Futurum Tech Webcast

On this episode of The Futurum Tech Webcast – Live from the Show Floor, Craig Durr welcomes Sam Kennedy, Senior Director, Product Marketing for Crestron Electronics for a conversation on Crestron's latest announcements at Zoomtopia 2023

Their discussion covers:

• The Crestron products that just received Zoom certification

• Crestron's new product specifically made for the Zoom ecosystem

• An overview of Crestron's new native Zoom scheduling panel

• A look at other recent portfolio updates.

In this episode of The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, The Futurum Group's Ron Westfall and Todd R. Weiss look at the top 5G developments and what's going on that caught our eye. Their conversation focused on: Nokia Debuts Network as Code Platform. Nokia introduced its Network as Code platform and developer portal aimed at enabling application developers and communication services providers (CSPs) to accelerate the work of producing software applications for new enterprise, industrial, and consumer use cases, as well as monetizing 5G/4G network assets beyond basic connectivity. Commercial availability starts in December 2023. T-Mobile SASE Launch Sharpens T-Mobile for Business Proposition. T-Mobile launched T-Mobile SASE, a SIM-based SASE solution that also offers customers a network slice dedicated to SASE traffic. T-Mobile's innovative offering consists of components designed to ease how organizations protect vital corporate data and network resources from nearly anywhere. Ericsson Adopts Open Fronthaul Stance, Altering Open RAN Landscape. Ericsson will introduce support for open fronthaul across its Cloud RAN and radio portfolios starting in 2024. More than one million Ericsson radios in the field and are hardware-prepared for open fronthaul. Ericsson seeks to drive the industry in all three areas of Open RAN architectures – cloudification, open management with automation, and open fronthaul. To demonstrate its commitment, Ericsson and Telefónica signed a MoU for Cloud RAN evolution based on Open RAN architecture. #Nokia, #TMobile, #VersaNetworks, #Ericsson, #Telefonica, #NetworkasCode, #application, #developer, #code, #5G, #4G, #LTE, #CSP, #API, #SASE, #SIM, #OpenRAN, #fronthaul, #CloudRAN, #RAN, #5gfactor, #thefuturumgroup, #futurum

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens, Krista Macomber and Camberley Bates discuss HPE's recently announced restructuring plan, involving the creation of a hybrid cloud segment led by Fidelma Russo. This move is aimed at simplifying the company's organizational structure and focusing on GreenLake and services in the hybrid cloud space. Storage is also being integrated into this group, and the goal is to offer more services as part of the GreenLake portfolio.

Another topic of discussion is the acquisition of Splunk by Cisco. The hosts ponder how Cisco would restructure its software portfolio and whether they would create a dedicated software business. They raise questions about how the engineering resources and investments would be allocated, as well as how the sales go-to-market model would evolve.

The hosts also touch on other industry trends, such as the growing importance of custom silicon in AI, with AWS and other cloud providers making significant investments in this area. Additionally, they discuss the evolving relationship between security and data protection teams, emphasizing the need for collaboration in today's IT landscape.

Topics include:

• HPE restructuring to create a hybrid cloud segment, simplifying its organizational structure and focusing on services like GreenLake.

• Cisco's acquisition of Splunk, raising questions about the restructuring of its software portfolio, including engineering investments and sales strategies.

• The increasing importance of custom silicon in AI, with cloud providers like AWS making significant investments in this area.

• Collaboration between security and data protection teams is becoming crucial in the evolving IT landscape, with an emphasis on common goals and shared visions.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters – Insider Edition, Steven Dickens is joined by AWS's Ajay Nair, General Manager, AWS Lambda, for a conversation focusing on the topic of serverless computing and its place within AWS's broader portfolio. Ajay explains that serverless has evolved from its initial definition as a way to run code without managing servers to a broader operational model focused on delivering value to customers without getting bogged down in managing infrastructure. He emphasizes that serverless allows customers to delegate outcomes like security, scale, performance, and availability to AWS experts, enabling them to focus on their unique business needs.

Their discussion covers:

• Definition of Serverless: Serverless is an operational model that enables businesses to run or build applications without the need to manage low-level infrastructure. It allows customers to delegate infrastructure responsibilities to AWS, freeing them to concentrate on delivering value to their customers.

• AWS's Evolving Role: AWS has evolved to meet the diverse needs of its customers. Some customers require differentiated infrastructure and hardware, while others seek a more hands-off approach. AWS provides a spectrum of choices, from fully managed serverless services like Lambda to more hands-on options like EC2 instances, allowing customers to select what works best for their workloads.

• Benefits of Serverless: Customers adopting serverless benefit from lower total cost of ownership, elasticity, reliability, and speed. Serverless enables them to focus on innovation and faster delivery of applications, as AWS takes care of infrastructure management, performance optimization, and security.

• Serverless Across AWS's Portfolio: AWS is extending the serverless operational model across its entire portfolio, not just infrastructure. This includes databases (e.g., Redshift Serverless and DynamoDB), IoT services, machine learning platforms (e.g., SageMaker), and industry-specific solutions (e.g., healthcare). AWS aims to provide a range of serverless options to meet the needs of different application classes.

Ajay Nair encourages customers to think "serverless first" for new development projects, emphasizing that serverless computing brings agility and cost efficiency to AWS users, allowing them to innovate faster and do less manual infrastructure management.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, The Futurum Group's Dave Raffo joined by Greg White, Senior Director, Solutions Marketing at Nutanix and Pritish Nilangi, Product Marketing Manager, at AMD, for a conversation on how Nutanix's software-defined storage and AMD processors are helping companies run modern applications in hybrid and multi clouds.

In their conversation, they discussed the following:

• How hybrid clouds have changed hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) over the years, and how HCI pioneer Nutanix has adapted to that change

• What we mean by modern apps in the context of hybrid multi-clouds

• The role server technology plays in software-defined storage and security

• What the rise of interest in generative AI means to software and hardware vendors

For more information, visit www.nutanix.com/hpe.

The advancement of generative AI has left some wondering if we're moving away from our own humanity. But what if these innovations are bringing us toward a new, improved state of human consciousness in computing? Learn more in this episode of The Main Scoop™, our hosts Daniel Newman and Greg Lotko are joined by Reg Harbeck, CEO and Chief Strategist at Mainframe Analytics.

It was a great conversation and one you don't want to miss. Like what you've heard? Check out all our past episodes here, and be sure to subscribe so you never miss an episode of The Main Scoop™ series.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens, and Krista Macomber discuss the merger of Kioxia and Western Digital's solid-state storage units and Infinidat's announcements regarding high-end data storage devices. They also highlight MLCommons' new releases, including MLPerf 3.1 and MLPerf for storage, which includes large language models and storage benchmarks.

The conversation shifts to Lenovo's Edge server launch and its potential impact on AI deployments at the edge. They discuss the significance of AI-specific servers and the importance of deployment technology, including lightweight Kubernetes distributions and private 5G.

The discussion continues with a mention of Alcion, a backup company that uses AI to proactively identify potential security threats and intelligently schedule backups, highlighting Alcion's recent Series A funding round.

The hosts also cover announcements from Oracle CloudWorld and BMC Connect, discussing Oracle's partnership with Azure for running Oracle databases and BMC's product velocity and competition with ServiceNow.

They also cover Telesign's introduction of a service to uncover security breaches associated with phone numbers, emphasizing the importance of securing personal data and communication.

Finally, the hosts deep dived into Cisco's acquisition of Splunk for a blockbuster $28bn fee.

Topics include:

• Kioxia and Western Digital's solid-state storage merger

• Infinidat's announcements on high-end data storage devices and expanded capacity

• MLCommons' new releases, including MLPerf 3.1 and MLPerf for storage

• Lenovo's Edge server launch for AI deployments at the edge

• Alcion's Series A funding and AI-based data protection

• Oracle's partnership with Azure

• BMC's product velocity

• Telesign's service to uncover security breaches associated with phone numbers

• Cisco's acquisition of Splunk

In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters podcast, hosts Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber discuss common themes discussed during recent visits with clients in the data protection marketplace – notably, generative artificial intelligence (AI), and protection of cloud-hosted, software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications. This includes the utilization of AI to streamline the application and oversight of protection policies, to uncover security vulnerabilities, and to democratize conversations around security between IT Operations teams and the C-Suite. They also touch on Tesla as a use case for utilizing AI for business model innovation, and the market-wide implications of the most recent financial performance from Oracle's cloud business unit.

Topics include:

• HYCU's new book launch – Averting the SaaS Data Apocalypse – and the general state of the market for protecting SaaS applications.

• The implications of generative AI for data protection solutions.

• Tesla's Dojo Supercomputer and how the company is capturing the wave of interest in, and demand for, AI.

• Oracle's overall and cloud business unit earnings.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters - Insider Edition, Camberley Bates is joined by John Colgrove (Coz), Founder and Chief Visionary at Pure Storage. Their discussion dives into Coz's vision for Pure Storage and what is next for data storage technology.

Their discussion covers:

• Coz gives insight into the world of storage and what he and Pure Storage set out to change – including the management, upgrades and customer-centric approach

• How the market and technologies are addressing energy and sustainability

• The shift from HDD to SSD and why and how this is shifting. Will this be a similar trajectory of the mainframe and tape?

• Multi-cloud, Generative AI and the future of the Data Storage industry

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens, Camberley Bates, and Krista Macomber discuss all around data highlighting the growing importance of data management and governance, especially in the context of AI, with a focus on the role of Chief Data Officers. They also get into the changes with the cybersecurity tech industry, particularly in regard to layoffs, investments and CIO actions in rationalizing investments while balancing the need for robust security measures. The hosts explore infrastructure changes in the context of AI including aspects such as compute, especially GPUs, storage and mention why private enterprise AI is gaining attention.

Topics include:

• What is the role of the Chief Data Officer and AI implications?

• Why are we seeing layoffs in the Cyber Security industry?

• How IT is taking actions and approaching Generative AI projects and changes to on-premises technology adoption

• Plus highlights on Google for Kubernetes at Scale, NetApp demo with Vertex