Scaling Cloud Services Is Key To Growing A Digital Business
93% of enterprises are securing remote locations with a centralized approach that rarely scales to secure every endpoint and identity of remote branch locations, leaving an enterprise more vulnerable to a breach. Enabling network security is the greatest challenge enterprises face when managing a highly distributed network with numerous remote locations. In an era of […]
What’s New In Gartner’s Hype Cycle For AI, 2019
Between 2018 and 2019, organizations that have deployed artificial intelligence (AI) grew from 4% to 14%, according to Gartner’s 2019 CIO Agenda survey. Conversational AI remains at the top of corporate agendas spurred by the worldwide success of Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant, and others. Enterprises are making progress with AI as it grows more widespread, […]
Customer Experiences Define Success In A Digital-First World
91% of enterprises have adopted or have plans to adopt a digital-first strategy. Of these enterprises, 48% already have a digital-first approach in place. Creating better customer experiences (67%), improving process efficiency through automation (53%), and driving new revenue (48%) are the top three digital business strategies enterprises are investing in today. 35% of enterprises […]
The Best Cloud Computing Companies And CEOs To Work For In 2019 Based On Glassdoor
Sysdig, Fivetran, Nuxeo, Cloudian, Mendix, StreamSets, Zscaler, Zoho, SAP, OutSystems, Kony, and Netskope are the most likely to be recommended by their employees to friends looking for a cloud computing company to work for in 2019. Cloud platform and development companies dominate the highest rated cloud businesses when indexed by the percent of employees who would recommend their company to a friend. Taken together, the 12 CEOs […]
Event Report: Retailers Navigate Exponential Tech Amidst New Business Model Shifts #NRF2019
Retail Innovation Continues To Improve As Budgets And Margin Grow Over 40,000 attendees gathered at Jacob Javitz convention center in New York City for the annual big show (see Figure 1.) The show kicked off with a keynote from BJ’s Wholesale Club Chairman, President, and CEO Chris Baldwin. Chris conveyed the impact of retail on […]
Which Analytics And BI Technologies Will Be The Highest Priority In 2019?
82% of enterprises are prioritizing analytics and BI as part of their budgets for new technologies and cloud-based services. 54% say AI, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) are also a high investment priority. 50% of enterprises say their stronger focus on metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) company-wide are a major driver of […]
Which CRM Applications Matter Most In 2018
According to recent research by Gartner, Marketing analytics continues to be hot for marketing leaders, who now see it as a key business requirement and a source of competitive differentiation Artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive technologies are of high interest across all four CRM functional areas, and mobile remains in the top 10 in marketing, […]
2018 Roundup Of Cloud Computing Forecasts And Market Estimates
Cloud computing platforms and applications are proliferating across enterprises today, serving as the IT infrastructure driving new digital businesses. The following roundup of cloud computing forecasts and market estimates reflect a maturing global market for cloud services, with proven scale, speed and security to support new business models. CIOs who are creating compelling business cases […]
Global State Of Enterprise Analytics, 2018
71% of enterprises globally predict their investments in data and analytics will accelerate in the next three years and beyond. 57% of enterprises globally have a Chief Data Officer, a leadership role that is pivotal in helping to democratize data and analytics across any organization. 52% of enterprises are leveraging advanced and predictive analytics today […]
10 Ways To Improve Cloud ERP With AI And Machine Learning
Capitalizing on new digital business models and the growth opportunities they provide are forcing companies to re-evaluate ERP’s role. Made inflexible by years of customization, legacy ERP systems aren’t delivering what digital business models need today to scale and grow. Legacy ERP systems were purpose-built to excel at production consistency first at the expense of […]
