Author: Ron Westfall

Intel Delivers Solid Q4 2023 Results Led by a Rebound in the PC Market with AI Everywhere and IFS Paving the Future Although Tempered by Soft Q1 2024 Guidance
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Daniel Newman assess Intel’s 2023 progress, with a rebound in the PC market. The Q1 2024 guide is a wrinkle but advancing its IDM 2.0 strategy delivering 5 nodes in 4 years plus AI PC innovation shows progress.
Oracle Previews the First of a Series of OCI Generative AI Agents Aimed at Transforming Data-Driven Decision-Making and Integration of AI into Modern Workloads
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall explores why the OCI Generative AI solution can accelerate enterprise AI adoption at scale by delivering RAG the way that enterprises want by prioritizing data management, security, and governance.
Vodafone and Microsoft Strike Decade-Long Alliance to Bring Generative AI, Cloud, and Digital Service Benefits to 300 Million Customers and Businesses in Europe and Africa
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall examines why the 10-year, $1.5 billion Vodafone and Microsoft alliance can broaden their channel influence across the digital ecosystems of Europe and Africa through generative AI and hybrid cloud flexibility.
Our latest brief, Market Insight Report: Digital BSS, analyzes the digital BSS market and explores how digital BSS solutions and services are key to transforming business practices and improving business outcomes.
An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Ecosystem Developments Including 5G Sustainability Market Shapers, Top Sustainability Suppliers, and Vodafone Microsoft GenAI Alliance
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss review review of the top market shapers in the 5G sustainability realm, why Ciena, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper, and Nokia excel at 5G sustainability, and the Vodafone Microsoft GenAI-focused alliance.
An Assessment of 5G-IoT Developments Including Key CES24 Qualcomm Snapdragon Digital Chassis and Stellantis/Blackberry/AWS Virtual Cockpit Updates
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Olivier Blanchard review key CES 2024 announcements such as Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis innovations and Stellantis, Blackberry, and AWS collaboration focused on advancing virtual cockpit development.
Veeam and AWS Boost Joint Channel Enablement Program to Ensure Channel Partners Meet the Topmost Cloud and Digital Asset Protection Demands of Organizations
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall reviews Veeam and AWS’ expanded investment in their Channel Enablement Program, positioning channel partners to augment the accessibility of resilient protection around organizations’ valuable data assets.
Vodafone, Cirrus360, and Intel Boost the Open RAN Cause with a Demonstration of an RDSL Compute Language Framework
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall examines why Vodafone, Cirrus360, and Intel backing the RDSL compute framework initiative provides critical impetus toward Vodafone’s commitment of executing the first commercial deployment of Open RAN in Europe.
An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Ecosystem Developments with a Focus on the HPE $14 Billion Acquisition of Juniper and Its Ecosystem-wide Impact
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens review why HPE’s game changing $14 billion acquisition of Juniper represents an important inflection point in the industry that can redefine how the 5G ecosystem connects, protects, and analyzes data.
Ericsson, T-Mobile, and Qualcomm Work Together to Deliver Six-Component Carrier Aggregation Breakthrough on T-Mobile’s Live Production 5G Network
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall reviews why Ericsson, T-Mobile, and Qualcomm accomplishing the data call on 6CC over sub-6 GHz provides the performance and coverage breakthroughs key to fulfilling more demanding 5G use cases.
An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Ecosystem Developments including Open RAN Prospects, Smartphone’s New Lead Role in Mobile Shopping, and 6CA Progress
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss review the 5G ecosystem winners of 2023 and investigate key 2024 trends including Open RAN moves by Vodafone, Adobe identifying smartphones ruling mobile shopping, and 6CA advances.
Siemens Augments Siemens Xcelerator Open Business Platform with New Xcelerator Developer Portal in Combining Real and Digital Worlds to Meet Real World Challenges
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall assesses why Siemens Xcelerator Portal can play a pivotal role in making the industrial metaverse, such as immersive engineering, more accessible to developers and customers to solve their real-world challenges.

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