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Steven Dickens

MongoDB Doubles Down on Core Offerings and the Cloud

Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides in depth analysis of the news coming out of MongoDB’s live event of the updates to the core general purpose database platform.
Steven Dickens

Zoho Advances BI and Analytics Platform With New Self-service Approach, Aiming to Radically Transform Data Integrity and Business Insights

Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his analysis on the new functionality announced today by Zoho. With a focus on radically improving the ease of manipulation of data and a focus on enhancing data integrity, Zoho is transforming the insights business users can get from disparate data sources.
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HPE Extends GreenLake Capability with Ampool Acquisition

Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his analysis of the recent announcement by HPE of SQL data management vendor Ampool. HPE is building out capabilities for mission critical data management as a service with this acquisition that will complement both the Ezermal and GreenLake platforms, doubling down on streamlining the data management stack.
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IBM to Acquire BoxBoat, Doubles Down on Hybrid Cloud Services

Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his insight on news coming out of IBM today on the acquisition of Kubernetes and container focused services business BoxBoat. This acquisition, although not significant in revenue terms, clearly shows IBM’s strategic intent to build a hybrid cloud focused services business post spinoff of Kyndryl.
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BMC Announces New Capabilities Aimed at Security, a Modern Development Experience and Promoting an Open, Collaborative Mainframe

BMC today announced new capabilities aimed at security, facilitating a modern development experience, and promoting an open, collaborative mainframe. Futurum analyst Steven Dickens shares his insights on the relevance and timeliness of these capabilities as well as what’s ahead.
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Full Impact of REvil Ransomware Attack on Kaseya Becomes Apparent

Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens provides his analysis of the most recent supply chain ransomware attack that has affected thousands of businesses globally over the July 4th weekend.
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HPE to Acquire Zerto, a Cloud Data Management and Protection Company, Bolstering GreenLake Storage Portfolio

HPE announced the acquisition of Zerto, a cloud data management and protection company, in a strategic move aimed at delivering the most robust recovery as-a-service solution in the industry. Futurum’s Steven Dickens shares his insights on the acquisition as well as the potential impact on the hybrid cloud storage marketplace.
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Micro Focus Announces First Half Results, Turnaround Continues

Futurum’s Steven Dickens analyzes first half 2021 results for Micro Focus and finds encouraging news on the company's strategic focus on three year back end transformation and the forging of encouraging partnerships. Micro Focus is focused on explosive growth areas of the market so should be one to watch as they continue to deliver on operational execution.
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DigitalOcean Announces Managed MongoDB Database as a Service Offering

Futurum’s Steven Dickens gives his insight on the new DigitalOcean Managed MongoDB database as a service offering, focused on both developers and SMBs, as well as a look at what’s ahead for the industry as a whole, with the stakes being high for cloud providers.
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Old School Financial Services Giants NCR and Fiserv Get Into Crypto

Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides analysis on the recent news coming out of NCR, NYDIG and Fiserv around Bitcoin infrastructure, with old school financial services giants helping to fuel Bitcoin adoption. As Bitcoin moves beyond a speculative asset to a medium of exchange these infrastructure developments will become increasingly important.
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Red Hat Launches Latest Version of Flagship Kubernetes Product OpenShift 4.8

Futurum Research senior analyst, Steven Dickens provides his analysis of the recent Red Hat OpenShift 4.8 announcement and what it means for the competitive landscape for Kubernetes management and more widely the hybrid cloud landscape.
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Canonical Announces Ubuntu Support for RISC-V

Futurum Senior Analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the recent announcement by Canonical to support RISC-V with the Ubuntu operating system. Canonical has for years now taken the most holistic approach to porting Ubuntu to multiple platforms. While open source leaders such as Red Hat and SUSE focus on x86 based architectures, Canonical has taken a different path and arguably the most open.
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