Tag: Microsoft

Solution Provides an Open Approach to CRM Integration
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director with The Futurum Group, covers the general availability of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Contact Center, and discusses the features and potential impact of the solution on the CCaaS market.
The Six Five team discusses Our First Personal Impressions On Copilot+ PC
On this episode of The Six Five Webcast, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss Micron Q3FY24 earnings, their first personal impressions on Copilot+ PC, Google kills endless scroll, Lenovo AI announcements, Google updates Vertex AI, and Synopsys at DAC.
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares his notes about Apple’s recent AI partnership announcements and rumors, and frames how disruption of the competitive landscape in the Mobile and PC segments by next-gen on-device AI capabilities may have blindsided the tech giant.
The Six Five team discusses Copilot + PCs ship.
On this episode of The Six Five Webcast, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss HPE Discover 2024, Apple's halt on Vision Pro, Pure Storage Accelerate 2024, the 3 trillion battle - world’s most valuable companies, Dell Tech x.AI Ai deal, and Copilot + PCs ship.
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, digs into the market implications of the Copilot+ PC launch, including Microsoft vs Apple, Windows on Arm’s long-overdue big moment, the disruptive potential of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon X PC platform, and the threat it represents to Intel’s PC segment incumbency, and whether or not the PC segment is truly ready for new AI features and experiences.
Microsoft Scales Back Azure for Operators, Dell and Nokia Bolster Cloud RAN Alliance, and Ericsson Provides Perspective on P5G Boosting Airport Operations
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Tom Hollingsworth assess major 5G ecosystem developments including Microsoft’s dramatic scale back of Azure for Operators unit, Nokia and Dell strengthening their alliance to help accelerate Cloud RAN deployments, and Ericsson spotlight on how P5G can play integral role in streamlining airport operations.
Oracle and Google Cloud Boost Multi-Cloud Cause with Google Cloud Offering OCI Database Services and Interconnect with Oracle to Meet Huge Customer Demand
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens assess why OCI and Google Cloud entering their well-anticipated partnership gives customers the choice they prioritize to combine OCI and Google Cloud technologies, which can help accelerate their application migrations and modernization as well as improve business outcomes.
Oracle, Microsoft, and OpenAI Collaborate to Extend Microsoft Azure AI Platform to OCI to Ensure OpenAI Can Scale Fast-growing Massive LLM Training Demands
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens explore why the collaboration with OpenAI to extend the Microsoft Azure AI platform to OCI validates that Oracle Gen2 AI infrastructure, underscored by RDMA-fueled innovation, can support and scale the most demanding LLM/GenAI workloads with immediacy.
Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares his insights from Computex 2024 about the transition from traditional PCs to AI PCs, the market opportunity for Windows Copilot+ PCs, how Qualcomm, AMD, and Intel already look to be positioning themselves in the Copilot+ market, key benefits of Copilot+ PCs and individual platforms, and what to expect for the PC segment in the short and mid term.
The Six Five team discusses US investigates NVIDIA, Microsoft, and OpenAI.

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