On this episode of Futurum Live! From the Show Floor, The Futurum Group’s Camberley Bates is joined by Simon Jelley, GM, Data Protection as a Service and Chris Wiborg, VP Product and Solutions Marketing at Veritas for a conversation on how to ensure that your cloud applications are resilient and your data is protected and recoverable. 

Their discussion covers:

• A background on why data recovery so difficult and complex

• Veritas’ strategy to assist customers to combat ransomware with data protection, compliance, and governance, and new technologies like AI/ML

• Why cybersecurity is a team sport and how Veritas is partnering with various players in the cybersecurity space to provide the best solutions for their customers

• An overview on Veritas’ testing capability, REDlab, a lab with real malware, and other areas Veritas has been focusing on like Cloud Scale

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters – Insider Edition, Krista Macomber and Randy Kerns are joined by Jim McGann, Index Engines’ Vice President of Strategic Partnerships, for a conversation focusing on the topic of the convergence of cyber security and storage. 

Specifically, their discussion covers:

• Critical capabilities of cybersecure storage systems, including immutability

• The Index Engines – Dell PowerProtect Cyber Recovery solution, which The Futurum Group audited

• New approaches and technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), that bad actors have been using to ramp up their game when it comes to attacking organizations, and how to keep up

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, Ron Westfall is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Todd R. Weiss, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught their eye including Netcracker introducing its Telco GenAI offerings, Amdocs NVIDIA working together to customize enterprise-grade LLMs running on NVIDIA accelerated computing as part of the Amdocs amAIz framework, and SK Telecom (SKT) and Deutsche Telekom (DT) have agreed to create a telco-specific large language model (LLM), which aims to make generative AI (GenAI) developments easier and quicker for operators.

Their conversation focused on:

* Netcracker Debuts Telco GenAI Solution

* Amdocs and NVIDIA Ready to Propel Telco GenAI Use Cases

* SKT and DT Look to Create Telco-specific LLM

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, host Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director, Enterprise Applications, at The Futurum Group, discusses the topic of tech stack sprawl, focusing specifically on the proliferation of multiple enterprise applications within an organization. He covers the conditions that lead to sprawl, the risks and drawbacks of acquiring and implementing a wide range of applications, and highlights the offerings from vendors that are designed to reduce or eliminate sprawl.

He also covers some recent news and newsmakers in the customer experience software market. Finally, he’ll close out the show with the “Rant or Rave” segment, where he picks one item in the market, and he’ll either champion or criticize it.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters – Insider Edition, Randy Kerns is joined by Brian Pawlowski, Chief Development Officer at Quantum, for a conversation on Quantum’s Myriad solution and how it is uniquely offering solutions to customer data challenges.

Their discussion covers:

• Quantum’s view on the current market and how storage and application have evolved, including customer use cases

• The challenges facing customers within storage and data management systems, today

• Quantum’s current product portfolio, including how their latest solution, Myriad, fits into their portfolio

• How Myriad offers unique solutions to help solve data challenges, and where Quantum plans to take Myriad next

Learn more about Myriad Software-Defined All-Flash Storage Platform for the Enterprise on the Quantum website.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, recorded at KubeCon 2023 in Chicago, hosts Steven Dickens and Camberely Bates discuss the latest trends and announcements in the world of Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies. They delve into the growth in KubeCon attendance, the increasing adoption of Kubernetes in enterprise environments, and the focus on platform engineering. Their conversation includes insights into various vendor announcements, including NetApp's Astra Control and Red Hat's new features, as well as a broader discussion on the maturation of the Kubernetes ecosystem, emphasizing the importance of security, resilience, and complexity in modern IT infrastructure.

Key points from their discussion:

• KubeCon showcases significant growth and increasing enterprise adoption of Kubernetes.

• Vendors like NetApp and Red Hat announce new features and capabilities.

• Observability and security emerge as key themes in Kubernetes ecosystem development.

• The shift towards curated and opinionated Kubernetes stacks for easier management and better security.

An Assessment of Key Eco-Initiatives across the 5G-IoT Ecosystem Including Rogers Smart Energy Management solution, AT&T’s CCI, and Orange’s Sophie Germain

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, Ron Westfall is joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Todd R. Weiss, for a look at the top 5G developments and what’s going on that caught our eye including Rogers Business using IoT to bolster customer sustainability missions on a strategic level, AT&T highlighting the impact of connectivity and the role of its Connected Climate Initiative (CCI) on climate tech innovation, and Orange launching the Sophie Germain vessel to advance sustainable and efficient global connectivity. 

Their conversation focused on:

• Roger Business IoT Supports Three-Ways to Boost Operations Sustainability.
• AT&T Spotlights Connectivity Impact on Climate Tech Innovation.
• Orange Launches New Sophie Germain Vessel to Advance Sustainable Global Connectivity.

On this episode of The AI Moment, we explore what’s going on with AI chips, the pros and cons to RAG and fine-tuning to make LLMs better and how the Allen Institute for AI has dropped a tool which makes them an Adult in the AI Rumpus Room

The discussion covers:

• Key Trends in Generative AI: 

• New chips, NVIDIA’s GH200 Grace Hopper, Microsoft’s Azure Maia AI Accelerator and Intel’s Gaudi 2 are showing the potential for significant gains in performance and efficiency, which means lower AI compute costs. 

• Practices for making AI models better – RAG is the new rage, but fine-tuning gets a boost from SLoRA. Vectara’s hallucination measuring tool, Hugging Face’s LLMs as a Judge

• Adults in the AI Rumpus Room: The Allen Institute for AI (AI2) recently published research that lays out the challenges of having bad data sets feed AI models. They have developed a framework to address it called What’s In My Big Data? (WIMBD)

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On this episode of the Experience Unveiled I am joined by SAP SuccessFactors Chief Scientist, Dr. Autumn Krauss for a conversation on employee experience, including how the view of EX has evolved and thoughts on its evolution. 

Our discussion covers:

• How the SAP SuccessFactors Growth & Insights team supports growth opportunities for SAP SuccessFactors

• How SAP SuccessFactors is reimagining the learning experience for employees

• How employee experience has evolved over time and what prompted the evolution

• Employee experience in 2023 and what’s next

For more information, visit the SAP Growth and Insights HR Research Library, referenced in this episode.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast - Interview Series, I am joined by Rubrik’s Steve Stone, Head of Rubrik Zero Labs for a conversation on data security, understanding what role AI plays in data protection, and the importance of data visibility.

Our discussion covers:

• An introduction from Steve Stone as Head of Rubrik Zero Labs and a brief background on how Rubrik Zero Labs came to be

• The role AI plays in data growth

• How organizations are keeping up with data protection and the importance of data visibility

• Key strategies and recommendations cybersecurity leaders can take from Rubrik Zero Labs’ new report