Archives: Insights

January 18, 2023

mdiamond@futurumresearch.com

Research Note

HP Announces New Dragonfly PCs to Address Hybrid Work

Futurum analyst Michael Diamond looks at HP’s recently announced updates to its HP Dragonfly product portfolio, which offers features that should resonate with hybrid workers and road warriors alike.

PCs and Devices, Workplace Collaboration

January 18, 2023

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Cisco IoT Control Center Provides Portfolio Warrant for More IoT Business Momentum in 2023

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Cisco IoT Control Center provides the foundation for Cisco to capitalize on the fast-growing global IoT market, particularly across major verticals and capabilities such as 5G private networks, connected cars, smart meters, predictive maintenance, fleet management, home security, and payment solutions.

5G, AI, Communications Networks, IoT, Machine Learning

January 18, 2023

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Ericsson Expands Private Networks Offerings with NetCloud Private Networks Add: Can It Help Ease CBRS Adoption?

Futurum’s Ron Westfall delves into why Ericsson Private Networks is now better positioned to meet the distinct requirements of enterprises seeking a software-defined solution with simpler management that can ease the adoption of CBRS spectrum in the build out and expansion of their private networks.

5G, Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

January 17, 2023

Daniel Newman

Analyst Insight

Cloudera Infuses Value Across Data Ecosystem with Innovative Open Data Lakehouse Approach

Futurum’s Daniel Newman and Ron Westfall explore how Cloudera is producing value in the data ecosystem with their innovative open data lakehouse approach, and why organizations that need to advance their data architectures should consider this solution.

AI, Data Management, Digital Transformation, Innovation

January 17, 2023

Sean Spradling

Research Note

Microsoft Set to Invest $10 billion in OpenAI — What That Could Mean for Enterprise Communications

Sean Spradling, senior analyst at Wainhouse Research, part of The Futurum Group family of companies, covers the recent whispers of Microsoft's potential $10 billion investment with OpenAI, the company who created ChatGPT, and how it has the potential to streamline enterprise communications.

January 17, 2023

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Mavenir and Open RAN Prospects Gain Sustainability Boost for 2023

Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why CSP sustainability initiatives, such as fulfilling government net zero emission targets and mandates, can help accelerate adoption of Open RAN in 2023 and beyond, and how Mavenir is well-positioned to take advantage of CSP sustainability priorities to advance ecosystem-wide Open RAN adoption.

5G, Automation, Communications Networks, Sustainability, Markets, and Policy

January 17, 2023

Shelly Kramer

Futurum Tech Webcast

How Open Source Facilitates Collaboration, Innovation, Speeds up the Development of New Tech and Helps Mitigate Risk

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, principal analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Danielle Shields, Head of Sales, Americas and Tim Steward, Principal Data Enterprise Architect for Fujitsu for a conversation on open source software and the value it can deliver, especially when organizations are focused on the speed of innovation. They also discuss Fujitsu’s Enterprise Postgres solution and the impact it’s having in the market.

Data Infrastructure

January 17, 2023

Daniel Newman

Main Scoop Webcast

The Main Scoop, Episode 06: Technology Investment Approaches for Top-Performing Companies

On this episode of The Main Scoop, co-hosts Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman are joined by Dr. Howard Rubin, Founder of Rubin Worldwide to discuss how organizations can apply risk and performance-based IT investment principles that maximize business outcomes.

Communications Networks

January 13, 2023

Craig Durr

Research Note

Sonical Announces The Creation Of An App Store For Headphones At CES 2023

Craig Durr, senior analyst at Wainhouse Research, part of The Futurum Group family of companies, covers Sonical’s announcement of the creation of an app store for headphones at CES 2023 and how this novel platform hopes to deliver on creating a hardware/OX combination that is easy for developers.

Digital Transformation, PCs and Devices

January 13, 2023

Daniel Root

Research Note

Apple Releases Freeform for Real-Time Digital Whiteboarding Across Mac, iPad, and iPhone Devices

Daniel Root, Senior Analyst with Wainhouse Research – part of The Futurum Group family of companies — covers Apple’s release Freeform, the company’s first digital whiteboard offering, and explores how he sees this impacting the visual collaboration market.

Digital Transformation, Workplace Collaboration

January 13, 2023

Ron Westfall

Research Note

Intel 4th Gen Xeon Scalable Processors, Max Series CPUs and GPUs Primed to Accelerate Data Center Performance and Capabilities

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why Intel’s new 4th Gen Xeon CPU cores and Max Series CPUs/GPUs in combination with an agile, vast array of built-in accelerators can deliver performance breakthroughs, efficiency advances, and new total cost of operation benefits throughout swiftly expanding and evolving network and edge environments. The new solutions underscore Intel’s commitment to a workload-first portfolio development strategy which bodes well for the company’s ongoing organization-wide turnaround mission.