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Oracle Database Analyst Summit 2025 Oracle Raises its Database Game
Brad Shimmin
Brad Shimmin & Ron Westfall

Oracle Database Analyst Summit 2025: Oracle Raises its Database Game

Oracle, at Its Annual Oracle Database Analyst Summit, Showed Why It Is the Powerhouse for Optimizing Data Workloads in the AI Era
Futurum’s Brad Shimmin and Ron Westfall examine why Oracle is well-positioned to leverage its unique architectural approach to data management and cloud services to tackle evolving enterprise demand for more efficient data use and new ways of building enterprise software.
Smartsheet Enhances Enterprise Scability, Automation, Security
Keith Kirkpatrick

Will Smartsheet’s Product Investments Address Work Management Challenges?

Smartsheet Expands Enterprise Capabilities with Next-Gen Scalability, AI Automation, and Security Enhancements
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines Smartsheet’s enterprise enhancements in automation, scalability, and security and its positioning against Microsoft, Asana, and Monday.com.
Six Five Connected with Diana Blass: Why Liquid Cooling Now Extends to SSDs
Diana Blass
Diana Blass

Six Five Connected with Diana Blass: Why Liquid Cooling Now Extends to SSDs

In an insightful dialogue on Six Five Connected, industry leaders from Solidigm and Dell Technologies dive into the cutting-edge technology behind 122TB SSDs and their pivotal role in powering AI workloads efficiently.
Is Oracle’s AI Agent Studio the Missing Layer for Enterprise-Wide Automation?
Keith Kirkpatrick

Is Oracle’s AI Agent Studio the Missing Layer for Enterprise-Wide Automation?

Oracle Introduces a Platform to Design, Deploy, and Manage AI Agents Across Fusion Cloud at No Additional Cost to Users
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, analyzes Oracle’s AI Agent Studio, a platform enabling enterprise users to create, manage, and extend AI agents across Fusion Cloud Applications without added cost or complexity.
NBL100: Nokia Celebrates Bell Labs Innovation Powerhouse
Ron Westfall

NBL100: Nokia Celebrates Bell Labs Innovation Powerhouse

Nokia Bell Labs’ 100th Anniversary Created the Opportunity for Nokia CNS to Showcase How Collaboration with Bell Labs is Productizing Portfolio Innovation
Ron Westfall, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares insights on why Nokia CNS and Bell Labs are driving the portfolio innovation key to enable CSP and enterprise transformation of cloud, AI and automation, and monetization capabilities.
Can Synopsys and NVIDIA Redefine Chip Design Timelines with 30x Speed Gains?
Richard Gordon
Richard Gordon

Can Synopsys and NVIDIA Redefine Chip Design Timelines with 30x Speed Gains?

Synopsys Deepens NVIDIA Collaboration to Accelerate EDA Workloads on Grace Blackwell Platform
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead, Semiconductors at The Futurum Group, examines how Synopsys and NVIDIA aim to accelerate chip design with Grace Blackwell, targeting 30x EDA speedups and enhanced AI productivity.
Google Axion Challenges x86 in Cloud Workloads with Arm-Based Advantage
Richard Gordon
Richard Gordon

Google Axion Challenges x86 in Cloud Workloads with Arm-Based Advantage

Custom Arm Neoverse V2 Chip Posts Gains in AI, HPC, and General Compute Across C4A VMs
Richard Gordon, VP & Practice Lead, Semiconductors at The Futurum Group, unpacks Google Axion’s strong benchmarks across AI, HPC, and cloud workloads, showing how Google’s custom Arm CPU could reshape enterprise infrastructure.
Intel Vision 2025 Why Physical AI Beckons for Intel
Ron Westfall

Intel Vision 2025: Why Physical AI Beckons for Intel

Intel’s New CEO Lip-Bu Tan Spotlighted Physical AI and Its Importance at Intel Vision in Providing First Glimpses of His Unfolding Strategy
Ron Westfall, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares insights on why Intel possesses the key portfolio building blocks, such as AI accelerators, edge computing expertise, and a legacy of powering complex systems, to become an integral player in the nascent Physical AI market.
Google Cloud Next 2025: The Yellow Brick Road to AI Transformation
Mitch Ashley
Alex Smith
Keith Townsend
Nick Patience, Keith Kirkpatrick, Mitch Ashley, Alex Smith & Keith Townsend

Google Cloud Next 2025: The Yellow Brick Road to AI Transformation

Google’s AI Ambitions Expand Beyond the Cloud as It Builds an Interoperable Ecosystem for Agent Communication, Application Management, and On-Premises AI Deployment
Nick Patience, AI Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, shares his insights - along with those of colleagues - on Google’s Cloud Next 25 event, held last week in Las Vegas.
OpenText Expands Enterprise Automation with Titanium X and CE 25.2
Keith Kirkpatrick

OpenText Expands Enterprise Automation with Titanium X and CE 25.2

OpenText Releases Titanium X to Integrate AI Agents Across Business Clouds and Operational Functions
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines OpenText’s Titanium X rollout, which introduces AI agents across enterprise functions to support automation, security, and cloud-native.
Cloud Repatriation, AI Challenges and the Future of Enterprise Tech - Six Five Webcast - Infrastructure Matters
Camberley Bates
Dion Hinchcliffe
Keith Townsend
Camberley Bates, Dion Hinchcliffe & Keith Townsend

Cloud Repatriation, AI Challenges and the Future of Enterprise Tech – Six Five Webcast – Infrastructure Matters

Camberley Bates, Keith Townsend, and Dion Hinchcliffe delve into cloud repatriation, AI challenges, and the evolving dynamics of enterprise technology, offering valuable insights on the future of the sector.
The Six Five Pod | EP 257: Google Cloud Next, Tariff Tango, and the Market Whipsaw
Daniel Newman

The Six Five Pod | EP 257: Google Cloud Next, Tariff Tango, and the Market Whipsaw

On this episode of The Six Five Pod, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss Google Cloud's infrastructure advancements, IBM's new mainframe capabilities, and the potential impact of tariffs on tech companies, particularly Apple. The hosts debate the effectiveness of Trump's trade policies and explore how various tech sectors might fare amid economic uncertainty.
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