MinIO Launches AIStor Memory for Agentic AI’s Durable Context Layer
Alastair Cooke, analyst at Futurum, shares insights on MinIO’s AIStor Memory launch, which folds agent memory, workspace, and secrets into a single enterprise-controlled data type, and what it signals about the agentic AI stack.
SIOS LifeKeeper v10.1 Adds AIOps-Ready Automation for HA/DR Clusters
Alastair Cooke, analyst at Futurum, shares insights on SIOS Technology’s LifeKeeper v10.1 release, which adds AIOps-ready automation, new Oracle and HULFT recovery kits, and deeper AWS/OCI integration for HA/DR clusters.
HPE’s GX5000 Delivers 40% Denser AI Supercomputing With AMD EPYC
Alastair Cooke, analyst at Futurum, shares insights on HPE’s Cray Supercomputing GX5000, a 6th Gen AMD EPYC-powered system claiming 40% higher core density than rivals, and what it means for the AI infrastructure race.
NetApp StorageGRID 12.1 Scales Object Storage for AI Factories
Alastair Cooke, Research Director, Cloud and Data Center at Futurum, shares his insights on NetApp’s StorageGRID 12.1 launch and what its federated namespace and throughput gains mean for AI-scale object storage buyers.
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?
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, Cisco, and IBM.
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.
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.
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.
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 shift complexity remains unclear.
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?
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 activation for AI everywhere in enterprise customers.
