Futurum Senior Analyst Olivier Blanchard shares insights and observations from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit. In the first of several pieces that will focus on individual Snapdragon Tech Summit announcements, Blanchard outlines how Qualcomm’s new premium Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile SOC plays into the company’s broader intelligent connected edge ambitions and highlights the paradigm shift that it represents with regard to new benchmarks of performance, particularly regarding AI.
Five9’s Virtual Voiceover Brings Self-Service Experience to Life with Synthetic Voices
Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer covers Five9’s launch of its Virtual Voiceover offering, a new capability that will bring self-service experiences to life with synthetic voices, and provides insight on how this kind of technology will quite likely revolutionize the contact center.
C3 AI Wins $500M Department of Defense Contract, Further Validating Strong Vision
Futurum’s Daniel Newman covers C3 AI’s win of a $500 Million Department of Defense contract. The new agreement will allow an accelerated timeline for any DoD agency to acquire C3 AI’s suite of enterprise AI products for modelling and simulation.
New Executive Order Focuses on Federal Government Sustainability, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Creating Jobs
President Biden signed a new Executive Order recently that will usher in a new era of Federal government sustainability. Futurum’s junior analyst Lauren Kirkpatrick explores the big themes in the Executive Order and offers insight into how this might spur innovation and other investments to fight the climate crisis.
GTT Communications Partners with Palo Alto Networks to Power its SASE Platform
GTT Communications has partnered with Palo Alto Networks to power its SASE Platform. Futurum’s lead analyst Shelly Kramer offers insights on how the managed security service partnership will leverage networking and security capabilities of the two companies to both strengthen and simply the security of network access and use of cloud applications as enterprises continue to adapt to the new requirements of the hybrid workforce. This is a great move for GTT Communications, one that will likely boost the value of its cloud-based offerings. But this is an even better move for Palo Alto Networks, and one that we anticipate will prove the power of its security offering.
PROS Acquires Digital Marketing Platform EveryMundo and That’s Good News on the CX Front
Futurum’s lead analyst Shelly Kramer explores PROS recent acquisition of digital marketing platform EveryMundo and why that’s great news for customers focused on omnichannel marketing and delivering best in class customer experiences.
Oracle Q2 Earnings Outpace Expectations On Strong Cloud Growth
Oracle shares rose 11% in extended trading recently after the database software maker reported fiscal second-quarter earnings that exceeded analysts’ estimates.
Marvell Industry Analyst Day 2021: New AtlasOne Chip Readies 5G RAN Optical Fronthaul for 5G Ecosystem
Marvell broadens its RAN portfolio aimed at advancing cloud-optimized 5G infrastructure with the launch of the AtlasOne 50Gbps PAM4 DSP and TIA chipset solution. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the new AtlasOne chipset fulfills fast growing mobile operator demand for 50G fronthaul bandwidth capabilities as they advance vRAN and Open RAN deployments, enhance existing RAN technology, and scale 5G applications such as enhanced mobile broadband, FWA, edge computing, ultra-reliable low-latency communications, and digital workforce.
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.
Square Becomes Block – What is Next for Jack Dorsey?
Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcements from Square on its corporate rebranding — morphing from Square to Block — Dorsey stepping down as CEO of Twitter, and where he sees Block focused in the months ahead.