Mavenir and Aspire Technology are working together to spur the testing of O-RAN compliant radios using Aspire’s Open Network Labs in Europe. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why speeding up O-RAN compliant cloud-native Mavenir CU/DU with pre-tested and integrated Remote Radiohead Units aids the advancement of the O-RAN Alliance mission including broader ecosystem acceptance of Open RAN and Open RAN’s role in upholding market competition, supply chain stability, and national security aspirations.
Arm Arms Microsoft Azure VMs Preview Featuring Ampere Altra Processors
Arm is showcasing Arm Neoverse ecosystem momentum through Microsoft’s preview of VMs on its Azure cloud platform powered by Arm-based Ampere Altra server CPUs. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why the preview of VMs on Microsoft Azure using Arm-based Ampere Altra processors boosts Arm’s sales and marketing momentum as well as the influence of the Arm Neoverse ecosystem after the dissolution of the $40 billion NVIDIA acquisition and before parent company Softbank’s plan to take the company public.
Lockheed Martin and Intel Show Why 5G is Vital to U.S. National Security
Lockheed Martin and Intel are expanding their decade-long partnership to spur delivery of secure 5G.MIL solutions that target enabling swift, data-driven decisions by military commanders across key operational domains. Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why the enhanced Lockheed Martin and Intel partnership shows that 5G networks are integral to fulfilling U.S. national security and stable chipset supply chain objectives as well as strengthens Intel’s differentiation across the 5G ecosystem.
Rogers Communications and Ericsson Advance 5G SA Network Cause with Nationwide Rollout in Canada
Rogers Communications and Ericsson collaborate to deliver Rogers 5G Standalone services nationwide across Canada, forming the basis for Rogers’ claim of launching Canada’s first commercially available 5G SA network. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why the Rogers 5G SA network deployment shows the commercial viability of using key 5G SA capabilities, such as 5G core programmability and 5G RAN slicing, and is a sound indicator of the use cases, such as dedicated private networks, consumer AR/VR, public safety, and 5G-IoT, that encapsulate the best 5G monetization prospects.
Oracle MySQL HeatWave: Teaching the Competition a Lesson in ML
Oracle debuts MySQL HeatWave ML delivering support of extensive machine learning based automation which enables the entire system to become more intelligent over time, locking in accrued lifecycle value for all customers as well as new ML explanations in HeatWave that deliver differentiation across usability and interpretability, quality, as well as performance and scalability criteria. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why new MySQL HeatWave ML is well-positioned to meet the most demanding database applications and expectations of enterprise users. From our perspective, the new innovations Oracle has built into MySQL HeatWave ML, enables the solution to stand out with a compelling feature set, AutoML scalability, real-time elasticity, date per node, portfolio-wide enhancement, and price/performance differentiation against the gauntlet of competition.
Cisco and Verizon C-V2X Test Boosts Autonomous Driving Use Case
Cisco and Verizon collaboration on PoC test that could help streamline autonomous driving applications by virtualizing roadside infrastructure by eliminating expensive Roadside Units to boost C-V2X signals. Futurum’s Ron Westfall analyzes why the Cisco Verizon PoC can boost ecosystem support for C-V2X technology and accelerate deployment of autonomous driving use cases such as robotaxis and last-mile delivery bots.
EC 2022: Mavenir Communicates New Business Communications Portfolio Capabilities
Mavenir unveils a SaaS portfolio of business communications for CSPs, channels and systems integrators aimed at meeting the customer engagement, business messaging, CPaaS, UCaaS, and CCaaS needs of all businesses regardless of size. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why the new Business Communications Portfolio expands Mavenir’s addressable market across the business communications realm and enhances its overall 5G proposition.
NVIDIA GTC 2022: NVIDIA and Pluribus Networks Seek to Unify and Secure Cloud Networks by Extending SDN Fabric Automation to DPUs
NVIDIA and Pluribus Networks showcase their collaboration at GTC 2022 to advancing unified and secure cloud networks through the extension of SDN fabric automation to DPUs. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why the NVIDIA Pluribus collaboration can power uniform networking operating environments with automation, network virtualization, and resource-pooling for streamlined infrastructure utilization and security to all workloads and devices across cloud networking environments.
HPE Dazzles with Host of New HPE GreenLake Capabilities and Partnerships
HPE GreenLake unveiled greater edge to cloud platform capabilities through unified experience, new cloud services, and expanded partner ecosystem collaboration. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why HPE GreenLake’s addition of 12 new cloud services including NaaS, data services, HPC functions, and compute operations management along with a simplified experience that provides one view of all services edge to cloud strengthen HPE GreenLake’s overall competitiveness.
OFC 2022: Marvell Debuts CPO Platform to Spur Open Switch and Optics Integration
Marvell debuts its CPO technology platform aimed at enabling cloud data centers to meet rapidly expanding bandwidth demands driven by applications such as AI/ML engines and HPC clusters with improved energy efficiency benefits. Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why Marvell’s CPO technology platform is poised to take advantage of broader ecosystem support for standards-based switch and optics integration, diversifies standardized silicon choice, and can help power adoption across cloud data center environments.