http://www.currentanalysis.com/ Analysis Reports provided by Current Analysis, Inc. en-us All materials Copyright 1997-2026 Current Analysis, Inc. Reproduction or distribution prohibited without express written consent. Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:34:29 GMT http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133375&rss Salesforce is making a play for what is fast becoming the make-or-break component of the AI stack—the control plane for managing, securing, and governing all AI activities within an enterprise’s ecosystem of technology. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-09-23T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133355&rss GlobalData’s GenAI Quarterly covers the latest news in this sector, providing insight into several announcements including the OpenAI GPT-6 Astra’s release, and new safety fears voiced by regulators, and AI companies across the world. Beatriz Valle - Charlotte Dunlap 2026-09-16T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133331&rss Nvidia has signed an agreement to acquire AI model repository and open-source platform Hugging Face, for around $13 billion. The staggering figure reveals the strategic importance of this purchase at a time when the role of open-weight models is becoming critical in the industry. Beatriz Valle 2026-09-04T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=101815&rss The PaaS layer of the cloud stack has evolved to become the foundation for autonomous AI services, enabling the automation and efficiency DevOps teams have lacked for operationalizing and modernizing the entire application lifecycle. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-08-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=130404&rss GlobalData provides assessments of eight large language models (LLMs), naming Google Gemini the leader. Competitors include OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, IBM, AWS, Meta, and others. Beatriz Valle - Charlotte Dunlap 2026-08-31T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133288&rss DataRobot is a 14-year veteran in a crowded AI platform market. To differentiate from hyperscale cloud competitors it is betting on its AI-focused expertise, support for multiple deployment options, and strong portfolio of support services. Rena Bhattacharyya 2026-08-27T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133276&rss TELUS Digital continues to expand across emerging markets, capitalizing on demand for AI-powered customer and digital experiences. The company is also strengthening its partner ecosystem to deliver tailored end-to-end solutions for its customers. Brendan Swan - Charlotte Dunlap 2026-08-26T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133277&rss AMD held its Advancing AI 2026 event in San Francisco (US) in July 2026. Perhaps one of the main announcements was that the Helios rack is now in production. AMD’s strategy focuses on R&D, acquisitions, and accelerating its product roadmap. Beatriz Valle 2026-08-24T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133262&rss Dynatrace’s Arize acquisition continues its quest to extend its infrastructure observability platform into agent-native AI observability, and creates a pathway for enterprise developers. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-08-17T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133134&rss The industry is turning its attention from the building and deployment of AI agents to the management of AI’s latest crisis: agent sprawl. The industry may be moving towards a yet undefined centralized control plane approach. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-07-08T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=124187&rss AWS has pivoted toward agentic AI, with brands such as Kiro and Quick helping enterprises build/deploy production AI agents. New frontier models on Bedrock signal a platform-neutral model strategy designed to capture a wide range of AI workloads. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-06-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133105&rss Skyrocketing cloud expenses associated with production-stage AI applications have enterprises scrambling and providers under pressure. For many organizations, the interim answer is seeking out multiple providers to beat lock-in. Amy Larsen DeCarlo - Charlotte Dunlap 2026-06-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133095&rss Recent weeks have seen shortened cycles of new AI model rollouts among key players, jockeying for developer loyalty. Latest activities include the release of new agentic-injected IDEs and advanced AI models that take on popular Claude offerings. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-06-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=133093&rss The industry witnessed significant leaps in the agentic AI/model space this quarter as players vie to make their mark in the enterprise, and a US government interventionist approach to AI is heating up following the Anthropic Mythos upheaval. Beatriz Valle - Charlotte Dunlap 2026-06-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=123700&rss Under its Agentic Enterprise vision, Google released new LLM models, a new agentic platform, and emphasis on enterprise-grade security and scale. These were shored up by third-party platform integrations and professional services partnerships. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-06-24T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94514&rss Oracle continues enhancing its OCI portfolio in support of agentic-based Fusion applications. Latest efforts involve unified GenAI/agentic AI tools, bringing AI to each layer of the cloud stack, and greater marketplace access to partner templates. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-06-22T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=105744&rss Enterprise IoT saw further signs of consolidation with IoT units being sold and bought and product rosters being consolidated or outright reduced. Some IoT vendors are enhancing their IoT profile while others have put it on the back burner. Ismail Patel 2026-06-08T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132986&rss Boomi is making headway in the highly competitive application integration space by emphasizing the relevancy of low-cost AI model alternatives as part of its latest agentic AI initiatives. Charlotte Dunlap - Siow Meng Soh 2026-06-01T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132975&rss FinOps is seeing a giant shift in 2026 from managing AI costs to implementing full adoption of AI into the FinOps practice to be more productive. In this blog, GlobalData anticipates key themes during the upcoming FinOps X conference. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-05-29T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94675&rss SAP is throwing its weight behind agentic AI investments and solutions, consolidating all its major platforms to better support enterprises’ mission-critical workflows. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-05-22T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132880&rss April has been a particularly chaotic month for enterprise and independent developers facing significant price hikes and license restructuring around leading AI agent tools. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-04-30T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132811&rss Salesforce’s updated Agent Fabric promises enterprises reassurance through unified oversight and orchestration of sprawling agentic AIs. Charlotte Dunlap - Beatriz Valle 2026-04-17T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94609&rss IBM's ongoing agentic AI activities include enhancements to Cloud Pak for Integration, infrastructure automation/observability via Instana, and code companions to transform legacy coding. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-04-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94513&rss Microsoft Azure's primary focus continues to focus on its GenAI initiative, Microsoft Foundry, most recently complemented by new Copilot Agents and access to Anthropic Claude in addition to OpenAI GPT. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-04-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=94606&rss Red Hat OpenShift, serving as the core of IBM's hybrid cloud and GenAI initiatives via Red Hat OpenShift AI, continues its focus on deep AI integration. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-04-13T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132632&rss Cloud players leverage agentic AI in aggressive moves to upend arch-rivals’ deeply entrenched revenue sources. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-03-03T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132634&rss • Telcos are elbowing their way into the cloud and AI space by filling technology gaps that platform providers have neglected. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-03-03T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132628&rss GlobalData provides a comprehensive view of the quarter’s key GenAI news including the announcements that Google is making a grab for Amazon’s e-commerce dominance and Anthropic’s Claude Code could modernize legacy programming language COBOL. Charlotte Dunlap - Beatriz Valle 2026-03-02T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132597&rss Agentic AI demonstrates strong momentum; growing to $45.3 billion in 2029. As the market matures, standards evolve, and tools that support greater observability become easily accessible, enterprises will move from single to multiagent systems. Rena Bhattacharyya 2026-02-24T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132555&rss UiPath is stepping up its agentic AI automation investment for customers in the financial services sector, acquiring a key RPA rival for its financial crime compliance solution to enhance UiPath’s productized solution accelerators. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-02-10T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132532&rss 2026 will be the year that satellite connectivity breaks out from niche to mainstream, the intensifying of this new space race, and telcos ramping up satellite connectivity to serve SMBs and enterprises that can benefit from satellite use cases. Ismail Patel 2026-02-02T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132527&rss The observability market is hot. In 2026, the market will continue to grow with disruption in AI developer tools by startups, accelerating market consolidation, and more penetration into IT operations. Charlotte Dunlap - Steve Schuchart 2026-01-30T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132524&rss Observability predictions for 2026 include disruptive dev-tools start-ups adding observability features to solutions, and AI-injected app deployment platforms targeting ops teams. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-01-29T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132518&rss 2026 will be the year of “efficiency”. Small language models (SLMs) will gain relevance as enterprises leverage AI for domain- and industry-specific use cases. Running SLMs locally helps address privacy, data security, and compliance concerns. Beatriz Valle - Rena Bhattacharyya 2026-01-28T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132486&rss Agentic AI will underpin new trends in 2026 taking vibe coding and intelligent automation/RPA to new levels for streamlining agile automation. Charlotte Dunlap 2026-01-13T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132472&rss Investment in new data centers will continue to accelerate in 2026, with hyperscalers pouring money into new projects. Server densities will soar to support AI workloads, making new designs and energy management a top concern. Beatriz Valle 2026-01-07T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132459&rss Agentic AI will propel intelligent automation in numerous ways across global enterprise IT systems in 2026. Charlotte Dunlap - Amy Larsen DeCarlo 2025-12-31T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132395&rss Themes from fall technology conferences included agentic AI integrations and ecosystem partnerships/acquisitions to fill tech gaps. Of greatest interest to enterprise developers were new OSS innovation reveals. Charlotte Dunlap 2025-12-12T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132385&rss The industry’s adoption of agentic AI for streamlining the application lifecycle will be largely realized through OSS innovations, while platform vendors jockey for key partnerships to fill tech gaps. Charlotte Dunlap 2025-12-10T00:00:00+00:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132222&rss Dreamforce 2025 was all about creating the agentic enterprise, with announcements of new tools, discussions of best practices and lessons learned, and examples of real-world use cases. Rena Bhattacharyya 2025-10-23T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132211&rss Agentic AI-injected services across Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) are helping shift the company’s messaging to one of outcomes versus products, while Oracle readies the release of a new automation/low-code tool, APEXLang. Charlotte Dunlap 2025-10-21T00:00:00+01:00 http://www.currentanalysis.com/COMPETE/FrontEnd/Report.aspx?rid=132117&rss Automation leaders will disrupt the emerging agentic AI platform competitive landscape through newly integrated agents coined agentic process automation (APA), technology embedded into mature, enterprise-grade intelligent workflows. Charlotte Dunlap 2025-09-29T00:00:00+01:00