Author: Steven Dickens

May 2, 2023

Google Cloud and Polygon Labs Join Forces to Accelerate Growth Across Polygon Protocols

The Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements from last week at Consensus 2023, where Google Cloud and Polygon Labs announced a...
April 28, 2023

BMC to Acquire Model9: What It Means for Mainframe Data Management

The Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements from BMC Software and its plan to acquire Model9. As mainframe customers grapple with...
April 25, 2023

GitLab and Oracle Partner to Accelerate AI/ML Development

The Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements from GitLab and Oracle Cloud around the company’s collaboration to accelerate AI and ML...
April 25, 2023

KubeCon 2023: SUSE Launches Rancher 2.7.2, Latest Version of Rancher

The Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements from open-source innovator SUSE. The German-based open-source company took the opportunity of KubeCon being...
April 25, 2023

OpenText Uses its OpenText World EMEA Event to Break Cover

The Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements from OpenText. The company is using its OpenText World EMEA to break cover and...
April 25, 2023

VMware Doubles Down on Cross-Cloud Services

Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements from VMware as the company endeavors to continue to innovate in cross-cloud services. As hybrid...
April 17, 2023

IBM’s LinuxONE Goes Mainstream With the Launch of the LinuxONE Rockhopper 4 System

Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements from IBM concerning the high-end Linux only server range, LinuxONE. As IBM launches the latest...
April 14, 2023

AWS Launches Inf2 Instances for High-Performance Generative AI

The Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements from AWS around its announcement of EC2 instances focused on generative Ai workloads. As...
April 13, 2023

OpenText Further Invests in Europe to Fuel Continued Growth

The Futurum Group’s VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements from OpenText around its plans to further invest in the European market, specifically in...
April 12, 2023

The Value and Future of AIOps for Mainframe Environments

In this latest Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum’s Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software's Principal Product Manager, Paul Spicer and Ensono’s Expert Mainframe System Programmer, Paul...
April 12, 2023

The State of AIOps in Mainframe Environments

In this latest Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum’s Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software's Principal Product Manager, Paul Spicer about BMC’s offerings and the state of...
April 10, 2023

AWS Further Invests in the Australian Market

Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements from AWS around its plans to further invest in the Australian market. As the geopolitical...

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