Archives: Insights

September 19, 2024

Paul Nashawaty & Steven Dickens

Research Note

The Growing Need for FinOps: Tackling Cloud Cost Complexity amid AI and Cloud-Native Proliferation

Managing Cloud Costs Amid AI and Cloud-Native Adoption

Paul Nashawaty and Steven Dickens of The Futurum Group cover IBM's acquisition of Kubecost, a cost monitoring and management tool for Kubernetes, marking a step toward providing a comprehensive cost management platform for cloud-native applications.

Application Development and Modernization, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

September 18, 2024

Krista Case

Research Note

Veeam Acquires Alcion, Appoints Niraj Tolia as CTO

Veeam Makes a Strategic Move to Enhance Positioning in Next-Generation, AI-Driven Cyber Resilience

Krista Case, Research Director at The Futurum Group, covers Veeam’s acquisition of Alcion and its appointment of Niraj Tolia as CTO. The move will strengthen its AI cyber resilience capabilities.

Cloud, Cybersecurity, Data Protection

September 18, 2024

Krista Case

Research Note

Google Expands Cloud Backup Services with Vault for Secure Data Retention

Google’s New Vault Offering Enhances Its Cloud Backup Services, Addressing Compliance, Scalability, and Disaster Recovery

Krista Case, Research Director at The Futurum Group, offers insights on Google Cloud’s new vault offering and how this strategic move enhances data protection, compliance, and cyber recovery, positioning Google against competitors such as AWS and Azure.

Cloud, Data Management, Data Protection

September 18, 2024

Keith Kirkpatrick

Research Note

Oracle Announces New AI-Powered Features for Fusion Apps

Capabilities Focus on Helping Customers Execute Tasks and Surface Timely Insights

Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director with The Futurum Group, shares his insights on Oracle’s Fusion Applications innovations announced at CloudWorld, and discusses the company’s key challenges.

AI, Enterprise Applications, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

September 17, 2024

Ron Westfall

Research Note

OCW24: Oracle Unveils OCI ZPR to Simplify Cloud Security

OCI Zero Trust Packet Routing Zeros in on Enabling Organizations to Minimize Data Breaches by Decoupling Network Configuration from Network Security

Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why newly proposed OCI ZPR technology can usher in a new era of network security across multi-cloud environments by decoupling security policies from the complexities of network configurations and simplifying security policy management.

AI and Data Analytics, Cybersecurity, Data Center, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

September 17, 2024

Olivier Blanchard

Research Note

Microsoft Expands Commercial Copilot+ Roster with 5G-Capable Surface Laptops

Microsoft Turns Its Sights to the Commercial PC Segment With a New Set of Surface Copilot+ Laptops and 5G Integration

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, provides an overview of Microsoft’s latest Surface Copilot+ PC announcements aimed at the commercial PC segments, and why 5G integration makes more sense in that segment than in the consumer side of the Surface ecosystem.

AI, Computing, Devices, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technologies

September 17, 2024

Olivier Blanchard

Research Note

New Snapdragon X Plus 8-core AI PC Processor Punches Above Its Weight

Qualcomm’s New Mainstream-Tier Snapdragon X Plus 8-Core AI PC Processor May Be the Key to Scale for Copilot+ Windows-On-Arm Adoption

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, discusses why Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X Plus 8-core AI PC processor, unveiled at IFA Berlin, could be the scale and adoption accelerator MVP that the Copilot+ Windows-on-Arm AI PC segment needs as the PC refresh cycle begins to gather momentum.

AI, Computing, Devices, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technologies

September 17, 2024

Dion Hinchcliffe

Futurum Intelligence

Futurum Predicts Revenue for Enterprise Applications Vendors in State of the Market Report: Enterprise Software (Core Business Apps), 2024

The need for scalable, cloud-based enterprise applications has grown rapidly, driven by the demand for integrated platforms that unify different business areas – firmly establishing the top 5 enterprise application vendors in 2024.

The need for scalable, cloud-based enterprise applications has grown rapidly, driven by the demand for integrated platforms that unify different business areas - firmly establishing the top 5 enterprise application vendors in 2024.

CRM, Enterprise Applications

September 17, 2024

Steven Dickens

Research Note

AWS’s £8 Billion UK Investment: A Strategic Move Amid Sovereign Cloud Growth

AWS Invests £8 Billion in the UK, Focusing on Sovereign Cloud and Compliance

Steven Dickens at The Futurum Group highlights AWS's £8 billion UK investment as a strategic move to address the rising demand for sovereign cloud solutions in highly regulated sectors such as financial services. He emphasizes that this expansion reflects the broader trend of hyperscalers increasing their focus on data sovereignty and compliance, particularly in Europe.

Data Center, Hybrid Cloud, Infrastructure, and Operations

September 17, 2024

Olivier Blanchard

Research Note

Lenovo Picks Up Copilot+ Momentum with New Consumer PC Releases

Lenovo Announces New Consumer Copilot+ AI PCs Powered by Snapdragon, Ryzen, and Core Ultra Processors at Lenovo Innovation World in Berlin

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, highlights Lenovo’s new consumer Copilot+ AI PC launches at the IFA show in Berlin, which for the first time includes processors from all three Windows PC semiconductor giants: Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm.