CES 2023: Amazon Devices Team Showcases Ambient Intelligence and What’s New in Voice Interoperability
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer shares CES 2023 updates from Amazon’s Devices Team showcasing ambient intelligence and what’s new in voice operability. Ambient intelligence capabilities are all about convenience, efficiency, productivity, ease of use, and more, and these updates show the exciting inroads that seven of the brands who are members of Amazon’s Voice Interoperability Initiative (VII), including Sonos, Panasonic, LG, Samsung, Skullcandy, HeyDisney!, and Josh.ai, are making on that front.
Amazon Rolls Out Next Phase of Matter at CES 2023 and the Focus on Interoperability Shines Brightly
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer covers Amazon’s news out of CES 2023 where ambient intelligence most decidedly took center stage. This was especially obvious in the Amazon Experience Area, where attendees could see and experience the possibilities of the ambient smart home and see for themselves Amazon’s ambient intelligence vision for the smart home, where technology fades into the background and is present, only when needed. That’s where the next phase of Matter is key, providing easier ways to connect devices and provide ambient experiences.
How Open Source Facilitates Collaboration, Innovation, Speeds up the Development of New Tech and Helps Mitigate Risk
On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, principal analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Danielle Shields, Head of Sales, Americas and Tim Steward, Principal Data Enterprise Architect for Fujitsu for a conversation on open source software and the value it can deliver, especially when organizations are focused on the speed of innovation. They also discuss Fujitsu’s Enterprise Postgres solution and the impact it’s having in the market.
Dell CloudIQ AIOps Offering: Helping Organizations Do More With Less and Then Some
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Susan Sharpe, from Dell Technologies’ Product Management team, to talk about developments in AIOps software and Dell’s CloudIQ solution. With business environments scaling, distributing, and getting more complex the challenges can seem never-ending. So how do organizations and their IT handle all of this without losing their sanity — tune into this conversation and find out.
Alleviating the Pressure on IT Teams with AIOps
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Carol Wilder, Vice President of Integrated Solutions for Dell Technologies, to talk about the latest in AIOps and how it can help IT teams with the immense pressure that they are facing in today’s business world.
Manual Forms Keeping Your Organization in the Dark Ages? The CA Dept of Water Resources Can Show You How to Get Beyond That
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, principal analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Wendy Underhill, Field Chief of Maintenance at California Department of Water Resources and Rich Padula, Founder of Mirata Software for a conversation about everybody’s favorite things: paperwork, manual forms, and how ditching manual forms can play an outsized role in improving business processes and reducing headaches for the folks who manage those processes.
AWS re:Invent News: Nine Companies Accepted as Part of AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer explores the AWS Sustainable Cities Accelerator for Infrastructure announcement coming out of AWS re:Invent, offering insight into the nine companies that were selected for the launch.
AWS re:Invent Recap: Amazon’s Ongoing Commitments to Sustainability and DEI
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer recaps AWS re:Invent, focusing on the announcements made around new sustainability initiatives, including a commitment to be water positive by 2030 and a commitment to spur diversity, inclusion, and equity in the workplace.
Callisto Tech Demo — A Look at Taking Video and Voice Collaboration to Space with Webex’s Jono Luk
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, principal analyst Shelly Kramer talks with Webex’s Jono Luk about Cisco’s partnership with Lockheed Martin and Amazon to bring Webex video collaboration and Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant on board during Orion’s first flight test in deep space. Called the Callisto Tech Demo project, this was an exciting opportunity to explore how collaboration and voice technology are starting to play an increasingly important role in space exploration.
Taking Your Vendor Invoice Management Solution Up a Notch – A Futurum Tech Webcast Interview
On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Richard Pascoe, VP of Consulting Services at Applexus Technologies. Their conversation focuses on taking your vendor invoice management solution up a notch.
Prioritizing Security Without Sacrificing Customer Experience: A Win-Win for Everyone
In our latest research brief, Prioritizing Security Without Sacrificing Customer Experience: A Win-Win for Everyone — done in partnership with Telesign — we analyze the challenges organizations face as they move deeper into their digital transformation journeys and how prioritizing security can enhance both the customer and company experience.
Making Hybrid Work Work as a Long-Term Solution
The hybrid work model remains a reality for many organizations following the pandemic. Futurum’s principal analyst Shelly Kramer explores the shift to hybrid work and how it has shown that work is less about a physical place and all about the ability to collaborate and be productive.
