Category: Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

MWC 2025 Produced a Tidal Wave of Announcements, With Cybersecurity Standing Out as a Consistent Priority Amid 5G, AI, Geopolitical, API, and RAN Concerns
Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines how cybersecurity portfolio development and marketing moves by key players Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone, IBM, Palo Alto, AWS, Nokia, and Microsoft will play a more integral role in the overall success of mobile networks, including 5G service innovation.
New pNFS Architecture Addresses Data Storage Needs for AI Training and Large Scale Inferencing
Camberley Bates at The Futurum Group covers Pure Storage FlashBlade //EXA announcement for the AI Factory.
Bringing the Capabilities of IBM Cloud Management to On-Premises Storage
Camberley Bates at The Futurum Group covers IBM’s Ceph as a service offering, bringing IBM cloud capabilities to on premises.
Synopsys Introduces HAPS-200 and ZeBu-200, Extending Its Leadership in Hardware-Assisted Verification for Next-Gen Semiconductor Designs
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead, Semiconductors at The Futurum Group, explores how Synopsys’ HAV expansion with HAPS-200 and ZeBu-200 tackles AI, multi-die complexity, and scalable verification in semiconductor design.
Qualcomm and IBM Unveil Expanded Collaboration to Drive Enterprise-Ready Generative AI Solutions Across Cloud and Edge Devices
Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines how the Qualcomm IBM alliance can spur broader enterprise adoption of on-device inferencing and low-power features key to sustainable GenAI deployment that improves energy efficiencies, performance, and user experiences.
David Jeffries and Priya Doty from BMC Software discuss preserving mainframe knowledge and driving transformation with AI Agents and Hybrid AI on the latest Six Five On The Road.
Dion Hinchcliffe, VP of CIO Practice at The Futurum Group, highlights Google’s Gemini 2.0, OpenAI’s Deep Research, and Anysphere’s Cursor, showing how they reshape IT leadership, AI adoption, and custom development.
Entry, Mid-Level Models Plus More on Cyber Resiliency
Camberley Bates at The Futurum Group covers NetApp’s announcement on block, cyber resiliency, and BlueXP.
Zoho Unveiled a New Agentic Platform to Deliver AI-enhanced Portfolio-wide Improvements Including Zoho IoT
Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores how Zoho is positioned to develop AI-enhanced solutions that can drive customer value including the optimization and full security of IoT assets that improve business outcomes and overall experience.
Microsoft Adopts a Paid Metered Approach for Autonomous Agents, Highlighting Evolving AI Monetization in Microsoft 365 Copilot
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines Microsoft’s shift to metered pricing for autonomous agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot and its impact on enterprise AI adoption.
Andi Gutmans, VP & GM of Databases at Google Cloud, and Karan Batta, SVP of Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, join Patrick Moorhead to share their insights on leveraging the best of Oracle Database and Google Cloud for organizational growth. This collaboration aims to provide enhanced data management solutions.
AWS Continues to Scale as Amazon Accelerates AI Investments, While Same-Day Delivery Expansion and Cost Control Drive Retail Profitability
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director with The Futurum Group, analyzes Amazon’s Q4 2024 earnings, highlighting AWS growth amid supply constraints, the expansion of same-day delivery, and advertising monetization.

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