Category: Digital Transformation

February 12, 2024

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Juniper AI-Native Networking Platform: Ready to Transform AI

Juniper’s AI-Networking Platform Augments AIOps and VNA Capabilities with Digital Experience Twinning Alongside AI Data Center Innovation to Unleash AI Innovations

The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall examines why the debut of Juniper’s AI-Native Networking Platform provides the comprehensive AIOps capabilities and new AI data center capabilities key to improving network performance.

AI, Cloud, Communications Networks, Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

February 8, 2024

Ron Westfall

Research Note

GSMA and IBM Pair Up to Elevate Telco AI Skills

GSMA and IBM Collaborate to Accelerate AI Adoption and Skills for the Telecom Industry with Debut of Generative AI Program and Industry Challenge

The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall assesses why the GSMA and IBM alliance can help advance the democratization of AI by propagating training and access to the watsonx platform throughout the telecom ecosystem.

AI, Cloud, Communications Networks, Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

February 7, 2024

Sherril Hanson

Analyst Insight

Cisco: Supporting Employee Experience through IT

Cisco’s IT Strategy Focuses on User Experience, Agile Ways of Working and AI & the Cloud

Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at the Futurum Group, provides insights into how Cisco’s IT supports a positive employee experience, particularly how the company’s focus on user experience has resulted in more friction-free moments and processes.

Digital Transformation, Employee Experience, Workplace Collaboration

January 30, 2024

Daniel Newman

Six Five Webcast

Micron’s LPCAMM2 Offering and the Path to Being First to Market with this New Industry Standard

On this episode of The Six Five – In the Booth, host Patrick Moorhead welcomes Praveen Vaidyanathan, VP and GM of the Compute Products Group at Micron to discuss Micron’s announcement of their LPCAMM2 memory offering and how it will change the PC ecosystem.

Business Information, Digital Transformation, Innovation, PCs and Devices, Semiconductors and Components

January 30, 2024

Ron Westfall

Research Note

T-Mobile Enlists Cisco Meraki to Launch Connected Workplace

T-Mobile and Cisco Unite to Launch Connected Workplace Aimed at Midsize Businesses by Combining T-Mobile Managed Services with Cisco Meraki Networking

The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall assesses why T-Mobile’s Connected Workplace offering fully leverages Cisco Meraki network technologies to streamline the network infrastructure of midsize businesses key to minimizing IT and operational complexity.

AI, Cloud, Communications Networks, Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

January 29, 2024

Ron Westfall & Daniel Newman

Research Note

Intel Q4 and FY 2023 Results: Transformation Progress Continues

Intel Delivers Solid Q4 2023 Results Led by a Rebound in the PC Market with AI Everywhere and IFS Paving the Future Although Tempered by Soft Q1 2024 Guidance

The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Daniel Newman assess Intel’s 2023 progress, with a rebound in the PC market. The Q1 2024 guide is a wrinkle but advancing its IDM 2.0 strategy delivering 5 nodes in 4 years plus AI PC innovation shows progress.

AI, Business Information, Cloud, Communications Networks, Data Center, Digital Transformation, Semiconductors and Components

January 25, 2024

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Oracle Generative AI: Advancing the Frontier of Enterprise Innovation

Oracle Previews the First of a Series of OCI Generative AI Agents Aimed at Transforming Data-Driven Decision-Making and Integration of AI into Modern Workloads

The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall explores why the OCI Generative AI solution can accelerate enterprise AI adoption at scale by delivering RAG the way that enterprises want by prioritizing data management, security, and governance.

AI, Cloud, Communications Networks, Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

January 25, 2024

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Vodafone and Microsoft Find Decade of Bliss in Generative AI Alliance

Vodafone and Microsoft Strike Decade-Long Alliance to Bring Generative AI, Cloud, and Digital Service Benefits to 300 Million Customers and Businesses in Europe and Africa

The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall examines why the 10-year, $1.5 billion Vodafone and Microsoft alliance can broaden their channel influence across the digital ecosystems of Europe and Africa through generative AI and hybrid cloud flexibility.

AI, Cloud, Communications Networks, Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

January 24, 2024

Ron Westfall

Market Insight Report

Market Insight Report: Digital BSS

Our latest brief, Market Insight Report: Digital BSS, analyzes the digital BSS market and explores how digital BSS solutions and services are key to transforming business practices and improving business outcomes.

AI, Cloud, Communications Networks, Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

January 24, 2024

Ron Westfall

The 5G Factor

5G Factor: 5G Sustainability and GenAI Meet

An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Ecosystem Developments Including 5G Sustainability Market Shapers, Top Sustainability Suppliers, and Vodafone Microsoft GenAI Alliance

The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Todd R Weiss review review of the top market shapers in the 5G sustainability realm, why Ciena, Cisco, Ericsson, Juniper, and Nokia excel at 5G sustainability, and the Vodafone Microsoft GenAI-focused alliance.

AI, Cloud, Communications Networks, Digital Transformation, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

January 18, 2024

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Veeam and AWS Prioritize Channel Readiness in Protecting Cloud Journeys

Veeam and AWS Boost Joint Channel Enablement Program to Ensure Channel Partners Meet the Topmost Cloud and Digital Asset Protection Demands of Organizations

The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall reviews Veeam and AWS’ expanded investment in their Channel Enablement Program, positioning channel partners to augment the accessibility of resilient protection around organizations’ valuable data assets.