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Ron Westfall

Oracle Database Service for Azure Makes Multi-Cloud Real

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the introduction of Oracle Database Services for Azure is empowering Azure customers and applications with full access and integration to OCI database services through unified portals as well as delivering a simpler, more flexible cloud architecture that fulfills customer multi-cloud demands and sharply differentiates the Oracle and Microsoft multi-cloud proposition.
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The 5G Factor: Battle of the Billionaires; O-RAN Americas Advances; NEC Buys Aspire Technology; and T-Mobile Oceus Partner

In this episode of The 5G Factor, a Futurum Tech Webcast focused on news out of the 5G and IoT ecosystems, Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall cover news of Elon Musk’s Starlink complaining (again) about 5G, the NEC and Aspire acquisition, T-Mobile and Oceus alliance providing an assist to the DoD, AT&T, DISH, and CableLabs leading the O-RAN Alliance activities in the U.S. and more.
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Samsung Raises 5G FWA Profile with Mediacom Cable Win

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the Samsung Mediacom 5G FWA deal highlights major ongoing 5G ecosystem developments such as growing cable operator commitment to use 5G FWA to broaden their addressable broadband market, the further boost to Samsung’s credibility as a supplier of 5G network solutions including 5G FWA and vRAN/O-RAN, as well as the critical role CBRS spectrum can play in reducing the digital divide across rural areas.
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SUSE’s Innovation Engine Roars: SUSE Rancher Now on IBM zSystems and LinuxONE – Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens are joined by distinguished guests Andy Hartland, Senior Consultant at Mainline Information Systems and Andrew Gracey, Product Manager for Developer Experience as SUSE.
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The 5G Factor: RFFE Technology – An Essential for 5G Ecosystem Product Development and Innovation

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our webcast series here at Futurum Research where we discuss all things related to 5G and the IoT ecosystems, host Shelly Kramer is joined by Christian Block Senior VP and GM of RF Front End (RFFE) for Qualcomm. They kicked off our conversation by hearing a little about Christian’s back ground, his work in RF Front End, and what led him to Qualcomm Technologies.
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Qualcomm, Ericsson, and Thales: Power Trio Taking 5G on a Space Trip

Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why the power trio of Qualcomm, Ericsson, and Thales can advance the adoption of standardized 5G NTN through testing and validating that LEO satellites can deliver 5G connectivity throughout remote areas and challenging geographic areas such as oceans and dense forests to 5G smartphones effectively ushering in the next incarnation of satellite phones.
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NEC Aspires to Accelerate Open RAN 5G Integration

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why NEC’s acquisition of Aspire Technology strengthen its hand in the nascent Open RAN market segments, boosts sales and marketing prospects for Netcracker, and can help advance integration and interoperability assurances across intricate Open RAN 5G environments.
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Cloudera Can’t Wait! Apache Iceberg Now Available on Cloudera Data Platform

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why the general availability of Apace Iceberg on Cloudera Data Platform advances the ecosystem-wide mission of expanding openness for data lakehouses while handling data anywhere across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, as well as addresses increasing enterprise demand for improving time to value for their data science teams while operating at the speed of innovation while avoiding vendor lock-in.
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Juniper Expands Cloud Metro Portfolio to Power Sustainable Business Growth

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Juniper’s expanded Cloud Metro proposition, including new capabilities such as Paragon Automation as a Service and new ACX7000 product enhancements, is well-positioned to power CSP sustainable business growth objectives including the acceleration of 5G SA network builds, more intelligent flexible edge cloud hosting, and service experience innovation.
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Snowflake’s Unistore: The CNN+ of Transactional Application Workloads

Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why Snowflake’s recent Unistore launch represents a notable divergence from the company’s portfolio development strategy of using a single, specialized platform to address the evolving data warehousing and analytics demands of customers, emulating the converged database portfolio development strategies of rivals such as Oracle who already offer market-proven transactional and analytical capabilities.
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HPE Discover 2022: HPE Amperes Up New ProLiant RL300 Gen11 Servers

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why HPE’s new ProLiant RL300 Gen11 server offering aligns with the cloud-native applications development priorities of service providers and digital-first enterprises as well as how using Ampere’s Altra and Altra Max processors can boost performance for cloud workloads such as web servers, caching, databases, media transcoding, and AI and advance power efficiency metrics that help fulfill organization-wide sustainability goals.
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Qualcomm Elevates RFFE Game Beyond Smartphones with New Wi-Fi 7 Front End Modules Aimed at SDVs and IoT

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why Qualcomm’s new RFFE portfolio additions including new Wi-Fi 7 FEMs build on its robust presence throughout the handsets segment into new device categories such as automotive and IoT and provides the competitive foundation to attain new revenue growth thresholds as well as bolster overall RFFE portfolio differentiation.
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