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.
Red Hat Doubles Down on Automation with Ansible Platform 2
AnsibleFest, Red Hat’s annual gathering for all things Automation kicked off recently and unsurprisingly the team launched the latest version of the Ansible offering, Ansible Platform 2. Futurum’s Senior Analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcement and what we can expect.
HPE GreenLake Meets Growing Ecosystem Demand for Cloud Data Protection and Unified Analytics
HPE introduces new cloud services, such as HPE GreenLake for analytics and HPE GreenLake for data protection, to augment the HPE GreenLake edge-to-cloud platform. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the new cloud service offerings strengthen HPE GreenLake’s competitive position across the hybrid cloud and public cloud market segments as well as heightens ecosystem awareness of the HPE Edge-to-Cloud Adoption Framework that is designed specifically to de-risk organization cloud journeys.
Does The Epic Ruling Open The Door For Apple’s Competition?
Let’s dive into the details of the recent Epic ruling from a U.S. District judge and what this means for Apple’s marketing position.
Apple’s 5G Strategy Appears To Put Profits Before Innovation
Futurum’s Principal Analyst Daniel Newman breaks down Apple’s 5G strategy, as it appears to put profits before innovation.
Oracle ERP Summit Full of Announcements and Updates to Automate Process and Enhance Decision-Making
Oracle unveiled a host of new updates and features at Oracle ERP Summit. Futurum’s principal analyst Daniel Newman explores the upgrades offering insight into the potential benefits each one can have on an organization’s bottom line.
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.
Oracle Exadata X9M Shellacs AWS and Azure with Latency, Throughput, and Cost Breakthroughs
Oracle launches Exadata Cloud@Customer X9M swiftly providing the OLTP I/O latency and analytics throughput advantages that vastly eclipse both the public cloud AWS RDS and Azure SQL offerings. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why Exadata Cloud@Customer X9M shellacs the public cloud AWS and Azure offerings, let alone any on-premises options, across key latency, IOPS, throughput, and cost metrics that give Oracle a virtually insurmountable competitive edge.
Open Mainframe Goes from Strength to Strength
Futurum Research Senior Analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the Open Mainframe Summit event taking place this week and the announcements the Linux Foundation collaborative project focused on the mainframe is making as part of the conference. As the mainframe transforms to fit within the hybrid landscape, open source represents a key component in the platform continuing its place in mission critical computing environments.
Microsoft Issues Warning on Large Scale Phishing-as-a-Service Operation
Microsoft 365 Defender Threat Intelligence Team issued a warning on a large-scale phishing-as-a-service operation called BulletProofLink. Futurum’s Lead Analyst Shelly Kramer assesses the threat and offers insights why organizations should be concerned as well as how to protect themselves against future threats.