Category: High Performance Computing

Futurum’s principal analyst Daniel Newman recap IBM’s Investor Day call, highlighting the areas where IBM has made and plans to make changes for the future.
Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the Open Mainframe Summit event taking place this week and the announcements the Linux Foundation collaborative project focused on the mainframe is making as part of the conference. As the mainframe transforms to fit within the hybrid landscape, open source represents a key component in the platform continuing its place in mission critical computing environments.
On this episode of The Six Five Webcast, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss the tech news stories that made headlines this week including latest earnings report from HP, Dell, Salesforce and Marvell, IBM launches the new Telum Processor and more topics you won't want to miss.
Dell Technologies reported 2nd quarter results for fiscal 2022 after the market close on August 26, 2021, delivering both record revenue and profitability. Futurum's Principal Analyst Daniel Newman and Senior Analyst Steven Dickens discuss the strong financial performance.
A deal to purchase SAS would diversify Broadcom’s prospects as a real player in software, which it has struggled to achieve.
ADTRAN’s Combo PON technology is playing an integral role in advancing multi-gigabit broadband adoption across the world including the amassing of over 100 operator deals such as U.S.-based cable operator Armstrong committing to a 10G full-fiber strategy using ADTRAN’s XGS-PON solution. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why ADTRAN’s Combo PON technology is well-matched for the broadband demands of post-pandemic society and how 10G-capable fiber access networks will ultimately prevail in winning fixed access battles against competing technologies like cable HFC.
Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the Q2 2021 results for IBM Systems. The headline results on the surface look troubling for Systems, however given the product life cycles of IBM Z and Power, and tough comparisons against Q2 2020, the business did surprisingly well and shows areas of growth and penetration in the marketplace.
In this video vignette from a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, analysts Shelly Kramer and Steven Dickens (a former IBMer) dive into the massive transformation that IBM is undergoing, with a brief look at the Whitehurst departure and some potential ramifications, as well as significant changes in the company’s marketing function under new CMO Carla Piñeyro Sublett, and the challenges there, along with the concurrent radical transformation of IBM’s IT team under CIO Kathryn Guarini. If you’re following IBM, this is one conversation you won’t want to miss.
In this newest episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum’s Shelly Kramer and Steven Dickens break down Whitehurst’s departure, the transformation that’s happening at IBM across the board, the company’s acquisition of BoxBoat and the role hybrid cloud will clearly play in the company’s transformation efforts, as well as a breakdown of announcements out of BMC Software this week and what’s ahead there.
Futurum Research Principal Analyst Daniel Newman and Senior Analyst Steven Dickens provide their take on the recent announcements coming out of IBM on the reshuffle of its executive leadership ranks. The announcements need to be seen in the wider context of the holistic transformation IBM is undertaking in all parts of its business as it plans to return to growth and market leadership status.

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