June 11, 2020
IBM’s Decision and the Ethics of Facial Recognition
by Patricia Lundy IBM recently made headlines for its decision to suspend its facial recognition technology offering. The news comes at a time when the United States is coming to terms with challenging questions rega
June 9, 2020
Changing of the Guard at VMware and Vonage
by Jim Lundy and Adam Pease Staffing shakeups at two major enterprise providers are an exciting start to the week. Vonage and VMware have both announced new hires that will transform the direction of their companies
June 5, 2020
Salesforce Closes the Deal with Vlocity
by Adam Pease Salesforce has finalized its $1.3B acquisition of Vlocity, which began late February. Vlocity is a CRM vendor for industries built natively on the Salesforce CRM platform. Its tailored solutions may hel
June 4, 2020
Mastering Remote Work Part II
(Aragon Live Podcast) – In this episode, Jim Lundy, CEO at Aragon Research, continues the discussion of remote work, what we consider to be the "new normal". He discusses remote work 2020 best practices and wha
June 3, 2020
What’s New in the AGN?
by Kalyn Stockman An AGN Overview The Aragon Guest Network (AGN) is a community that gives you free and direct access to select research notes, including Visual Research in video format, as well as the opportunity t
June 2, 2020
Cyberwar Comes to US Universities
by Jim Lundy The cyberwar we are facing globally is not limited to commercial enterprises. Given recent cyber warfare news, it has now become very clear that there is a strategy to leverage higher education instituti
June 1, 2020
Aragon Cares: Raising Funds to Help Fight the Pandemic
by Patricia Lundy Shelter in place restrictions are easing up in some locations, but that doesn’t mean the COVID-19 pandemic is going to go away any time soon. Healthcare workers, researchers, and policymakers are sti
May 28, 2020
An Update on Aragon Hot Vendors 2020
by Kalyn Stockman We’ve been receiving a lot of questions about Hot Vendors lately… is it too late to submit a nomination? When will we find out if we won? When will the reports be published? This blog answers th
Pandemic Predicts: Our Survey Results
by Betsy Burton I recently had the distinct pleasure to present a webinar with my colleagues Jim, Ken, and Kalyn on Aragon Research’s top COVID-19 pandemic impact predictions (see Aragon Research’s Coronavirus Pande
May 26, 2020
Welcome to Aragon Live
(Aragon Live Podcast) – In this episode, Patricia Lundy, Director of Marketing at Aragon Research and Nga Pham, Senior Marketing Manager overviews what Aragon Live Podcast is all about and how it benefits podcast listene
May 22, 2020
Are Apple MacBooks the Answer for Remote Work?
By Jim Lundy We haven't talked about the age-old debate between Windows laptop computers and Apple MacBook laptops. However, during COVID-19, it popped back up, but not for the reasons you might think. Part of the reaso
Microsoft Positions Fluid Framework to Challenge Google
by Jim Lundy and Adam Pease At its Build event on Tuesday, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Fluid Framework, which has been under development, will be going open-source and also be available for MS Outlook and Office.
May 21, 2020
Analyst Inquiry: A Unique Chance to Get Your Questions Answered
by Kalyn Stockman *Updated January 11, 2021* 2021 is here, and many hoped it would be the end of COVID-19. While vaccines are being distributed across the world, doses aren't being distributed fast enough to combat t
May 14, 2020
The Aragon Guest Network: The Good, The Better and The Best
By Nga Pham Have you ever heard about the Aragon Guest Network? If so, you might be wondering what it is and what’s in it for you. In this blog, we will explain how the Aragon Guest Network (AGN) works and how it will
May 11, 2020
Namirial sells to Ambienta: Demand for Digital Transaction Management continues
by Adam Pease Last week, digital transaction management (DTM) provider Namirial announced that it was being purchased by European investment firm Ambienta. The deal occurs as many enterprises struggle to adapt to the ne
“Zoom” Is a New Verb
by Betsy Burton In light of people working, learning, playing, and gathering remotely, video conferencing is becoming the new way for people to communicate and collaborate. As a result, I am starting to hear people use
Conga, Apttus, and the Future of Content Automation
by Jim Lundy The race to automate content is on, and late last week, two major providers decided to merge. On May 7th, San Mateo-based Apttus agreed to buy Denver-based Conga for an estimated $715 million. Conga is know
May 8, 2020
IBM Makes Watson Assistant Smarter with Project Debater Infusion
by Jim Lundy This week at IBM Think 2020, IBM announced major enhancements to its flagship conversational AI platform Watson Assistant. IBM announced that it will add some strong AI capabilities from its Project Debater