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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 why the Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom, and Samsung demonstration that confirmed end-to-end network slicing can work specifically for gaming applications is integral to advancing 5G monetization and use case networking objectives.

In this excerpt from our Futurum Tech Webcast, Cybersecurity Shorts Series, Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Fred McClimans explore the Twitch hack and why a massive hack of this nature is a nightmare for infosec community — and should be a wakeup call as it relates to the primacy of network security.

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Cybersecurity Shorts series , analysts Shelly Kramer and Fred McClimans cover the goings on in the world of cybersecurity. This week's conversation includes the Facebook outage and (unrelated) claims of scraped data from 1.5 billion Facebook users available in a hacker forum, as well as a deep dive into the deets on the Twitch hack. They also covered th...

In this episode of Futurum newest webcast series, The 5G Factor , I'm joined by my colleague and fellow analyst Ron Westfall to explore and break down some of the most exciting news, trends, and partnerships in the 5G ecosystem. In this week's episode we covered some exciting 5G news, including: The future of cloud gaming — it's powered by 5G. The future of cloud gaming is exciting, especially whe...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Interview Series , my guest John Bruno, the VP of Strategy for PROS, and I are having a conversation about the ever-changing state of B2B commerce. Today's business customers are expecting more and more from companies in terms of not just product quality, but also customer experience. And a large part of customer experience is providing compelling offer...

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 a report from Vodafone and WPI Economics advocating on the UK government to accelerate the deployment of 5G and IoT technology to help meet zero emission goals by 2050. Their discussion covered: The shrewd timing of Vodafone lobbying the UK government...

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 Nokia's digital twin technology and its potential to significantly boost European communications service providers (CSPs) a significant revenue boost. Their discussion covered: Why digital twin technology is gaining broader market acceptance and is dir...

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 Amdocs supplying the business support systems, including 5G monetization capabilities, for what Orange is touting as Europe's first 5G SA end-to-end experimental cloud network being built out in France. Their discussion covered: Why Orange promoting it...

In this vignette from a recent episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, part of The 5G Factor series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall discuss The National Science Foundation's (NSF) establishment of SpectrumX, a new center for wireless spectrum research in the U.S. The NSF has earmarked $25 million over the course of the next 5 years for research. They're focused on developing new ways of shar...

In this episode of The 5G Factor, a Futurum Research production, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall discuss AT&T's partnership with the U.S. Military in a three-year R&D agreement focused on 5G experiments with the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS), the Department of the Navy's applied research university.

In this Futurum Tech Webcast, Futurum Lead Analyst Shelly Kramer sits down with Gunter Appel and Jan Klockgeter of aconso for a conversation on digitizing HR documents and the difference this can make for enterprise organizations.  

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 implications of the collaboration between Ericsson and Qualcomm in completing what they tout as the first over-the-air 5G New Radio call on CBRS (Citizen Broadband Radio Service) spectrum in a recent trial.   Their conversation covered: Why the 5G N...

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 partnership between Vodafone and Ericsson in the deployment of new energy-efficient 5G radios across the London, UK vicinity. Their conversation covered: Vodadone is using Ericsson's antenna-integrated radio solution (AIR 3227) that have produced a...

For this vignette of a recent episode of the  Futurum Tech Webcast , Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer share their perspective on the Nokia's decision to pause its work in the O-RAN Alliance due to concerns related to working with China-based companies that are on the U.S. Department's restrictive Entity list. Their conversation addressed: Why the O-RAN Alliance...

For this vignette of a recent episode of the  Futurum Tech Webcast , Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall provide their perspectives on Ericsson's decision to divest its product research and development activities in Nanjing, China by November 2021.   Their conversation covered: Ericsson now has four R&D centers after the Nanjing R&D center divestment resulting in...

In this episode of Futurum Tech Webcast series The 5G Factor , Futurum analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall cover interesting news in the 5G market. This week's conversation included discussions around: The announcement by Amdocs that it has been selected by Orange to provide business support systems for Europe's first 5G standalone experimental cloud network in France. This AI and data driven,...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Shane Orlick , Chief Revenue Officer for WalkMe, for an exciting conversation about the growth of the company over the last year and the expansion of the digital adoption platform in the workplace.   Managing App Sprawl in the Workplace   In our conversation we discussed the following: A quick overview of WalkMe and thei...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Renen Hallak , Founder and CEO of VAST Data for an exciting conversation about the future of IT and data, and how it is impacting the way we work, live and communicate. It was a fascinating conversation from the leader of this great up-and-coming company. The Future of IT and Data In our conversation we discussed the fol...

In today's episode of  The 5G Factor , our newest webcast focused on all things 5G, host Shelly Kramer and fellow analyst Ron Westfall examine the key trends in the 5G market along with 5G-related news of interest. This show focused on some familiar players in the 5G space, including Ericsson, Vodafone, Qualcomm, Nokia, Verizon, as well as a look at what's happening in the China market as it relat...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series I am joined by Gerry Nolan, Worldwide Senior Director: HPE Pointnext Operational Services. Gerry is responsible for the team that enables customer support experience to drive digital transformation journeys. Our conversation covered some recent developments from HPE that are designed to meet the needs of customers that have emerged fro...

For this vignette of a recent episode of the  Futurum Tech Webcast , Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Ron Westfall and Shelly Kramer discussed expansion of the Boingo Wireless AWS partnership with Boingo Wireless integrating AWS edge and cloud services with the company's own converged network offering and its impact on select industry verticals.   Their discussion covered: How the Boingo Wir...

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 why the Mavenir acquisition of Telestax improves the Mavenir Engage proposition and alters the competitive dynamics of the Communications Platform as a service (CPaaS) market.   Their discussion covered: How Mavenir's 5G and mobile networking expertise...

For this vignette of a recent episode of the  Futurum Tech Webcast , Part of the 5G Factor series , analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall and examine the key trends in the 5G market assessing the market impact of the AT&T and GM alliance aimed at delivering 5G connectivity to GM cars in three years. Their discussion covered: The market significance of the GM and AT&T partnership that is bringing...

For this vignette of a recent episode of the  Futurum Tech Webcast , Part of the 5G Factor series , analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall and examine the key trends in the 5G market focusing on recent developments in the Open RAN market segment including the rise of the "Rip and Replace" program in the U.S. Their discussion covered: Why the $1.9 billion U.S. "Rip and Replace" program administere...

For this vignette of a recent episode of the  Futurum Tech Webcast , Part of the 5G Factor series, analysts Shelly Kramer and Ron Westfall deliberate on why the AT&T partnership with the University of Tennessee is important to advancing mmWave technology development.   Their discussion covered: AT&T is installing a 5G test bed using mmWave spectrum at the University of Tennessee as Knoxville, comp...