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Google Earnings Provide Insights Into Cloud Growth
The Futurum Group analysts Daniel Newman and Steven Dickens share their insights on Q2 earnings from Alphabet, parent company of Google. Alphabet's Q2 earnings surpassed expectations, driven by strong advertising and Google Cloud growth. The company reported a substantial increase in YouTube ads revenue and a record operating income for Google Cloud, indicating a positive trajectory for future growth. Additionally, CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted the growing adoption of generative AI among startups, signaling a promising trend for AI adoption and revenue growth for the Google Cloud Platform in the future.
The Futurum Group analysts Daniel Newman and Todd R. Weiss examine ServiceNow’s increase in revenue during Q2 2023 to $2.15 billion, beating estimates, as the cloud digital workflow automation software vendor announced its latest earnings on July 26. ServiceNow is bringing powerful new generative AI features to its offerings, which will be a big lever of growth for ServiceNow as customers seek these new capabilities.
Mediapolis Savings Bank and Salem Five Bank Go Live at Launch of Instant Payment Rail via Fiserv
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, focuses on the recent announcement by Fiserv on the launch of FedNow, the Federal Reserve’s instant payment service, and discusses the benefits of real-time payments for customers, businesses, and payment processors.
The Six Five team discusses the approval of Broadcom's acquisition of VMWare by the UK's CMA, the largest transaction the CMA has ever investigated.
The Six Five team discusses IBM's Q2 2023 earnings release.
The Six Five team discusses SAP's Q2 2023 earnings release and SAP's approach to cloud and implementing AI.
On this episode of The Six Five Webcast, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss Oracle, SAP, IBM, Microsoft, Lenovo, and Broadcom.
New Partners Include Spurs Sports & Entertainment, Palace Resorts, OTD Americas, Southwest Transplant Alliance, and PacificSource Health Plans
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of the latest customer wins for CX providers and their partners. In this edition, he examines initiatives from CX firms Nextiva, Amperity, LiveVox, 8x8, and Quadient—and how their tie-ups benefit partners including Spurs Sports & Entertainment, Palace Resorts, OTD Americas, Southwest Transport Alliance, and PacificSource Health Plans.
Service GPT, Sales GPT, and the Einstein GPT Trust Layer Features and Pricing Are Now Public
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers the general availability of Salesforce’s generative AI offerings within Sales Cloud and Service Cloud, and discusses the potential strategy enterprises may use to roll out these features based on Salesforce’s pricing model.
The Six Five team discusses Adobe data on Amazon Prime Day.
Social Impact Technologies Can Help Recruit, Retain, and Engage Employees
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group interviews Benevity’s Chief Impact Officer, Sona Khosla and discusses how social impact technologies can help recruit, retain, and engage employees and why purpose must have a place at the table.
Contextual Learning Guides Include Role-Based and Task-Based Guides
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers the launch of NetSuite Guided Learning, and discusses how the embedded features should help enterprises maximize their software ROI, increase productivity, and decrease training costs.

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