Category: Sustainability, Markets, and Policy

Futurum principal analyst Daniel Newman discusses how Congress coming to an impasse with the proposed CHIPS Act may set Intel back nearly $100 billion as the development of their new U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturer could come to a pause.
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer covers the launch of Honeywell’s Carbon & Energy Management Software, designed to be the centerpiece of the company’s Sustainable Buildings portfolio. The cloud-based service, available as part of the Honeywell Forge platform for data, analytics, and IoT capabilities, was announced this week at Honeywell’s HUG Symposium in Phoenix.
Futurum Research analyst Todd R. Weiss looks at how Amazon and Alphabet are ramping up their fight against a “self-preferencing” bill in the U.S. Congress that seeks to rein in Big Tech marketplace influence in online search and sales.
Futurum Analyst in Residence Jared Klee analyzes the proposed bipartisan Lummis-Gillibrand bill for cryptocurrencies and considers the comprehensiveness of the bill and the thoughtful approach of its provisions and concludes that although unlikely to pass in its current form, it nonetheless establishes a strong foundation for the ultimate legislation.
Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines the implications of the $150 million fine imposed on Twitter for data privacy violations by the U.S. FTC including diminishing user trust in the social media platform’s adherence to data privacy expectations and guidelines as well as how Elon Musk’s pending takeover could restore trust levels by taking the company private and making its codebase open source.
Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss looks at Honeywell’s new Emissions Control & Reduction Initiative offering, which aims to help customers enact their own carbon neutrality and ESG initiatives using a helping hand from Honeywell technologies as a starting point.
Futurum Analyst in Residence Jared Klee analyzes Ripple’s $100 million commitment to global carbon and considers Ripple’s multiyear commitment to carbon neutrality, the many partnerships the company’s is striking as it attempts to lift the entire ecosystem, and how the approach contrasts with the rhetoric-heavy action-light announcements around proof of work blockchains.
On this episode of The Six Five – Insiders Edition host Daniel Newman is am joined by Julia White, SAP's Chief Marketing Officer, Head of Marketing for a conversation around digital cloud, ERP and other SAP solutions.
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer and Futurum junior analyst Lauren Kirkpatrick take a look at Microsoft’s upcoming release of Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability offering scheduled for GA on June 1st, and designed to help organizations accelerate their sustainability progress, regardless of where they are in their sustainability journeys.
Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why Spectrum Enterprise is deftly capitalizing on the resurgence across the hotel and travel industry in the post-pandemic era by promoting its smart hotel managed services offering and the sustainability and security benefits that smart hotel tech can provide hotel organizations.

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