Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why the Oracle Exadata Cloud X9M debut can enable Oracle to defend and upgrade its vast X9M/X8M customer base through OLTP and Analytics performance and scale advances that maintain existing costs as well as create the differentiation needed to compel rivals such as AWS and Azure to take swift heed of Oracle’s latest cloud database portfolio development and marketing moves.
The Future of Hybrid Work on Microsoft Windows 11 — More Inclusive, Secure, Seamless and Productive
Futurum analysts Michael Diamond and Shelly Kramer discuss Microsoft’s The Future of Hybrid Work on Microsoft Windows 11 which introduced and showcased some features and functionality that are easy to get excited about. Helping organizations build more secure, inclusive, and highly productive workplace environments and support employees wherever and whenever they work is obviously the goal, and Microsoft delivers on many fronts in that regard. Here are some of the new features that particularly piqued their interest.
IBM Launches z16, its New Mainframe — Why Investors Should Care
Futurum Research senior analyst Steven Dickens provides his take on the financial impact that the launch of IBM z16, a new mainframe, will have on the wider IBM. IBM is a different company from when the last mainframe was launched, and the new system has the opportunity to further drive the company’s growth trajectory in the coming quarters.
Oracle MySQL HeatWave: Teaching the Competition a Lesson in ML
Oracle debuts MySQL HeatWave ML delivering support of extensive machine learning based automation which enables the entire system to become more intelligent over time, locking in accrued lifecycle value for all customers as well as new ML explanations in HeatWave that deliver differentiation across usability and interpretability, quality, as well as performance and scalability criteria. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why new MySQL HeatWave ML is well-positioned to meet the most demanding database applications and expectations of enterprise users. From our perspective, the new innovations Oracle has built into MySQL HeatWave ML, enables the solution to stand out with a compelling feature set, AutoML scalability, real-time elasticity, date per node, portfolio-wide enhancement, and price/performance differentiation against the gauntlet of competition.
HPE Dazzles with Host of New HPE GreenLake Capabilities and Partnerships
HPE GreenLake unveiled greater edge to cloud platform capabilities through unified experience, new cloud services, and expanded partner ecosystem collaboration. Futurum’s Ron Westfall examines why HPE GreenLake’s addition of 12 new cloud services including NaaS, data services, HPC functions, and compute operations management along with a simplified experience that provides one view of all services edge to cloud strengthen HPE GreenLake’s overall competitiveness.
Google Acquires Mandiant, Strengthening its Security Portfolio and Hoping to Snag Cloud Share
Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Michael Diamond discuss Google’s acquisition of Mandiant and what that means for the company’s enterprise cloud ambitions in the race against rivals AWS and Microsoft.
Kyndryl Reports Q4 and FY 2021 Revenue Down as Company Takes its First Solo Steps as Independent Unit
Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Todd R. Weiss dissect the first earnings report for managed IT services vendor Kyndryl, spun out of IBM in November 2021. Q4 and full year 2021 earnings dropped by single digits compared to one year ago when it was owned by Big Blue. They explore the company’s culture shift post spinoff, as well as its early moves in forming strategic alliances and cloud technology partnerships, as well as establishing training and certification initiatives and what’s ahead.
Lenovo Group on the Upswing: Posts Its First $20B Quarter for Revenue and a 62% YoY Increase in Net Income to a Record $640M
Futurum Research analysts Daniel Newman and Todd R. Weiss dive into Lenovo’s recent Q3 2021/2022 earnings report and look at how the Chinese company has established a solid business footing for a successful 2022.
Leaner and More Focused IBM Reports Q4 Earnings and Full Year 2021 Results
Futurum’s Daniel Newman covers IBM’s earnings, which show a leaner, more focused IBM delivering better than expected results and good news kicking off earnings week.
Kyndryl Viewpointe Win to Accelerate IT Modernization With Move to Azure Showcases Partnership Strategy
Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements coming out of Kyndryl on its multi-year relationship refresh with Viewpointe. The announcement from recently NYSE listed Kyndryl highlights the company’s ecosystem and strategic partnership focus evidenced by a shift to the Microsoft Azure stack.