Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements coming out of IBM focused on the mainframe platform. With customers increasingly facing tough choices as they look to either modernize or re-platform mainframe applications, IBM is looking to better inform key decision makers with a curated portal to provide relevant information to the C-Suite, architects and developers.
Red Hat Brings Ansible Automation Platform to Microsoft Azure
Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest announcements coming out of Red Hat around the availability of Ansible Automation Platform on Microsoft Azure. As the pressures grow on IT teams to manage more with less increasingly automation of repetitive tasks is a go to options. The Ansible platform is proving a vital tool in the ability for IT teams to keep up and the release of this functionality on Microsoft’s Azure platform increased deployment options for customers.
AWS Announces Mainframe Modernization Acceleration Program in Partnership with Micro Focus
Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcements coming out of AWS re:Invent related to the mainframe platform. AWS continues to sharpen its focus on the venerable mainframe platform with a more comprehensive partnership with Micro Focus.
Red Hat Goes All in on Multi Cloud and Hybrid Innovation with Latest Version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. As clients look increasingly to deploy Linux based workloads in hybrid multi cloud deployment models, Red Hat is focused on improving manageability, security, and support for the shift to container.
Google Cloud Next ‘21: More Mature, Transformational, and Sustainable
The Google Cloud Next ’21 event was an opportunity for Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai to present the future direction of Google Cloud. Futurum Research analyst Fred McClimans breaks down the key announcements and explains how their focus on customer transformation and sustainability is a sign of Google Cloud’s growing maturity.
SUSE Rancher 2.6 Launches, First Release Since the Acquisition of Rancher Labs
Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the latest release of SUSE’s kubernetes platform Rancher. Hot on the heels of a strong Q2 result as a newly IPO’d company, SUSE launches the first full release of the Kubernetes management stack from Rancher Labs, the company it acquired in 2020.
C3 AI and Google Cloud Partner to Accelerate Enterprise AI Adoption
C3 AI and Google Cloud have announced a partnership to bring C3 AI’s suite of industry-focused Enterprise AI applications to Google Cloud Customers. Futurum Research principal analyst Daniel Newman breaks down the importance of this deal and why it signals a growing level of maturity for both companies.
Splunk Q2 Highlights Progress in its Cloud Transformation
Futurum Research Principal Analyst Daniel Newman and Senior Analyst Steven Dickens provide their take on Splunk’s Q2 earnings announcement. The company is shuffling the executive deck, making strategic investments to bolster its security portfolio and also transition to a recurring revenue based on workload pricing, rather than data ingestion and seems to be executing on all fronts given the strong numbers for Q2.
Teradata’s Earnings, Pivot to as-a-Service, and the Road Ahead
Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on Q2 earnings from industry veteran Teradata. In a congested market with formidable competitors, Teradata is making a pivot from on-premises deployments to a hybrid cloud model. Can they make the pivot quickly enough to remain a market leader?
MongoDB Doubles Down on Core Offerings and the Cloud
Futurum Research Senior Analyst, Steven Dickens provides in depth analysis of the news coming out of MongoDB’s live event of the updates to the core general purpose database platform.