Author: Steven Dickens

Steven Dickens, Chief Technology Advisor at The Futurum Group, is joined by Scott Fagen, President of SHARE, to talk about the upcoming SHARE conference, discussing its role in showcasing mainframe innovations and fostering industry networking.
Steven Dickens, Chief Technology Advisor, emphasizes the strategic importance of the Australian Government's partnership with AWS in bolstering national defense and cybersecurity capabilities. He highlights how this collaboration will leverage advanced technologies to protect sensitive information and enhance interoperability with international partners.
Steven Dickens, Chief Technology Advisor at The Futurum Group, shares insights on the strategic partnership between GlobalFoundries and BAE Systems, emphasizing its impact on national security and the semiconductor supply chain.
Keith Townsend and Steven Dickens from the Futurum Group view the transformation of Broadcom's End-User Computing Division into a standalone business as a pivotal moment for the digital workspace market. They believe this move will drive innovation and enhance the delivery of cutting-edge solutions independently.
Steven Dickens, Chief Technology Advisor from the Futurum Group, highlights IBM's strategic use of AI in enhancing the sports experience, emphasizing the balance between small and large models as demonstrated by the versatile Granite family. He underscores the significance of IBM's open-source approach in democratizing AI innovation and addressing the practical needs of enterprises.
In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steve Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss key topics around Data Sovereignty, AI and Data Integration plus CyberSecurity.
The Futurum Group’s latest market insight report, Navigating the Mainframe Landscape: Q1 2024 Challenges, Trends, and Strategies for Success, explores critical insights and findings shaping the current mainframe market.
Over recent months, Steven Dickens, Chief Technology Advisor, has observed significant investments in sovereign cloud deployments by major hyperscalers such as Oracle, AWS, and IBM. This trend is driven by a fractious geopolitical landscape where data sovereignty and regulatory compliance have emerged as critical concerns for governments and enterprises, particularly in regions with stringent data protection laws like the EU.
Oracle HeatWave GenAI Meets the Clarion Call from Customers to Build Generative AI Applications Without Data Movement, AI Expertise, or Extra Cost
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens assess why Oracle has done vector processing right with the HeatWave GenAI debut by delivering crystal clear price performance advantages against the competition including relentless vector processing performance that is 30X faster than Snowflake, 18X faster than Google BigQuery, and 15X faster than Databricks, at up to 6X lower cost.
Steven Dickens, Chief Technology Advisor, highlights the strategic importance of Teradata's partnership with Google Cloud in providing robust AI solutions that drive enterprise efficiency and innovation. He emphasizes the potential of this collaboration to enhance business outcomes by leveraging advanced AI technologies and seamless data integration.
Steven Dickens shares his experiences at HPE Discover, highlighting HPE's private cloud AI solutions and their collaboration with Nvidia. Camberley Bates discusses Pure Accelerate's focus on AI and cybersecurity, while Krista Macomber facilitates the conversation and covers insights from the FinOps X conference.
The Futurum Group’s Steven Dickens shares his insights on the announcements from Broadcom and Google at FinOpsX 2024 along with the introduction of FOCUS to standardize interoperability and collaboration in multi-cloud environments.

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