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Ron Westfall

Netcracker Enriches Fiber Operator Diet with Netcracker Fiber Cloud Solutions Debut

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the new Netcracker Fiber Cloud Solution augments its extensive cloud OSS/BSS portfolio and cloud deployment experience to counter solutions from top-tier rivals as well as attain differentiation by enabling wholesale fiber operators and their partners to swiftly take advantage of open environments to create compelling fiber-based services.
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Oracle Advances JSONification of App Development and Real-time Graph Analysis with Oracle Database 23c Debut

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Oracle Database 23c “App Simple” is the first commercial database in the industry to support analytical and operational graphs while standardizing on SQL/PGQ and how JSON Relational Duality sets out to simplify application development by allowing data to be used simultaneously as application-friendly JSON documents and as database-friendly relational tables.
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Qualcomm and Vodafone Provide New Level Set for 5G Open RAN Prospects

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines the implications of the evolving Qualcomm and Vodafone partnership in advancing commercial 5G Open RAN deployments, particularly in Europe, by testing and developing 5G Open RAN Infrastructure solutions powered by the Qualcomm X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card and the Qualcomm QRU100 5G RAN Platform.
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Smartphone Innovation Surge Fueling Demand for Higher Capacity, Purpose-Built Internal Memory and Storage

In our latest research brief, Smartphone Innovation Surge Fueling Demand for Higher Capacity, Purpose-Built Internal Memory and Storage — done in partnership with Micron — explores the megatrends defining the evolution of today’s mobile connectivity, while also exploring the technology that enables the next-generation experiences consumers are demanding.
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Intel x86 Architecture: Comprehensive Performance, Testing, Validation, and Industry Standards Cloud Benefits

Futurum’s Ron Westfall and Daniel Newman evaluate the x86 architecture and why they believe it enables organizations to swiftly adapt to changing business requirements, including the ability to maximize microprocessor architecture outcomes based on major evaluation factors such as overall performance, testing & amp, validation assurances, and industry standards leadership.
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Nokia Uses SaaS to Spur Fixed Networks Portfolio Availability and Innovation

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Nokia’s SaaS for Fixed Networks portfolio offer can accelerate fixed broadband deployments, especially fiber builds in the U.S. market, due to the significant expansion of U.S.-based federal, state, and local government funding options and enabling operators to take advantage of built-in SaaS benefits such as reducing upfront costs as well as streamlining operations and business processes.
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Micron Shows Resilience Across Q4 2022 and Full Year Fiscal 2022 Results

Futurum’s Ron Westfall and Daniel Newman examine Micron’s financial results for the fourth quarter 2022 and full year of fiscal 2022 and why they believe that Micron is making the strategic moves critical to address rapidly weakening consumer demand and significant customer inventory adjustments across all its end markets until macroeconomic and semiconductor segment conditions improve.
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5G Factor Video Research Note: Deutsche Telekom Gives Mavenir Thumbs Up to Replace Huawei and Deliver Cloud-Native 5G Core

Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine how Deutsche Telekom’s selection of Mavenir’s Converged Packet Core solution forwards DT’s Huawei replacement strategy in the mobile core, advances the 5G SA open architecture cause, bolsters 5G monetization use cases, and helps diversify Mavenir’s revenue streams.
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Ericsson Smartly Targets Mobile Network Efficiency and Resilience with Service Continuity AI App Suite

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why Ericsson’s introduction of its Service Continuity AI app suite can provide the automation capabilities that CSPs require to improve overall network efficiency and resiliency across their operations and business processes especially for 5G standalone builds.
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Juniper Boosts Data Center Management and Architectural Flexibility with Apstra Freeform Launch

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why the Juniper Apstra Freeform offering is well positioned to unify experiences across vendors and automate essential data center workflows as well as ease multivendor data center automation and management builds.
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5G Monetization

5G monetization is gaining momentum as CSPs accelerate deployment of 5G standalone networks and emerging 5G services and use cases are ready to produce significant 5G monetization outcomes. Futurum’s Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine the top market shapers, selection criterion, use cases, and solution providers that are powering 5G monetization adoption and deployment throughout the mobile ecosystem.
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Marvell Primed to Boost Hardware Security-as-a-Service Adoption with LiquidSecurity 2 Debut – Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series

Marvell Technologies debuted its LiquidSecurity 2 HSM adapted solution aimed at easing adoption of HSM technology in the cloud by offering breakthrough cryptographic acceleration, processing, and hardware-secure storage capabilities. Futurum’s Ron Westfall and Marvell’s Amer Haider explore why Marvell’s new LS2 solution provides the key storage scalability, transaction processing performance advances, and TCO benefits to spur broader ecosystem adoption of HSM technology including HSM-as-a-service.
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