Category: Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure

Facebook to Rival AWS, Microsoft, and Google in the Public Cloud?
July 30, 2024

Facebook to Rival AWS, Microsoft, and Google in the Public Cloud?

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...
Marvell Pumps up the Teralynx 10 Ethernet Switch Volume
July 29, 2024

Marvell Pumps up the Teralynx 10 Ethernet Switch Volume

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...
Juniper Debuts Ops4AI and JVDs to Spur Ecosystem-wide Adoption of AI
July 26, 2024

Juniper Debuts Ops4AI and JVDs to Spur Ecosystem-wide Adoption of AI

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...
Google Cloud - Q2 Earnings Deep Dive
July 26, 2024

Google Cloud – Q2 Earnings Deep Dive

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...
Microsoft's Central US Azure Outage: What Went Wrong?
July 23, 2024

Microsoft’s Central US Azure Outage: What Went Wrong?

Steven Dickens, Chief Technology Advisor at The Futurum Group, noted that last week's major outage in Microsoft's Central US region severely disrupted multiple Azure services, including Virtual Machines and Cosmos...
The CrowdStrike Outage - A Detailed Post-Mortem
July 22, 2024

The CrowdStrike Outage – A Detailed Post-Mortem

The Futurum Group team assesses how the global impact of the recent CrowdStrike IT outage has underscored the critical dependency of various sectors on cybersecurity services, and how this incident...
Morpheus Unified Management for Multi-Cloud Platform Choice
July 22, 2024

Morpheus Unified Management for Multi-Cloud Platform Choice

Alastair Cooke, CTO Advisor at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on Morpheus Data’s Cloud Field Day 20 presentation. Morpheus enables multi-cloud platform choice for large enterprises....
Japan, Floppy Disks, and a Perspective on Data and Transformations
July 19, 2024

Japan, Floppy Disks, and a Perspective on Data and Transformations

Steve Dickens and Camberley Bates of The Futurum Group examine the lessons to be learned from Japan’s long history with floppy disks and digital transformation....
Communications Networks June 2024 Monthly Market Snapshot Report
July 19, 2024

Communications Networks June 2024 Monthly Market Snapshot Report

Ron Westfall, Research Director of The Futurum Group, examines the top communications networks market and technology moves announced in June 2024....
CrowdStrike IT Outage: Critical Global Impact and Implications for Cybersecurity
July 19, 2024

CrowdStrike IT Outage: Critical Global Impact and Implications for Cybersecurity

Steven Dickens and Shira Rubinoff from The Futurum Group analyze the recent CrowdStrike IT outage, highlighting its extensive global impact on various industries and the critical lessons for businesses. They...

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