Ericsson enters into agreement for $6.2 billion cash offer to acquire Vonage, a provider of cloud-based communications, propelling Ericsson’s strategy to boost its wireless enterprise channel influence and broaden its global offerings. Futurum’s Ron Westfall assesses why Ericsson’s $6.2 billion acquisition of Vonage can disrupt the crowded CPaaS market segment, spur API-driven 5G/4G innovation across the enterprise wireless realm, and provide the foundation to advance ecosystem-wide open network innovation.
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The News: Dell Technologies reported 3rd quarter results for fiscal 2022 after the market closed on November 23, 2021, delivering both record revenue and profitability. Here’s a quick breakdown of the headline numbers: Second quarter revenue record of $28.4B, up 21%, Operating income was a third quarter record of $1.3 billion, a 19% increase over the same period the prior
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ServiceNow acquired DotWalk, a company that automates testing and upgrades for the Now Platform with the aim of making it easier for customers to stay on top of technology maintenance. Futurum’s lead analyst Daniel Newman breaks down this announcement and what it means for the future of ServiceNow.
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Futurum senior analyst Olivier Blanchard examines MediaTek’s claim that its new Dimensity 9000 mobile SOC can compete against Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 in the premium tier. In addition to outlining some of the key industry hurdles facing MediaTek in its efforts to finally break into the premium tier, Blanchard outlines critical areas in which Dimensity 9000 appears to fall short of delivering premium mobile experiences for OEMs and their customers, namely modem/connectivity, camera/computer vision, AI, and mobile gaming.
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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.
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