Insight Type: Market Coverage

January 15, 2025

Krista Case

Market Coverage

Cisco AI Defense: Checking the Reckless Charge Toward AI

Cisco AI Defense Uses AI to Enable Secure Access To, and Development Of, AI Applications

Krista Case, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares her insights on Cisco AI Defense.

AI Platforms, Cybersecurity & Resilience

January 14, 2025

Krista Case

Market Coverage

Commvault Streamlines Active Directory Recovery

Commvault Addresses the Rise of Identity-Based Attacks With Automated Active Directory Recovery, and the Ability to Protect Active Directory Alongside Entra ID

Krista Case, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares her insights on Commvault’s automated recovery of Active Directory forests.

Cybersecurity & Resilience

January 14, 2025

Ron Westfall

Market Coverage

Marvell Unveils CPO Innovations Prepared to Drive XPU Architecture Breakthroughs

Marvell Spotlights How Incorporation of Its CPO Technology Capabilities Can Accelerate XPU Architecture Innovation

Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores how Marvell’s CPO portfolio can play an integral role in further demystifying applying customization in the XPU architecture design process, incentivizing hyperscalers to develop custom XPUs that increase the density and performance of their AI servers.

AI Platforms, Data Center, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

January 10, 2025

Camberley Bates

Market Coverage

VAST Data 5.2: Advancing AI-Ready Storage with Performance and Resilience

A Transformative Update Bringing New Hardware Architecture, Enhanced Write Performance, and Innovative Data Management Solutions for Hyperscale and Enterprise Environments

Camberley Bates, Chief Technology Advisor at The Futurum Group, shares insights on VAST Data Version 5.2, highlighting the EBox architecture, enhanced write performance, and data resilience features designed to meet AI and hyperscale storage environments.

AI Platforms, Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure, Digital Leadership & CIO, Semiconductors, Supply Chain, & Emerging Tech

January 10, 2025

Camberley Bates

Market Coverage

Hitachi Vantara Updates and Reflection on This Past Year

A Closer Look At Hitachi Vantara’s Innovative Virtual Storage Platform One, Offering Scalable and Energy-Efficient Storage Solutions for Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Environments

Camberley Bates, Chief Technology Advisor at The Futurum Group, shares insights on Hitachi Vantara’s expanded hybrid cloud storage platform and the integration of all-QLC flash, object storage, and advanced cloud capabilities.

AI Platforms, Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure, Digital Leadership & CIO, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations, Sustainability, Markets, and Policy

January 3, 2025

Mitch Ashley

Market Coverage

GitHub Copilot Free Tier Aims to Propel GitHub Beyond 150 Million Developers

Can GitHub Copilot Free Fend Off Competition from Amazon Q Developer, Google Gemini Code Assist, and Microsoft’s Own Copilot Studio in the Hot AI Development Tool Market?

Mitch Ashley, VP and Practice lead, DevOps and AppDev at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on GitHub reaching 150 million developers and introducing a free tier of its popular GitHub Copilot AI development tool, aiming to expand its user base and move developers toward its paid Copilot Pro and other offerings. Mitch addresses the future commoditization of today’s AI offerings in the highly competitive software development market between titans GitHub, Google, AWS, and Atlassian.

AI Platforms, Software Lifecycle Engineering

January 3, 2025

Keith Kirkpatrick

Market Coverage

SAP Embeds AI Across SuccessFactors Suite: Transforming Workforce Management

Sap Integrates Advanced AI Capabilities Into Its SuccessFactors Suite, Focusing On Workforce Efficiency, Talent Development, and Enhanced Employee Experiences

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares insights on how AI-driven enhancements in the SuccessFactors Suite are improving workforce management with innovations such as the Talent Intelligence Hub and WalkMe integration.

AI Platforms, Digital Leadership & CIO, Enterprise Software, & Digital Workflows

January 2, 2025

Olivier Blanchard

Market Coverage

Google’s Android XR Platform: Ushering a New Era of Extended Reality

Google Partners With Samsung to Launch Android XR, Debuting on the Project Moohan Headset to Revolutionize Immersive Technologies

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines Google’s Android XR launch, focusing on its debut with Samsung’s Project Moohan, AI-powered Gemini features, and Android ecosystem integration.

AI Platforms, Digital Leadership & CIO, Enterprise Software, & Digital Workflows, Intelligent Devices

January 2, 2025

Daniel Newman & Six Five Media

Market Coverage

Agentforce 2.0 and the Future of SaaS – A Recap from The Six Five Webcast

Daniel Newman and Patrick Moorhead share insights on how agentic AI, showcased in Salesforce’s Agentforce 2.0, redefines enterprise workflows and how AI agents enhance operational efficiency while addressing data integration and security challenges.

AI Platforms, Enterprise Software, & Digital Workflows, Intelligent Devices

January 2, 2025

Daniel Newman & Six Five Media

Market Coverage

NVIDIA Faces China Antitrust Heat – A Recap from The Six Five Webcast

Daniel Newman and Patrick Moorhead discuss Broadcom’s AI networking surge, Marvell’s pivot to AI-driven infrastructure, and NVIDIA’s regulatory challenges in China and how these advancements and obstacles shape the future of tech innovation.

AI Platforms, Data Center, Data Intelligence, Analytics, & Infrastructure, Digital Leadership & CIO, Semiconductors, Supply Chain, & Emerging Tech

January 2, 2025

Daniel Newman

Market Coverage

Key Announcements from AWS, Intel, and More – A Recap from The Six Five Webcast

Daniel Newman and Patrick Moorhead examine AWS re:Invent’s latest AI innovations, Intel’s leadership shift, and advancements in enterprise tech from Pure Storage, Salesforce, Synopsys, and Marvell.