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TM Forum Digital Transformation World (DTW) Ignite 2025 is one of the leading telco tech conferencesfocused on OSS, BSS and customer experience modernization. Some call it digital transformation but not Dean Bubley of Disruptive Analysis, who joined Patrick Lopez of {Core Analysis} and Leonard Lee for a recap of the event this year.

This year, DTW Ignite was heavily slanted toward the topic of autonomous networks and reaching L4, but there was much more. The trio converged on Zoom to compare notes and share their thoughts on what mattered at DTW Ignite 2025.

In this chat, Dean, Patrick, and Leonard Lee discuss:

➡️ Analyst impressions of TM Forum DTW Ignite 2025 (4:20)
➡️ The state of agentic AI in telco transformation and modernization (7:55)
➡️ The state of telco modernization, service innovation, and monetization (11:35)
➡️ Where are we with network APIs and the market For them? (14:55)
➡️ Post-DTW Ignite 2025 recommendations for operators (18:25)

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neXt Curve’s ComTech Podcast series focuses on the latest and emerging trends in commercial and enterprise tech catering to IT buyers ranging from SMBs to global enterprises.

Anurag and Leonard discuss the rise of the AI workstation as the AI PC continues to struggle finding footing with thin and light laptops which have the hope and rage of the last two years. Find out why the AI workstation might breathe life into the AI PC and provide a bridge for GenAI to cross from cloud to the enterprise.

Anurag and Leonard touch of the following topics in this episode:

➡️ What happened to the AI PC? It was supposed to be the big thing to bring PCs back. (2:45)
➡️ What is the AI workstation and where does it fit in the pocket to cloud continuum and the enablement of hybrid AI? (9:19)
➡️ Anurag shares the key points of his research note "Realizing AI Potential: Why Lenovo Workstations should be at the heart of compute strategy." (10:05)
➡️ Getting over the security and confidentiality adoption hurdle of enterprise GenAI. (12:49)
➡️ What are the leading AI workstation workflows and use cases? (19:55)
➡️ Why the AI workstation could be the bridge between GenAI in the cloud and enterprise AI. (22:18)
➡️ AI Workstations - Are they a solution of shadow AI or a catalyst? (26:18)
➡️ The secret to enterprise AI - Don't chase whales (a AI Moby Dick story). (29:11)
➡️ How AI workstation deployments can foster safe and secure enterprise GenAI applications and hybrid systems. (31:18)

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Silicon Futures is a neXt Curve reThink Podcast series focused on AI and semiconductor tech and the industry topics that matter.

In the month of June, Leonard and Jim talk about their key takes and highlights from AMD Advancing AI, Cisco Live!, the 40th Anniversary Sensors Converge event. They cover the big news across AI computing, networks, edge AI, and the fast-evolving sensor edge, and provide their analysis of Qualcomm’s announced acquisition of Alphawave Semi and much more!

Topics that mattered in the AI and semiconductor universe in June of 2025:

• Highlights and analysis of AMD Advancing AI 2025
• The uber growth in AI computing demand - Tiria Research forecast
• Highlights and analysis of Sensors Converge 2025 - 40th Year!
• Highlights and analysis of Cisco Live! 2025
• The power and cooling problem with AI data center
• Intel cleans house with layoffs while Apple and others clean out their support
• Qualcomm makes a big AI data center move with Alphawave Semi acquisition
• Is the defense industry the new frontier of innovation and tech?

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Check out Karl and his research at Cambrian AI Research LLC at www.cambrian-ai.com.

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