In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates are joined by Stephen Foskett and Keith Townsend, to discuss the evolving landscape of IT infrastructure, focusing on innovation and challenges in the field.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber are joined by Paul Nashawaty to discuss cybersecurity research with Commvault, IBM earnings and VMware’s acquisition by Broadcom.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates cover the latest from the NRF 2024 in NYC, perspectives from the MountainWest CyberSecurity Taskforce plus announcements from Hitachi Vantara, Hammerspace and Seagate.  

Their conversation covers:

• The trends from the last 9 months in CyberSecurity, how  the bad actors are approaching multifactor authentication and new phishing attacks 

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Disclosure: The Futurum Group is a research and advisory firm that engages or has engaged in research, analysis, and advisory services with many technology companies, including those mentioned in this webcast. The author does not hold any equity positions with any company mentioned in this webcast.

Analysis and opinions expressed herein are specific to the analyst individually and data and other information that might have been provided for validation, not those of The Futurum Group as a whole.

In this episode Infrastructure Matters, hosts Steven Dickens, Camberley Bates and Krista Macomber cover Google's egress fee drop as a potential trendsetter for other cloud providers, making repatriation and hybrid workloads more attractive. Additionally, they provide their key predictions for 2024, including:

• Repatriation: Increased focus on workload placement based on cost and security, with egress fees playing a smaller role.

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Disclosure: The Futurum Group is a research and advisory firm that engages or has engaged in research, analysis, and advisory services with many technology companies, including those mentioned in this webcast. The author does not hold any equity positions with any company mentioned in this webcast.

Analysis and opinions expressed herein are specific to the analyst individually and data and other information that might have been provided for validation, not those of The Futurum Group as a whole.

In this episode of the Infrastructure Matters, host Camberley Bates is joined by Randy Kerns for a look back at 50 years in the data infrastructure business. Randy Kerns started in this industry 50+ years ago and spent time developing systems at IBM, StorageTek, Tandem, Fujitsu, Sun Microsystems and at ProStor. He has mentored many engineers and analysts, plus helped marketing and sales muddle through messaging and positioning, helping to launch and position successful companies. We walk through what 50 years of changes have looked like, where we are going and hear some advice for the information architects of today. 

Topics include:

• Why 50 years in the data storage industry? 

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Analysis and opinions expressed herein are specific to the analyst individually and data and other information that might have been provided for validation, not those of The Futurum Group as a whole.

n this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Camberley Bates, Steven Dickens and Krista Macomber summarize the key trends going into 2024 and what is top of mind for the CIOs.

• We highlight two critical CIO imperatives, staffing and security, what investments are being made and their importance in light of new technologies, such as AI. 

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Analysis and opinions expressed herein are specific to the analyst individually and data and other information that might have been provided for validation, not those of The Futurum Group as a whole.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates discuss AI GPUs and ransomware detection. 

Key topics covered include:

• Insights from Marvell’s Analyst Day:
  • Focus shift from commercial to enterprise and hyperscale markets.

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Analysis and opinions expressed herein are specific to the analyst individually and data and other information that might have been provided for validation, not those of The Futurum Group as a whole.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, Krista Macomber, Camberley Bates, and Steven Dickens discuss key takeaways from AWS re:Invent 2023, including the cloud juggernaut’s pragmatic approach to cloud computing, focusing on AI, hybrid solutions, and cost optimization. It is also investing heavily in new features and services, and partnering with other companies to expand their reach.

Key themes include:

• Gen AI: AWS made a big push towards AI with announcements like Q, a helpful service for developers and cloud admins, custom silicon updates for Graviton and Trainium, and a focus on the AI layered cake.

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Analysis and opinions expressed herein are specific to the analyst individually and data and other information that might have been provided for validation, not those of The Futurum Group as a whole.

In this episode of Infrastructure Matters, hosts Krista Macomber, Steven Dickens and Camberely Bates discuss announcements and insights from a number of recent vendor and industry events, including Microsoft Ignite, SuperComputing ’23, and Veeam’s Analyst Summit.

Steven Dickens and Camberley Bates explore the evolving landscape of Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies, highlighting the growth in conference attendance and the shift towards enterprise adoption and vendor announcements.