Ron Westfall

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Research Director at The Futurum Group

Research Director. AR Power #100. 5G Factor Host. Keen on baseball, music, family & space exploration + #AI, #silicon, #software, #cloud, #IoT, & #5G matters.

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Articles

Ericsson Goes Wireless-First for AI Enterprises

1 week ago | futurumgroup.com | Ron Westfall

Analyst(s): Ron WestfallPublication Date: April 17, 2025What is Covered in this Article:The new architecture is anchored by the Ericsson Cradlepoint E400, positioned as the first enterprise appliance to combine 3GPP Release 17 5G, Wi-Fi 7, and embedded eSIM/dual-SIM. New Ericsson LAN switches and Wi-Fi 6 access points designed to extend small and medium office LAN capacity without complexity under unified management.
NBL100: Nokia Celebrates Bell Labs Innovation Powerhouse

1 week ago | futurumgroup.com | Ron Westfall

Analyst(s): Ron WestfallPublication Date: April 15, 2025Nokia Bell Labs’ 100th Anniversary in 2025 marks a century of groundbreaking innovation, shaping modern technology with inventions like the transistor, laser, UNIX, and foundational telecom advancements spotlighted by Nokia CNS. What is Covered in this Article:How Nokia Bell Labs is still pushing groundbreaking research, exploring quantum computing, 6G, and even lunar networks for future space exploration.
Intel Vision 2025: Why Physical AI Beckons for Intel

1 week ago | futurumgroup.com | Ron Westfall

Analyst(s): Ron WestfallPublication Date: April 14, 2025At Intel Vision 2025, new CEO Lip-Bu Tan prioritized a fresh customer-centric approach, highlighting portfolio advancements across AI PCs, Intel Gaudi 3 accelerators, and Intel 18A process technology. What is Covered in this Article:Intel’s new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, has consistently emphasized AI’s transformative potential across industries, particularly in areas requiring advanced computing power and infrastructure.
OFC 2025: Marvell Interconnecting the AI Era

2 weeks ago | futurumgroup.com | Ron Westfall

Analyst(s): Ron WestfallPublication Date: April 10, 2025At OFC 2025, Marvell unveils its comprehensive portfolio and robust ecosystem support designed to deliver higher performance, customization, and flexibility for rack-, row- and cloud-scale AI networks.
NFD37: Selector Elevates AIOps to the Next Level

2 weeks ago | futurumgroup.com | Ron Westfall

Analyst(s): Ron WestfallPublication Date: April 8, 2025Selector’s main proposition is to provide a breakthrough AIOps platform that delivers instant, real-time, actionable insights for managing multi-domain network and application infrastructures. What is Covered in this Article:NFD37 showed how Selector combines copilots, RCA, and Operational Twins to streamline operations and ensure teams work at peak efficiency.
Why AI Workstations Are Blossoming: Q3 2024

2 weeks ago | shorturl.at | Ron Westfall

Analyst(s): Ron WestfallPublication Date: April 7, 2025The rising demand for AI applications is fueling the AI workstation growth. Industries increasingly adopt AI for GenAI model development, real-time data analytics, and computer vision, predicating powerful local computing solutions.
NFD37: Versa Takes Sovereign SASE Versatility to the Next Level

4 weeks ago | futurumgroup.com | Ron Westfall

Analyst(s): Ron WestfallPublication Date: March 27, 2025Versa Networks is focused on accelerating the market adoption of Sovereign SASE, the first solution designed to deliver complete data, control, and operational sovereignty that can ensure compliance with national regulations while maintaining the agility of a cloud-first architecture.
MWC 2025: The AI Factor

1 month ago | futurumgroup.com | Ron Westfall

Analyst(s): Ron WestfallPublication Date: March 25, 2025What is Covered in this Article:AI has consistently proved a top priority in conversations, correlating strongly with driving hot topics such as connectivity/5G, cybersecurity, and network APIs.AI is fully identified as critical to 5G progress because it can augment various aspects of 5G networks, ultimately leading to improved performance, efficiency, and user experience.
GTC25: T-Mobile NVIDIA Prep 6G Blueprint for AI-Native Wireless Networks

1 month ago | futurumgroup.com | Ron Westfall

Analyst(s): Ron WestfallPublication Date: March 25, 2025T-Mobile has expanded its AI-RAN Innovation Center efforts with NVIDIA to co-develop an AI-native wireless network stack for 6G. The expanded partnership includes MITRE, Cisco, ODC, and Booz Allen Hamilton, each contributing to the AI-based architecture built on the NVIDIA AI Aerial platform.
Why Organizations Are Switching to Google Cloud

1 month ago | futurumgroup.com | Ron Westfall

Today, organizations must prioritize the most important factors when selecting their strategic cloud partner. As such, The Futurum Group conducted interviews with Google Cloud customers that switched from Azure, fully confirming that the selection process takes on critical importance as organizations fulfill strategic demands such as company-wide AI implementations and digital transformation as well as adapt to major market trends related to cloud technologies.