Category: 5G

April 16, 2020

Daniel Newman

Futurum Tech Webcast

Cisco’s Transformation to Software-Centric Approach Helping COVID-19 Response – Futurum Tech Podcast Interview Series

On this special edition of The Futurum Tech Podcast - Interview Series host Daniel Newman welcomed Masum Mir, Vice President of Product for 5G Automation and Software for Cisco. Daniel and Masum discussed what Cisco has been doing to help the community during the COVID-19 pandemic, the transformation to software-defined infrastructure and what our new normal will look like after the pandemic is over.

5G, Unified Communications

April 16, 2020

Daniel Newman

Research Note

The New Normal: Why Verizon Just Acquired BlueJeans

Verizon announced the purchase of BlueJeans Networks, a video conferencing provider enabling the company's plans to support a new normal for work and life.

5G, Communications Networks, Workplace Collaboration

April 9, 2020

Ron Westfall

Research Note

FirstNet puts AT&T at the Forefront of Operator Relief Measures Aimed at Overcoming the COVID-19 Crisis

AT&T’s decision makers are demonstrating why the FirstNet platform is playing a pivotal role in meeting the unique challenges of the coronavirus crisis. The COVID-19 crisis will compel mobile operators to make promoting the public safety capabilities of their networks a top development and marketing priority.

5G, Communications Networks

April 9, 2020

Daniel Newman

Research Report

The 5G Edge: Powering Innovative Services and Experiences

5G, Communications Networks

April 8, 2020

Olivier Blanchard

Analyst Insight

How Phone Location Data is Being Used by Big Tech to Gauge the Efficacy of Social Distancing Policies

How phone location data is being used by big tech to gauge the efficacy of social distancing policies. Let's take a look at this.

5G, Communications Networks, Data Analytics

April 5, 2020

Daniel Newman

Research Note

NVIDIA GeForce Launch Should Accelerate Growth for its GPUs

NVIDIA is launching more than 100 devices that will be powered by its GeForce GPUs. A big win for the company's premium tier graphics solutions.

5G, Processors, Semiconductors and Components

April 3, 2020

Ron Westfall

Research Note

HPE’s ODIM aims to Simplify 5G Deployments with Open Source, Vendor Neutral Software

HPE launches the Open Distributed Infrastructure Management initiative as an open source program aimed at easing the complexity of large-scale geographically distributed physical infrastructure deployments in 5G environments, but HPE must show it can outflank the competition in order to generate broad operator support.

5G, Cloud, Communications Networks, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

April 1, 2020

Daniel Newman

Analyst Insight

Google is Making Mobile-First Indexing the Standard

Google announced last month that mobile-first indexing will be the new standard by September of this year. What does this mean for you?

5G, Communications Networks, Digital Transformation

March 30, 2020

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Meeting HPC Challenges is a Real Issue in Global Health Crisis

Meeting HPC challenges is a real issue in global health crisis environments. Service providers are encountering HPC-based challenges due to factors such as the expansion of interworking with enterprise HPC platforms and exploring how they can optimize their own HPC investments and builds. Here’s a deeper look at why these HPC adoption challenges matter to the digital ecosystem, including the very real need to rapidly accelerate digital responses to the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis.

5G, Communications Networks, Digital Transformation, Edge Networking

March 29, 2020

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Microsoft’s Move to Acquire Affirmed Networks Aims to Deliver New Opps for 5G Ecosystem

Microsoft’s move to acquire Affirmed Networks aims to deliver new opps for the 5G ecosystem. In my opinion, this is exactly the company it needed to make new waves in the 5G ecosystem and firm up its presence with mobile operators in particular. Now it’s up to cloud rivals AWS, Google Cloud, Alibaba, IBM, and Oracle to refresh their telecom-specific portfolio development and marketing strategies.

5G, Cloud, Communications Networks

March 28, 2020

Olivier Blanchard

Research Note

Qualcomm’s Tiered SOC Diversification Pays Off, Expands Footprint

The potential move away from Qualcomm’s premium 5G Snapdragon 865 SOC as reported would signal that Google and LG might be leaving Apple and Samsung to fight for the top spot in the premium tier handset category. This move would allow Google and LG to focus instead on more budget-friendly high-end phones for consumers who enjoy premium features but don’t need all of the bells and whistles of a $1,200+ phone. The decision to select Qualcomm’s 765G mobile platform over the superior 865 mobile platform may initially seem like a setback for Qualcomm’s flagship 5G SOC, but I don’t think that’s the case at all. Here’s why.