Category: Hybrid Cloud & Infrastructure

Will NVIDIA Investment Accelerate Marvell’s XPU Growth?
April 2, 2026

Will NVIDIA Investment Accelerate Marvell’s XPU Growth?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, reviews the NVIDIA-Marvell NVLink Fusion partnership, showing how heterogeneous AI infrastructure, custom silicon, and optical networking reshape ecosystem control and enterprise deployment flexibility....
Will Starcloud’s Orbital Data Centers Solve NVIDIA’s Terrestrial Energy Crisis?
April 2, 2026

Will Starcloud’s Orbital Data Centers Solve NVIDIA’s Terrestrial Energy Crisis?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights on how Starcloud's $170M Series A funding validates the shift toward orbital data centers. As terrestrial power grids strain, space-based AI inference...
IBM Pushes Voice AI Into watsonx. Can It Drive Enterprise Adoption
March 31, 2026

IBM Pushes Voice AI Into watsonx. Can It Drive Enterprise Adoption?

Nick Patience, VP and AI Practice Lead at Futurum, examines IBM ElevenLabs voice AI integration and how it enables multilingual, secure, voice-first AI agents within watsonx Orchestrate for enterprise workflows....
SpaceX IPO 2026: Trillion-Dollar Bet or Regulatory Minefield?
March 30, 2026

SpaceX IPO 2026: Trillion-Dollar Bet or Regulatory Minefield?

SpaceX's anticipated 2026 IPO could value the company above $350 billion, testing whether public markets can price a vertically integrated space-and-connectivity giant amid regulatory and geopolitical challenges....
Will Supermicro's Legal Crisis Shift Server Market Share to New Dell and HPE GPU Platforms?
March 27, 2026

Will Supermicro’s Legal Crisis Shift Server Market Share to New Dell and HPE GPU Platforms?

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, shares insights on how Supermicro's export crisis creates a GPU allocation opening for Dell and HPE, reshaping the AI server competitive landscape post-NVIDIA GTC...
Does RSA's Microsoft Alliance Signal a New Passwordless Standard for the Enterprise?
March 26, 2026

Does RSA’s Microsoft Alliance Signal a New Passwordless Standard for the Enterprise?

Arm's $15 Billion CPU Opportunity Hinges on Agentic Data Center Design
March 26, 2026

Arm’s $15 Billion CPU Opportunity Hinges on Agentic Data Center Design

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum Research, analyzes Arm's AGI CPU launch, the company's first production silicon in 35 years, and what the dual revenue model means for the data...
Can Infosys and Nottingham’s Digital Push Set a New Standard for UK Higher Ed IT?
March 26, 2026

Can Infosys and Nottingham’s Digital Push Set a New Standard for UK Higher Ed IT?

Will Rubrik-Microsoft Defender Alliance Redefine AI-Driven Data Security?
March 25, 2026

Will Rubrik-Microsoft Defender Alliance Redefine AI-Driven Data Security?

Mistral Forge Takes Aim at RAG. But Who Actually Needs Custom Models
March 25, 2026

Mistral Forge Takes Aim at RAG. But Who Actually Needs Custom Models?

Nick Patience, AI Platforms Practice Lead at Futurum, examines Mistral Forge, a custom enterprise AI model training platform, and argues that while its approach is sound, the addressable market may...
Marvell's XConn Buy Yields a Two-Pronged Open Fabric Play Against NVLink
March 23, 2026

Marvell’s XConn Buy Yields a Two-Pronged Open Fabric Play Against NVLink

Brendan Burke, Research Director at Futurum, analyzes Marvell's dual PCIe 6.0 and CXL 3.0 switch launches from its XConn acquisition and what they mean for the open fabric challenge to...

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Benjamin Brown, VP Custom Research, Futurum Research

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VP, Custom Research · The Futurum Group

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