Author: Olivier Blanchard

LISSA Aims to Usher ESG Programs into the Age of AI
The Futurum Group’s Stephen Dickens and Olivier Blanchard share their insights on Lenovo’s new Intelligent Sustainability Solutions Advisor, dubbed LISSA, and its potential impact on ESG programs.
An Assessment of Major US Operators Q1 2024 Earnings and Implications for 5G Ecosystem, BT’s B2B Modernization, and Charter’s Residential Mobile Strides
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard review the Q1 2024 earnings of T-Mobile, Verizon, and AT&T and their impact on the 5G ecosystem, BT’s partnership with Global to modernize its UK Portfolio Businesses, and Charter’s Q1 2024 earnings reflect significant strides in residential mobile service revenue growth.
onsemi Joins Other Semiconductors’ Positive Earnings While Remaining Guarded About Expectations This Year
The Futurum Group’s Daniel Newman and Olivier Blanchard share their insights about onsemi’s Q1 2024 results and frame what to expect from the semiconductor industry for the rest of the year, particularly as AI continues to cause disruption.
The New ThinkCentre Desktops Are Powered by AMD Ryzen PRO 8000 Series Desktop Processors
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares his insights about Lenovo’s decision to lean into on-device AI’s system improvement value proposition for the enterprise.
Horizon OS Is Meta’s Overdue Horse-Before-Cart Moment for XR Adoption
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares his insights about Meta’s Horizon OS announcement, outlines how its app developer ecosystem may be the missing link in Meta’s mainstream market XR adoption strategy.
In our latest Research Brief, The Case for Integrated Building Management: Achieving Operational Efficiency with Honeywell Enterprise Buildings Integrator, done in partnership with Honeywell, we analyze Honeywell’s EBI solution and how it addresses key customer pain points.
The Circular Economy Can Help Your Company and Business Ecosystem Improve Sustainability Efforts and Create New Innovation Opportunities
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, encourages you to download the latest whitepaper from The Futurum Group, which highlights circularity—a perfect read for Earth Day.
TSMC, Samsung, and Intel All Announced Agreements
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on the geopolitical, market, and supply chain implications of finally securing domestic semiconductor chip production.
In this white paper, Operationalizing the Circular Economy: How HP is Reinventing Sustainability for the Tech Sector, you will learn the five fundamental challenges standing in the way of this transition, and how to address them.
An Assessment of AI’s Openness Including Intel’s Guadi 3-led Enterprise AI Strategy, Qualcomm’s Responsible AI Vision, and Nokia’s Transparent AI Moves
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard examine the major mobile ecosystem moves to make AI open, responsible, and transparent including Intel’s Enterprise AI proposition emphasizing open industry software for developer productivity, Qualcomm’s Responsible AI vision focus on privacy and security, and Nokia using Transparent AI moves.
An assessment of 5G Turnaround Indicators Including Samsung’s Fiscal Q1 2024, 5G/eSIM Expansion, 5G Fund Revival, and T-Mobile’s Blink Smart Home Package
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard review potential indicators of improving 5G prospects in 2024 including Samsung’s surging Q1 2024 financial results amid AI’s rising tide, growing worldwide 5G connections plus eSIM expansion, the FCC proposing revival of the $9 billion 5G Fund for Rural America, and T-Mobile’s creative new Blink Smart Home bundle package.
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard review their key takeaways from Mobile World Congress 2024 across the semiconductor and device realms including Micron’s memory and storage advances with Samsung Galaxy 24 series onboard.

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