Futurum Tech Webcast

In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast — Interview Series, Futurum's Daniel Newman talks with Yoshinami Takahashi, EVP, Head of Software & Solution Business Group for Fujitsu about Fujitsu's focus for the future and how their plans for growth will meet the challenges of our ever-changing world.

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Ross Mauri, General Manager for IBM Z, for a conversation around optimizing app modernization. This conversation is the first in a three-part series with IBM Z. The Magic In Optimizing App Modernization In our conversation we discussed the following: The different messages that exist around migrating workloads to the cloud A quick reaction on a recent report from Andreessen Horowitz on migration An exploration into the things that come to market that are "anti-mainframe" The talent needed to keep growing and stay competitive How IBM Z is addressing the different trends in the marketplace It was a great conversation and one you don't want to miss. Want to learn more about what IBM Z and what they are doing in this space? Check out their website. Also, be sure to hit subscribe down below so you won't miss the next two episodes in the series.

In the latest episode of The 5G Factor, a Futurum Research production focused on the 5G ecosystem, latest news and trends Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall cover Netcracker and T-Mobile expanding their strategic partnership, T-Mobile keeps winning the 5G speed war, AT&T and Dish win big in the Andromeda Auction, and T-Mobile and renewable energy.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Steve Sloan, CEO for Contentful, for a conversation around the key elements of digital transformation success. Contentful was born out of necessity. The company's co-founders realized that a lot of developers replicate content regularly when building apps. They created a way to create and launch content for any device, seamlessly. With Contentful, teams can build new applications, channels, and services quickly and efficiently to help their business grow. It was a fascinating conversation with Steve, and one you don't want to miss. The Key Elements of Digital Transformation: In our conversation we discussed the following: The future for Contentful in the market Where companies are in their digital transformations An exploration into the new digital experiences people are looking to have that companies need to provide Real-life customer use cases Want to learn more about what Contentful and what they are doing in this space? Check out their website.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Jeanette Barlow, Vice President of Product Marketing for Pegasystems, for a conversation around the future of AI and intelligent automation. What's Ahead for Intelligent Automation In our conversation we discussed the following: The possible innovations we might see in 2022 in intelligent automation How the brands will also focus on their employees more in the coming year The role AI will play in the coming year What is driving the changes we are seeing in the workplace It was a great conversation and if you're interested in the intelligent automation space, one you don't want to miss. Want to learn more about what Pega is doing to move intelligent automation forward? Check out their website.

Marvell Technologies OCTEON Fusion line is developed to deliver processing power combined with the enhanced security, packet processing, and traffic management functions needed to power O-RAN innovation across the 5G ecosystem. Futurum's Ron Westfall and Marvell's Joel Brand examine why Marvell's merchant silicon OCTEON Fusion offering provides the capabilities and silicon-level differentiation key to attaining breakthrough performance and deployment flexibility across O-RAN environments.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, broadcast originally on LinkedIn Live, Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer talks with Amplience's VP of Product Marketing Adam Sturrock about how the headless commerce experience platform is driving digital transformation in a massive way for brands and retailers. Their conversation touched on the challenges today's brands and retailers face, key industry trends driving a need for agility and rapid transformation, and what's ahead in 2022.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host and principal analyst Shelly Kramer sits down with Chris Carlstead and Kelley Lear from Thomson Reuters to talk about how automating procurement is a game-changer in myriad ways.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, Futurum's Shelly Kramer is joined by HRIZONS President and CEO for a discussion about HR Tech and the role it plays in providing solutions to the challenges being faced by a tech-enabled workforce, and the adjustments they are having to make to survive and prosper in a working world defined by the realities of a hybrid workplace.

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series live from NRF 2022, I am joined by Art Miller, Senior Director Global Retail IoT Business Development at Qualcomm, for a conversation around NRF 2022, Qualcomm's vision for IoT and the future of retail. Using Technology to Improve Customer Experience and Vision for Retail IoT In our conversation we discussed the following: The expansion of IoT in the retail industry How the blending of online and offline experiences is going to impact the future of retail An overview of the partners Qualcomm is working with How big the opportunity is for the retail industry and Qualcomm as a whole Trends that we are seeing at NRF 2022 It was an excellent conversation with several insightful tidbits. If you are interested in learning more about Qualcomm's IoT portfolio, be sure to check out their website.

In this episode of the AT&T BizTalks Roundtable, Futurum analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Glen Gilmore, Helen Yu, and Kevin Jackson for a conversation about Tech Trends, Predictions and Inspiration for businesses in 2022. In this dynamic conversation this group of tech experts explore supply chain challenges and what to expect in 2022, skills and capabilities organizations need to be thinking about (and hiring for), trends, the technologies that are driving innovation, where to invest resources in 2022 and pitfalls to be on the lookout for.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine the debut of the Marvell AtlasOne chipset, the company's 50Gbps PAM4 chipset solution for 5G fronthaul, targeted at improving performance for integrated radio access networks (RAN), as well as Open (O-RAN) and virtualized (vRAN) architectures. To meet growing 5G capacity demands, mobile operators are prioritizing fronthaul solutions that scale beyond 25G. The Marvell AtlasOne chipset, optimized for performance improvement and up to 25% lower power consumption, is part of Marvell's electro-optics portfolio aimed at easing vRAN and O-RAN adoption.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer explore Ericsson ConsumerLab's presentation of its annual 10 Hot Consumer Trends report, now in its 11th year. This year, Ericsson ConsumerLab focused on the topmost high-tech facilities that consumers conceive in hybrid malls by 2030. In the Everyspace Plaza construct, AR glasses, haptic body suits, and tactile gloves could be shared at low cost, and environments could be programmed and adapted to a broad array of emerging applications and activities.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast series, The 5G Factor, lead analyst Shelly Kramer recaps T-Mobile's Neville Ray's recent AMA with the Reddit community, on all things 5G, including network updates, some 5G deployment use cases and other interesting updates.

In the latest episode of The 5G Factor, a Futurum Research production focused on the 5G ecosystem, latest news and trends Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall cover Marvell's new AtlasOne chip, news out of T-Mobile on 5G by way of Neville Ray's Reddit AMA, Apple's SE 5G and the opportunities that presents to convert potentially billions of Android users, and key insights from Ericsson's 10 Hot Consumer Trends report.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Nigel Alvares, Vice President of Solutions Marketing at Marvell for a conversation around Marvell's recent Industry Analyst Day. It was a great recap of the event and a conversation you don't want to miss. Marvell Industry Analyst Day 2021 In our conversation we discussed the following: Highlights of recent company growth and momentum going forward A recap of Industry Analyst Day Marvell's thoughts on future development of various technologies including 5G, cloud networking, and storage solutions What's ahead for Marvell and why customers should be excited for the future If you want to learn more about some of Marvell's announcements from Industry Analyst Day check out this great recap my colleague Ron Westfall put together.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, host Shelly Kramer is joined by Avalara's Maria Tringali for a conversation about the nuances of sales tax compliance and how an end-to-end software solution can not only help mitigate risk related to compliance issues, but also make life infinitely easier for businesses of all sizes.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Esam Elashmawi, Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at Lattice Semiconductor, for an exciting conversation about the myths that exist around FPGAs and the things Lattice is doing to set the record straight. Three Myths about FPGAs In our conversation we discussed the following: The reality of FPGA offerings Whether or not you really need high performance FPGAs and GPUs for AI and machine learning A look into the investments that Lattice has made around FPGA design FPGAs are an important piece of the compute architecture, but not everything that is said about them is true. If you're interested in learning more about what Lattice is doing in the marketplace, be sure to check out their website.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Adam Tachner, Vice President Corporate Development & Chief Legal Officer at Groq, for a conversation about the happenings at Groq Day 2021 and other exciting updates from the company. Carving a Path to the Future with AI, Machine Learning, and High-Performance Computing In our conversation we discussed the following: A recap of Groq Day 2021 A deeper look into some use cases that were presented at Groq Day The big takeaways from the event If you missed Groq Day and are interested in checking out the highlights, be sure to check out the event website. You can also listen to the full episode for an overview of what you missed.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall examine recent passage of the $1.2 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal that includes $65 billion targeted at expanding access to reliable high-speed Internet and further bridging the digital divide through investment in broadband infrastructure including 5G connectivity.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer delve into the Qualcomm Investor Day 2021 event highlighted by CEO Cristiano Amon's Keynote that talked about his vision for the company and propelling Qualcomm's ongoing success through market diversification.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer break down the key takeaways from the GSMA produced The Mobile Economy North America - 2021 report released in conjunction with MWC Los Angeles 2021 show, including the major North American trends through 2025, evolving mobile operator content strategies, and expanding private network drivers.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer is joined by Sodales' Kirsty Thompson for a conversation about enterprise health, safety, and environment management software. With workplace-related injuries costing businesses upwards of $1 billion per week, not counting the very real hits to productivity and morale for employees for whom well-being is a key concern, there's no time like the present for business leaders to transition business operations from relying on poorly managed, siloed employee health and safety programs to best-in-class solutions.

In this episode of The 5G Factor, part of the Futurum Tech Webcast family of content, I'm joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Ron Westfall for our weekly look at what's happening the world of 5G. Our conversation today explored the following: The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is good news for efforts to bridge the digital divide. Passage of the bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and the good news that brings for expanding broadband and 5G connectivity across the nation, closing the digital divide and allocating millions to a variety of different initiatives, as well as $100 million to each of the states. Data from the GSMA report: 2021 The Mobile Economy North America including the fact that in North America, $1 trillion of mobile technologies and services generated 4.4% of GDP in North America in 2020, which is a contribution equivalent to $1 trillion of economic value added. Wonder why we focus so much on 5G — these numbers are only going up! Ron broke down growth we can expect ahead, content strategies for CSPs and partnerships we're seeing, along with some info on private networks, which we've covered here frequently Qualcomm had an impressive Investor Day 2021 event this last week and we wrapped the show talking about some of Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon's vision, the diversification strategies the company has and is embracing, and how that's paying off and will continue to do so for the technology giant now and in the future.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I had the pleasure of being joined by PROS Ulrich von Beck. Ulrich is the VP of pre-sales/strategic consulting for PROS, and our conversation explored where digital transformation is headed, and the role future proofing will play in organizations in our post-pandemic world. PROS provides artificial intelligence-based software as a service offerings that help organizations optimize every shopping and selling interaction, enabling companies to deliver personalizes offers to buyers, at scale, with speed, precision, and consistency. In the last 18 months we've seen digital transformation happen on steroids. Organizations have completely rethought business models, technology investment priorities have shifted, and the way we work has changed. So, what do businesses need to do to keep moving forward? Will certain technologies play a bigger role in operational models? That's exactly what Ulrich and I will be exploring in today's conversation. The highlights of our conversation centered around the following: What does future proofing an organization mean, and what does it look like, specifically, in an enterprise organization? The role of AI in futureproofing, and how AI can help organizations move from digital transformation to operating a digital business? While it's important, future proofing doesn't happen overnight. We explored challenges customers will have to deal with and thoughts around surmounting those challenges. Organizations are infusing AI into business operations, we explored some use cases and discussed what's ahead with AI-powered offerings. We wrapped the show with a conversation about what excites us most about the future of business and what we're seeing today.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, sponsored by Intel, I am joined by Patty Kummrow, Vice President Network and Edge Group, General Manager Ethernet Products Group at Intel Corporation for a conversation around Intel's Infrastructure Processing Units development. Exploring Intel's IPU Development In our conversation we discussed the following: Highlights from Intel InnovatiON An exploration into IPU and why Intel is excited for this new adventure The drivers of IPU development and the role it plays in end-to-end network Why storage innovation is so critical for our current ecosystem A look into the future of IPU development and what listeners should expect next As always it was a great conversation and one you don't want to miss. If you want to learn more about Intel's IPU development you can visit their website. Want to watch the video that DAniel and Patty referenced? Click here. Be sure to check out the complete episode below.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Christian Block, SVP & GM, RFFE, QUALCOMM Germany RFFE GmbH, for conversation around the latest happenings with Qualcomm's RFFE portfolio. Digging into Qualcomm's RFFE Portfolio Expansions In our conversation we discussed the following: Why the latest RFFE expansions are so important for continued growth An exploration of why Qualcomm's role in the RFFE space is critical for areas like IoT and automotive What is driving the RFFE growth What catalysts we can expect to see to continue to drive growth It was an excellent conversation with several of insightful tidbits. If you are interested in learning more about Qualcomm's RFFE portfolio, be sure to check out their website.

A couple of weeks ago at the MWC LA 2021 event, IBM announced that it would be partnering with both Cisco and Palo Alto Networks. My colleague and fellow analyst Ron Westfall and I covered this partnership in a recent episode of our webcast The 5G Factor and, yet again, these are examples of strategic partnerships being the way forward, especially as it relates to the 5G ecosystem. These partnership deals between IBM and Cisco and IBM and Palo Alto Networks is all about slice lifecycle management and mitigating security challenges, both of which will become increasingly more important as 5G becomes more prevalent, with more customers and more 5G related service offerings proliferate. The IBM Cisco partnership is about the pairing of IBM's Cloud Pak platform with Cisco's Crosswork service, which is intended to facilitate the automation and abstraction of the complexity of managing the virtualization of radio and network core. Much like with the Samsung Ciena partnership we discussed earlier in our webcast, companies are focused on slice lifecycle management, slice assurance, and slice troubleshooting, which are critical to maintaining service level agreements, so they're laying the foundation for that here. IBM and Palo Alto Networks' partnership is about security and helping to mitigate the security challenges that telco operators have as they deploy 5G services and edge services. Why is this important? IBM has reported that some 75% of operators have experienced incidents of fraud, with 61% reporting that network security threats have increased significantly in the last two years — threat actors haven't hesitated to take advantage of a global pandemic to wreak havoc where possible. Security virtualization is all about shifting security functions from dedicated hardware appliances to software that can either be moved between commodity hardware or run in the cloud. With the increased virtualization of compute and network environments, there's a demand for the virtualization of security functions in a portable way, so they can move along with the apps and compute workloads wherever needed.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer assess the 5G ecosystem implications of the Rakuren Symphony, Intel, and Juniper Networks collaboration to develop Symware, a carrier-grade Open RAN solutions aimed at modernizing radio cell sites by using the latest cloud-native architecture and capabilities. Their conversation emphasized: Why the Symware multipurpose edge alliance can provide communications service providers with the flexibility to densify their network, support new features while reducing the required hardware per site, and ultimately accelerate Open RAN deployments. How the Symware solution combines the containerized cell site routing functionality and a containerized DU (Distributed Unit) one a single general purpose server platform, which can ease adoption complexity and decrease mobile operator capital and operational expenditures. The use of Intel's Xeon D Processors and FlexRAN reference software showcasing Intel portfolio innovation by enabling the consolidation of RAN workloads into a single Symware server as well as fulfilling the performance, capacity, and cost requirements of 5G RAN environments. How the integration of Juniper's routing technology and ORAN into a single platform can leverage disaggregation techniques and routing stacks to advance 5G networking slicing capabilities key to CSP 5G monetization objectives. Shelly and Ron concluded that the three-way collaboration gives mobile operators the streamlined Open RAN solution along with the smart security, automation capabilities, and supply chain confidence needed to ramp up their Open RAN plans especially as they are increasingly candid about making Open RAN integral to their overall 5G network build and business objectives.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer assess the partnership between Qualcomm and Nothing, a start-up founded by OnePlus co-founder Carl Pei and dedicated to building a world without barriers between people and technology. Their conversation focused on: The 5G ecosystem implications of Nothing's first device launch of a transparent earbud - ear (1) - in August 2021that comes with active noise cancellation and a retail price of $99, selling more than 100,000 units in the first two months. Why Qualcomm's alliance is much ado about Nothing, especially in how the Qualcomm Snapdragon platform can power innovation of Nothing 5G products down the line. Nothing raised in $50 million in a new Series A round extension backed by strategic and private investors setting the stage for speculation on Nothing portfolio development direction. Ron and Shelly see Qualcomm's collaboration with Nothing as a solid bet that Nothing can beat something alternatives setting the stage for Snapdragon-fueled device innovations across the 5G mobile ecosystem.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine the cutting edge 5G capabilities that T-Mobile is showcasing at T-Mobile Park, home to Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners and why 5G-powered Augmented Reality (AR) experiences and 5G Mixed Reality (XR) application are ready to deliver immersive and interactive sports venue experiences. Their conversation focused on: The use of Nreal smart glasses to view an enhanced AR scoreboard and attain real-time MLB stat cast updates. How partners, such as Omnivor provider of real-time face-to-face volumetric conversations for holographic applications and Iconic Engine, a supplier of XR streaming applications, are fueling T-Mobile 5G smart stadium innovations. The application of breakthrough 5G drone technology enabled first-person views of the Field of Dreams ballpark movie site as well as broadcast MLB at Field of Dreams over T-Mobile's 5G network. Why using 5G technology to capture key MLB data such as the speed of fielders running to catch a ball, the velocity of pitches thrown, and the launch angle for each batter augments that overall stadium experience for MLB aficionado Shelly and Ron surmised that the 5G-powered T-Mobile Park XR/AR experiences advance the ability of T-Mobile to monetize 5G smart stadium services and that combining 5G smart stadium capabilities with 10-cent beer nights would make for an unparalleled experience.

In today's episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Cybersecurity Shorts Series, I'm joined by Dell Technologies' John Boyle and Rick Martinez. John is a cybersecurity and supply chain defense product manager and Rick is a senior distinguished engineer and a senior director at Dell. Our conversation today revolved around the current state of the cybersecurity industry, supply chain attacks, fed policy and orders, why zero trust is a thing these days, and more. Some highlights of the discussion with Rick and John included: Recent breaches and trends. Discussion around the major cybersecurity breaches that have recently happened, including: Colonial pipeline JBS Foods New Cooperative hack and response and trends around those attacks, as well as how/whether COVID and other things have contributed to the frequency of attacks. Speaking of supply chain. Supply chain attacks are expected to quadruple in 2021 – and why a posture of 'strong security protection' is no longer enough. President Biden's executive order. This order, signed at the end of July to protect America's critical infrastructure and what that involves. Zero Trust. We're hearing a lot about zero trust being the right security posture for the future. Rick elaborates a bit on that and provided some examples. What industries are most at risk? Our conversation moved to thoughts on what industries are most at risk and how organizations who don't have a security posture in place are struggling. What can businesses do to protect themselves and some key technologies that can be adopted that will make a difference. Overview of Dell security offerings both above and below the OS worth considering.

In this video research note from The 5G Factor webcast series, Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall unpack the recently announced partnership between Samsung and Ciena and the value that's intended to deliver for telecom operators looking to scale and evolve their networks to support the proliferation of 5G.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, The 5G Factor series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall cover 5G industry news, announcements coming out of this week's MWC event, along with news about how 5G is being used in stadiums to power better fan experiences. They also cover recently announced partnerships, including those between Samsung and Ciena, Nothing and Qualcomm, IBM and Cisco/Palo Alto Networks and Rakuten/Intel and Juniper, then wrap with a short overview of the sessions Shelly moderated at this week's AT&T's Business Summit event.

In an attempt to distance itself from negative publicity while putting in place a new corporate structure better suited for the future, Facebook has rebranded and restructured itself into a new parent company, Meta, and a suite of individuals brands. In this edition of the Futurum Tech Webcast, analysts Fred McClimans, Olivier Blanchard, Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens take a look at what this means for the future of Meta's Metaverse.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, I am joined by Malcolm Ferguson, Distinguished Technologist at HPE and Scott Thomson, HPE GreenLake Cloud Services Specialist for conversation around cloud strategies and why colocation is making more sense these days. A Colocation Cloud Journey: Exploring the Acceleration of Colocation Strategies In our conversation we discussed the following: How the pandemic has impacted cloud strategies The trends driving the acceleration of sourcing colocation facilities The challenges customers are seeing with colocation facilities How HPE GreenLake's Edge-to-Cloud platform has helped organizations transition their IT to a cloud experience It was an excellent conversation with several insightful tidbits.

In this LinkedIn Live episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast — Interview Series, I'm joined by James Riseman, Director of Product Marketing for Treasure Data for an extremely timely conversation about the value Customer Data Platforms (CDPs) can bring to teams outside of sales and marketing. CDPs have quickly become an integral part of MarTech stacks, connecting customer data from multiple touchpoints like social media, websites, in-store, and others. Yet the data that is collected and managed within these CDPs has been siloed from the rest of the organization creating a disjointed customer experience — especially in customer service centers. Customers today expect organizations to provide excellent customer experiences whether it's online, in-store, or with a customer service agent. This requires data and complete customer profiles. So, what do organizations need to improve their contact center and overall customer experience? That's exactly what explored in this conversation. James and I will dove into the world of customer experience, contact centers and CDPs outside of sales and marketing. In a time when customer experience means so much, this conversation should be a 'must listen' for every organization. Some Background on Treasure Data Treasure Data is a proven CDP expert that helps organizations meet the needs of every customer with accessible, flexible, agile, and scalable technology. Their latest release, CDP for Service is dedicated to powering improved customer experiences across the contact center by proving contact center agents with real-time data and complete customer profiles. It's easy to see why it is such an attractive offering. Unified Customer Data is Critical for Contact Centers Customer experiences are crucial in today's marketplace. Even the most loyal customer will reportedly leave an organization for a competitor after two or three negative experiences. Our conversation covered how the shift in customer experience demands are driving changes across organizations. James shared why connecting data from all touchpoints is a valuable tool for other departments outside of marketing and sales. Our discussion also covered the following: The customer experience changes we were seeing pre-pandemic that have been accelerated in the last 18 months. Why CDPs are attractive offerings for organizations. The impact CDPs will have in transforming contact centers from cost hubs to revenue generating experience centers. Why CDP for Service will be a difference maker. The organizations that can benefit the most from this new CDP. If you'd like to learn more about the importance of transforming your contact center, be sure to check out our latest white paper Customer Data Platform: The Key for Contact Center Transformations. And if you're already fully convinced that you can benefit from Treasure Data's CDP for Service, visit their website to learn more about adoption. Finally, check out our full conversation, I promise it's one you don't want to miss.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, sponsored by Intel, I am joined by Rebecca Weekly, Vice President, General Manager, and Senior Principal Engineer of Hyperscale Strategy and Execution at Intel Corporation for conversation around system and software advances for cloud at scale. We also explored her keynote presentation from Intel InnovatiON 2021. Live from Intel InnovatiON: Elevate Your Cloud With Rebecca Weekly In our conversation we discussed the following: Challenges that developers face across the cloud ecosystem An exploration into the way hyperscalers need to evolve their thinking about the cloud Why security is more important than ever The key priorities as we seek to improve reliability and performance What Intel's ESG initiative looks like As always it was a great conversation and one you don't want to miss. If you want to learn more about Intel's cloud initiatives you can visit their website. Be sure to check out the complete episode below.

In this short episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I talk with Jim Elliott, Corporate SVP of Memory Sales for Samsung about the colleges and universities who will be participating in Samsung Tech Day 2021 on November 15, 2021 and some of the subject matter they will be covering. The conversation highlighted: The schools who are participating in Tech Day including MIT, UCLA, Carnegie Mellon and UC Santa Cruz MIT's session on flash and storage accelerators UC Santa Cruz's session on leading edge genomics research UCLA's session on utilizing in-storage SSV's Carnegie Mellon's session on programmable logic and the future of data centers There is lots to come during Samsung Tech Day 2021 and it's sure to be a great event. If you are interested in attending, register here.

In this short episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I sit down with Jim Elliott, Corporate SVP of Memory Sales for Samsung to discuss what customer collaboration stories we might hear at Samsung Tech Day 2021 on November 15, 2021. The conversation covered: How Samsung and its partners are pushing performance barriers across memory, CPUs, and the overall semiconductor industry. How much pressure the IT community has been under due in large part to the digital transformations experienced during the pandemic. There is lots to come during Samsung Tech Day 2021 and it's sure to be a great event. If you are interested in attending, register here.

In this short episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I talk with Jim Elliott, Corporate SVP of Memory Sales for Samsung about the technology showcases that attendees can expect to experience at Samsung Tech Day 2021 on November 15, 2021. The conversation highlighted: The 10 technology showcases covering disaggregated storage, memory workloads, networking interfaces, and CXLs just to name a few. How Samsung plans to partner with customers to address the industry challenges that they are seeing with new innovations There is lots to come during Samsung Tech Day 2021 and it's sure to be a great event. If you are interested in attending, register here.

In this short episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, I sit down with Jim Elliott, Corporate SVP of Memory Sales for Samsung to explore some key sessions to look forward to during Samsung Tech Day 2021 on November 15, 2021 and what attendees can expect to walk away with. The conversation highlighted: The opening keynote by Memory Business President Jung-Bae Lee Presentations from leaders of Samsung's solutions groups A keynote session from EVP of Sales and Marketing Jinman Han about what is powering this memory revolution There is lots to come during Samsung Tech Day 2021 and it's sure to be a great event. If you are interested in attending, register here.

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Mounir Hahad, Head of Juniper Threat Labs at Juniper Networks, for a timely conversation about the current state of our threat landscape, which is as Mounir said, "Gloomy with a chance of ransomware," as well as what businesses need to do to protect themselves. Understanding our Current Cybersecurity Threat Landscape In our conversation we discussed the following: How Juniper Threat Labs builds models to assess the current landscape What the biggest current threat is to organizations How Juniper is translating its threat detection to actionable insights for its customers Advice for security officers on how to deal with our current landscape This is an excellent conversation about security threats that can impact businesses of any size so it's one that you don't want to miss.

On this special episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Jim Elliott, Corporate SVP of Memory Sales for Samsung, for an exciting conversation about Samsung's upcoming Tech Day 2021. This virtual event will showcase how Samsung Semiconductor is powering innovative experiences across the tech ecosystem with memory innovations. Samsung Tech Day 2021: Powering Experiences with Memory Innovations In our conversation we discussed the following: The origins of Tech Day What to expect from Tech Day 2021 An overview of some of the speakers and their subjects The benefit of a virtual conference. If you're interested in attending Samsung Tech Day 2021 be sure to register here. It's sure to be an event you don't want to miss. You can also check out the full episode below for a complete teaser of what's to come.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series, I'm joined by Benoit Hardy-Vallee, AVP, Talent Experience Strategy at Phenom and his colleague Ajay Patel, Vice President, Global Head of Join at Straumann Group for a conversation about the importance of focusing on the candidate experience as well as employee experience in today's job market. We are seeing people leave jobs in droves, millions still looking for work, and employers reporting acute labor shortages. Coupled with changes in how and where people work, this is all adding up to be a job market like we've never seen before. So where do employers go from here? Is there a secret recipe they need to follow to fill their open roles and retain employees? That's exactly what we explored in this conversation. Together, with my extremely knowledgeable guests, we dove into the world of talent experience management and the new approaches businesses can take to make sure candidates find the right jobs, employees are able to grow in their current positions, recruiters are productive, and management meets their goals. Some Background on Phenom Phenom is a global HR Tech company with a decade of experience using technology to connect every interaction across the talent experience spectrum. Their Talent Experience Management platform easily connects with SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting which is used by thousands of companies across the globe. Talent Experience Management is Critical For Organizations Talent experience, which covers candidate experience, employee experience and the HR experience, has never been more important than it is today. Our conversation covered how the pandemic has shifted how businesses recruit and retain employees. businesses have shifted in the last year to respond to the changes caused by the pandemic. Benoit and Ajay shared why focusing on the holistic talent experience can have a big impact across the organization. Our discussion also covered the following: The impact the pandemic and "The Great Resignation" are having on talent retention The roadblocks customers experience when trying to improve their candidate experience The companies that can benefit most from Talent Experience Management New developments that are on the horizon for Phenom If your organization is looking to improve the full talent experience, be sure to check out Phenom's Talent Experience Management platform, available now on SAP Store. Also be sure to check out our full conversation, I promise it's one you don't want to miss.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer assess Nokia's introduction of FP5, its fifth generation of high-performance IP routing silicon that targets enabling communications service providers (CSPs) to provide greater and enhanced protection against escalating network security threats as well as efficiently scale network capacity and enable new higher speed 5G and IP services. Their conversation emphasized: The urgency of solving the DDoS security challenge since between 2019 and 2020 the number of DDoS attacks grew by 154%. Why the FP5's ability to deliver integrated line rate encryption for L2/L3 network services is integral to fulfilling CSP security objectives especially across the IP network security domain. How Nokia bringing 800GE routing interfaces for service provider applications to market advances the ability of data centers to scale rapidly expanding workloads and supporting new applications and it is not too soon to consider 800G capabilities. The Nokia's FP5 network processors support of driving down power consumption per bit by 75% shows that CSPs do not need to trade-off energy efficiency and sustainability objectives in strengthening their network security implementations. Shelly and Ron concluded that the FP5 silicon solutions bolsters Nokia's competitive prospects in the Routed Optical Networking market segment and advances CSP prioritization of safeguarding their networks on a comprehensive basis.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer explore the mobile ecosystem implications of UK-based Vodafone's preparing to announce the largest IoT airtime supply deal outside of China, encompassing millions of NB-IoT connections. Their discussion highlighted: The deal, with a yet unnamed manufacturer, breaks the million-mark threshold on connection volume, and it's the beginning of what they see as large OEMs coming to market, and this is purportedly the first market to be built only for IoT. How the viability and ultimate success of the Vodaone NB-IoT network is predicated on solving the billing, roaming, and interoperability issues that have stymied prior CSP cellular IoT service rollouts. Vodafone's NB-IoT addresses 55 in-network market segments with the potential to reach over 180 segments. The current Vodafone offering uses LTE capabilities although 5G can potentially make the NB-IoT service more suitable for emerging use cases related to transportation, fleet management, and warehousing. Shelly and Ron concur that the Vodafone NB-IoT network is a breakthrough for confirming CSP ability to offer and manage massive IoT services and that Vodafone's €12.99 deal for 10 years of NB-IoT airtime is a tremendous value.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer examine DISH Network's selection of IBM to help automate what it is promoting as the first greenfield cloud-native 5G network in the United States. Their conversation focused on: IBM' crucial role in providing the intent-based orchestration and AI-enabled automation capabilities across DISH's multi-vendor and multi-layer cloud native 5G network, now consisting of at least 30 named suppliers. The DISH collaboration with IBM accentuates that AI-powered automation and network orchestration software and services is essential to enabling 5G network orchestration and key 5G capabilities such as network slicing. Through IBM's Cloud Pak for Network Automation solution, DISH aims to use intent-based orchestration capabilities to efficiently synthesize hardware and software resources that enable the network slicing that is key to the creation and delivery of new services such as use case specific network slices. Why IBM's AI and orchestration assets are so well-suited for fulfilling the major interworking and integration challenges of the DISH cloud-native 5G network architecture and deployment. Ron and Shelly see the DISH deal as the CSP validation needed to boost IBM's overall 5G ecosystem credentials and fulfilling customer-specific and vertical-specific needs through AI, orchestration, and network slicing innovation.

In this Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum Lead Analyst Shelly Kramer sits down with Dirk Häußermann of ATOSS for a conversation on the difference workforce management solutions can make for organizations looking to improve the employee experience.

For this vignette of a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer explore the collaboration of IBM Global Business Services with Telefonica to modernize Telefonica's 5G core network platform built with IBM Cloud Pak for Network Automation, Red Hat OpenShift, and Juniper Networks Apstra and QFX technology as well as DISH Network's selection of IBM to help automate what the company is touting as the United States' first greenfield cloud-native 5G network.