Featured Person: Ron Westfall

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why Marvell’s new Secure Deterministic Ethernet solution can deliver the TSN capabilities, SoC integration efficiencies, built-in security, protected automation, portfolio driven place-in-network optimization, and software support critical to expediting OT/IT convergence, especially throughout the manufacturing and critical infrastructure market segments and how Marvell’s OEM partners can streamline and catalyze their customers’ journey to open, deterministic Ethernet-based networks.
In this research report, Futurum Research explores why Micron is very well-positioned to provide leading edge memory and storage solutions that are high bandwidth, low latency, and offer massive capacity to global smartphone OEMs for use in their devices and how Micron offers the depth and breadth of memory and storage solutions that are purpose-built to serve all tiers of the smartphone ecosystem, including flagship, high-end and mid-range smartphones.
Futurum’s Daniel Newman and Ron Westfall examine Lenovo’s second quarter 2022/23 and why they believe the company is making the right strategic choices and investment priorities, resulting in the diversified growth engines that have enabled it to handle challenging global conditions and further grow key portfolio areas such as non-PC business.
Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the new Netcracker Fiber Cloud Solution augments its extensive cloud OSS/BSS portfolio and cloud deployment experience to counter solutions from top-tier rivals as well as attain differentiation by enabling wholesale fiber operators and their partners to swiftly take advantage of open environments to create compelling fiber-based services.
Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Oracle Database 23c “App Simple” is the first commercial database in the industry to support analytical and operational graphs while standardizing on SQL/PGQ and how JSON Relational Duality sets out to simplify application development by allowing data to be used simultaneously as application-friendly JSON documents and as database-friendly relational tables.
Futurum’s Daniel Newman and Ron Westfall assess Juniper’s financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 and why they believe Juniper’s adjustments toward improving its overall supply chain picture can help the company fulfill its financial forecast and how its Cloud Metro initiative plays to portfolio strengths in cloud and cybersecurity capabilities helping to pave the way for enduring financial and competitive success.
Futurum’s Daniel Newman and Ron Westfall assess Intel’s financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 and why they believe the company is executing the strategy required to improve its overall financial situation, including focus on driving $3 billion in cost reductions in 2023, growing to $8 billion to $10 billion in annualized cost reductions and efficiency gains by the end of 2025, as well as making long game moves to boost prospects in key areas such as IFS and x86.
Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines the implications of the evolving Qualcomm and Vodafone partnership in advancing commercial 5G Open RAN deployments, particularly in Europe, by testing and developing 5G Open RAN Infrastructure solutions powered by the Qualcomm X100 5G RAN Accelerator Card and the Qualcomm QRU100 5G RAN Platform.
Futurum analysts Daniel Newman and Ron Westfall explore T-Mobile’s financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 and why its attainment of highest ever postpaid account net additions as well as postpaid and broadband growth that continue to outflank Verizon and AT&T paves the way for the Un-Carrier to raise guidance for the third time in 2022 and provide the foundation for T-Mobile for Business to achieve substantial revenue upside.
Futurum’s Ron Westfall and Daniel Newman examine Google’s parent company Alphabet's financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2022 and why they believe that ongoing investments in Google Cloud can yield long-term strategic benefits and adeptly positioned to handle the global economic headwinds that are expected over the next year, especially as belt-tightening and reform measures are implemented.
In our latest research brief, Smartphone Innovation Surge Fueling Demand for Higher Capacity, Purpose-Built Internal Memory and Storage — done in partnership with Micron — explores the megatrends defining the evolution of today’s mobile connectivity, while also exploring the technology that enables the next-generation experiences consumers are demanding.
Futurum’s Ron Westfall and Daniel Newman evaluate the x86 architecture and why they believe it enables organizations to swiftly adapt to changing business requirements, including the ability to maximize microprocessor architecture outcomes based on major evaluation factors such as overall performance, testing & amp, validation assurances, and industry standards leadership.

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