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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 first episode of this three-part series, in which regulators challenged the company’s technology licensing model. Under the guise of investigating potential “anti-competitive” behavior, the Chinese, Taiwanese, Korean, Japanese, and European equivalents of the United States’ FTC all took turns attempting to paint Qualcomm’s technology licensing and/or business practices as anti-competitive, when they, in fact, were not.
Futurum Research Principal Analyst Daniel Newman and Senior Analyst Steven Dickens provide their take on the recent announcements coming out of IBM on the reshuffle of its executive leadership ranks. The announcements need to be seen in the wider context of the holistic transformation IBM is undertaking in all parts of its business as it plans to return to growth and market leadership status.
Futurum’s Shelly Kramer shares insights on the cancellation of Microsoft’s DOD JEDI contract win, how Amazon’s tenacity paid off, and how changing times mean changing cloud needs for the government. Which is where the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability (JWCC), a multi-cloud/multi-vendor Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, comes in.
Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens provides his analysis of the most recent supply chain ransomware attack that has affected thousands of businesses globally over the July 4th weekend.
Qualcomm and Capgemini expand their alliance to boost 5G private network capabilities for industries including providing broader interworking assurances, boosting performance, and easing implementations. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Qualcomm and Capgemini strengthen their competitive foundation to take advantage of burgeoning 5G private network demand and meeting the distinct use case requirements of industry verticals.
In this new episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series, Futurum co-founder Daniel Newman talks with SAP’s Tom Madonna about the changes we are seeing in the automotive industry and the technologies and strategies that can make a difference for retailers, dealers, and OEMs.
HPE announced the acquisition of Zerto, a cloud data management and protection company, in a strategic move aimed at delivering the most robust recovery as-a-service solution in the industry. Futurum’s Steven Dickens shares his insights on the acquisition as well as the potential impact on the hybrid cloud storage marketplace.
Netcracker and NEC announced the deployment of NEC’s 5G Core and Netcracker’s full stack Digital BSS/OSS on AWS to orchestrate and automate 5G digital services and how 5G services and network slices can be ordered on demand from Netcracker’s Digital Marketplace. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the three-way partnership using Netcracker orchestration systems bolsters and assures the dynamic placement of 5G workloads across AWS Local Zones as well as the 5G ecosystem and competitive implications of the trio’s alliance.
Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard covers Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 888+ 5G Mobile Platform, a mid-year upgrade to its flagship Snapdragon 888, which it had just introduced in December. Improvements include boosted CPU clock speeds and significant AI engine performance, blistering 7.5 Gbps x60 modem, triple ISPs, up to 200 MP photo capture, 8K video capture, and all of Qualcomm’s Elite Gaming features.
Futurum’s Steven Dickens analyzes first half 2021 results for Micro Focus and finds encouraging news on the company's strategic focus on three year back end transformation and the forging of encouraging partnerships. Micro Focus is focused on explosive growth areas of the market so should be one to watch as they continue to deliver on operational execution.
In this new episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, Futurum co-founder Daniel Newman talks with Intel’s Caroline Chan about some of the announcements Intel made during MWC 2021.
Just how important is personalization? In this year's annual Twilio Segment report, first released in 2017, the opinions of nearly 3,000 consumers and business decision makers, showed that personalization has become a “basic expectation” among consumers. A dive into the state of personalization.

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