Author: Steven Dickens

In this latest Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series, The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens talks with Model9's Eddy Ciliendo about the magic behind Model9's technology and the problems its solutions are solving for customers.
In this latest Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series, The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens talks with Model9's Chief Strategy Officer, Eddy Ciliendo, about Model9’s architecture and how it leverages the speed of parallelized deployment.
The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens offers his take on the latest hybrid multi-cloud announcements from IBM, designed to assist enterprises wrangling with the widespread adoption of multi-cloud platforms and the networking requirements this necessitates.
The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens offers his take on Ripple’s acquisition of Metaco which he believes positions Ripple as one of the largest providers of crypto custody solutions globally and signifies its commitment to expanding the industry. The acquisition signifies a significant milestone for the crypto industry, as Ripple strives to enhance accessibility, security, and adoption of digital assets.
The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens offers his take on the latest earnings from Kyndryl, exploring the market challenges the IT infrastructure services provider is navigating. He shared thoughts on the company’s investment strategy in new tech and focus on streamlining operations and how this positions the company moving forward in this competitive market landscape.
The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcements of the latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux becoming generally available. As customers look to innovate and simplify cloud operations and deploy Linux at scale in mission-critical environments they need a supported version of Linux to build from. Red Hat has long been a trusted partner for many enterprises looking to deploy Linux and these new announcements build on this history.
The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens offers his take on the latest announcements from NeuroBlade and Dell Technologies today, which he opines validates NeuroBlade's approach and offers businesses a powerful tool to make better decisions faster and gain a competitive advantage in today's data-driven world.
The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements from Cisco in the full stack observability space. Cisco announced it will integrate its AppDynamics application observability platform with ThousandEyes network intelligence, designed to help customers quickly identify and resolve performance issues, improve application performance and availability, and ensure a better user experience. Cisco's announcement is one of many signs that full-stack observability services are becoming increasingly important.
The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements around the general availability of AWS’s Amazon Aurora I/O-Optimized configuration, a fully managed relational database service, designed to improve storage performance and reduce costs by up to 40%.
The Futurum Group's Steven Dickens writes about the latest developments from BMC Software with the announcement of the latest version of the venerable Control-M solution. As enterprises look to streamline and optimize operations to reduce costs and improve their operational execution, workload scheduling and orchestration is an area where significant savings and improvements can be made. The latest version of BMC Control-M ushers in a plethora of new updates that will resonate with enterprise clients.
The Futurum Group's Steven Dickens writes about the latest developments from Coinbase and their ongoing challenges with regulators. Coinbase has received a Wells notice from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A Wells notice is an indication that the regulator is thinking of taking action against an individual or firm. In response, Coinbase said it welcomed the legal process and that it believes regulations are necessary to protect consumers. The exchange's confidence in the legality of its assets and services is a position that has not been shared by all. SEC Chairman Gary Gensler recently outlined the agency's priorities in regulating the cryptocurrency industry, including exchanges, stablecoins and decentralized finance platforms.
The Futurum Group VP & Practice Lead Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcement from GitLab and Google Cloud to provide AI-assisted capabilities for software development, offering better collaboration and efficiency throughout the software development lifecycle — and explores why this step toward making DevOps more accessible to businesses is significant.

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