The metaverse is clearly in the news of late, and it appears to be on pace to be one of the biggest trends of 2022. Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer covers the announcement out of Microsoft’s Ignite event of the launch of its Mesh for Teams, a new offering intended to blend the digital and physical worlds, expected to roll out to users in 2022, and offering insight on what this means for the future of the metaverse in the workplace.
Pluribus Networks and ITRenew Team Up to Smash TCO while Improving Sustainability for Private Cloud Infrastructure
ITRenew augments its suite of networking solutions with Pluribus Networks’ Adaptive Cloud Fabric providing advanced and sustainable network solutions with the agility and efficiency of open architecture that deliver the cost-effective performance and energy efficiencies needed to power multiple and fast expanding workloads across data center environments. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the Pluribus Networks and ITRenew partnership delivers TCO, sustainability, and supply chain reliability and can demonstrate a competitive advantage over some conventional OEM solutions and how their collaboration across the OCP also assures open-source flexibility for enterprise and CSP customers.
Microsoft Adds New Features to Teams to Support Hybrid Work and Enabling Collaboration
Futurum’s lead analyst Shelly Kramer explores the latest feature announcements from Microsoft Teams. Kramer dives into how the upgrades will facilitate the successful hybrid work environments that organizations are looking for as we emerge from the pandemic.
Strike and Twitter Partner Up to Change Finance — Legacy Players Better Buckle Up
Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcement this week of the partnership between remittance network provider Strike and Twitter. As the world of finance becomes increasingly disrupted by new entrants and cloud native players, the landscape just changed dramatically as a social network with over 300 million global users partners with an innovative fintech to disrupt the old guard of the likes of Visa, PayPal, Mastercard and Western Union.
Poly Announces New Video Conferencing Tools at Zoomtopia 2021
Futurum’s Principal Analyst Daniel Newman breaks down the Poly’s announcement from Zoomtopia 2021 including the new video conferencing tools Poly Studio X70 and Poly Studio E70. He also examines how this announcement solidifies Poly’s positioning as a leader in providing technology that enables hybrid work.
Zoom’s Zoomtopia 2021 — Zoom is Not Playing When it Comes to Conferences, Events, Contact Center and Leveling Up Collaboration Offerings
Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer breaks down the announcements from Zoom’s Zoomtopia 2021 event where it’s clear that Zoom is not playing when it comes to conferences, events, the contact center, and leveling up collaboration offerings to meet the needs of the hybrid workplace.
Zoom Adds $30 Million to its Investment in Neat, Video Device Vendor
Futurum’s lead analyst Shelly Kramer covers Zoom’s investment of an additional $30M in the video device and as-a-Service hardware offerings company. Zoom and Neat continue to ride the hybrid workplace trend that is clearly here to stay, and this move not only puts other Zoom hardware partners on notice, it provides a hedge against other providers’ vertical stacks.
ADTRAN Takes a Chance on Adva to Capitalize on Burgeoning Fiber Networking Opportunities
ADTRAN buys Adva to strengthen its overall fiber networking proposition through the integration of Adva’s optical networking assets, obliging fiber and optical rivals to respond to the new deal. Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why the ADTRAN acquisition of Adva enables ADTRAN to address a wider range of optical networking opportunities, puts fiber access rivals such as DZS and Calix on the defensive, and foments a more formidable competitor in the optical transport market segment.
C3 AI and Google Cloud Partner to Accelerate Enterprise AI Adoption
C3 AI and Google Cloud have announced a partnership to bring C3 AI’s suite of industry-focused Enterprise AI applications to Google Cloud Customers. Futurum Research principal analyst Daniel Newman breaks down the importance of this deal and why it signals a growing level of maturity for both companies.
Zoom Crosses the Billion Dollar Quarter Mark in its 2022 FY Q2
Zoom (ZM) reported its fiscal Q2 2022 earnings after the bell on Monday, beating analysts’ expectations on the top and bottom line.