Brad Shimmin
Vice President & Practice Lead, Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure
Practice Area
Software Lifecycle Engineering
The Software Lifecycle Engineering market is moving decisively from AI experimentation to AI accountability across the SDLC. In 2026, enterprises will be required to demonstrate AI-driven business value, operational impact, and measurable risk reduction in development, not just incremental developer productivity gains.
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Fernando Montenegro
Vice President & Practice Lead, Cybersecurity & Resilience
Guy Currier
Chief Analyst, Visible Impact & Research Director, Ecosystems, Channels, & Marketplaces
Keith Kirkpatrick
Vice President & Research Director, Enterprise Software & Digital Workflows
Mitch Ashley
Vice President & Practice Lead, CIO & Technology Buyers, and Software Lifecycle Engineering
Nick Patience
Vice President & Practice Lead, AI Platforms
Latest insights
All Software Lifecycle Engineering insightsCan One Role Fix Enterprise AI's Broken Delivery Chain?
Impetus Technologies launches Forward Builders, formalizing two years of AI expertise with context engineering and a single-owner model to accelerate agentic AI systems to production.
Tieto Wins 13-Hospital Norway Deal as SLE Market Eyes $344B
Tieto secures major 13-hospital contract in Norway to deploy Public 360° cloud platform for case and records management, reflecting growing demand for AI-native healthcare solutions in public-sector modernization.
Everforth ECS Lands $58M CPSC Data BPA: Federal AI Readiness on the Line
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.
Softcat Buys GDT: A Transatlantic Platform Play
Softcat's acquisition of Dallas-based GDT instantly creates a scaled, multi-geography platform positioned to compete for enterprise demand across AI, cybersecurity, and data centre modernisation.
Stratpoint's Cloud Award Signals Rising Regional Partner Stakes
Stratpoint Technologies won the Philippines Technology Excellence Award for Cloud Services at the Asian Technology Excellence Awards 2026, establishing itself as a trusted regional leader for cloud and AI-integrated enterprise solutions.
CodeRabbit Triage: Fixing the PR Inbox That Cries Wolf
CodeRabbit launched Triage on September 18, 2026, using AI-assisted scoring to automatically prioritize pull requests—addressing a critical pain point for the 46.8% of organizations targeting software engineering as a top generative AI use case.
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.
FPT IS Builds Vietnam’s Court KPI Platform in 60 Days
Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Court launched an AI-integrated KPI Platform in 60 days, unifying document management, task tracking, and staff evaluation to accelerate public-sector digital transformation.
Akabot Bets on Agentic Automation to Capture a $271B Market
FPT IS unveiled a major Akabot update positioning the platform as an Agentic Automation Ecosystem with AI embedded across the full automation lifecycle, targeting a $271.3B software lifecycle engineering market growing at 15.4% CAGR.
ITWorx Bets on Saudi Giga-Projects With Red Sea Global MoU
ITWorx signed a landmark MoU with Red Sea Global at LEAP 2026, deploying Agentic AI solutions across hospitality, mobility, and sustainability initiatives. The partnership positions ITWorx as a key enabler of Saudi Arabia’s giga-project economy.
Atlassian Bets the Work Surface on Governed Agentic Workflows
Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice Lead, CIO & Tech Buyers and Software Lifecycle Engineering at Futurum, shares his insights on Atlassian’s move to governed agentic workflows and why staking the work surface as a control plane matters more than the feature list.
OPSWAT at GISEC 2026: Can You Secure What You Can’t Detect?
OPSWAT debuted its AI Content Inspector at GISEC Global 2026, introducing a new defense layer against semantic fraud and AI-generated content that bypasses traditional malware scans in enterprise environments.
Research Reports
All Software Lifecycle Engineering reportsFrom Experimentation to Execution: Platform Engineering for Scalable Generative AI
In our latest thought leadership report, From Experimentation to Execution: Platform Engineering for GenAI, completed in partnership with Red Hat, Futurum Research covers why enterprise GenAI initiatives stall before reaching production and outlines the platform engineering practices organizations…
Data Fitness for AI-Driven Operations
In our latest market brief, Data Fitness for AI-Driven Operations , completed in partnership with NETSCOUT, Futurum Research explores why observability alone is insufficient as AI moves toward autonomous execution, and why fit-for-purpose telemetry is becoming a strategic prerequisite for…
Closing the AIOps Gap: Why AI Insights Need Trusted Action
In our latest thought leadership report, Closing the AIOps Gap: Why AI Insights Need Trusted Action, completed in partnership with Red Hat, Futurum Research examines why AIOps initiatives often stop at insight and explores how governed, event-driven automation can help organizations translate…
How Google Is Constructing the Path for AI-Generation Developers
In this market brief by Futurum Research, in partnership with Google Cloud, we explore how Google’s approach to AI development aims to accelerate innovation, reduce friction for developers, and help organizations translate AI potential into production-ready solutions.
Running Virtualization, Kubernetes, and AI at Scale
In this Market Report, Running Virtualization, Kubernetes, and AI at Scale, completed in partnership with Dell Technologies, Intel, and Red Hat, Futurum Research examines how enterprises can operate diverse platforms consistently at scale, with a focus on automation, lifecycle discipline, and…
Enabling Enterprise Agility with Low-Code/No-Code, AI, and Platforms
In Enabling Enterprise Agility with Low-Code/No-Code, AI, and Platforms, Futurum Research explores how enterprises are modernizing application development by combining LCNC tools, AI-powered development, and platform engineering.