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LinuxONE – The Penguins Are Back

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Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcements coming out of Open Source Summit in Dublin where IBM launched a new high end Linux server, the LinuxONE Emperor 4. With enterprises struggling to deliver on ambitious ESG pledges, IBM has decided to make sustainability the focus for the launch of a new Linux server while still retaining a focus on TCO and security.

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Why Multi-Cloud Data Services are Critical to the Modern Digital Organization – New Futurum Research Report

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In this research report, Futurum Research explores why Dell’s Project Alpine enables customers to use the APIs and management tools they already use, avoiding the expense and complexity of refactoring applications or reskilling workforces to drive their multi-cloud journey. As such, customers can combine their preferred public cloud services with Dell Technologies’ enterprise data services to attain uncompromised connectivity and consistent experience deploying Dell assets such as PowerStore, PowerScale, PowerFlex and ObjectScale on-prem to optimize their multi-cloud data services.

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Marvell Readies Hardware Security-as-a-Service for Prime Time with LiquidSecurity 2 Launch

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Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Marvell’s new LiquidSecurity 2 solution is well-suited to support enterprises in their journey from on premise hardware security module (HSM) implementations to multi-cloud and private cloud environments due to key factors such as providing the latest FIPS-certified security boundary, critical for safeguarding cloud-scale applications across private and public clouds while also delivering cost, energy efficiency, and performance advances.

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VMware Explore 2022 Event Recap: New Name, New Solution Portfolio, New Alliances

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Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcements coming out of the VMware Explore 2022 event. As customers look to innovate and simplify cloud operations, whether on-premises, in the cloud, or at the edge, cloud chaos reigns. VMware Explore’s announcements, new solution portfolio, new alliances and partner ecosystems are focused on delivering a simplified hybrid cloud management experience.