Author: Ron Westfall

June 30, 2021

MWC 2021: Ericsson’s Google Cloud Alliance Bolsters Partnership Momentum

Announced at MWC 2021, Ericsson and Google Cloud are building out their alliance to deliver 5G and edge cloud solutions targeted at communications service providers (CSP) and key enterprise verticals...
June 30, 2021

MWC 2021: Marvell OCTEON 10 DPU Launch Injects Innovation Boost to DPU Technology

The new Marvell OCTEON 10 DPU solution is positioned to gain rapid traction in meeting the burgeoning security, networking, and storage workload demands of the data center, cloud, 5G, carrier,...
June 28, 2021

Rakuten, NEC, and Intel Score 5G SA Core Breakthrough

Rakuten Mobile, NEC, and Intel have attained a performance of 640 Gbps per server for the containerized User Plane Function (UPF) on the containerized 5G Standalone core network. Futurum’s Ron...
June 24, 2021

Oracle Support Rewards Entices Customer Acceleration of Cloud Journey

Oracle introduces Oracle Support Rewards developed to enable customers reduce their Oracle technology license support bill by up to 33 cents for every dollar spent on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)....
June 22, 2021

Accenture Accents Industry X Services Capabilities with umlaut Acquisition

Accenture acquires umlaut adding more than 4,200 engineers and consultants across 17 countries to Accenture’s Industry X services. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses analyzes why the deal swiftly strengthens Accenture’s Industry...
June 16, 2021

Intel Changing Data Center Stakes with Debut of Infrastructure Processing Unit

Intel introduces its vision for the IPU (Infrastructure Processing Unit) focusing on improving data center manageability and efficiency, purpose-developed in close collaboration with hyperscale cloud partners. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines...
June 15, 2021

Guavus Revs Up Open NWDAF to Spur Automated Multi-vendor 5G Networks

Guavus launched its Guavus-IQ NWDAF solution to provide open NWDAF across operator 5G Core environments to power the service orchestration and closed-loop network automation key to elastically scaling and monetizing...
June 11, 2021

Marvell Fortifies Cloud Data Center Networking Portfolio with New Atlas and Alaska Chipsets

Marvell launches new Atlas and 5nm Alaska chipsets developed to deliver unparalleled data center connectivity capabilities, including PAM4 innovations, key to dramatically improving data workload performance, scalability, and power efficiencies,...
June 9, 2021

Cisco Ups its SD-WAN Game with ThousandEyes Native Integration

Cisco natively integrates its ThousandEyes Internet and Cloud Intelligence capabilities throughout its SD-WAN portfolio, including the Catalyst 8300/8200 Series Edge Platforms and ISR 4000 Series, improving visibility and experience monitoring...
June 9, 2021

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse Rains on Snowflake’s Cloud Data Platform Parade

Oracle Autonomous Data Warehouse delivers the full spectrum of capabilities that organizations require to advance their cloud data warehouse journey without compromise. Futurum’s Ron Westfall analyzes and examines why the...
June 4, 2021

COMPUTEX 2021: AMD Shines with New Portfolio-wide Innovations

AMD CEO Lisa Su shrewdly leveraged the Computex Keynote to promote AMD’s latest portfolio-wide innovations and capabilities including especially its first application of 3D chiplet technology. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses...
June 2, 2021

Marvell Takes Data Center Flash Storage to the Next Level with Bravera SC5 SSD Controller Debut

Marvell launches its new Bravera SC5 controller family aimed at delivering Cloud SSD agility with any NAND vendor, in support of any NAND type, and across any form factor that...

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