Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger has charted a path to expand Intel’s leadership in both semiconductor design and fabrication, including the new RibbonFET transistor architecture, the PowerVia power delivery system, and a revamped node framework that sets the stage for a shift from Nanometer to Angstrom terminology. Our Futurum analysts break it down and explain why this, and the new Intel Foundry Services (IFS), are key to Intel achieving process performance parity by 2024 and leadership by 2025.
Microsoft JEDI Win Gets Cancelled, Amazon Gets Another Chance and Hello JWCC
Futurum’s Shelly Kramer shares insights on the cancellation of Microsoft’s DOD JEDI contract win, how Amazon’s tenacity paid off, and how changing times mean changing cloud needs for the government. Which is where the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability (JWCC), a multi-cloud/multi-vendor Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, comes in.
MWC 2021: Netcracker, NEC, and AWS Triple 5G Core and Orchestration Bliss
Netcracker and NEC announced the deployment of NEC’s 5G Core and Netcracker’s full stack Digital BSS/OSS on AWS to orchestrate and automate 5G digital services and how 5G services and network slices can be ordered on demand from Netcracker’s Digital Marketplace. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the three-way partnership using Netcracker orchestration systems bolsters and assures the dynamic placement of 5G workloads across AWS Local Zones as well as the 5G ecosystem and competitive implications of the trio’s alliance.
Week of June 21: Hot Takes on AWS, Salesforce, Lattice, Microsoft
Over the past few days there were several interesting stories that broke on AWS, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Lattice Semiconductor.
Guavus Revs Up Open NWDAF to Spur Automated Multi-vendor 5G Networks
Guavus launched its Guavus-IQ NWDAF solution to provide open NWDAF across operator 5G Core environments to power the service orchestration and closed-loop network automation key to elastically scaling and monetizing new 5G services. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the standard-based 3GPP Network Data Analytics Function (NWDAF) is integral to producing the real-time operational intelligence key to handling the complexities of open, multi-vendor 5G networks and delivering the statistical and predictive analytics processing designated for emerging 5G use cases.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Exercises the Right to Bear Arm
Oracle unveiled its first Arm-based compute offering OCI Ampere A1 Compute, aiming to guide the porting of open source projects to Arm technology for price-performance and efficiency gains. Futurum’s Ron Westfall analyzes why the Arm architecture is gaining a broader presence across data center server processor architectures, how OCI attains competitive differentiation through the new platform, and why OCI’s main rivals need to counter the move.
AWS and Ericsson Extend Partnership to Support CSPs on Their Journey to Cloud BSS
In this new episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer delve into the expansion of the AWS and Ericsson alliance with AWS certifying Ericsson Telecom BSS for AWS. We discussed the industry-wide impact of the AWS announcement including the operational and business benefits CSPs gain from the cloud native Ericsson Telecom BSS portfolio and the topmost considerations CSPs need to understand in advancing their cloud journeys.
Rackspace Elastic Engineering Unleashed, With a Goal of Transforming Cloud Managed Services
Rackspace introduces Rackspace Elastic Engineering to meet expanding customer demand for on-demand access to a dedicated pod of cloud engineers that align with their specific cloud implementation requirements as well as improving business outcomes and optimizing DevOps frameworks. Futurum’s Ron Westfall analyzes the competitive benefits of the new Rackspace Elastic Engineering proposition and why it bolsters Rackspace’s managed cloud services credentials, especially in multi-cloud environments, as well as the competitive impact on Rackspace’s key foes.
AWS’s Amazon Lookout for Metrics Solution Uses Machine Learning to Automate Business KPI Monitoring
Futurum’s Olivier Blanchard covers news of general availability of AWS’s Amazon Lookout for Metrics solution, which uses machine learning to automate business KPI monitoring and real-time BI insights — which could translate into an attractive value proposition for AWS customers.
AWS EC2 X2gd Instances Powered Using Home-Grown Graviton2 Processors
AWS has announced general availability of EC2 X2gd instances of its cloud computing offering. Futurum’s Fred McClimans discusses the importance of this new offering and how it plays into the growing demand for memory-intensive workloads, such as real-time data analytics. In short, it means very good things for AWS customers. It increases the performance and cuts the cost of cloud computing for workloads such as in-memory databases, relational databases, and our favorite, real-time data analytics. This, coupled with AWS’s scalable, pay-as-you-go consumption model, is exactly what is needed today.