Author: Alastair Cooke

Can U.S. Quantum Ambitions Survive Supply Chain and Workforce Reality Checks?
June 24, 2026

Can U.S. Quantum Ambitions Survive Supply Chain and Workforce Reality Checks?

Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure at Futurum, examines how supply chain and workforce challenges could derail U.S. quantum ambitions despite aggressive federal directives and investment initiatives....
Can HPE's Unified Agentic IT Operations Cut Through AI Infrastructure Complexity?
June 24, 2026

Can HPE’s Unified Agentic IT Operations Cut Through AI Infrastructure Complexity?

Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure at Futurum, HPE's new agentic AI capabilities across GreenLake and Morpheus Software promise unified orchestration for operational simplicity amid competition from Dell,...
Unified Private Cloud
May 19, 2026

Can HPE’s Unified Private Cloud and Data Platforms Really Deliver AI Simplicity?

Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure at Futurum, Examines whether HPE's Unified Private Cloud and GreenLake innovations truly simplify enterprise AI data readiness or merely reduce operational friction....
Mirantis and NVIDIA
April 21, 2026

Can Mirantis and NVIDIA Run:ai Automation Break the AI Factory Bottleneck?

Mirantis and NVIDIA's k0rdent AI and Run:ai integration solves GPU infrastructure deployment by delivering fully orchestrated, multi-tenant AI environments in minutes instead of weeks....
Federal Crypto
April 21, 2026

CIQ Bets on Compliance: Can Enterprise Linux Really Deliver Federal Crypto and Post-Quantum Readiness?

CIQ unveiled the first Enterprise Linux compliance platform for Federal Crypto validation and post-quantum readiness, addressing critical security gaps for regulated enterprises and government agencies facing quantum threats....
Unlock Faster AI
April 20, 2026

Can Eridu’s AI Networking Break the Data Center Bottleneck—or Just Move It?

With 78% of organizations boosting AI budgets, Eridu emerges from stealth with $200M+ in funding, claiming to break the data center bottleneck—but whether new architectures solve the problem or just...
Hammerspace's NVIDIA-Powered AI Data Platform Simplifies AI Infrastructure
April 14, 2026

Hammerspace’s NVIDIA-Powered AI Data Platform Simplifies AI Infrastructure

Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Cloud and Data Center at Futurum, shares his insights on Hammerspace's announcement of an AI data platform based on NVIDIA’s reference architecture and Hammerspace’s universal namespace....
Can Nasuni’s File Data Activation Drive Real AI ROI, or Is It More AI Hype?
April 8, 2026

Can Nasuni’s File Data Activation Drive Real AI ROI, or Is It More AI Hype?

Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Cloud and Data Center at Futurum, shares his insights on Nasuni’s announcement of the Resilio Active Everywhere V6 and AI Active products, which enable file data...
Are Enterprises Ready for the Virtualization Reset, or Just Swapping Out One Complexity for Another
February 27, 2026

Are Enterprises Ready for the Virtualization Reset, or Just Swapping Out One Complexity for Another?

Futurum’s Alastair Cooke shares his insights on new HPE research that finds that only 5% of enterprises are fully prepared for the so-called Great Virtualization Reset, even as two-thirds plan...
CoreWeave ARENA is AI Production Readiness Redefined
February 17, 2026

CoreWeave ARENA is AI Production Readiness Redefined

Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Cloud and Data Center at Futurum, shares his insights on the announcement of CoreWeave ARENA, a tool for customers to identify costs and operational processes for...
Enterprises Should Finally Stop Paying SSD Prices for Cold Data
February 16, 2026

Enterprises Should Finally Stop Paying SSD Prices for Cold Data

Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Cloud and Data Center at Futurum, shares his insights on how CTERA enables customers to use cloud object storage combined with small amounts of SSD to...
IBM’s New FlashSystem Might Be the Blueprint for AI-Driven Storage Resilience
February 16, 2026

IBM’s New FlashSystem Might Be the Blueprint for AI-Driven Storage Resilience

Alastair Cooke, Research Director at Futurum, shares his insights on IBM’s latest FlashSystem release with Agentic AI features to minimize manual operations and simplify compliance....

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