IBM kicks off the earnings season with a bang as their focus pays off. Futurum’s principal analyst Daniel Newman dives into the recent earnings report and what the company should expect going forward.
Salesforce Renames Tableau CRM ‘Salesforce CRM Analytics’
Futurum principal analyst Shelly Kramer provides analysis of Salesforce’s renaming of its Tableau CRM product to Salesforce CRM Analysis and discusses the impact of recently announced features to be rolled out this summer.
Amazon Expands Prime Shopping with Buy with Prime
Futurum’s Daniel Newman explores Amazon’s new offering, Buy with Prime that will expand Prime shopping benefits to other online retailers beyond Amazon.com. Newman offers insight into how this offering will impact retailers and Amazon.
Siemens Opens CATCH, its New R&D Innovation Hub to Accelerate Additive Manufacturing for Industry to Collaborate with Industrial 3D Printer Makers
Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss looks at how Siemens is growing the market for industrial additive manufacturing by opening CATCH, its latest innovation and collaboration hub, where customers can meet with Siemens experts and 3D printer vendors to brainstorm and find answers to their most pressing additive manufacturing problems.
Qualcomm Powers Five Key Inventions Across Newly Completed 5G NR Release 17
Qualcomm contributes five key inventions, consisting of mmWave expansion, NR-Light, device enhancements, non-terrestrial networks, and topology expansion, to advance 5G ecosystem adoption of the recently completed 3GGP Release 17 specification. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the five inventions strengthen emerging 5G use cases, such as dedicated private networks, wearables, industrial sensors, video surveillance, global asset tracking, satellite communications, and public safety, and reinforces Qualcomm’s reputation for consistently delivering 5G ecosystem-wide innovation.
AT&T Business Makes the Case for Key Managed Services Provider Role across SASE Journeys
Futurum’s senior analyst Ron Westfall explores the value prop that MSPs can bring to organizations strategizing about and planning for their SASE developments, along with the news that AT&T Business is tossing its hat in the ring on the SASE-capable MSP front.
Google Cloud’s Retail Search Tool Geared Toward Helping Eliminate Cart Abandonment
Futurum’s principal analyst Shelly Kramer explores Google Cloud’s announcement of the launch of its new Retail Search, a tool designed to help ecommerce retailers address and mitigate cart abandonment and level up on the customer experience front. In combination with Google Cloud’s other retail tools, this is a smart move for Google Cloud as it continues to try and gain traction in the cloud wars.
TeleSign Introduces Age Verify, its New Age Verification Service in the U.K. to Protect Minors
Futurum research analyst Michael Diamond discusses TeleSign’s newly launched Age Verify service, an age verification solution designed to help organizations in the U.K. or doing business in the U.K. avoid selling products and services that are against the law to sell to minors.
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.
Mavenir and Aspire Technology Announce Collaboration to Advance Open RAN Market Availability
Mavenir and Aspire Technology are working together to spur the testing of O-RAN compliant radios using Aspire’s Open Network Labs in Europe. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why speeding up O-RAN compliant cloud-native Mavenir CU/DU with pre-tested and integrated Remote Radiohead Units aids the advancement of the O-RAN Alliance mission including broader ecosystem acceptance of Open RAN and Open RAN’s role in upholding market competition, supply chain stability, and national security aspirations.