On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Craig Durr talks about the challenges companies face today with hybrid work and return-to-office initiatives with Jeff Smith , Head of Product - Meetings, Spaces, and Rooms at Zoom . This insightful discussion encapsulates some of the exciting announcements from the mainstage keynote of Zoomtopia 2023. Their discussion covers: How Zoom has approached their own hybrid work implementations Removing friction to make the retur...
Oct 06, 2023•9 min
On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Craig Durr talks about growth drivers with Kelly Steckelberg, CFO of Zoom. This insightful discussion encapsulates some of the exciting announcements from the mainstage keynote of Zoomtopia 2023. Their discussion covers: Zoom AI Companion: An AI-driven advancement redefining virtual meeting experiences. Zoom Phones: A look at its steady growth trajectory and its pivotal role in Zoom's suite of offerings. Zoom's Contact Cen...
Oct 06, 2023•5 min
On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, Daniel Newman is joined by Capgemini ’s Amit Sethi , Intelligent Restaurant Operations (IRO) Solution Lead and Lisa Insley , Oracle Go-to-Market Lead, with Oracle ’s Matthew Gale , VP, Strategic Solutions Alliances for a conversation on how technology is transforming the restaurant industry and a deeper look into their Intelligent Restaurant Operations (IRO) Solution. Their discussion covers: The major technology trends and challeng...
Oct 05, 2023•35 min
On this episode of The Futurum Tech Webcast – Live from the Show Floor, Craig Durr welcomes Sam Kennedy , Senior Director, Product Marketing for Crestron Electronics for a conversation on Crestron’s latest announcements at Zoomtopia 2023 Their discussion covers: The Crestron products that just received Zoom certification Crestron’s new product specifically made for the Zoom ecosystem An overview of Crestron’s new native Zoom scheduling panel A look at other recent portfolio updates....
Oct 04, 2023•6 min
In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group 's Ron Westfall and Todd R. Weiss look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye. Their conversation focused on: Nokia Debuts Network as Code Platform. Nokia introduced its Network as Code platform and developer portal aimed at enabling application developers and communication services providers (CSPs) to accelerate the work of producing so...
Oct 04, 2023•21 min
In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens, Krista Macomber and Camberley Bates discuss HPE’s recently announced restructuring plan, involving the creation of a hybrid cloud segment led by Fidelma Russo. This move is aimed at simplifying the company's organizational structure and focusing on GreenLake and services in the hybrid cloud space. Storage is also being integrated into this group, and the goal is to offer more services as part of the GreenLake portfolio. Another top...
Oct 04, 2023•33 min
In this episode of Infrastructure Matters – Insider Edition, Steven Dickens is joined by AWS ’s Ajay Nair , General Manager, AWS Lambda, for a conversation focusing on the topic of serverless computing and its place within AWS's broader portfolio. Ajay explains that serverless has evolved from its initial definition as a way to run code without managing servers to a broader operational model focused on delivering value to customers without getting bogged down in managing infrastructure. He empha...
Oct 03, 2023•24 min
On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, The Futurum Group's Dave Raffo joined by Greg White , Senior Director, Solutions Marketing at Nutanix and Pritish Nilangi , Product Marketing Manager, at AMD , for a conversation on how Nutanix’s software-defined storage and AMD processors are helping companies run modern applications in hybrid and multi clouds. In their conversation, they discussed the following: How hybrid clouds have changed hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) o...
Oct 03, 2023•18 min
The advancement of generative AI has left some wondering if we’re moving away from our own humanity. But what if these innovations are bringing us toward a new, improved state of human consciousness in computing? Learn more in this episode of The Main Scoop™, our hosts Daniel Newman and Greg Lotko are joined by Reg Harbeck , CEO and Chief Strategist at Mainframe Analytics. It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. Like what you’ve heard? Check out all our past episodes here , a...
Oct 03, 2023•19 min
In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens, and Krista Macomber discuss the merger of Kioxia and Western Digital's solid-state storage units and Infinidat's announcements regarding high-end data storage devices. They also highlight MLCommons' new releases, including MLPerf 3.1 and MLPerf for storage, which includes large language models and storage benchmarks. The conversation shifts to Lenovo's Edge server launch and its potential impact on AI deployments a...
Oct 02, 2023•33 min
In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters podcast, hosts Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss common themes discussed during recent visits with clients in the data protection marketplace – notably, generative artificial intelligence (AI), and protection of cloud-hosted, software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. This includes the utilization of AI to streamline the application and oversight of protection policies, to uncover security vulnerabilities, and to democratize conversations ar...
Sep 29, 2023•27 min
In this episode of Infrastructure Matters - Insider Edition, Camberley Bates is joined by John Colgrove (Coz), Founder and Chief Visionary at Pure Storage . Their discussion dives into Coz’s vision for Pure Storage and what is next for data storage technology. Their discussion covers: Coz gives insight into the world of storage and what he and Pure Storage set out to change – including the management, upgrades and customer-centric approach How the market and technologies are addressing energy an...
Sep 29, 2023•35 min
In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens, Camberley Bates, and Krista Macomber discuss all around data highlighting the growing importance of data management and governance, especially in the context of AI, with a focus on the role of Chief Data Officers. They also get into the changes with the cybersecurity tech industry, particularly in regard to layoffs, investments and CIO actions in rationalizing investments while balancing the need for robust security measures. The h...
Sep 29, 2023•29 min
n this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Camberley Bates, and Steven Dickens. They discuss key highlights from the VMware Explore event, focusing on announcements related to private infrastructure for AI applications and multi-cloud solutions. Some notable topics include VMware's partnership with NVIDIA for private AI solutions, updates in multi-cloud networking with NSX+, and advancements in ransomware recovery solutions. The discussion also touches on the growing import...
Sep 29, 2023•33 min
In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters podcast, hosts Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates break down the recent earnings from Dell, Lenovo and HPE and the impact of announcements and orders for Generative AI technology. They also dive into the overwhelming number of announcements from Google Cloud Next, with Steven coming straight from the conference. We look at Google partnerships, Vertex, A3 VM, Kubernetes and what Google is doing to address security in their cloud. Topics include: Recen...
Sep 28, 2023•34 min
In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Krista Macomber, and Steven Dickens discuss various topics related to the tech industry and mainframe computing. They begin by mentioning upcoming events like VMware Explore and Google Next. Steven Dickens talks about his Forbes article covering the Open Enterprise Linux Association , which involves SUSE, Oracle, and Six collaborating to support a forked version of RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux). The conversation touches on the i...
Sep 28, 2023•23 min
In this episode of Infrastructure Matters - Insider Edition, Krista Macomber is joined by Mignona Cote , SVP, Chief Security Officer at NetApp . Their discussion revolves around the intersection of data protection and security – including the top customer requirements, and how NetApp is responding. Their discussion covers: How the consumerization of IT and need for perimeter-less, zero trust security force a need to protect data at its source. Given that it is a matter of when, not if, malicious...
Sep 27, 2023•24 min
In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall is joined by Samuel Liu , Senior Director, Product Line Marketing at Marvell Technology , a top-tier semiconductor company. A new guest on this show, and astutely shares his insights and perspective on the direction of the optical transport market segment and why Marvell’s coherent DSP portfolio is driving new breakthroughs. Ron and Samuel focus on the topic of coherent digital coherent processor (DS...
Sep 27, 2023•25 min
On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Dell Technologies ’ Bill Leslie , Director, Technical Marketing for an inside look at the performance of Dell’s VxRail solution, including use cases, and the findings of our recent performance testing on Dell’s VxRail hyper converged infrastructure (HCI). Our discussion covers: Dell’s relationship with VMware and the state of the HCI business An overview of Dell’s VxRail 8.0, vSAN 8.0 and new vSAN Express Storage Arch...
Sep 26, 2023•25 min
In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Todd R. Weiss for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye. Their conversation focused on: Vodafone is Testing GenAI Waters. Vodafone is testing genAI waters, getting Microsoft tech to write code. Plus, Vodafone was prominent in the Oracle Database@Azure launch with the major...
Sep 20, 2023•25 min
On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Pegasystems’ CTO, Don Schuerman , for a conversation on what the autonomous enterprise looks like and why it matters for today’s businesses. Our discussion covers: The rise of enterprise AI, and the convergence of technology and industry How Pega has focused on the autonomous enterprise The benefits of a solution that can help to automate workflows and the opportunity for organizations using AI and automation to incre...
Sep 19, 2023•26 min
In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters podcast, hosts Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates, discuss highlights from the Flash Memory Summit (FMS), which covers various aspects of data storage and technology beyond flash and two remarkable women in the industry who received awards: Amber Huffman from Google and Amy Fowler from Pure Storage. They also touch on technological advancements, including PCIe Gen 5 and innovative cooling systems for dense disc drives. They also talk about the Panel ...
Sep 19, 2023•27 min
On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Daniel Newman welcomes Qualcomm ’s CMO, Don McGuire , during the IAA Mobility Event in Munich, for an inside look at the Qualcomm Snapdragon concept car, their partnership ecosystem, and what the future holds at the upcoming Snapdragon Summit. Their discussion covers: The new Qualcomm Snapdragon concept car, right on the show floor of IAA Mobility The convergence of tech in the automotive space and how Qualcomm’s partnership ecosystem is growing ...
Sep 15, 2023•21 min
On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Daniel Newman welcomes Qualcomm ’s Nakul Duggal , SVP & GM, Automotive & Cloud Computing for a conversation on Qualcomm’s automotive business and the latest on their partnerships, including AWS, during the IAA Mobility Event in Munich, Germany. Their discussion covers: A review of Qualcomm’s automotive business and its double-digit growth The timeline of design cycles, and what it takes to build growth in the automotive computing space Re...
Sep 15, 2023•21 min
In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters podcast, hosts Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss recent cloud provider expansion, cloud growth announcements, and the implications for the market. They highlight the maturity of the cloud market, mentioning AWS's 12% growth in the current quarter and its positioning for AI-driven services. They delve into the complexity of cloud adoption, discussing cost considerations, private cloud growth, and the challenges of data management and observab...
Sep 14, 2023•21 min
In this episode of Infrastructure Matters - Insider Edition Camberley Bates, Vice President of Data Infrastructure is joined by Tom Broderick, Chief Strategy Officer of Commvault. We explore the leading edge technologies for Data Security and Protection with the impact of artificial intelligence, the shift to SaaS offerings, and the challenges of managing hybrid multi-cloud IT environments for protecting critical information assets. Tom gives his perspectives working with Commvault’s clients to ...
Sep 13, 2023•30 min
In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters podcast, we cover the evolving landscape of IT infrastructure consumption and how traditional models have shifted due to the rise of cloud computing and hybrid approaches. We cover pricing, procurement, performance, availability, scalability, security, and compliance, which all play a crucial role in determining the most suitable consumption model for different workloads. We discuss considerations such as end-of-life planning and the decision-making ...
Sep 13, 2023•29 min
In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group 's Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Steven Dickens , for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye. Their conversation focused on: VMware Rolls Out VMware Private Mobile Network. VMware launched VMware Private Mobile Network as a key component of its VMware Edge Cloud Orchestrator (VECO) solution. VECO, formerl...
Sep 13, 2023•25 min
In this special episode of the Main Scoop, Daniel Newman, Greg Lotko, and Joe Doria discuss their favorite topics explored in past episodes–from generative AI, to hybrid cloud, and more–and what they mean for digital transformation. It was a great conversation and one you don’t want to miss. Like what you’ve heard? Check out all our past episodes here , and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode of The Main Scoop™ series....
Sep 12, 2023•3 min
On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Steven Dickens welcomes Clint Boulton Senior Advisor, Portfolio Marketing, APEX from Dell Technologies for a conversation on the power of Dell APEX and consumption-based multi-cloud strategies. Their discussion covers how Dell APEX aims to offer a cost-effective and flexible Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) solution by aligning costs with actual consumption and addressing the scaling and cost-containment challenges often seen...
Sep 06, 2023•17 min
