Futurum Tech Webcast

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 egre...

In this episode of  The 5G Factor, our series that focuses on all things 5G, the IoT, and the ecosystem as a whole, I'm joined by my colleague and fellow analyst, Olivier Blanchard, for a look at the top 5G developments and what's going on that caught our eye at CES 2024 such as Qualcomm's Snapdragon Digital Chassis innovations and Stellantis, Blackberry, and AWS collaboration focused on advancing...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Peter van der Putten , Lead Scientist & Director of Pega's AI Lab at Pegasystems for a conversation on AI in 2024, including insights on ethics, governance and the hype around generative AI.  Their discussion covers: The concept of right-brain AI versus left-brain AI and what that means in terms of strategy...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights , The Futurum Group's Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick discusses the upcoming year in enterprise-focused SaaS applications, focusing on six trends that he expects will come to fruition in 2024. He also addresses the underlying elements that are driving each trend, and discusses which companies in the market may be impacted. Finall...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Christophe Van de Weyer , CEO at Telesign for a conversation on the future of digital identity, trust, and AI.  Their discussion covers: Recent findings from The Telesign Trust Index, which surveys American consumers about expectations around digital trust Recommendations on what enterprises can do in light...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series , host Daniel Newman welcomes Rich Waldron , CEO and Co-Founder of Tray.io for a conversation on the company's mission to deliver the intelligent autonomous enterprise, enabling organizations to composedly, collaboratively, and continuously transform every business process using AI to achieve breakthrough agility and unlock hyper effic...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we discuss an emerging Gen AI trend: Watermarking & other strategies for licensing AI training data & combating malicious AI generated content. As we move into year two of Generative AI, some themes have emerged in terms of the downsides to the technology.  Two of the biggest downsides have been: Combating malicious or misleading AI-generated content, and  Copyrig...

An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Ecosystem Developments with a Focus on the HPE $14 Billion Acquisition of Juniper and Its Ecosystem-wide Impact 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 is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Steven Dickens, for a look at the top 5G developments and what's goin...

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 thr...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Tom Godden , Director, AWS Enterprise Strategy for a conversation on the notion that cloud infrastructure is a commodity, the key considerations decision makers should have when choosing a cloud provider for their application, and how AWS has differentiated their capabilities and offerings for the unique ne...

An Assessment of Key 5G-IoT Ecosystem Developments including Open RAN Prospects, Smartphone's New Lead Role in Mobile Shopping, and 6CA Progress 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 is joined by colleague and fellow analyst, Todd R. Weiss, for a look at the top 5G developments and what's...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Daniel Newman welcomes Randy Herold , Chief Information Security Officer & Chief Privacy Officer, ManpowerGroup for a conversation on unifying security and observability and how ManpowerGroup is approaching cyber resilience with Splunk .  Their discussion covers: ManpowerGroup's story as a people-driven staffing company that puts...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we discuss my picks for 2023 AI Product of the Year, AI Company of the Year 2023 AI Product of the Year, AI Company of the Year: In this time of AI disruption, who has shined? In my view, it was those which are building and delivering pragmatic, enterprise-grade solutions. Those who have been invested in and have understood AI for some time. Those who have clear v...

In this episode of The Main Scoop™, hosts Greg Lotko and Daniel Newman discuss the importance of observability and generative AI strategies in operations with Cory Minton , Field CTO - Americas at Splunk . 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 Scoo...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, host Steven Dickens speaks with IBM 's Ryan Yackel , GTM PM and Growth Leader, IBM Databand, about the evolving landscape of data management and AI. They discuss the recent acquisition of Databand by IBM, highlighting Databand's role in data observability within the modern data stack. Yackel explains how data observability is becoming increasingly impor...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast - Interview Series, I am joined by Rubrik 's Anneka Gupta , Chief Product Officer for a conversation on the need for organizations to establish cyber resilience and the role of AI in cyber resiliency. Our discussion covers: The need for organizations to establish cyber resilience and how Rubrik defines cyber resilience and the role AI plays in cyber resi...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we discuss the Best of the Generative AI Rumpus Room in 2023 – the top adult initiatives, trends and companies for the year.  Generative AI has spawned incredible innovation and along with it a mutating market ecosystem. It has also caused a copious amount of FOMO, missteps, and false starts. It is a rumpus room with a lot of "kids" going wild. The rumpus room nee...

In this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast, Ahgora's Thiago Quadros , CTO, and Angelo Frigeri , Data Team Lead, join host Keith Kirkpatrick Research Director, Enterprise Applications at The Futurum Group, to discuss the benefits of applying analytics and AI to human resources data, the potential impact of AI on work and workers, and the need for transparency around how AI is used to guide decisio...

In this episode of Enterprising Insights, The Futurum Group Enterprise Applications Research Director Keith Kirkpatrick is joined by Craig Durr, Research Director, Collaboration, and Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst, CX, both with The Futurum Group. The trio will discuss the key developments in the market over the past year, covering SaaS, customer experience, and collaboration technologies, and dis...

In 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.  We cover the challenges facing staffing, especially in lig...

On this episode of The AI Moment, we will discuss the latest developments in enterprise AI, & the top 7 AI trends for 2024. After the year AI had in 2023, what could possibly be next? I will give you a hint, AI won't slow down much in 2024. There are seven key trends I think will impact the adoption of AI in 2024. I walk through what those trends are and why they are so important.

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 is joined by colleague and fellow analyst Todd R. Weiss for a look at the top 5G developments and what's going on that caught their eye including the massive Ericsson AT&T $14.5 billion Open RAN deal and its implications for the North American and glob...

On this episode of Experience Unveiled, The Futurum Group's Sherril Hanson is joined by  Workhuman President Tom Libretto for a conversation on employee experience and the ROI of employee rewards and recognition.  Our discussion covers: The journey that employee experience has taken over the past few years  Data tied to the benefits of reward and recognition, not just for employees but for a compa...

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. Growth driven by networking for AI workloads (800 PAM4) and custom compute for hyperscalers. Highlighting the complexity of A...

On this episode of the Futurum Tech Webcast – Interview Series, host Ron Westfall welcomes Sandeep Bharathi , Chief Development Officer at Marvell Technology for a conversation on AI and the impact that it's having on the semiconductor industry as well as portfolio development, during Marvell's Industry Analyst Day Event. Their discussion covers: The impact that AI will have on semiconductor techn...