Futurum’s Ron Westfall explores why Snowflake’s recent Unistore launch represents a notable divergence from the company’s portfolio development strategy of using a single, specialized platform to address the evolving data warehousing and analytics demands of customers, emulating the converged database portfolio development strategies of rivals such as Oracle who already offer market-proven transactional and analytical capabilities.
Data & AI Summit 2022 Recap: Databricks Continues Commitment to Open Source Powered Innovation
Futurum senior analyst Steven Dickens covers the announcements made at the Data & AI Summit 2022 this week in San Francisco, organized by Databricks. As organizations look to innovate and garner better insights into vast quantities of data, many are turning to open source approaches such as Lakehouse and Spark, and Databricks appears to be well-positioned to see strong growth in the months ahead.
RISC-V International Adds Four ISA Chip Specification Approvals
Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss examines the addition by RISC-V International of four ISA chip specification approvals, bringing even broader tools for chip designers to improve and speed their latest chip designs.
The New Apple MacBook Air is More Powerful with its M2 Chip Upgrade
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond looks at Apple’s newest MacBook Air, which includes its newest generation, more powerful M2 processor. Will it be enough to continue to attract and interest Apple’s customer base, even in an anemic economy?
HPE Discover 2022: HPE Amperes Up New ProLiant RL300 Gen11 Servers
Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why HPE’s new ProLiant RL300 Gen11 server offering aligns with the cloud-native applications development priorities of service providers and digital-first enterprises as well as how using Ampere’s Altra and Altra Max processors can boost performance for cloud workloads such as web servers, caching, databases, media transcoding, and AI and advance power efficiency metrics that help fulfill organization-wide sustainability goals.
Cisco Video Phone 8875 for Webex, Designed for Hybrid Workers and Making IT Teams Happy in the Process
Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Michael Diamond dive into the new Cisco Video Phone 8875 for Webex, Cisco’s latest addition to its 8800 series video phone lineup announced last week at Cisco Live, exploring why they think it will be a hit among users and IT teams alike.
CHIPS Act Delay Creates a Snowball for US Based Chip Manufacturing
Futurum principal analyst Daniel Newman discusses how Congress coming to an impasse with the proposed CHIPS Act may set Intel back nearly $100 billion as the development of their new U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturer could come to a pause.
Zendesk to Go Private in What Should Pan Out to be Its Best Route Forward
Futurum’s principal analyst Daniel Newman breaks down what Zendesk’s future may look like as it goes private.
IBM Cloud and AI Team with Wimbledon to Boost Fan Experience
Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss dives into how IBM Cloud and AI team with Wimbledon to boost fan experience, adding feature updates that give tennis fans more information about favorite players and encourage fans to make their own match predictions that can be compared with those of other fans and IBM Watson.
Lenovo Expands Higher Margin IT Services Strategy in Asia-Pacific with PCCW Lenovo Technology Solutions
Futurum analyst Michael Diamond examines Lenovo’s recently announced strategic partnership with PCCW, forming PCCW Lenovo Technology Solutions Limited, designed to drive and deliver IT services in the Asia-Pacific region and why that’s a smart move for Lenovo.