February 24, 2021
Blogs
Microsoft Viva Will Disrupt the HR Tech Market
by Jim Lundy This month Microsoft made a clever move and announced new employee experience platform called Viva. Viva leverages both SharePoint and Microsoft teams to offer a new, curated way to engage employees and to
February 18, 2021
February Aragon Cares: Child Advocates of Silicon Valley
by Amy Townsend For our Aragon Cares activity this month, we had the pleasure of making a monetary donation to Child Advocates of Silicon Valley! Who are Child Advocates of Silicon Valley? Child Advocates of Silicon Va
The SolarWinds Hack and the need to Architect your Ecosystem
by Betsy Burton The SolarWinds hack was bad and it is having a growing impact on the IT ecosystem at large. As an enterprise architecture (EA) practitioner, I have long questioned EA practitioners and CIOs about how muc
February 16, 2021
Three Key Areas to Incorporate Enterprise Video Now
by Amy Townsend The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the adoption of enterprise video drastically–2020 could truthfully be called “The Year of Video”. Not only has enterprise video empowered collaboration and p
February 11, 2021
Aragon Hot Vendors 2021: Nominations Are Open
by Katie Bartenslager It is that time of year again - Aragon Hot Vendors 2021.Do you know of a company that should be recognized for being noteworthy, innovative, and visionary? Well, it is that time of year again to su
February 10, 2021
Why HR Leaders Should Care About Digital Labor
By Amy Townsend By 2027, 60% of Global 1000 organizations will have merged their HR department and IT department to support a hybrid workforce. As an HR leader, are you taking the necessary steps to effectively support
February 9, 2021
Adobe Flash End of Life: Shift to HTML5
by Adam Pease The Adobe Flash Player platform, which has managed the loading and streaming of multimedia content on websites for decades, received its last update on December 8th. The writing on the wall for the end of
February 5, 2021
Privacy Wars II: Facebook Wants Your WhatsApp Data
by Adam PeaseThe privacy wars continue. Popular messaging solution WhatsApp has declared that its terms of service update, scheduled for February, will now be pushed back to May. This update would have required users to
Amazon’s New CEO Andy Jassy Has Some Big Shoes to Fill
by Craig Kennedy On Tuesday February 2nd, Amazon’s Chairman and CEO Jeff Bezos announced that he will be transitioning the role of CEO to the current CEO of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Andy Jassy. In a letter to Amazon
February 4, 2021
2021 Women In Technology Awards: Appreciate the WIT In Your Life
by Kalyn Stockman 2021 marks the FIFTH year that Aragon Research is recognizing Women In Technology with our annual WIT awards! Through the hundreds of nominations that have come in throughout the years, I can speak f
February 3, 2021
Low-Code/No-Code Again: Understand Benefits and Challenges
by Betsy BurtonOne of the advantages of being in this industry for a number of years is that you get to see some common themes recycle. One of the themes that has recycled more recently is the concept of low/no-code app
January 29, 2021
Privacy Wars: Apple vs. Facebook
by Jim Lundy It is a war that will get uglier before it gets better. The war is over who gets to steal your data through of your phone and your web browsing habits. I’m talking about what we refer to as privacy wars.
Apple and Microsoft See Major Boost in Revenues for 2020
by Jim Lundy Apple and Microsoft both announced significant increases in their revenues during their earnings reports this week. They both had different reasons for growth but suffice to say remote work has helped both
January 28, 2021
Why Your IPO Might Get Done via a SPAC in 2021
by Jim LundyIf you haven’t noticed, the new rage in getting your company listed is to leverage something called a SPAC as a way to bypass traditional methods and leverage to increase amount of investors who want to pa
Best Practices for Managing Digital Labor and Human Labor
by Betsy BurtonI am excited to have just released a Research note on “Best Practices For Managing Your Integrated Digital and Human Workforce.” I think the emergence of digital labor will have a profound impact on h
January 27, 2021
3 Emerging AI Technologies to Watch
by Amy Townsend Artificial intelligence is one of the biggest opportunities for digital transformation and is increasingly becoming an integral part of digital business. AI can help speed up the process of understanding
January 26, 2021
Three Digital Transaction Management Trends to Watch
by Katie Bartenslager We have been having more conversations about digital transaction management (DTM) every day. With digital workplaces becoming the new normal, our day to day activities need to adapt and change acco
The Race for Dashboard Displays Is On: Mercedes and the Hyperscreen
by Adam Pease Video displays are becoming commonplace throughout our working world and consumer life. While in the automotive world Tesla has been notorious for the sleek displays in its vehicles, Mercedes-Benz just top