Futurum Tech Webcast

In this special edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast – Interview Series host Daniel Newman welcomed Doug Merritt , CEO of Splunk to discuss how data applies to everything — even in the fight against COVID-19, business continuity, and what Splunk is doing outside of the COVID-19 realm.     Looking at Data Differently   At the foundation of digital transformation is data. About five weeks ago, Splunk...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast , I'm joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Olivier Blanchard, in a discussion about the COVID-19 related rapid deployment of tech that we are experiencing as a result of the coronavirus outbreak and the new security risks posed as a result. Our goal is to highlight some of those security risks, offer suggestions on how to mitigate those risks, and...

For this week's episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast , host Shelly Kramer is joined by Sarah Wallace and Ron Westfall. In our Main Dive discussion, they talked about Zoho, Zoom, Cisco, Intel, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and other tech brands who are doing good in tough times.   From Cisco offering free Webex licenses to employees working from home to Zoom offering K-12 schools the use of its video c...

In the latest episode of the  Futurum Tech Podcast, The Interview Series , Daniel Newman welcomes Dr. George Mathew , who is an internal medicine physician and Chief Medical Officer for the Americas for DXC Technology. He also welcomes Paul Thompson , Vice President of Global Healthcare Strategy and Product Development for DXC Technology. In this podcast episode, the two talked to Dan about the cu...

As the coronavirus COVID-19 sweeps into our lives, remote work (and remote learning) are rapidly becoming the "new normal" for many of us, ushering in a new means of communication and collaboration. We thought it would be an interesting topic to dive into for our Futurum Tech podcast. In this episode, I'm joined by my fellow analysts and colleagues at Futurum Research, Sarah Wallace and Fred McCli...

In the latest episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, The Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes three experts to talk about robotic process automation (RPA) and intelligent automation (IA). Francis Carden is one of the founders of OpenSpan and is currently VP of Digital Automation and Robotics at Pegasystems. Lee Coulter is CEO of transformAI, and Jon Gilman is CEO of Clear Software. Together, the...

This week's episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast , included analysts Daniel Newman, Fred McClimans and Sarah Wallace. We discussed the collaboration and e-learning opportunities that may arise from the coronavirus outbreak. We also covered financial cloud startup Thought Machine receiving next round of funding, Cisco Webex's global support of customers during this time, Elliott Management buying st...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast , host Olivier Blanchard was joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Ron Westfall. They discuss what organizations need to know about the EU's newly proposed guidelines for artificial intelligence and Apple's hit to the bottom line as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. They also cover the T-Mobile Sprint merger and what they think is ahead in the tele...

On this week's episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, Shelly Kramer is joined by her colleague and fellow analyst, Olivier Blanchard. In our Main Dive, we tackled this week's news of the injunction issued by a judge in the case filed by Amazon protesting the award of the Pentagon's $10Bn 10-year Department of Defense contract (referred to as the JEDI contract) to Microsoft.   THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE U...

This episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, The Interview Series, is sponsored by SAP and Vistex. Daniel Newman is joined by Richard Whittington, Senior Vice President of Media and Entertainment for SAP and Amos Biegun, Global Head of Rights and Royalties for Vistex. Today they are talking about media entertainment. For everybody out there that wants to think about this even at a simpler level, they...

In the latest episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, The Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes Chris James, CEO of Scaled Agile. Chris and his company focus on building frameworks to help organizations move digital transformation forward as seamlessly as possible. After all, digital transformation is no longer just about technology. It's the blending of technology and humans as the industry evolv...

On this week's edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast, how the coronavirus may change tech trade shows in the future. Apple gets fined by the EU, Google earnings analysis, the space race heats up again and Britain points the way to Huawei 5G network compromise. THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE > Alphabet's 4th quarter 2019 results show promising growth > Nvidia's GE Force NOW eliminates wait lists and opens mem...

In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast, The Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes Zendesk's Shawna Wolverton, SVP of Product, and Sarah Reed, CX Leader/Event Creator. Together, they discussed the latest trends in customer experience, what customer experience leaders should think about for years ahead, and more. INFORMATION: This Futurum Podcast features Daniel Newman (@danielnewman...

In this week's episode of Futurum Tech Podcast we cover news of IBM's CEO Rometty stepping down and the rise of the technologist in enterprise leadership roles. THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE > Cyberattacks and e-skimming on the rise > EU lawmakers snub Apple's pleas, voting to push for charging cable standard > Huawei surpasses Apple to become the second largest smartphone vendor globally > UPS investment...

This week we take a look at Atlassian and the collaboration space. Can this company upend the way we collaborate and the market? Plus, we take a look at how CIOs are aging up in the industry. We'll talk about cloud, we'll talk about Tencent, gaming, and 2020, is it the year of the chip? THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE > The Average Age of CIOs Nudges Higher > Cloud Native Computing Foundation Annual Report...

Elon Musk, Space Travel, and its impact on the tech industry. In this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast we explore the giant impact this will have across multiple industries and more. THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE > Microsoft and Samsung team up > Smaller rivals are now joining the growing chorus singing "Break up Big Tech's Monopoly" > Google launches online coding course in Python to train workers for...

Is CES better called 'The Connected Ecosystem'? Our thoughts on that, the good and the bad about AI dominating this year's show, highlights from Intel, and Deeplite and more. THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE > CPU-based edge AI > State of the Fitness Tracker Market > What Deeplite's up to > Andes Technology > The exciting things to expect from Android in 2020 This week's Tech Bites Winner: For the Tech Bites...

CES 2020, the Consumer Electronics Show happening this week in Las Vegas, will offer up some winners and some losers – we let you know what to expect. Plus the latest on deep fake technologies, Intel's quantum computing chips, VMware's shift to the cloud, and how Russia is edging closer to shutting off the global Internet – all this and more on this week's edition of the Futurum Tech Podcast. THIS...

In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast — The Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes Bill Lobig, Vice President of IBM's Content Services, to discuss how the way we manage content has evolved. After all, content is the cornerstone of the internet, and the way we treat it is changing—thanks to developing technology. More specifically, in this podcast, Bill noted that there are two typ...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast — Interview Series, Daniel Newman sat down with Des Cahill, Chief Marketing Officer of Oracle CX. Together, they went over what makes Oracle's customer data platform (CDP) stand out from the competition, as well as what's in store for the future of this type of platform. Thank you to Oracle for sponsoring this edition of Futurum Tech Podcast. INFORMATION...

Always on surveillance by way of that phone in your pocket (and some creepy data visualizations that'll give you pause), the bias that's inherent in facial recognition systems, and a discussion around the Apple, Amazon, Google partnership on smart-home protocols are just a few of the topics covered in this week's Futurum Tech Podcast. Check it out — it might be the most interesting thing you've li...

In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast — Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes Automation Anywhere's Chief Strategy Officer, Stephen DeWitt, to discuss RPA and its emerging evolution to intelligence. Automation Anywhere develops robotic process automation (RPA) software, which uses bots to complete important processes. And as CSO, Stephen's role is to look further ahead than the he...

The era of simultaneous translation is upon us. In our podcast today, host Olivier Blanchard is joined by fellow analysts Shelly Kramer and Fred McClimans for a discussion about simultaneous translation, exciting new functionality that mobile devices are going to be affording, and what the future of conversations is going to look like — especially on Android devices. THIS WEEK's FAST FIVE > New Fe...

We did a massive global research study in partnership with SAS, surveying over 4,000 consumers and brands to explore the state of Customer Experience: Where we are now, and where consumers and brands expect to be over the course of the next decade. Our research showed that there are five key things driving the evolution of customer experience and Fred and I discussed those key drivers and shared s...

In this special episode of the Futurum Tech Podcast Interview Series, Daniel Newman welcomes back Intel's Kristie Mann, Sr. Director of Product Management for Intel's Optane DC Persistent Memory products. In the first part of the interview, Daniel and Kristie explored the impact memory has had on businesses. In this episode, the two dig a bit deeper into Optane technology to understand how it work...