In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, we address the topic of Automotive Ethernet innovation and why it is essential to meeting the fast-evolving demands of automotive switches that support the zonal architectures of next-generation software-defined vehicles. Optimized for the most advanced automotive architectures, the BrightLane Q6223 switch delivers 90 Gbps of bandwidth, nearly double the capacity of today’s available automotive switches. The new switch family also i...
Jul 06, 2023•27 min
On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I’m joined by Actian’s Emma McGrattan, SVP of Engineering & Products for a conversation on how to put your data to work and get the most value, and how Actian is differentiating itself to drive businesses and their applications into the future. Our discussion covers: We get an overview of Actian’s background, and how the company is evolving to meet customers where they are Emma shares her insights into how AI has shifted the way...
Jun 27, 2023•24 min
In this inaugural installment of Infrastructure Matters, we established the basis of the podcast - why does infrastructure matter in a cloud-crazed world? Co-hosts Steven Dickens, Camberley Bates, and Krista Macomber shared their individual takes on why infrastructure matters and shared key insights from events they have recently attended. Our conversation covered the following: How infrastructure impacts the availability and performance of hybrid cloud IT services How infrastructure impacts the...
Jun 22, 2023•30 min
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, we address the topic of 5G private networks innovation and why it is vital to advancing enterprise connectivity. By replacing wired connections with wireless and unifying existing wireless connections, 5G private networks are increasingly simplifying and optimizing digital technology deployment at scale throughout industrial sites. My guests today are Olivier Coutelou , Group Senior Expert, Schneider Electric , Fotis Karonis , Group...
Jun 22, 2023•27 min
It’s been said that 40% of all businesses will die in the next 10 years… if they don’t figure out how to change their entire company to accommodate new technologies. Large language models are driving the next generation of AI with predictions of massive industry disruption. But like any new technology, this new class of generative AI is raising issues of trust along with the need for more data types–especially in highly regulated industries like healthcare. Join Greg and Daniel as they host Dr. ...
Jun 13, 2023•19 min
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series, I speak with Ken Exner , the VP of Product at Elastic . We discussed Elastic's role in the open-source community and its connection to the company's wider strategy. Exner explains that Elasticsearch, an open-source search and indexing technology, gained popularity and enabled Elastic to expand into different industries. We then discussed the relationship between open source and commercial interests, highlighting the increasing use of ...
Jun 03, 2023•16 min
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series, I had the opportunity to speak with Ash Kulkarni, the CEO of Elastic, about the company's upcoming sales kickoff and the challenges faced by its customers. During our conversation, Ash highlighted the positive momentum they have experienced at Elastic over the past year. The company has successfully released new products and formed partnerships with hyper-scaler partners, resulting in significant progress. Elastic’s customers have exp...
Jun 02, 2023•19 min
In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, I’m joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Ron Westfall for a look at 5G news and what’s going on that caught our attention this week. Our conversation touched on: Nokia and Future Tech Partner for Private 5G. The announcement by Nokia and Future Technologies of their collaboration on private 5G in the U.S. Federal market. The companies have been awarded several multi-year, mult...
May 25, 2023•23 min
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series, Steven Dickens is joined by Eddy Ciliendo , Chief Strategy Officer for Model9 for a conversation about the magic behind Model9’s technology and how that translates to solving customer challenges. So what is the “secret sauce” behind Model 9’s solutions? That’s exactly what they covered in this conversation. Here are some of the highlights: Eddy opens the conversation by telling us about his role with Model9 and the company itself. The...
May 22, 2023•9 min
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast Interview Series, analyst Steven Dickens is joined by Eddy Ciliendo , Chief Strategy Officer for Model9 for a about the performance of Model9’s cloud solution. So how fast is fast? That’s exactly what they covered in this conversation. Here are some of the highlights: Eddy opens the conversation by explaining the physics behind Model9’s powerful performance. They discuss how cloud storage can be faster than FICON. They explore how Model9 is approaching...
May 22, 2023•11 min
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, we address the topic of cloud optics innovation and why it is critical to fulfilling the emerging demands in next generation AI/ML systems. Marvell’s new Nova offering, a 1.6T PAM4 DSP optimized for high-performance fabrics in AI/ML environments, focuses on delivering breakthroughs in optical connectivity by enabling the highest speed of data movement in cloud AI/ML and data center networks. Powered by a groundbreaking 200 Gbps/lamb...
May 16, 2023•22 min
In this episode of The 5G Factor, Shelly Kramer and fellow analyst Ron Westfall took a look at the recent developments in the 5G ecosystem that we think you might want to know about. Their conversation covered: News that Dish plans on slowing its spending on 5G, at least for a bit. What’s the rationale here? Speaking of Dish, the company has filed a petition with the FCC hoping to block T-Mobile’s purchase of 600MHz spectrum – what’s that all about? And speaking of spectrum, are politics getting...
May 12, 2023•21 min
In this video, I share my thoughts on Microsoft’s Dynamics 365 Copilot and the benefits of new technologies, like Generative AI, to increase productivity for businesses– especially sales and marketing organizations. As businesses look to new technologies to enable their sales and marketing teams to be more successful, and provide better customer service, especially in the current economic landscape– I believe solutions like Microsoft’s Dynamic 365 Copilot are providing powerful tools to do more ...
May 02, 2023•12 min
Daniel Newman, CEO of The Futurum Group, and Joe Doria, CMO of Broadcom Mainframe Software, talk with Tarun Chopra , Vice President of IBM Cloud and Data at IBM, to talk about how the rise of generative AI driven by Chat-GPT, DALL-E, and others has reimagined how to unlock new value. But like any new technology, organizations must be able to scale to meet core business needs. Learn how to get the most value from these models across your business. It was a great conversation and one you don’t wan...
May 02, 2023•21 min
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shelly Kramer had the chance to have a conversation with Sandrina Sieverdingbeck, Head of Strategy & Corporate Development for Salzgitter AG, and Stefan Weisenberger, head of the Mill Products & Mining business unit for SAP about the drive for green steel for a fascinating conversation about sustainability and the drive for green steel, and how Salzgitter AG is leading the transformation to a low carbon steel industry. Sustainability and ...
Apr 25, 2023•38 min
In this episode of The 5G Factor Shelly Kramer is joined by colleague and fellow analyst Ron Westfall to talk all things related to 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole. Their conversation covered the following: T-Mobile is rumored to be partnering with Samsung on 5G network equipment Nokia’s refreshed brand identity and brand strategy Vodafone and Raspberry Pi Highlights from Futurum's recently published 5G Sustainability Market Insight report This is a great conversation you won't want to...
Apr 24, 2023•22 min
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast host Shelly Kramer is joined by George Koutsaftes, President and CEO of Honeywell Safety and Productivity Solutions for a conversation about the future of warehouses. George joined me from ProMat, one of the biggest manufacturing and supply chain tradeshows, which took place in Chicago last week, and in addition to talking about the future of dark warehouses, he also shared insights on some of the key trends he’s observed there. We live in an increasin...
Apr 14, 2023•28 min
On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software's Principal Product Manager, Paul Spicer, during the SHARE Conference in Atlanta. Their conversation covered the state of AIOps in mainframe environments and what BMC is bringing to the table. It's a great conversation you don't want to miss. Learn more about BMC Software at https://www.bmc.com/. #mainframe, #cloud, #tech, #technology, #BMC, #PaulSpicer, #developerExperien...
Apr 12, 2023•8 min
On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens talks with BMC Software's Principal Product Manager, Paul Spicer, and Ensono’s Expert Mainframe System Programmer, Paul Buchanan, during the SHARE Conference in Atlanta. Their conversation covered the client perspective of AIOps integration, and how skills play into its adoption. It's a great conversation you don't want to miss. Learn more about BMC Software at https://www.bmc.com/ ....
Apr 12, 2023•8 min
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shelly Kramer is joined by Jeffrey Hausman, Product Officer at Samsara, for a conversation focused on how organizations are using AI and digitization to operate more efficiently, safely, and sustainably. In the last decade, we’ve gone through a period of unprecedented change. Everything is connected. Organizations have trillions of data points at their fingertips to make decisions faster, increasing productivity and efficiency in the process. But...
Apr 11, 2023•32 min
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shelly Kramer is joined by Thomas John VP of Partner Sales International for Five9 for a conversation that’s increasingly popular today: Partner ecosystems. Why is this such a hot topic these days? It’s pretty simple: in our current business environment, businesses rarely operate purely on their own. Today, we have tech partners, channel partners, integrators, collaborators, and many more players within a partner ecosystem who work together to de...
Apr 05, 2023•22 min
Daniel Newman and Joe Doria, CMO of Broadcom Mainframe Software, spend time with Joe Schuler , Vice President at Mastercard to discuss the future of payments and payment rails. Digital payment technology is crucial to empowering economies and individuals; and fundamental to the future growth of digital commerce. The key to successful digital payments is the customer experience, and everyone in the ecosystem must evolve to make it work. It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. ...
Apr 04, 2023•18 min
In this episode of our Futurum Live! From the Show Floor Video Series, Shelly Kramer had a great conversation at Enterprise Connect 2023 with Salesforce's Sameer Abhinkar, Director, Product Management, Service Cloud Einstein. Her conversation with Sameer followed his keynote session, where he shared product updates on Salesforce's Einstein GPT. Sameer walked us through the key elements of his keynote presentation, explaining what Einstein GPT is and how customers are using and can be using it. T...
Mar 30, 2023•13 min
At Enterprise Connect 2023 held in Orlando last week, Shelly Kramer had the opportunity to chat with Salesforce’s Ryan Nichols, SVP & GM of Contact Center as part of our Futurum Live! From the Show Floor video interview series. Her conversation with Ryan was terrific and centered on the following: * This is a contact center show – what is Salesforce doing at Enterprise Connect? * Thoughts on what customers are looking for in Salesforce as it relates to all things customer engagement * What c...
Mar 30, 2023•10 min
In this episode of our Live! From the Show Floor Video Series, Shelly Kramer had the chance to sit down at Enterprise Connect 2023 this week with Zoom’s Global CIO Gary Sorrentino as part of our Futurum Live! From the Show Floor video series for a quick catch up. Our conversation revolved around the following: Zoom’s evolution from a killer app to a killer platform has been the company’s focus over the course of the last year or so. Gary shared thoughts on how this process has been and what he’s...
Mar 29, 2023•8 min
In this episode of our Live! From the Show Floor Video Series, here at Enterprise Connect 2023 in Orlando, Futurum’s Shelly Kramer sits down with Geoff Huang, VP Solutions & Product Marketing for a quick catch-up on Webex by Cisco’s many announcements this week. This included: Webex’s devices portfolio driving re-imagined workplaces The ability to create a meeting room out of any space with meeting zones Changing a collaboration space into an AI-powered meeting zone to help remove distractin...
Mar 29, 2023•13 min
Daniel Newman, a founding partner and Chief Analyst at Futurum Research, shares his insights on Amazon’s announcement that Sidewalk is now open for developers. He gives a brief overview of what Amazon Sidewalk is, the three key wireless technologies it’s using including Semtech’s LoRa® technology, and what it means for device connectivity and consumer IoT. He also covers some of the first third-party Amazon Sidewalk products, which are now available, that were also announced today. Learn more ab...
Mar 28, 2023•2 min
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Shelly Kramer is joined by Carsten Storm, Head of Marketplace for the SAP Digital Experiences team for a conversation around our latest report: 2022 B2B Digital Buyers’ Journey: Forces Shaping the Future of Enterprise Procurement , done in partnership with SAP. In 2019, our team at Futurum Research collaborated with SAP to understand the trends, practices, and challenges in relation to the digital buying of enterprise software solutions. That fir...
Mar 27, 2023•26 min
On this episode of The 5G Factor, part of The Futurum Tech Webcast, Shelly Kramer is joined by fellow analyst and colleague Ron Westfall to talk about 5G network builds and some of the things 5G network decision-makers should consider when they are focused on things like streamlined builds, operational capabilities that provide AI-powered intelligence and end to end automation, along with all things sustainability, which is a key business focus today. And when we mention sustainability, that inc...
Mar 22, 2023•41 min
On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Chris Hollies , CTO Oracle Practice for Capgemini UK and David Cottee , Senior Director Solution Engineering at Oracle. In our conversation covered the following: Sovereign cloud offerings in the UK and EU regions An overview of recent MySQL heatwave announcements How sustainability is becoming a large part of business for Capgemini’s customers A deep dive into the Capgemini Oracle partnership...
Mar 20, 2023•25 min
