October 22, 2025
Author: Betsy Burton
October 15, 2025
SolarWinds Launches AI Agent to Automate IT Management
SolarWinds AI Agent Sets To Automate IT Management October 8, 2025, SolarWinds, a prominent provider of IT management and observability software (ITOM), announced the launch of its new SolarWinds AI Agent and
Hot Research: The Aragon Research Globe™ for the Data Lake Market
Hot Research: The Aragon Research Globe™ for the Data Lake Market By Betsy Burton I am thrilled to announce the publication of our latest market evaluation, the Aragon Research Globe™ for the
October 8, 2025
Fake AI Generated Videos Deluge Social Media; Sora 2 Release
By Betsy Burton Fake AI Generated Videos Deluge Social Media; Sora 2 Release There is a sudden and dramatic surge of synthetic content on every social media platform, frequently appearing without watermarks or
MuleSoft Agent Fabric Centralizes AI Orchestration and Governance
By Betsy Burton MuleSoft Agent Fabric Centralizes AI Orchestration and Governance Salesforce recently announced the launch of MuleSoft Agent Fabric, which is designed to manage and secure the rapidly expanding
September 30, 2025
Agentic Business Orchestration: Nintex New Business Strategy
Agentic Business Orchestration: Nintex New Business Strategy September 24, 2025, Nintex unveiled its new strategic direction, Agentic Business Orchestration,. This announcement marks a significant evolution fo
AI Agent Innovations: Hot From WebexOne
AI Agent Innovations: Hot From WebexOne 2025 I am attending Cisco WebexOne here in San Diego, and the conference center is buzzing with AI-enabled workplace and CX-focused AI Agent innovation . Today, Cisco un
September 18, 2025
Idiocracy Dystopia: Your Imperative for AI Governance
Idiocracy Dystopia: Your Imperative for AI Governance By Betsy Burton Ok I admit, as silly as it is, you should put the film Idiocracy on your week-end watch list. Idiocracy offers a humorous but chil
September 17, 2025
Proactive AI Selling Agent Free for Amazon Marketplace
By Betsy Burton Proactive AI Selling Agent Free for Amazon Marketplace September 17, 2025, Amazon announced a major enhancement to its existing Seller Assistant tool at its annual Amazon Accelerate conferen
September 10, 2025
RavenDB Launches Innovative Native DBMS AI Agents
RavenDB Launches Innovative Native DBMS AI Agents By Betsy Burton September 8, 2025, RavenDB announced the launch of its new AI Agent Creator, a feature fully integrated into its multi-model NoSQL
September 5, 2025
Microsoft’s Free Copilot for Federal Gov: Gift or Loss Leader for Future Lock-in?
Microsoft's Free Copilot for Federal Gov: Gift or Loss Leader for Future Lock-in? By Betsy Burton On September 2, 2025, Microsoft and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced a government-wide agreeme
August 20, 2025
Databricks’ $100B Valuation: Will It Delay or Accelerate IPO?
Databricks' $100B Valuation: Will It Delay or Accelerate a Public Offering? Databricks has confirmed it has signed a term sheet for a Series K funding round. While the specific amount of new capital to be rais
August 13, 2025
Multi-Agent AI Swarms are Here!
By Betsy Burton Multi-Agent AI Swarms Are Here! Manus, an AI startup now headquartered in Singapore, has launched its new "Wide Research" feature. This multi-agent system deploys over 100 general-purpose AI age
January 5, 2021
23-30-Year-Olds Are Not Millennials; Introducing Generation S
Last updated 1-5-21 to reflect the unique challenges and expectations of each distinct generation during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Ken Dulaney, Betsy Burton, Samra AneesWe hear the term 'millennials' in almost ever
May 28, 2020
Pandemic Predicts: Our Survey Results
by Betsy Burton I recently had the distinct pleasure to present a webinar with my colleagues Jim, Ken, and Kalyn on Aragon Research’s top COVID-19 pandemic impact predictions (see Aragon Research’s Coronavirus Pande
May 11, 2020
“Zoom” Is a New Verb
by Betsy Burton In light of people working, learning, playing, and gathering remotely, video conferencing is becoming the new way for people to communicate and collaborate. As a result, I am starting to hear people use
May 4, 2020
Will New Behaviors Emerge Post-Pandemic?
by Betsy Burton I have been thinking a lot about how the coronavirus pandemic may change our work cultures going forward into the future. The circumstances have me thinking about the times I have been in a culturally ne
April 23, 2020
Microsoft and Cisco’s Missed Opportunity
by Betsy Burton I watched in awe as my family members, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews all navigated Zoom during a family gathering. Most of them had never done web-conferencing or heard of Zoom before fo
Use Leading Performance Metrics to Understand What Might Happen
by Betsy Burton One of the topics that I have heard a lot about in the news as it relates to data about the COVID-19 pandemic is related to different types of data metrics. This is a very common issue in business perfor
April 16, 2020