Category: Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

Fiber Connect 2024 Featured the Just a Cloud Away Panel That Demonstrated Why the Cloud Alongside AI Capabilities Is Crucial to Fiber Operator Journeys
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall assesses why telcos are using cloud platforms to strengthen their overall competitiveness, bolstered by investments in AI capabilities, such as AIOps, to meet major goals such as operations automation and improving business outcomes.
In episode 50 of Infrastructure Matters, the hosts delve into recent earnings reports and industry trends, highlighting AWS's continued growth, Commvault's successful integration of its cloud division, and Intel's strategic restructuring. They also discuss Kyndryl's turnaround efforts and new announcements from Veeam, Splunk, and Google in AI and data management.
Steven Dickens from The Futurum Group noted that Palantir's latest earnings report underscores the company's strong execution in the commercial sector, particularly in leveraging AI to drive business value. He emphasized that their ability to transition AI from prototype to production positions them uniquely in the rapidly evolving data analytics landscape.
This Research Brief is crucial in today's technology landscape as it sheds light on the ongoing modernization of mainframes. By adopting Agile and DevOps practices, mainframes are becoming integral to contemporary IT strategies, supporting faster and more flexible development cycles. The insights provided are essential for organizations looking to maintain their mainframe systems' relevance and efficiency in a rapidly changing digital environment.
In our latest Lab Insight Report, Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Red Hat OpenShift: Analysis of Operational Efficiency, completed in partnership with Dell, The Futurum Group has evaluated the impact of network speed on storage, applications and evaluated the security and cyber resiliency features of Dell Servers with Broadcom NICs.
Steven Dickens from The Futurum Group highlights Kyndryl's strategic pivot towards high-margin services and innovative platforms like Kyndryl Bridge as key to its post-IBM transformation. He notes that these efforts position Kyndryl favorably for sustainable growth, distinguishing it from competitors facing significant challenges.
Krista Case from The Futurum Group highlighted the significance of robust cyber resiliency and disaster recovery plans in light of the recent CrowdStrike outage, emphasizing that it was a flawed software update rather than a security breach. Camberley Bates and Steven Dickens discussed the broader implications of the outage, the importance of multi-vendor strategies to mitigate risk, and the increasing regulatory focus on addressing systemic issues in cloud services.
Steven Dickens at The Futurum Group commented that the speculation around Meta's potential entry into the public cloud market highlights both opportunities and significant challenges. While Meta has the infrastructure and scale to rival AWS, Microsoft, and Google, its history of data privacy issues presents a substantial hurdle in gaining the trust of enterprises seeking secure cloud solutions.
Marvell’s Teralynx 51.2T Ethernet Switch Enters Volume Production for Worldwide AI Cloud Deployments Showcasing Breakthrough Cloud Data Center Benefits
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall assesses why the Marvell Teralynx 10 Ethernet switch delivers the low-latency, low-power, high-bandwidth, programmable platform and an architecture optimized for AI and cloud network demands which can assure customers use a comprehensive hardware/software solution that fully aligns with the cloud AI shift to open networking.
Juniper Introduces Ops4AI and JVDs to Accelerate Time-to-Value by Assuring Networking for AI Configurations Using Juniper, Broadcom, Intel, NVIDIA, and AMD
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall examines why Juniper’s new Ops4AI Lab and JVDs are ready to play a key role in accelerating ecosystem-wide AI adoption across both hyperscaler and beyond hyperscaler environments by assuring an AI-optimized high-performance network with flexible design and management ease benefits.
Steven Dickens from The Futurum Group highlights Google's impressive cloud revenue growth, emphasizing its strategic focus on leveraging AI and vast data resources to differentiate itself from competitors. He notes that significant investment in infrastructure is essential for Google to maintain its competitive edge and capitalize on the growing demand for AI-driven cloud services.

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