Category: Digital Leadership & CIO

An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Ecosystem Developments including Open RAN Prospects, Smartphone’s New Lead Role in Mobile Shopping, and 6CA Progress
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss review the 5G ecosystem winners of 2023 and investigate key 2024 trends including Open RAN moves by Vodafone, Adobe identifying smartphones ruling mobile shopping, and 6CA advances.
In our latest report, Market Insight Report: Breaking Down Generic versus Specialized ERP Software, we provide a comparison of generic ERP software versus specialized solutions, detail factors that should be considered when evaluating an ERP solution and provide a representative sample of several specific ERP vendors’ solutions, describing their target customers, features, and positioning.
Siemens Augments Siemens Xcelerator Open Business Platform with New Xcelerator Developer Portal in Combining Real and Digital Worlds to Meet Real World Challenges
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall assesses why Siemens Xcelerator Portal can play a pivotal role in making the industrial metaverse, such as immersive engineering, more accessible to developers and customers to solve their real-world challenges.
Navigating the New Era of Bitcoin Exchange: Traded Products
Steven Dickens, VP and Practice Leader at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on the latest announcements from the SEC, which announced approval of 11 spot bitcoin ETPs.
Mark Beccue, Research Director, AI at The Futurum Group outlines his picks for 2023 AI Product of the Year and AI Company of the Year.
HPE’s $14 Billion Acquisition of Juniper Swiftly Shifts the HPE Portfolio Mix Toward Higher Growth Solutions and Strengthens High-Margin Networking Business
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens examine why HPE’s $14 billion acquisition of Juniper represents an important inflection point in the industry that can redefine how organizations connect, protect, and analyze their data.
Khozema Shipchandler Appointed CEO to Replace Jeff Lawson, and Jeff Epstein Appointed as Chair of Twilio Board
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director with The Futurum Group, covers the announcement of a CEO change at Twilio and discusses how that change might help to underscore more confidence in the company among investors and customers.
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.
The Number of STaaS Options Grew Considerably in 2023 as Major Vendors Significantly Expanded Their Consumption Programs
Dave Raffo, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, looks at how STaaS and other consumption programs expanded in 2023 and how these have changed the way IT teams purchase infrastructure.
Developer Roles in the Ongoing AI Revolution Are Shifting to Reflect Changing Goals and Priorities
Paul Nashawaty, Practice Leader for The Futurum Group, explores the role of developers as architects of transformative AI landscapes, extending beyond coding to navigate ethical considerations and societal impacts.
Exploring the Unmatched Influence of WASM Development for Cloud-Native Solutions
Paul Nashawaty, Practice Leader with The Futurum Group, explores the emergence of WebAssembly as a game-changer, revolutionizing cloud-native applications with unparalleled capabilities, promising enhanced performance and security.

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