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Daniel Newman

You Inspire Me – The Six Five Webcast

On this episode of The Six Five Webcast, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss the tech news stories that made headlines this week including updates from the latest Microsoft Inspire event, Intel's possible acquisition of GlobalFoundries and more topics you won't want to miss.
Steven Dickens

IBM Storage Adds Enhanced Data Protection to FlashSystem Showing a Focus on Security, Ransomware, and Storage

Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his analysis of IBM Storage announcements today, which reflect the company’s addition of enhanced data protection to Flash System, showing a focus on security, ransomware, and storage. While the company has some catching up to do, this focus on data protection and a Storage-as-a-Service offering is clearly important to clients and prospects
36 States Sue Google Over Aggressive Terms As Big Tech Remains In Focus
Daniel Newman

36 States Sue Google Over Aggressive Terms As Big Tech Remains In Focus

This summer has seen a wave of antitrust lawsuits and proposed bills targeting Big Tech—and there are no signs of slowing. Google is now the target of 36 states that are suing the company for its aggressive app store terms.
Russ Fellows

Storage Performance for Cloud Native Applications

Ron Westfall

ADTRAN Delivers the Right Combo-nation to Energize Worldwide 10G PON Deployments

ADTRAN’s Combo PON technology is playing an integral role in advancing multi-gigabit broadband adoption across the world including the amassing of over 100 operator deals such as U.S.-based cable operator Armstrong committing to a 10G full-fiber strategy using ADTRAN’s XGS-PON solution. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why ADTRAN’s Combo PON technology is well-matched for the broadband demands of post-pandemic society and how 10G-capable fiber access networks will ultimately prevail in winning fixed access battles against competing technologies like cable HFC.
Steven Dickens

IBM Systems Has A Tough Quarter, But That Is Not The Whole Story

Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the Q2 2021 results for IBM Systems. The headline results on the surface look troubling for Systems, however given the product life cycles of IBM Z and Power, and tough comparisons against Q2 2020, the business did surprisingly well and shows areas of growth and penetration in the marketplace.
Daniel Newman

IBM Posts Strong Quarter With Best Data Found In Between the Lines

IBM posted its best quarter in three years, but its data required a deeper look in between the lines to see where double-digit growth lies.
Olivier Blanchard
Olivier Blanchard

The Great Siege of Qualcomm: How Three Waves of Assaults on Qualcomm from 2013 to 2020 Helped Strengthen U.S. Technology Leadership – Part Two

Who tried to take down Qualcomm? What were they after? Why didn’t they prevail? What does Qualcomm’s resilience mean for the future? These are the questions that Futurum Senior Analyst, Olivier Blanchard, dives into in the second episode of this 3-part series, in which Apple weaponized the courts in an attempt to weaken the value of Qualcomm’s technology portfolio, and Broadcom took advantage of a moment of perceived vulnerability to try and acquire Qualcomm outright. Both Apple and Broadcom would ultimately fail.
Olivier Blanchard
Olivier Blanchard

Meet RFFE – A Critical Piece in the 5G Puzzle

What is Radio frequency front end (RFFE), and what part does this critical mobile technology play in delivering advanced RF-Modem systems? These are just the first two answers that Futurum senior analyst Olivier Blanchard answers in this three-part series about how RFFE is already solving the growing engineering complexities of 5G, perhaps chief among them how to elegantly solve mmWave challenges, deliver high performance solutions like Qualcomm’s X65 modem-RF system, and provide high speed, low latency connectivity to mobile devices, vehicles, and IOT devices.
Daniel Newman

Zoom to Acquire Five9: Turns its Focus on the Contact Center

New broke this weekend that Zoom is going horizontal, turning its attention to the contact center, acquiring Five9 for nearly $15 billion.
Shelly Kramer

Windows 365 and Cloud PC: Microsoft’s Cloud-Based Version of Windows OS

At its recent Inspire event, Microsoft announced Windows 365 and Cloud PC offering. Futurum’s Shelly Kramer walks through the benefits of the offering and highlights security as one of the most attractive features. For more of her insights, check out the article.
Shelly Kramer

PROS Launches New SaaS Editions of Pricing Platform

PROS launches new SaaS editions of pricing platform, helping solve some serious challenges in the omnichannel commerce world. Futurum’s Shelly Kramer takes a look at the newest PROS offerings and breaks down how AI-powered price optimization and price configurating for quoting can deliver some serious benefits.
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