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Ron Westfall

Qualcomm Buys Cellwize in Move that Rapidly Boosts 5G Infrastructure Portfolio Credentials

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why Qualcomm’s acquisition of Cellwize can swiftly elevate Qualcomm’s 5G infrastructure proposition by integrating Cellwize’s cloud-native, multi-vendor RAN automation technology across its extensive 5G silicon portfolio, using AI-driven RAN automation and orchestration capabilities to help spur mobile network operator deployments in areas such as private networks and Open RAN.
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Juniper Ups SASE Proposition and Stirs Competition with CASB and DLP Additions

Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores Juniper’s new Secure Edge CASB and DLP capabilities targeted at augmenting the SASE experience by bolstering cloud-based data safeguards, driving policy-based visibility, fortifying SaaS protections, and easing the overall SASE integration process, enabling Juniper to strengthen its competitive position in the tightly contested SASE market.
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Marvell’s Brightlane Ethernet Switch Ready to Help Drive SDV Ecosystem to New Levels of Security and Autonomy

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines Marvell’s third generation Brightlane Ethernet Switch launch and why it delivers the MACsec, dual core lockstep CPU redundancy, and key automotive standards support vital to accelerating and broadening support for the zonal architecture and security capabilities that can meet the demands of greater security threat surfaces throughout the software-defined vehicle ecosystem.
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Lattice ORAN Solution Stack Meets Urgent 5G Requirements including Zero Trust Security and eCPRI

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses Lattice Semiconductor’s launch of the Lattice ORAN Solution Stack aimed at providing the secure communications, low-power hardware acceleration, and multi-component synchronization key to bolstering ORAN deployments across disaggregated, open 5G networks as well as fulfilling zero-trust security and eCPRI requirements.
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Twitter Slapped with $150 Million Fine by Federal Investigators, Undermining Credibility and Trust

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines the implications of the $150 million fine imposed on Twitter for data privacy violations by the U.S. FTC including diminishing user trust in the social media platform’s adherence to data privacy expectations and guidelines as well as how Elon Musk’s pending takeover could restore trust levels by taking the company private and making its codebase open source.
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OCI Delivers New Security Capabilities that Fortify Cloud Apps and Data Against Emerging Threats

Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores the introduction of five new OCI security capabilities and why they address burgeoning organizational demand for strengthened threat detection and prevention of their cloud applications and data across cloud environments, boosts its cloud ecosystem credentials through the Palo Alto Networks alliance, and improves overall competitiveness against its major cloud service provider rivals.
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Amdocs Acquires MYCOM OSI to Bolster AIOps/Kubernetes Portfolio Capabilities and AWS Relation

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why Amdocs’ acquisition of MYCOM OSI provides the AI/ML-powered service assurance and Kubernetes (K8S) capabilities needed to deliver end-to-end service and network orchestration across CSP 5G SA and cloud environments, especially AWS, that also fulfill growing CSP demand for intent-driven closed loop operations delivered through AIOps and automated remediation.
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T-Mobile Enlists Key 5G Partners to Take 5G Private Wireless to the Next Level with 5G ANS

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines how T-Mobile’s Advanced Network Solutions (ANS) launch benefits from its collaboration with Dell, Ericsson, and Nokia in delivering public network, hybrid mobile network, and private network options and capabilities as well as bolsters T-Mobile’s overall 5G private networks and mobile edge compute portfolio proposition.
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Nokia MX Boost Aims to Simplify Multipath Connectivity Across Intricate Industry 4.0 Environments

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Nokia’s MX Boost technology addresses the growing demand across Industry 4.0 connectivity environments for private wireless capabilities that can flexibly bond 4.9G/5G with Wi-Fi, strengthens its private wireless network portfolio, and can help accelerate key emerging use cases such as Wi-Fi 6 + Wi-Fi 6E and LTE/5G + Wi-Fi 6E.
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Amdocs, AWS, and T-Mobile Form AI-powered Business Assurance Power Trio

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses how Amdocs and AWS provided the AI-enabled, cloud-based business assurance solution that he sees assisting T-Mobile’s merger synergies across the vast, intricate Sprint merger process.
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Ericsson and Intel Form Cloud RAN Tech Hub to Synthesize R&D and Bolster Software Roadmaps

Futurum’s Ron Westfall evaluates the formation of Ericsson-Intel Tech Hub enabling both companies to pool their R&D resources to advance Ericsson Cloud RAN capabilities running on Intel technology, ease CNF application adoption, and provide a roadmap for upcoming commercial software releases as CSPs evolve their RAN strategies in the emerging Open 5G era.
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Pure Storage Expands Portworx Portfolio to Make Kubernetes More Rewarding for Developers

Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why Pure Storage’s new Portworx portfolio enhancements, including general availability of Portworx Data Services, meet growing developer demand for swift ease of use combined with elastic scaling and automated capabilities as well as strict organizational requirements for data protection and access control across fast-growing Kubernetes development environments.
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