Futurum’s principal analyst Daniel Newman breaks down the news of Groq’s appointment of former Amazon leader, Raju Gulabani, to its Board of Directors. Newman also shares insights on what this means for the future of the startup.
IBM Z Launches on IBM Cloud Simplifying Hybrid Cloud App Modernization
Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements this week from IBM’s mainframe team. With the IBM Z team bringing to market the capability for customers to develop and test z/OS workloads to the IBM Cloud, Dickens examines the wider competitive landscape and the implications for IBM’s overall cloud growth.
Oracle Database API for MongoDB: Running MongoDB Workloads on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle unveils Oracle Database API for MongoDB targeted at easing the running of MongoDB on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why the new API helps deliver modern document-centric development benefits, proven enterprise functionality, and a wide range of Autonomous DB benefits such as elasticity, security, and availability to MongoDB users.
Salesforce Safety Cloud Launches, Designed to Streamline COVID Testing and Status Reporting
Futurum’s principal analyst Shelly Kramer examines Salesforce’s latest release: Safety Cloud, a new product designed to streamline COVID testing, health status reporting, and safety protocols. She offers insight into how this cloud-based reporting software will impact the workplace and why this could be part of our new normal.
Oracle Cloud Lift Services Plays Integral Role in Delivering OCI Benefits to 1K+ Organizations
Oracle Cloud Lift Services now supports over 1K organizations in their migration of complex workloads from on-premises to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. Futurum’s Ron Westfall delves into why Oracle Cloud Lift Services is instrumental in aiding customers with data lakehouse, data analytics, data science design and migration applications, boosting Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s overall influence across the cloud ecosystem.
Pluribus Takes Network Visibility for Cloud Native Apps to the Next Level and Commits to 400 GbE
Pluribus Networks unveiled three new fabric offerings, FlowTracker, KubeTracker, and Virtualized Network Packet Broker, as well as Netvisor ONE support on Dell 400 GbE PowerSwitch technology, as integral capabilities in release 7 of its Netvisor ONE OS and Adaptive Cloud Fabric portfolio. Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why the new Pluribus solutions fulfill the burgeoning demand for comprehensive visibility for all network flows across distributed cloud native applications, especially across container environments, and strengthens Pluribus’ competitive standing against key rivals such as Cisco, Juniper, Arista, and Extreme.
HPE Raises HPE GreenLake Cloud Cred with New CDW Deal
HPE GreenLake is selected by CDW to strengthen the CDW ServiceWorks proposition by giving customers elastic operations scaling, flexible DaaS consumption models, and unified administration of organization-wide security policies across hybrid workforce environments. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the new CDW ServiceWorks deal positions HPE GreenLake and CDW to capitalize on growing DaaS adoption in the post-pandemic era as well as expand mind share and competitive prospects across the rapidly evolving cloud ecosystem.
Dell’s Multi-Cloud Portfolio Expansion Intended to Ease the Enterprise Multi-Cloud Journey
Dell Technologies unveiled the expansion of its multi-cloud portfolio aimed at simplifying enterprise multi-cloud journeys. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why Dell’s new multi-cloud portfolio capabilities and alliance strengthen its ability to exercise more ecosystem influence in powering enterprise multi-cloud assimilation and counter the multi-cloud solutions of key rivals like HPE and SAP.
NRF 2022: Microsoft Cloud for Retail Now Widely Available
Futurum’s principal analyst Daniel Newman dives into the Microsoft announcement that Microsoft Cloud for Retail will be widely available on February 1. This industry-specific cloud platform will help retailers connect with their customers, improve the shopping journey, and continue to advance their digital transformations.
IBM Launches IBM Z and Cloud Modernization Center in its Continued Focus on Mainframe Modernization
Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements coming out of IBM focused on the mainframe platform. With customers increasingly facing tough choices as they look to either modernize or re-platform mainframe applications, IBM is looking to better inform key decision makers with a curated portal to provide relevant information to the C-Suite, architects and developers.