Author: Steven Dickens

The Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements from the venerable DevOps and Operations focused company, BMC Software. BMC is focusing on radically improving the mainframe developer experience and providing enhanced capabilities for those enterprises who are looking to improve time to market and enhance mainframe operations.
In our newest white paper, How Modern, Fully Featured DevX Tools Help Organizations Achieve their Full DevOps Potential — done in partnership with BMC — Futurum analysts Steven Dickens and Todd R. Weiss analyze how today’s mainframe enterprises can benefit from adopting modern developer centric tools and protocols.
In our latest research brief, How Model9 Helps Mainframe Users Revitalize Data — done in partnership with Model9 — Futurum analysts Steven Dickens and Todd R. Weiss look at how today’s businesses can benefit from Model9’s cloud-native object storage and do more with their own data.
The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest z16 system from IBM and the likely impact on smaller customers. As IBM continues to innovate with the AI-infused Telum processor, this new small form factor system is positioned to help smaller mainframe customers address datacenter floor space concerns.
Futurum principal analyst Daniel Newman and senior analyst Steven Dickens provide their take on the innovation track record of tech powerhouse Broadcom. As the narrative about Broadcom’s innovation credentials swirls in the industry ahead of the VMware acquisition, they look to provide context and look at how Broadcom has driven innovation over the decades.
Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the emerging prevalence of cloud repatriation and how hybrid cloud is becoming the default modality for many enterprises. As executives look to wrestle costs in a tough macroeconomic climate many are reevaluating cloud spend and considering more hybrid-focused architectures.
In our latest research brief, How Broadcom Innovation Connects the World — done in partnership with Broadcom — Futurum analysts Todd R. Weiss and Steven Dickens dive deeper into Broadcom’s rich history of software and hardware innovation, analyzing how a combined VMware and Broadcom will be better positioned to deliver a stronger infrastructure software platform.
In this latest Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum’s Senior Analyst Steven Dickens is joined by SHARE President Scott Fagan to talk about the future of the organization and what people can expect from SHARE New Orleans in August.
In this latest Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum’s Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with 21st Century Software’s CEO Nicholas Pachnos about 21st Century’s efforts to connect with younger generations entering the IT workforce, where they fit into the mainframe, and how AI is affecting their modernization agenda.
In this latest Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum’s Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with Rocket Software’s Phil Buckellew about Rocket’s hybrid cloud approach to solving modernization challenges, their broad portfolio and deep technical expertise, and what makes them a viable long-term strategic partner.
In this latest Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series, Futurum’s Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software’s David Jeffries about BMC’s efforts to transform the developer experience.
In this latest Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series, Futurum’s Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software’s Tony Anter and Mark Schettenhelm about the importance of improving the mainframe developer experience.

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