Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements coming out of MWCLV22, where Red Hat announced the latest version of OpenStack, OpenStack Platform17. With many enterprises focused on Kubernetes and containers, Red Hat continues to demonstrate engineering prowess and reap the benefits of downstream convergence of OpenShift and OpenStack.
LinuxONE Stripped Naked in the IBM Cloud
Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements coming out of IBM Cloud. With hybrid cloud becoming the prevailing deployment architecture for many enterprises, IBM is leaning into providing LinuxONE as-a-service on the IBM cloud.
IBM Continues to Demonstrate Commitment to Sustainability at Open Mainframe Summit Event
Futurum’s Steven Dickens covers IBM’s continued demonstration of its commitment to sustainability, in evidence at the recent Open Mainframe Summit event where the company’s donation of a sustainability dashboard was announced.
Open Mainframe Project Drives Open Innovation
Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements coming out of the Open Mainframe Summit. As open source becomes the default option for developers looking to innovate at speed and at scale the mainframe needs to keep pace. The donation of a z15 system to the open-source community hosted by the Linux Foundation’s Open Mainframe Project takes community driven development to the next level.
Kyndryl Expands Offerings with Kyndryl Bridge, a Platform Designed to Help Customers Accelerate their Digital Transformation Journeys
Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Steven Dickens provide their take on Kyndryl Bridge, announced by IT services behemoth Kyndryl and designed to help customers accelerate digital transformation and digital modernization journeys. Kyndryl Bridge is the company’s innovative approach to simplifying IT service delivery and harnessing the power of automation. What’s ahead for Kyndryl and their customers will be exciting to watch play out.
LinuxONE – The Penguins Are Back
Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcements coming out of Open Source Summit in Dublin where IBM launched a new high end Linux server, the LinuxONE Emperor 4. With enterprises struggling to deliver on ambitious ESG pledges, IBM has decided to make sustainability the focus for the launch of a new Linux server while still retaining a focus on TCO and security.
VMware Explore 2022 Event Recap: New Name, New Solution Portfolio, New Alliances
Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcements coming out of the VMware Explore 2022 event. As customers look to innovate and simplify cloud operations, whether on-premises, in the cloud, or at the edge, cloud chaos reigns. VMware Explore’s announcements, new solution portfolio, new alliances and partner ecosystems are focused on delivering a simplified hybrid cloud management experience.
MongoDB Posts Stellar Q2 Earnings Results
Futurum analyst Steven Dickens shares his insights on MongoDB’s Q2 earnings as revenue hits $303.7 million, up 53% YoY.
VMware Posts Solid Q2 Earnings Ahead of Broadcom Acquisition
Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the VMware Q2 FY23 earnings and the Broadcom acquisition that is still pending. As customers look to pivot from on-premises virtualization to hybrid cloud operations, VMware is trying to stay their partner of choice. Solid numbers from VMware show the company is making progress ahead of the Broadcom acquisition that should close in 2023.
Red Hat Announces Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus, Continuing to Innovate in the Kubernetes and Containers Space
Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcements of the latest version of Red Hat OpenShift becoming generally available. As customers look to innovate and simplify cloud operations, whether that is on-premises, in the cloud, or at the edge, complexity and scale is often a challenge. Red Hat is focused on delivering a simplified hybrid cloud management experience and these announcements build on this holistic vision.