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Ron Westfall

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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Embedded World 2022: Micron Unfolds Compute Foundation Innovations for Accelerating Intelligent Industrial and Automotive Edge

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses Micron’s three-prong Embedded World 2022 announcement, consisting of new memory and storage portfolio innovation across its industrial and automotive offerings, such as the i400 microSD card, ASIL D certification for its LPDDR5 DRAM, and the expansion of its IQ Partner Program, and why it can bolster Micron’s competitive position in driving breakthroughs in key vertical areas such as video surveillance and automotive safety.
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Fiber Connect 2022: Render Ready to Feast on Rapid FTTH Uptake with Network Construction Platform Additions

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Render Networks new product additions to its Network Construction Platform amply position the company to capitalize on increased U.S. federal government funding of broadband builds, including FTTH, and play an integral role in allowing broadband operators and construction companies to optimize the overall fiber build process by operating from the same digital page.
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Cisco Live!: Cisco Envisions Making Cloud Experience Unified Putting the Onus on its Cloud Networking Portfolio

Futurum’s Ron Westfall explore Cisco’s vision to make cloud networking more intelligent and streamlined through a more unified experience primarily underpinned by the integration of the Cisco Nexus Cloud, Cisco Catalyst, and Cisco Meraki product lines meets the most urgent cloud management demands of IT. Now Cisco can start using a simplified SaaS experience, the acceleration of the cloud adoption process, and easy to consume enterprise and CSP agreements as the building blocks to power the unified experience across cloud environments.
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Pure Storage Flashes Data Storage Advances with FlashBlade//S Debut

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Pure Storage’s introduction of FlashBlade//S meets customer demand for substantial advances in density, performance, and power efficiency across their data storage environments as well as directly addresses the challenges of unstructured data expansion and modern application development.
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