Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why Marvell’s acquisition of Tanzanite locks in Tanzanite’s Compute Express Link (CXL) technology and expertise that further bolsters Marvell’s CXL platform for cloud data centers. The deal follows on Marvell’s string of successful M&A deals, such as the Innovium and Inphi acquisitions, demonstrating its organization-wide ability to effectively use acquisitions to broaden its addressable market and boost overall competitiveness throughout key markets such as the cloud-optimized silicon market segment.
Honeywell Forges Ahead with Forge Connected Warehouse Debut and Expanded Software Capabilities across Spring 2022 Release
Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines Honeywell’s launch of the Honeywell Forge Connected Warehouse solution and new expanded capabilities across existing Honeywell software solutions in the company’s Spring 2022 release and why the offerings can improve the Honeywell Connected Enterprise unit’s ability to increase the company’s presence and influence across key industrial verticals as a trusted software supplier and advisor.
Dell Technologies World: Dell and Snowflake Seek to Simplify Data Access and Spur Insights in the Multi-cloud Era
Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why the Dell and Snowflake alliance bolsters Dell’s overall multi-cloud vision and portfolio including increased flexibility for users operating throughout multi-cloud environments and fulfilling data workload optimization as well as how both partners can strengthen their alliance by putting more portfolio development and marketing emphasis on ML capabilities.
Qualcomm’s New Wi-Fi 7 Networking Pro Series Ushers in the Wi-Fi 7 Era
Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why Qualcomm’s third-generation Networking Pro Series provides the technical innovations, coupled with its ecosystem-wide influence across OEMs and the key market segments, provide the essential drivers needed to kick-start the advent of the Wi-Fi 7 era.
HPE RAN Automation Targets CSP Automation and Multi-vendor Challenges for Any RAN Environment
Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why the new HPE RAN Automation solution fulfills top-priority operator demand for multi-vendor management and automation across increasingly intricate RAN environments and shows how HPE can make inroads across emerging cloud-native, open source 5G environments by supporting RAN automation in alignment with managing overall edge infrastructure.
Casa Systems Scores 5G Marketing Coup with Verizon 5G Core Win and Equity Investment
Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Casa Systems supplying 5G Core Network Functions to support Verizon’s public MEC service offering coupled with Verizon’s $40 million equity investment in Casa Common Stock bolster Casa Systems overall 5G ecosystem credibility and demonstrates how 5G openness and architecture can give operators more supplier flexibility in building out their 5G networks.
The Future of Cloud is the Network – New Futurum Research Report
In this research report, Futurum Research explores the Cisco Cloud Networking proposition and why it is well-suited for the multi-cloud era, addressing the design, deployment, and operation of a network across and within multiple cloud environments at scale for any application. For IT leaders making decisions about the future of their networks and cloud transformation journeys, the Cisco Cloud Network portfolio should rank high on consideration lists.
Oracle Exadata Cloud Infrastructure X9M Raises the Cloud Database Market Stakes
Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the Oracle Exadata Cloud X9M debut can enable Oracle to defend and upgrade its vast X9M/X8M customer base through OLTP and Analytics performance and scale advances that maintain existing costs as well as create the differentiation needed to compel rivals such as AWS and Azure to take swift heed of Oracle’s latest cloud database portfolio development and marketing moves.
Qualcomm Powers Five Key Inventions Across Newly Completed 5G NR Release 17
Qualcomm contributes five key inventions, consisting of mmWave expansion, NR-Light, device enhancements, non-terrestrial networks, and topology expansion, to advance 5G ecosystem adoption of the recently completed 3GGP Release 17 specification. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the five inventions strengthen emerging 5G use cases, such as dedicated private networks, wearables, industrial sensors, video surveillance, global asset tracking, satellite communications, and public safety, and reinforces Qualcomm’s reputation for consistently delivering 5G ecosystem-wide innovation.
AT&T Business Makes the Case for Key Managed Services Provider Role across SASE Journeys
Futurum’s senior analyst Ron Westfall explores the value prop that MSPs can bring to organizations strategizing about and planning for their SASE developments, along with the news that AT&T Business is tossing its hat in the ring on the SASE-capable MSP front.