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Krista Gets Married and Outages, Outages and more Outages - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 49
July 31, 2024

Krista Gets Married and Outages, Outages and more Outages – Infrastructure Matters, Episode 49

Krista Case from The Futurum Group highlighted the significance of robust cyber resiliency and disaster recovery plans in light of the recent CrowdStrike outage, emphasizing that it was a flawed...
Facebook to Rival AWS, Microsoft, and Google in the Public Cloud?
July 30, 2024

Facebook to Rival AWS, Microsoft, and Google in the Public Cloud?

Steven Dickens at The Futurum Group commented that the speculation around Meta's potential entry into the public cloud market highlights both opportunities and significant challenges. While Meta has the infrastructure...
Scandit Express 3.0: The Future of Barcode Scanning and Smart Data Capture
July 26, 2024

Scandit Express 3.0: The Future of Barcode Scanning and Smart Data Capture

Keith Kirkpatrick and Steven Dickens from The Futurum Group emphasize that Scandit Express 3.0 represents a significant leap in smart data capture technology, providing businesses with enhanced efficiency and accuracy...
Google Cloud - Q2 Earnings Deep Dive
July 26, 2024

Google Cloud – Q2 Earnings Deep Dive

Steven Dickens from The Futurum Group highlights Google's impressive cloud revenue growth, emphasizing its strategic focus on leveraging AI and vast data resources to differentiate itself from competitors. He notes...
IBM Reports Q2 2024 Financial Results: Key Insights and Performance Review
July 25, 2024

IBM Reports Q2 2024 Financial Results: Key Insights and Performance Review

Steven Dickens, Chief Technology Advisor from The Futurum Group, shares insights on IBM's strong Q2 2024 performance, driven by strategic investments in AI and hybrid cloud solutions....
Microsoft's Central US Azure Outage: What Went Wrong?
July 23, 2024

Microsoft’s Central US Azure Outage: What Went Wrong?

Steven Dickens, Chief Technology Advisor at The Futurum Group, noted that last week's major outage in Microsoft's Central US region severely disrupted multiple Azure services, including Virtual Machines and Cosmos...
The CrowdStrike Outage - A Detailed Post-Mortem
July 22, 2024

The CrowdStrike Outage – A Detailed Post-Mortem

The Futurum Group team assesses how the global impact of the recent CrowdStrike IT outage has underscored the critical dependency of various sectors on cybersecurity services, and how this incident...
BMC and AI: Enhancing Mainframe Productivity and Innovation
July 22, 2024

BMC and AI: Enhancing Mainframe Productivity and Innovation

Steven Dickens, Chief Technology Advisor at The Futurum Group, emphasizes that integrating AI and cloud-native capabilities into mainframe environments is crucial for driving the next wave of digital transformation. He...
Japan, Floppy Disks, and a Perspective on Data and Transformations
July 19, 2024

Japan, Floppy Disks, and a Perspective on Data and Transformations

Steve Dickens and Camberley Bates of The Futurum Group examine the lessons to be learned from Japan’s long history with floppy disks and digital transformation....
CrowdStrike IT Outage: Critical Global Impact and Implications for Cybersecurity
July 19, 2024

CrowdStrike IT Outage: Critical Global Impact and Implications for Cybersecurity

Steven Dickens and Shira Rubinoff from The Futurum Group analyze the recent CrowdStrike IT outage, highlighting its extensive global impact on various industries and the critical lessons for businesses. They...
Sports, Security AI and Infrastructure - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 47
July 10, 2024

Sports, Security AI and Infrastructure – Infrastructure Matters, Episode 47

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steve Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss key topics around cybersecurity and AI, as well as IBM’s investments in Wimbledon....
5G Factor: OCI, AWS, Google Cloud Make Major Telco Moves
July 10, 2024

5G Factor: OCI, AWS, Google Cloud Make Major Telco Moves

The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens examine the recent key 5G-related moves made by the hyperscale cloud providers including Google Cloud and Motorola announcing a new multi-year relationship...

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