July 27, 2021
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
Smart Cities: Where Do We Start?
(Aragon Live Podcast) – In this episode, Aragon Marketing Associate Katie Bartenslager and Sr. Director of Research, Craig Kennedy, talk about smart cities. We have noticed a significant increase in popularity
July 6, 2021
Beyond iPaaS: Driving Successful Business Transformation
by Jenna Stockman Technology is constantly evolving and growing in complexity. For tech-savvy professionals and the technologically illiterate alike, keeping up with the ever-changing digital landscape and finding the r
July 4, 2021
Ransomware Attacks Are Here: Backup Everything
by Jim Lundy Ransomware attacks are here to stay. For many in technology, it is hard to even get a weekend off these days with the growth of Ransomware as a Service (RaaS) attacks. Over the July 4th holiday weekend, hun
July 2, 2021
Analyst Relations: Engaging With Aragon Research
(Aragon Live Podcast) –In this episode, Aragon Marketing Associate Katie Bartenslager and Associate Marketing Manager Kalyn Stockman discuss the benefits of engaging with Aragon Research as an Analyst Relations
A Lesson Learned From The Mercedes-Benz Data Breach
By Amy Townsend Last week, on June 24th, Mercedes-Benz announced that the personal information of around 1,000 customers was accidentally made accessible on their cloud storage platform. The personal data included credi
July 1, 2021
5 Ideas To Launch Your Corporate Volunteer Program
by Kalyn Stockman If you are familiar with Aragon Research, you’ve hopefully heard about Aragon Cares, our corporate volunteering program. With this program, we conduct monthly activities that are focused on helping o
June 30, 2021
Computer Vision: The Missing Link in the Race to the Visual Enterprise
By Jenna Stockman We are entering the age of computer vision. Read on to learn what it is, why it's taking off, and emerging markets to look out for.
June 29, 2021
Computer Vision at the Grocery Store: Amazon Versus Trigo
by Adam Pease This last week, new developments were afoot in the world of computer vision for retail. Amazon, a major provider, and Trigo, a new market entrant, both revealed news about their seamless checkout solutions
The Importance of Zero Trust for Enterprise IoT Deployments
by Ken Dulaney Cisco estimates that there will be 10.6 billion IoT connections growing to 14.7 billion by 2023. While this number reflects both consumer and enterprise, we must recognize that consumer technology constan![[Infographic] It's Time to Embrace CitDev](https://aragonresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Infographic-Its-Time-to-Embrace-CitDev.png "[Infographic] It's Time to Embrace CitDev 35")
June 25, 2021
[Infographic] It’s Time to Embrace CitDev
By Katie Bartenslager VP of Research and Aragon Fellow, Betsy Burton recently published a blog, "Embrace CitDev to Increase Security, Innovation, and Peace", introducing a new term Aragon Research is identifying: CitD
June 23, 2021
Embrace CitDev to Increase Security, Innovation, and Peace
by Betsy Burton I recently spoke with an IT leader about the use of SaaS and cloud-based applications. During the conversation, he spoke about having to deal with “shadow IT,” also sometimes referred to as “rogue
Tesla and the Push for Vision in Self-Driving Cars
by Adam Pease Tesla's new supercomputer, "Dojo," has been unveiled at CVPR 2021, the international conference for computer vision. Dojo clocks in at 1.8 exaflops of performance, making it one of the best in the world.
June 18, 2021
A Computer Vision Unicorn: Tractable Disrupts the Insurance Industry
by Adam Pease This week on June 17th, the UK-based computer vision company Tractable announced that it had secured $60M in a series D funding round led by Insight Partners and Georgian. Tractable offers a computer visio
Is It Time to Refresh Your MacBooks?
by Jim Lundy Apple just had its annual worldwide developer conference and there were lots of hints about the future of macOS and the future of Apple Silicon. To date, the only processor that has been released is the M1