Futurum analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on ServiceNow’s Knowledge 2022, the company’s customer-facing events. ServiceNow looks to drive aggressive growth and is betting on its newly upgraded Now Platform to not only help underpin the growth, but also transition into more service workflows.
Is SUSE becoming the Container Company?
Futurum analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the recently announced updates to Rancher and NeuVector. At the recent KUBECON Europe event, SUSE took the opportunity to expand on its vision for container security and provide updates to its strategic container management platform Rancher.
Kyndryl and Red Hat Announce Partnership to Advance IT Automation for Multicloud Infrastructure
Futurum analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the recently announced partnership between Kyndryl and Red Hat. As hybrid cloud deployments start to happen at scale Global System Integrators are flocking to form relationships with providers such as Red Hat so they can be skilled in the latest technologies such Ansible Automation Platform.
VMware Extends Wipro and Atos Partnership
Futurum analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the recently announced partnership extensions between VMware, Wipro and Atos. As Kubernetes deployments start to happen at scale, Global System Integrators are flocking to form relationships with VMware so they can be skilled in the latest technologies.
vFunction Launches AI powered Modernization Assessment Solution
Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the recent announcements from vFunction. As customers look to migrate legacy applications to the cloud re-platforming is not ideal. Customers need to go further and re-factor applications if they want to leverage all the benefits of the cloud. However, technical debt holds them back from getting started. The new tools launched by vFunction look to help people assess their technical debt.
Teleport Raises $110 Million Series C Unicorn Valuation
Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the recent series C raise by fast-growing start-up Teleport. As the security space becomes more fractured due to the adoption of hybrid multi-cloud deployments access management becomes key. Teleport has a secret-less approach to identity access management, which is both novel and intriguing.
Kyndryl Announces First Full Earnings as a Separate Company
Futurum analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the recently announced earnings from Kyndryl. With Kyndryl having recently split from IBM, the company is still dealing with the transition, although early indicators that a focus on alliances and cloud fueled growth is starting to pay off for the company.
IBM Systems Revenue Put Into a Historical Context
Futurum Research senior analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the financial history of the mainframe launch cycle. IBM is a different company from when the last mainframe was launched, and the new system that will be announced earlier this month has the opportunity to further drive the company’s growth trajectory in the coming quarters.
What Twitter Going Private Could Mean for the Evolution of Social Media
Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on what Elon Musk’s move to take Twitter private could mean to the underlying technology stack of social media platforms.
IBM’s New z16 Mainframe – A Deep Dive
Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens takes a deep dive into IBM’s new z16 mainframe, exploring the features in the newest zSystems ecosystem based on IBM announcements and sharing insights on what this means for IBM’s mainframe customers.