IBM’s Hybrid Cloud Ambitions Clear with BoxBoat Acquisition as Company Preps for a Post-Kyndryl Spinoff
In this vignette from our Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Steven Dickens discuss IBM’s hybrid cloud ambitions, which are (crystal) clear with (yet another) acquisition, this time BoxBoat. a premier enterprise Kubernetes certified service provider and premier DevOps consultancy. Dickens, a former IBMer, walks through the IBM Global Business Services’ rapidly expanding business and how this acquisition complements the company’s hybrid cloud strategy, and the company’s services business — especially in a post-Kyndryl spinoff world.
Material Changes at IBM and What’s Ahead, BMC Announcements, and Thoughts on IBM’s BoxBoat Acquisition – Futurum Tech Webcast
In this newest episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum’s Shelly Kramer and Steven Dickens break down Whitehurst’s departure, the transformation that’s happening at IBM across the board, the company’s acquisition of BoxBoat and the role hybrid cloud will clearly play in the company’s transformation efforts, as well as a breakdown of announcements out of BMC Software this week and what’s ahead there.
Microsoft JEDI Win Gets Cancelled, Amazon Gets Another Chance and Hello JWCC
Futurum’s Shelly Kramer shares insights on the cancellation of Microsoft’s DOD JEDI contract win, how Amazon’s tenacity paid off, and how changing times mean changing cloud needs for the government. Which is where the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability (JWCC), a multi-cloud/multi-vendor Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, comes in.
HPE Discover Announcements of Note – Futurum Tech Webcast
In this new episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, analysts Shelly Kramer and Steven Dickens discuss announcements of note coming out of HPE’s HPE Discover event held this past week.
Microsoft Windows 11 — Focused on Ease, Productivity, and Creativity
The Microsoft Windows 11 has finally, and officially, been confirmed by Microsoft, with the company promising availability as a free upgrade to Microsoft 10 users first, and available in the wild sometime in October, with new hardware running the OS. Futurum’s Shelly Kramer breaks down the nuances of the “next generation of Windows” announcement from Microsoft, clearly focused on ease, productivity, and creativity.
C3 AI Snowflake Partnership Aimed at Delivering Next Gen Enterprise AI Apps at Scale — and Expanding Market Presence
The C3 AI Snowflake partnership is another example of founder and CEO Tom Siebold doing exactly what he said he would do: expand his company’s market presence by way of partnerships. Futurum analyst Shelly Kramer breaks down the details of the C3 AI Snowflake partnership, why it’s a huge win for Snowflake customers, and why smart, strategic partnerships are the path forward.
Cisco Webex Suite Rebrand and Product/Pricing Focus is Timely, Strategic, and Necessary
Cisco’s rebrand of Webex, moving to Webex by Cisco is only part of the exciting changes afoot by the collaboration giant. Futurum’s Shelly Kramer explores the need for solutions that suit our move toward a hybrid workplace, along with thoughts on how Cisco’s focus on innovation, pricing, user experiences, security, and continually improving product innovations is both timely and strategic — and also also a necessary one.
Intel’s COMPUTEX 2021 Announcements Focus on Post-Pandemic Life and an Ongoing Commitment to Driving Innovation
Intel’s Michelle Johnston Holthaus’s keynote at the virtual COMPUTEX 2021 event focused on post-pandemic life and Intel’s ongoing commitment to driving innovation. The digitization of everything has been spurred by a pandemic and sped up innovation, as well as brought strains on supply chain. Futurum’s Shelly Kramer covers key announcements made by Intel at the Computex event and takes a look at what Intel is doing to meet the capacity needs of people and businesses moving forward.
Toshiba’s European Operations Hit by Hacker Group DarkSide Cyberattack
In this short vignette from our Cybersecurity Shorts series of the Futurum Tech Webcast, analysts Shelly Kramer and Fred McClimans cover news of yet another DarkSide attack, this time on a subsidiary of Toshiba’s European operations. The company reported that as a result of the attack, they shut down network connections between Europe and Japan to mitigate potential risk as the hack is being investigated, and the scope of the cyberattack is not yet known.
Ireland’s Health System Victim of Ransomware Attack, Completely Shuts Down
In this vignette from the Cybersecurity Shorts series of the Futurum Tech Webcast, analysts Shelly Kramer and Fred McClimans discuss Ireland’s Health System completely shutting down, falling victim to a ransomware attack.
Biden Administration Signs Executive Order Aimed at Hardening Fed Cybersecurity Defenses
Futurum’s Shelly Kramer covers the news of the Biden administration’s signing of an Executive Order aimed at hardening the Fed’s cybersecurity defenses by establishing a Cybersecurity Safety Review Board, as well as establishing standards for software vendors selling to the Federal government.
Cybersecurity Shorts: Colonial Pipeline Attack, DarkSide’s Ransomware-as-a-Service, Executive Order Hardening Fed Cybersecurity Defenses
In this newest episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Cybersecurity Shorts series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Fred McClimans discuss nuances of the Colonial Pipeline attack and how the weakest link can take down the whole system, DarkSide’s Ransomware-as-a-Service offering, DarkSide’s servers being taken out, the Biden administration’s Executive Order aimed at hardening the Fed’s cybersecurity defenses, and the unusual act of the FBI and its court-ordered mitigation of Microsoft Exchange servers impacted by the recent hack.
