August 23, 2021
August 18, 2021
Celebrating 10 Years of Aragon Research
By Jim Lundy We just celebrated 10 years since the start of Aragon and it has been an incredible journey. Looking back, ten years seemed to go by very quickly–and for many who have been in startup land, you can relate
August 17, 2021
Chatbots VS Conversational AI: What’s the Difference?
By Jenna Stockman Day-to-day interactions – both personal and professional – are becoming increasingly digitized. It’s likely that you text, call, or FaceTime many of your friends and family members more often tha
10 Questions For 10 Years: An Interview With CEO, Jim Lundy
by Kalyn Stockman and Jim Lundy If you haven’t heard, Aragon is celebrating its 10 year anniversary this week! We’ve told you about our major milestones and our employees’ proudest moments at Aragon, but what bett
August 16, 2021
Aragon Celebrates 10 Years – Employees’ Proudest Moments
by Katie Bartenslager This month Aragon is celebrating its 10 year anniversary. We couldn't have accomplished such growth and innovation without the entire Aragon team. While we've been talking lately about the company'
August 13, 2021
Oracle Gets Serious with MySQL Heatwave Autopilot
By Craig Kennedy Earlier this week, Oracle announced the availability of MySQL Autopilot, the latest addition to MySQL Heatwave, Oracle’s in-memory query accelerator offered in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
August 9, 2021
Your Product Managers Need Budgets For Research
by Betsy Burton I’ve been speaking with a number of product and program managers at technology/service providers (TSP) regarding needed features, capabilities, and enhancements. Many of these product managers are tryi
August 6, 2021
Watching Plants Grow Goes High-Tech with Computer Vision
by Adam Pease More buyers are gaining awareness of computer vision as the market expands to include new enterprise use cases. Nokia Bell Labs and AeroFarms recently announced their plans to deploy a computer vision syst
Cornerstone Goes Private in $5.2 Billion Deal
by Jim Lundy On August 5, Cornerstone OnDemand will be sold to Clearlake capital group for $5.2 billion. This comes on the heels of the merger last year between Cornerstone and Saba, and represents another example of pr
August 5, 2021
7 Questions With Cisco’s Aruna Ravichandran
by Kalyn Stockman We are back with the next edition of our 7 Questions WIT blog series–another blog full of advice and experiences from one of our 2020 Women In Tech Award winners. As a refresher, this blog series is
[Infographic] 10 Years of Aragon Research
By Katie Bartenslager This month is a special month for Aragon Research! We are celebrating our 10 year anniversary. Here are some of the milestones that have helped position Aragon as a leading research and a
August 2, 2021
5 Ways a Revenue Intelligence System Will Help Your Business
by Jenna Stockman The digitalization of business and sales operations has been largely beneficial – but it has created pesky roadblocks that are difficult to overcome. Scattered and inaccessible data is perhaps the mo
July 27, 2021
[Infographic] The Aragon Research Technology Arc 101
by Kalyn Stockman The Aragon Research Technology Arc is one type of report that Aragon publishes across many market categories each year. This infographic will cover what a Technology Arc is as well as Aragon's coverage
Defining Effective Metrics Based on Hybrid Causation & Correlation Data
by Betsy Burton I recently had a discussion with a client who shared some frustration because he felt that his management was creating more metrics and making conclusions based on metrics that he felt had little to do w
Introducing tPaaS Market: Open Call for Aragon Globe Submissions
by Betsy Burton For the past few months, we at Aragon Research have been talking and writing about a new emerging market that is an evolution of iPaaS. Aragon Research has identified the tPaaS market—Transformation Pl
July 23, 2021
Zoom Buys Five9 for $14.7 Billion and Sets the Stage for the Consolidation of UC&C and Contact Center
by Jim Lundy View a PDF of this First Cut. Summary: Zoom announced an agreement to acquire Five9 in an all stock $14.7 billion dollar deal this week. With a 25X revenue multiple, the deal signifies the beginning o
July 22, 2021
July Aragon Cares: Helping Feed Hungry Families
by Katie Bartenslager July Aragon Cares Activity This month, we are helping feed hungry families in Santa Clara County through a canned food drive held by Sacred Heart Community Service. This month each employee brought
July 20, 2021
7 Questions With Five9’s Kimberly Lytikainen
by Kalyn Stockman Believe it or not, registration for Aragon Transform 2021 is already open–which means, it's time to celebrate our Women In Technology community (I mean–when is it not?)! While our 2021 winners won
July 15, 2021
Increase Lead Generation with Aragon Research’s Content Marketing Opportunities
(Aragon Live Podcast) – In this episode join the Aragon Marketing team to define content marketing and detail how it is an integral part of driving brand awareness, generating consumer demand, and building cust
July 9, 2021