Category: Workplace Collaboration

The Futurum Group VP & Practice Leader Steven Dickens offers his take on the latest from MongoDB. MongoDB is a developer-centric company that offers a comprehensive developer data platform designed to meet the evolving needs of modern applications. They have announced a partnership with Google Cloud to integrate generative AI capabilities and simplify software development. Additionally, MongoDB has introduced new capabilities for its MongoDB Atlas platform, including enhanced search, real-time event processing, and multi-cloud options, catering to organizations' demands for improved user experiences and operational efficiency. These developments demonstrate MongoDB's commitment to empowering developers and driving innovation in the industry.
The Futurum Group Industry Analyst, Michael Diamond shares his thoughts on the Lenovo ThinkSmart View Plus all-in-one collaboration device that is designed to help organizations offer collaboration solutions for huddle rooms, shared workspaces, home offices, executive offices, and more.
Mark Beccue, Research Director AI at The Futurum Group examines Zoom’s addition of generative AI-powered Zoom IQ features. Will they resonate? The piece explores how the collaboration space has become an early incubator for key generative AI use cases, text summarization and text generation, and the market drivers and barriers to those initiatives, as well as Zoom’s prospects for success with these features.
Craig M. Durr, senior analyst at The Futurum Group, covers Neat's groundbreaking expansion, introducing a new app platform and adaptable hardware to address the complexities of the modern workplace. Discover how these innovations promise to enhance flexibility, streamline collaboration, and foster creativity in the ever-evolving work environment.
Qualcomm, Schneider Electric, and Capgemini collaborate on advancing 5G private network innovation by replacing wired connections with wireless and unifying existing wireless connections, positioning 5G private networks to increasingly simplify and optimize digital technology deployment at scale throughout industrial sites such as automation of hoisting systems as well as emerging use cases focused on critical communications, augmented operator, and drones.
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers Zendesk’s acquisition of Tymeshift, an AI-powered workforce management solution built exclusively for Zendesk customers, which enables the improved management of agent workforce activity, productivity, and efficiency on a real-time basis.
Craig Durr, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, covers the introduction of Shure's MXA902 Integrated Conferencing Ceiling Array and its potential to revolutionize audio solutions in meeting rooms. The research note examines how the MXA902's advanced features and streamlined deployment can enhance collaboration and provide superior sound quality for organizations embracing hybrid work models.
Sean Spradling, Senior Analyst for Workplace Communication Platforms and Applications at The Futurum Group, examines Qualcomm’s recent announcement of the Video Collaboration Platform.
Mark Beccue, Research Director AI at The Futurum Group examines why AMD and Hugging Face team up to democratize AI compute. The piece explores why the partnership accelerates AMD’s market position in AI compute and how the broader AI compute market will benefit.
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall assesses why Marvell is advancing Automotive Ethernet innovation to fulfill the evolving demands of the software-defined vehicle era. Through the new Brightlane Q622x switch family, Marvell is enabling automakers to expedite their adoption of the central Automotive Ethernet technologies that are key to implementing zonal architectures, which reduce bill of materials space and cost in full accord with bandwidth breakthroughs and comprehensive security assurances.
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall examines why the collaboration between GlobalFoundries and Lockheed Martin directly benefits from the duo’s trusted partner status across the aerospace and defense industries, reaffirming the national security credentials of the partnership in reliably and securely providing the semiconductors vital to mission-critical security systems.
Daniel Newman, Chief Analyst and CEO and Mark Beccue, Research Director AI at The Futurum Group cover Oracle’s launch of enterprise-grade AI services with Cohere. The piece explores the impact Oracles’ generative AI initiative will have on introducing safe, enterprise-grade generative AI to the enterprise market.

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