push beyond smartphones.Olivier Blanchard·September 15, 2026