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Author: Dave Raffo

Tanase Will Oversee the Company’s Product Vision and Development
The Futurum Group’s Dave Raffo and Camberley Bates examine Hitachi Vantara’s hiring of new CPO Octavian Tanase and the storage company’s vision to become a hybrid cloud infrastructure leader.
In our latest report, Market Insight Report: Hybrid Cloud Compute Q4 2023, we analyze how infrastructure vendors and hyperscalers are tailoring their products and services to hybrid clouds, as well as the major trends we are seeing around repatriation, cost optimization, and generative AI.
Hyperscaler Promoted Public Cloud and Partnered for On-Premises Storage
Dave Raffo, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, looks back at the year in cloud storage, which saw hyperscalers focus largely on helping companies use unstructured data for AI.
The Number of STaaS Options Grew Considerably in 2023 as Major Vendors Significantly Expanded Their Consumption Programs
Dave Raffo, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, looks at how STaaS and other consumption programs expanded in 2023 and how these have changed the way IT teams purchase infrastructure.
New ThinkAgile and ThinkSystem Improve AI and Hybrid Cloud Capabilities
Dave Raffo, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, adds his insights to Lenovo’s new ThinkAgile HCI, ThinkSystem server, and TruScale services launched to take advantage of Intel’s latest AI-enhanced CPUs.
The Hardware and Software Upgrades Give File System and Hardware Performance and Training Bumps
Dave Raffo, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, shares insights on Dell’s PowerScale NAS update and what it means to its generative AI strategy.
Hyperscaler Adds New Tiers, Performance Bumps for Unstructured Data
Dave Raffo, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, looks at file and object storage announcements at AWS re:Invent 2023 and how they fit with the hyperscaler’s generative AI strategy.
Strong Growth of the Evergreen STaaS Program and Subscription Sales Help Balance Disappointing Q4 Guidance
Dave Raffo, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, examines Pure Storage’s Q3 earnings report with mixed positive results for past quarter and long-term optimism with a tempered forecast that indicates a YoY Q4 decline.
File System Vendor Strengthens Partner Ecosystem and AI Technology
Dave Raffo, Senior Editor at The Futurum Group, shares insights on global file system vendor Hammerspace’s appointment of former AWS exec Marc Cree as SVP of strategic partnerships and its integration of AI technologies such as LLM training.
KubeCon Collaboration Fit with the Show Focus on AI and Simplifying Kubernetes
Dave Raffo, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, analyzes how the Dell Validated Design for Red Hat OpenShift AI on APEX Cloud Platform fits with the KubeCon North America themes of running AI on containers and simplifying Kubernetes.
Australian Firm Validates HPE’s Edge-to-Cloud GreenLake Strategy
Dave Raffo, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on how Australian entertainment company Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) uses HPE GreenLake to store audio and user data, including its popular podcasts on the LiSTNR audio app.
HCI Pioneer’s Goal Is to Run Data and Apps Anywhere and Everywhere
Dave Raffo, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, looks at the strategy Nutanix laid out at its analyst day about becoming a data platform company, competing with VMware after the Broadcom deal, and helping customers run generative AI.