How do you know if you’re making the right IT investments for business growth? 🚀 The Main Scoop hosts Daniel Newman and Broadcom ’s Greg Lotko are joined by Dr. Howard Rubin , Co-Founder and CEO of Rubin Worldwide , to look at the critical importance of technology selection in economic outcomes for businesses. Dr. Rubin explores optimizing technology investments to enhance ROI, scalability, and alignment with evolving business objectives. Key topics include 👇 Hot IT spending trends: Including ...
Jan 14, 2025•23 min
With an observability strategy, businesses can quickly cut through the noise to see key actionable insights. In this episode of The Main Scoop, Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman are joined by Brett Dawson , Principal Mainframe OS Systems Programmer at Fidelity Investments , to discuss observability and how it fits in with AI and hybrid IT strategies.
Dec 03, 2024•24 min
On this episode of The Main Scoop, Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman sit down with Dr. Gloria Chance , founder and CEO of The Mousai Group , to discuss the current posturing of DEI initiatives across the technology industry, why diverse perspectives are key for creating non-biased AI models, and the importance of belonging and inclusivity.
Oct 01, 2024•24 min
In this episode of The Main Scoop, Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman sit down with Barry Wordell , Head and Global GTM for Sales and Strategy at Microsoft , to discuss the importance of leveraging both cloud and mainframe strengths for an effective hybrid strategy.
Sep 10, 2024•23 min
On this episode of the Six Five Podcast Infrastructure Matters, host Steven Dickens is joined by Astadia 's Chairman and CEO Scott Silk , for a conversation on strategies for successful mainframe modernization. Astadia is at the forefront of helping organizations transition from legacy mainframe systems to modern cloud-based solutions, facilitating greater agility and efficiency. Their discussion covers: The current landscape of mainframe modernization and its importance for businesses. Challeng...
Sep 03, 2024•17 min
In this episode of Enterprising Insights, Futurum Group Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick provides a preview of his fall conference schedule, focusing on the events he will be attending, the key items he hopes to learn, and how these developments may impact the enterprise applications market. He will then move to the Rant or Rave segment, where he picks one item in the market, and either champions or criticizes it.
Aug 29, 2024•32 min
In this episode of Marketing: Art & Science CMO advisor and host Lisa Martin welcomes business leader and CMO of NetApp , Gabie Boko . In their engaging conversation, Gabie shares with us her background, double clicks on what stakeholders want from B2B marketing leaders, how she's using data to pull the levers of art and science in marketing, and how NetApp marketing is leaning into generative AI. Their discussion covers: Gabie Boko shares her career journey, her role at NetApp, and how mark...
Aug 28, 2024•29 min
On this episode of Infrastructure Matters, Steven Dickens is joined by IBM's Chris Berry , Distinguished Engineer - Processor Development, and Susan Eickhoff , Director, IBM Z Processor Development for a conversation on the latest AI acceleration innovations unveiled by IBM at the Hot Chips conference. Their discussion covers: The key features of IBM's new processor developments. The impact of AI acceleration on business applications. The role of IBM's technology in advancing computational power...
Aug 26, 2024•19 min
In episode 51 of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates discuss the latest developments in the data infrastructure industry, with a focus on the Future of Memory and Storage Summit (FMS). They highlight the importance of the tech stack for AI, the challenges faced by Intel, and the growing role of companies like Palantir and Cloudera in managing and curating data for AI applications. The episode also touches on Camberley's involvement in promoting women in the tech indu...
Aug 14, 2024•26 min
In episode 50 of Infrastructure Matters, Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates discuss recent earnings reports and trends in the infrastructure sector. They focus on Amazon Web Services' (AWS) impressive growth, Commvault's strong financial performance, Intel's strategic challenges and changes, and Kyndryl's turnaround efforts. The episode also highlights recent announcements from Veeam and Splunk, and new developments from Google in AI and data management. Key Points: AWS Growth: AWS reported $26....
Aug 07, 2024•31 min
In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens, and Krista Case discuss various topics including Krista's recent wedding, the CrowdStrike outage, and its implications on cybersecurity, Microsoft's East Coast Azure outage, and the recent earnings reports of IBM and Google Cloud. Krista emphasizes the importance of cyber resiliency and the need for a robust recovery plan. Steven and Camberley highlight the significance of multi-vendor strategies to mitigate risks ...
Jul 31, 2024•31 min
In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick discusses Salesforce’s announcement on what it says is the world’s first LLM benchmark for CRM. He discusses the elements of the benchmark, why it’s important, and assesses whether the market will start to see other benchmarks from SaaS companies or third parties begin to come to market. Then, as always, Kirkpatrick will rant or rave about an item in the market, this time focusing on the lack of transparency around the collection o...
Jul 31, 2024•20 min
Observe, Inc CEO, Jeremy Burton , joins CMO Advisor and Host Lisa Martin on this episode of "Marketing: Art & Science". In this conversation, Jeremy shares his CEO-level perspectives and expectations of the marketing function, as he's held several signifiant CMO and CEO roles. He also discusses just how the marketing function differs at early stage companies compared to larger, public companies, and what his expectations are of marketing as a strategic business partner. Their discussion cove...
Jul 30, 2024•35 min
On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by Guy Currier, VP & CTO of Visible Impact at The Futurum Group and Scott King, Managing Partner at Sprinter Associates for a discussion on the impacts of outsourcing skill gaps. Our conversation covers: Challenges and complexity, tech stack issues, and the impacts of skill gap issues 34% of organizations indicated that they would like to use managed services How vendors enable service delivery partners and enable t...
Jul 30, 2024•16 min
In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick discusses the state of Omnichannel Communications, delving into some statistics around the current utilization of omnichannel engagement strategies and channels, discusses a survey highlighting retailers’ use of the approach and discusses the challenges that are still facing the market. Finally, he will close out the show with the “Rant or Rave” segment, where Kirkpatrick picks one item in the market, and he will either champion or...
Jul 25, 2024•22 min
On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by Alan Shimel , CEO and President of TechStrong Group , and Stephen Foskett , President of Tech Field Day , for a discussion on impacts of how CIOs are managing the cost of DevOps. Our conversation covers: Past, present, and future applications 24% of organizations have a desire to release code on an hourly basis, but yet, only 8% are able to do so. Re-internalization of IT and managing the cost...
Jul 23, 2024•16 min
In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick discusses two Market Insight Reports that were recently published on FuturumGroup.com , focusing on Text-to-Image Generation Technology for the Enterprise, and on Customer Data Platforms. He discusses the key issues within each market, pulls out key insights from the report, and discusses the pitfalls and challenges to enterprises seeking to implement each type of software. Finally, he closes out the show with the “Rant or Rave” se...
Jul 18, 2024•21 min
On this episode of Marketing Art and Science, join Host and CMO Advisor Lisa Martin of The Futurum Group as she welcomes Jennifer Johnson , (JJ) CMO of Crowdstrike . In this engaging conversation, JJ discusses her unique journey to the CMO role, the evolution of Crowdstrike's data-driven marketing strategy, the collaborative relationship between marketing and sales, and how Crowdstrike is really leaning into Generative AI to convert prospects faster and enhance employee productivity. Their discu...
Jul 17, 2024•35 min
In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Kirsta Macomber and Camberley Bates walk through the current perspectives of VMware transitions (or not) plus announcement from NetApp on Cloud and Druva’s offerings. Key topics include: NetApp announced Blue XP Workload Factory aimed at automating and managing cloud workloads like SQL, Oracle, and SAP for VMware environment. Other announcements covered from NetApp included expansion of services with Cloud Providers, including Block Storage offeri...
Jul 16, 2024•23 min
On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by Senior Director of Market Insights, Hybrid Platforms at Red Hat , Stuart Miniman , for a discussion on Red Hat Virtualization and AI Impacts on DevOps Our conversation covers: Highlights of Red Hat Summit Impacts of Virtualization and AI on the market Additions of Lightspeed into RHEL and OpenShift expanding on Ansible...
Jul 15, 2024•18 min
In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things across the 5G ecosystem, we review the recent key 5G-related moves made by the hyperscale cloud providers including Google Cloud and Motorola announcing a new multi-year relationship to bring GenAI to Motorola phones, AWS works with SK Telecom to test outbound roaming across its global infrastructure, and Oracle debuts Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Telco Landing Zone aimed at optimizing telco workloads. Our analytical re...
Jul 10, 2024•35 min
In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steve Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss developments around security, AI, and more. Key topics include: The Futurum Group’s Cybersecurity Decision Maker IQ Data Infinidat’s InfiniSafe Automated Cyber Protection IBM’s Granite Model for AI IBM’s investments in Wimbledon Investments in components for AI PCs from Samsung, SK Hynix, Kioxia, and others....
Jul 09, 2024•28 min
On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by Tucker Callaway , CEO of Mezmo , for a discussion on Mezmo Data Management, Observability, and getting real value out of telemetry data. Our conversation covers: What Mezmo Data Management is. The fact that 52% of organizations use 6 to 15 different tools in observability. Why DevOps or application developers are creating logging capabilities ....
Jul 09, 2024•15 min
On this episode of The Main Scoop, we are joined by Bertrand Cardinal , Director of Banking Solutions at Desjardins , for a conversation on empowering development teams through automation, unit testing, and collaboration. We discuss how applications are the keys to harnessing the power of the mainframe, making developers gatekeepers who must be empowered to deliver more, maximize productivity, and ensure applications deliver ongoing vitality. This developer-centric approach is crucial for levera...
Jul 09, 2024•18 min
On this episode of Marketing Art and Science, Host and CMO Advisor Lisa Martin of The Futurum Group is joined by Boomi CMO Alison Biggan . Tune into this 30 min conversation to hear about Biggan’s journey to the C-suite, the strategic roles marketing art and data science play in Boomi's global leadership in iPaaS, and the infusion of AI and automation in Boomi marketing. Their discussion covers: The role of marketing in Boomi’s corporate strategy, which is focused on helping customers manage app...
Jul 08, 2024•34 min
In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steve Dickens and Krista Macomber check out the impact of data and the actions in terms of sovereignty, management, security all in the scope of the AI craze. Key topics include: The latest on data sovereignty, including where data resides and its ownership, particularly in the context of regulatory frameworks like the Digital Operational Resiliency Act (DORA) in Europe. The meaning of Oracle's recent billion-dollar investment in ...
Jul 03, 2024•27 min
In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick discusses his predictions about enterprise SaaS applications and the market that he made back in late 2023, including generative AI, personalization, tech stack consolidation, market consolidation, industry-specific software, and consumption pricing. He will also address the underlying elements driving each trend and discuss which companies in the market are being impacted. Finally, he will close out the show with the “Rant or Rave...
Jul 03, 2024•27 min
On this episode of DevOps Dialogues: Insights & Innovations, I am joined by Catchpoint ’s Mehdi Daoudi , CEO and Brandon DeLap , Senior Solutions Engineer for a discussion on Catchpoint IPM, Internet traffic and application availability. Our conversation covers: What is Catchpoint and the impacts to Internet performance monitoring What is resilience and the ability to know that you're going to have a problem and that you can recover from that problem Modernization of applications. Moving awa...
Jul 01, 2024•15 min
In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick covers industry news from the past week, including a briefing with Cloud Eagle, a new product announcement from NetSuite, and Adobe’s terms and conditions updated. He closes out the show with a Rant focused on the declining customer experience among American consumers, as tracked by Forrester Research.
Jun 27, 2024•23 min
In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things across the 5G ecosystem, we review key 5G ecosystem developments including recent deft moves by top-tier communications service providers (CSPs) such as BT Group and ServiceNow expanding their relation to vastly improve the CX and workforce experience, Vodafone Germany and FlyNex taking to the drone skies, and Altice using the Google Cloud Application Integration architecture to surmount legacy-borne complexity. Our analytic...
Jun 26, 2024•30 min
