Author: Olivier Blanchard

April 12, 2021

Why Microsoft’s $21 Billion IVAS XR Contract With The U.S. Army Is A Much Bigger Deal Than Meets The Eye

Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard covers by Microsoft’s $21 billion IVAS XR contract with the U.S. Army is a much bigger deal than meets the eye....
March 27, 2021

AWS’s Amazon Lookout for Metrics Solution Uses Machine Learning to Automate Business KPI Monitoring

Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard covers news of general availability of AWS’s Amazon Lookout for Metrics solution, which uses machine learning to automate business KPI monitoring and real-time BI insights — which...
March 23, 2021

Sevis Systems’ Trusted Caller ID Solution Aims to Restore Enterprise Control Over Broken Mobile Caller ID Experiences

Sevis Systems’ Trusted Caller ID solution aims to restore enterprise control over broken mobile caller ID experiences. Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard walks through Sevis’ Systems new offering and its value proposition...
March 23, 2021

Qualcomm, AMD and Gigabyte Break the PetaOperations Per Second Barrier for AI Inferencing

Qualcomm, AMD, and Gigabyte break the PetaOperations per second barrier for AI inference — which is a lot of AI muscle. With AI increasingly becoming the driving force behind the...
March 16, 2021

The U.S. Tightens Restrictions on 5G-related Technology Sales to Huawei

The Biden administration’s tightening of restrictions on 5G related technology sales to Huawei could be seen as a move toward a more uniform application of prohibitions, rather than the prior...
March 15, 2021

Gogo’s Plan to Bring 5G Connectivity to Air Travel Scheduled For 2022

Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard discusses Gogo’s plan to bring 5G connectivity to air travel, scheduled for 2022. The promise of faster internet and more bandwidth in flight opens up a solid...
March 15, 2021

$100 Billion High-Speed Broadband Bill Reintroduced by Rep James Clyburn Aimed at Closing the Digital Divide

The $100 billion high speed broadband bill reintroduced by Rep James Clyburn is aimed at closing the digital divide. This is both timely and significant, as the FCC estimates at...
March 10, 2021

T-Mobile WFX Unlimited 5G Plans Take on Verizon and AT&T in The Enterprise

With the launch of T-Mobile WFX unlimited 5G plans, it’s clear that T-Mobile is taking on Verizon and AT&T in the enterprise. Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard walks through the T-Mobile offering...
March 8, 2021

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Insiders Program Launch Puts Snapdragon Brand Front-and-Center

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Insiders Program puts the Snapdragon brand front and center in a clever initiative that might well make the Snapdragon brand a household name among the hundreds of millions...
March 5, 2021

European Smartphone Market Down 14% YoY in 2020, Xiaomi and Oppo Appear To be Gaining on Samsung

The European smartphone market is down 14% year over year in 2020, and Xiaomi and Oppo appear to be gaining on Samsung. Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard takes a look at the...
March 4, 2021

What Voice Assistants Trained to Understand Atypical Speech Mean to The Future of Work

As remote collaboration continues to become the new bedrock of digital collaboration, voice-processing technologies are increasingly embedding themselves in the very platforms that organizations depend on for those types of...
March 3, 2021

UK Consumer Advocacy Group Which? Lawsuit Against Qualcomm Seems Doomed Already

Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard discusses UK consumer advocacy group Which?’s lawsuit against Qualcomm and the challenges it faces ahead....

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