Tag: TCO

Can Zoho’s Nathu La Server Redefine Enterprise Stack Sovereignty and TCO for AI
June 12, 2026

Can Zoho’s Nathu La Server Redefine Enterprise Stack Sovereignty and TCO for AI?

The Futurum Group’s Keith Kirkpatrick and Brad Shimmin share their insights on Zoho’s Nathu La server, and discuss the impact on the SaaS market, end customers, and Zoho’s competitors....
AI Inference: Enterprise Infrastructure and Strategic Imperatives
January 27, 2026

AI Inference: Enterprise Infrastructure and Strategic Imperatives

In our latest Market Report, AI Inference: Enterprise Infrastructure and Strategic Imperatives, completed in partnership with Lenovo, Futurum Research examines the growth of AI inference, the shift toward hybrid/edge deployment,...
Dell’s Strategic Convergence How Innovation in Sustainable Product Design Delivers Quantifiable ROI and Reduced TCO
December 9, 2025

Dell’s Strategic Convergence: How Innovation in Sustainable Product Design Delivers Quantifiable ROI and Reduced TCO

In our latest market brief, Dell’s Strategic Convergence: How Innovation in Sustainable Product Design Delivers Quantifiable ROI and Reduced TCO, completed in partnership with Dell Technologies, Futurum Research explores how...
Equipping Modern IT Infrastructure Strategies with StorMagic SvHCI for Enterprise Edge and SMBs
December 10, 2024

Equipping Modern IT Infrastructure Strategies with StorMagic SvHCI for Enterprise Edge and SMBs

In this Futurum research paper, Equipping Modern IT Infrastructure Strategies with StorMagic SvHCI for Enterprise Edge and SMBs we assess the market challenges driving the demand for new enterprise edge...
Compressing Storage Costs: How Modern Solutions can Lower TCO - Six Five On the Road
October 21, 2024

Compressing Storage Costs: How Modern Solutions can Lower TCO – Six Five On the Road

Tom Nagelmeyer and John Nicholson, Product Marketing Engineers at Broadcom, join Mitch Lewis and Camberley Bates to share their insights on how modern storage solutions are revolutionizing the way businesses...
The Economics of Disaggregated Private Cloud Storage
July 15, 2024

The Economics of Disaggregated Private Cloud Storage

The Signal65 study evaluated the overall economics of a VCF environment deployed with disaggregated vSAN storage compared to the same environment deployed with a leading SAN array. To create an...
Lenovo’s New ThinkCentre Desktops Showcase On-Device AI Improvements
April 25, 2024

Lenovo’s New ThinkCentre Desktops Showcase On-Device AI Improvements

Olivier Blanchard, Research Director at The Futurum Group, shares his insights about Lenovo’s decision to lean into on-device AI’s system improvement value proposition for the enterprise....
Azure Native Qumulo TCO Report
November 8, 2023

Azure Native Qumulo TCO Report

Our latest report, the Azure Native Qumulo TCO Report-- done in partnership with Qumulo-- explores the TCO analysis of Qumulo’s Azure Native Qumulo (ANQ) managed cloud service to examine its...
Talking Cloud Cost Economics with Senior Strategist Randy Kerns - Infrastructure Matters, Episode 16
October 18, 2023

Talking Cloud Cost Economics with Senior Strategist Randy Kerns – Infrastructure Matters, Episode 16

The Futurum Group’s Randy Kerns and Krista Macomber discuss how to most cost-effectively use cloud infrastructure based on deep economic analysis and engagements with IT practitioners....
December 6, 2022

5G Factor Video Research Note: Qualcomm and Vodafone Strengthen Alliance to Spur and Commercialize Open RAN Builds in Europe

Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine why Qualcomm and Vodafone joint solution designs aimed at catalyzing Open RAN deployments in Europe are ready to improve power consumption performance to reduce...
October 10, 2022

Nokia Uses SaaS to Spur Fixed Networks Portfolio Availability and Innovation

Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Nokia’s SaaS for Fixed Networks portfolio offer can accelerate fixed broadband deployments, especially fiber builds in the U.S. market, due to the significant expansion of...

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