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Ron Westfall

Qualcomm’s Contributions Toward O-RAN and 5G Network Security

Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine Qualcomm’s contributions and role in strengthening O-RAN security including active support for the O-RAN Security Focus Group and advancing O-RAN architecture and 5G network security benefits.
Ron Westfall

The Future of Cloud is the Network – Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series, Daniel Newman and Ron Westfall are joined by Richard Licon, Technical Marketing Engineer at Cisco. Their discussion includes major trends and drivers as well as the main challenges of the swiftly evolving cloud networking market.
Ron Westfall

HPE RAN Automation Targets CSP Automation and Multi-vendor Challenges for Any RAN Environment

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why the new HPE RAN Automation solution fulfills top-priority operator demand for multi-vendor management and automation across increasingly intricate RAN environments and shows how HPE can make inroads across emerging cloud-native, open source 5G environments by supporting RAN automation in alignment with managing overall edge infrastructure.
Ron Westfall

Casa Systems Scores 5G Marketing Coup with Verizon 5G Core Win and Equity Investment

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Casa Systems supplying 5G Core Network Functions to support Verizon’s public MEC service offering coupled with Verizon’s $40 million equity investment in Casa Common Stock bolster Casa Systems overall 5G ecosystem credibility and demonstrates how 5G openness and architecture can give operators more supplier flexibility in building out their 5G networks.
Ron Westfall

The 5G Factor: AT&T and Northrop Grumman, Intel Lockheed, DOD $600M for 5G Testbeds, HPE RAN Automation, Mavenir and Aspire, Qualcomm and O-RAN, Cisco and Verizon

In this episode of The 5G Factor, a Futurum Tech Webcast focused on all things 5G, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall take a look at what’s happening across the 5G ecosystem. Today’s show focused on partnerships and 5G focused initiatives between AT&T and Northrop Grumman, Intel and Lockheed, Mavenir and Aspire, Cisco and Verizon, along with a look at Qualcomm’s efforts in providing security requirements and best practices for the O-RAN Alliance, and news of the $600M award by the DoD to vendors including AT&T, Ericsson, Nokia, Federated Wireless, and others earmarked for 5G testbed R&D.
Ron Westfall

The Future of Cloud is the Network – New Futurum Research Report

In this research report, Futurum Research explores the Cisco Cloud Networking proposition and why it is well-suited for the multi-cloud era, addressing the design, deployment, and operation of a network across and within multiple cloud environments at scale for any application. For IT leaders making decisions about the future of their networks and cloud transformation journeys, the Cisco Cloud Network portfolio should rank high on consideration lists.
Ron Westfall

MySQL HeatWave Delivers Round Three of Knockout Benchmarks and Customer Validation

Our newest white paper, MySQL HeatWave Delivers Round Three of Knockout Benchmarks and Customer Validation — done in partnership with Oracle — offers a look into what MySQL HeatWave ML provides customers and how it is positioned to meet the topmost demands of our current data environment.
Ron Westfall

Oracle Exadata Cloud Infrastructure X9M Raises the Cloud Database Market Stakes

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the Oracle Exadata Cloud X9M debut can enable Oracle to defend and upgrade its vast X9M/X8M customer base through OLTP and Analytics performance and scale advances that maintain existing costs as well as create the differentiation needed to compel rivals such as AWS and Azure to take swift heed of Oracle’s latest cloud database portfolio development and marketing moves.
Ron Westfall

AT&T Business Makes the Case for Key Managed Services Provider Role across SASE Journeys

Futurum’s senior analyst Ron Westfall explores the value prop that MSPs can bring to organizations strategizing about and planning for their SASE developments, along with the news that AT&T Business is tossing its hat in the ring on the SASE-capable MSP front.
Ron Westfall

Qualcomm Powers Five Key Inventions Across Newly Completed 5G NR Release 17

Qualcomm contributes five key inventions, consisting of mmWave expansion, NR-Light, device enhancements, non-terrestrial networks, and topology expansion, to advance 5G ecosystem adoption of the recently completed 3GGP Release 17 specification. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the five inventions strengthen emerging 5G use cases, such as dedicated private networks, wearables, industrial sensors, video surveillance, global asset tracking, satellite communications, and public safety, and reinforces Qualcomm’s reputation for consistently delivering 5G ecosystem-wide innovation.
Ron Westfall

Mavenir and Aspire Technology Announce Collaboration to Advance Open RAN Market Availability

Mavenir and Aspire Technology are working together to spur the testing of O-RAN compliant radios using Aspire’s Open Network Labs in Europe. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why speeding up O-RAN compliant cloud-native Mavenir CU/DU with pre-tested and integrated Remote Radiohead Units aids the advancement of the O-RAN Alliance mission including broader ecosystem acceptance of Open RAN and Open RAN’s role in upholding market competition, supply chain stability, and national security aspirations.
Ron Westfall

Amdocs 5G Value Plane’s Role in 5G Monetization

Amdocs 5G Value Plane’s Role in 5G Monetization
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