The $35 Billion Acquisition Will Bring Together Synopsys’ Semiconductor Electronic Design Automation with Ansys’ Engineering Simulation Software and Services
Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, shares his insights about chip design vendor Synopsys acquiring Ansys for $35 billion as it brings together Synopsys' semiconductor EDA with Ansys’ engineering simulation software and services.
The IBM Partner Plus Program Is Being Expanded to Provide More Access to IBM Resources and Education as It Works to Help Service Partners Expand Their Service Revenue Streams
Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, shares his insights about how the IBM Partner Plus program will help partners grow more services revenue as customers require more expertise and education about generative AI, watsonx, and more.
Online Holiday Buying Made a Major Shift During the 2023 Holiday Shopping Season as More Buyers Used Smartphones to Place Online Orders than any Other Kinds of Devices
Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, explains that for the first time, most 2023 online holiday buying was done on smartphones, according to Adobe Analytics. Smartphones were used in 51.1 % of online purchases, a new high.
Software AG Is Selling Its Super iPaaS Integration Platform as a Service Applications, StreamSets and webMethods, to IBM for €2.13 Billion to Accelerate watsonx Capabilities
Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, shares his insights about IBM acquiring two software AG platform as a service applications in a deal to bolster the data ingestion capabilities of a wide range of IBM products, including watsonx.
The Deal Brings Together Weatherford’s CygNet SCADA System and Honeywell’s Emission Management Suite to Help Oil and Gas Customers Reduce Accidental Emissions Releases
Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, shares his insights as Honeywell and CygNet SCADA partner on advanced emissions management tools for oil and gas customers who are looking to better control their harmful emissions.
The SAP S4/HANA Cloud ERP Suite Will Be Used by the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team to Improve Cost Tracking and Parts Supply Chain Management for a Competitive Edge
Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, shares his insights about plans for the SAP S/4HANA Cloud to boost the efficiency of the Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 team. SAP and the team formed a new partnership for the 2024 racing season.
The $45.8 Million Q3 Revenue Figure Beat Analyst Consensus Estimates for the Period Ending October 31
Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, shares his insights as Couchbase revenue in Q3 rises 19% to $45.8 million, beating estimates, as the cloud database platform vendor reported its latest earnings figures on December 6.
The New Cortex-M52 Chips Are the Smallest and Most Power-Efficient Processors to Use the Latest Arm Helium Technology
Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, shares his insights as the Arm Cortex-M52 is smaller and adds power to bring AI to more devices. The tiny Arm Cortex-M52 is Arm’s latest processor for use in AIoT devices.
The Acquisition Proposal Comes Less Than One Year Since OpenText Acquired Application Modernization Vendor Micro Focus in a $6 Billion Transaction
Todd R. Weiss and Steven Dickens, analysts with The Futurum Group, share their insights as Rocket Software is buying OpenText’s application modernization unit for $2 billion, as the companies realign their products to focus on their core businesses.
The New AI Ready Training Commitment Comes as Amazon Is Expanding the Worker Upskilling Efforts That It Began in 2019
Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, shares his insights about the move by Amazon to provide free AI skills training to 2 million workers by 2025 as the company broadens previous worker upskilling programs that it started in 2019.
The New Teradata AI Unlimited Serverless Cloud-Based AI/ML Engine Is Being Natively Integrated with Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft’s OneLake Unified Multi-Cloud Data Lake
Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, shares his insights as Teradata AI Unlimited serverless analytics are coming to Microsoft Fabric and the Microsoft OneLake unified, multi-cloud data lake through a native integration.
The Permanent 5G Network Upgrades Will Bolster T-Mobile’s Network in Las Vegas to Provide High-Performance Network Services for Race Fans, Residents, Visitors, and Racing Teams
Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, shares his insights as the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix gets boosted 5G services from T-Mobile to prepare the city for the hundreds of thousands of spectators who are expected for the F1 race.