Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcement from Model9 around its collaboration with Pure Storage and how the option of cloud storage can help customers looking to innovate and improve the security posture and availability of their mainframe. But is the market ready for such a paradigm shift?
Oracle Database Service for Azure Makes Multi-Cloud Real
Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the introduction of Oracle Database Services for Azure is empowering Azure customers and applications with full access and integration to OCI database services through unified portals as well as delivering a simpler, more flexible cloud architecture that fulfills customer multi-cloud demands and sharply differentiates the Oracle and Microsoft multi-cloud proposition.
Google Cloud to Use Arm-based Processors in Tau T2A VM Expansion
Futurum principal analyst Daniel Newman breaks down Google Cloud’s decision to use Ampere Altra Arm-based processors in an expansion of its Tau VMs.
Google Continues to Strengthen its Vertical and Ecosystem Focus by Creating its Google Public Sector Division
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond discusses Google Cloud’s newly added Google Public Sector division that is targeting the federal, state, and local government markets that should bear fruit for Google Cloud in the future.
FedEx Data Centers, Mainframes Shuttering in 100% Cloud Move
Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss and fellow Futurum analysts explore FedEx’s move to shut its data centers and mainframes by 2024 and take its IT operations to the cloud to save $400 million a year as it battles its competitors in a fierce shipping and logistics marketplace.
Google Cloud Open Source Expertise Now for Sale to Customers
Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss looks at how Google Cloud’s open source expertise will be sold to customers on a subscription basis starting in Q3 as the company moves to market its own vetted open source code as a service.
Cloudera Can’t Wait! Apache Iceberg Now Available on Cloudera Data Platform
Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why the general availability of Apace Iceberg on Cloudera Data Platform advances the ecosystem-wide mission of expanding openness for data lakehouses while handling data anywhere across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, as well as addresses increasing enterprise demand for improving time to value for their data science teams while operating at the speed of innovation while avoiding vendor lock-in.
Juniper Expands Cloud Metro Portfolio to Power Sustainable Business Growth
Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Juniper’s expanded Cloud Metro proposition, including new capabilities such as Paragon Automation as a Service and new ACX7000 product enhancements, is well-positioned to power CSP sustainable business growth objectives including the acceleration of 5G SA network builds, more intelligent flexible edge cloud hosting, and service experience innovation.
NVIDIA, Siemens Partner to Target the Industrial Metaverse
Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss looks at how NVIDIA and Siemens are partnering to develop and enable an industrial metaverse by connecting NVIDIA Omniverse with Siemens Xcelerator platform to empower customers with new industrial metaverse opportunities and capabilities.
HPE Goes Big on Private Cloud Extending its GreenLake Offerings at HPE Discover
Futurum’s principal analyst Daniel Newman explores the new offerings for HPE GreenLake that were announced during the first day of HPE Discover 2022. He offers insight into how these offerings will improve the overall GreenLake value proposition.