Futurum Senior Analyst Olivier Blanchard highlights the just-announced Qualcomm-Google Cloud partnership aimed at accelerating neural network development for the connected intelligent edge. Blanchard explains how the partnership, which focuses on neural architecture search and brings Google Cloud’s Vertex AI NAS to Qualcomm’s powerful new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile platform, is expected to scale to high-growth mobile-adjacent segments like IoT, Automotive, and XR, essentially representing a significant forward leap in the development of the next fundamental technology layer: the connected intelligent edge. Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 platform is the first SOC to do this.
Red Hat Brings Ansible Automation Platform to Microsoft Azure
Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements coming out of Red Hat around the availability of Ansible Automation Platform on Microsoft Azure. As the pressures grow on IT teams to manage more with less increasingly automation of repetitive tasks is a go to options. The Ansible platform is proving a vital tool in the ability for IT teams to keep up and the release of this functionality on Microsoft’s Azure platform increased deployment options for customers.
AWS re:Invent 2021: AWS Unveils AWS Cloud WAN to Unify Enterprise Cloud and On-premises Environments
At AWS re:Invent 2021, AWS announces AWS Cloud WAN aimed at providing a unified dashboard that enterprises can leverage to connect their on-premises branch offices, data centers, and AWS Virtual Private Clouds across the AWS worldwide network. Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why AWS Cloud WAN offers the global managed service capabilities needed to streamline enterprise development and administration of their connected cloud and on-premises environments.
AWS re:Invent 2021 Day 1: Announcements on Graviton, Trainium, Inferentia, and More
The first day of AWS re:Invent 2021 was flooded with material announcements that will make waves across cloud, computing, and enterprise IT. Futurum’s principal analyst Daniel Newman breaks down the announcements and how they will impact the future of the company.
New Futurum Research Report – A Colocation Cloud Journey with Flexibility and Peace of Mind
Futurum Research believes that the HPE GreenLake platform is the best solution to meet the growing demand across organizations to balance their workloads across colocation, on-premises, public cloud, and private cloud environments. For many organizations, the cloud journey has proven challenging, and HPE GreenLake with colocation provides the practical capabilities and solutions needed to advance digital transformation, while meeting business outcomes and sustainability goals.
Kyndryl and Microsoft Cloud Partner to Jointly Serve Enterprise Customers in First Deal Out of the Gate Post IBM Spinoff
Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer shares thoughts on the recently announced global strategic alliance between Kyndryl and Microsoft Cloud. While it’s an impressive way to come out of the gate for Kyndryl immediately post IBM spinoff, more importantly, this strategic partnership is centered on both companies serving enterprise customers and facilitating the building and deployment of both cloud solutions, as well as addressing the need for augmented IT expertise at the enterprise level.
IBM Z OMEGAMON Designed to Further Connect Mainframe to the Hybrid Cloud
Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest release of the venerable OMEGAMON suite from IBM. As clients look increasingly to move to an AIOps driven mindset, IBM is riding this wave with the IBM Z OMEGAMON suite and connecting the data outputs to industry standard offerings such as Elastic and Grafana.
Red Hat Goes All in on Multi Cloud and Hybrid Innovation with Latest Version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. As clients look increasingly to deploy Linux based workloads in hybrid multi cloud deployment models, Red Hat is focused on improving manageability, security, and support for the shift to container.
Oracle Rolls Out New Analytics Capabilities for Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM and ERP
Last week Oracle announced new analytics capabilities for Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM) and Oracle Fusion Cloud Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Futurum’s principal analyst Daniel Newman dives into this announcement and what that means for the company going forward.
Juniper Support Insights Assures Comprehensive AI-driven Junos Portfolio Vision and Message
Juniper extends AI-powered support to entire Junos portfolio to streamline operator efficiencies and augment end user experiences. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why the Juniper Support Insight offering spotlights the capabilities of its AI assets and provides more cohesion across Juniper’s portfolio-wide marketing outreach including delivering the benefits of Experience-First Networking.