Blogs

January 11, 2019

Digital Transformation and 10 New Digital Categories

by Jim LundySince running product teams at Xerox and helping to invent the MFP (multifunction peripheral) category for copiers and printers, I have been a student of category creation. I also helped to create categorie

January 8, 2019

Cyberwar and 5G: The U.S. and Its Allies Take on Huawei

by Jim LundyThe recent arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou in Canada has brought to light another vector in the cyberwars. It has to do with 5G, the new cellular standard coming online in 2019 and 2020.The U.S. and

December 21, 2018

Is Robotic Process Automation a Bubble Ready to Burst?

by Jim SinurWhile some look at the robotic process automation (RPA) market’s growth—plus the strong influx of capital—and see a great opportunity, others predict that RPA's bubble is ready to burst. These views a

Lifesize Challenges Zoom with New 4K Video Conferencing

by Jim LundyThe market for web and video conferencing just got better—better as in much higher quality. Last week, Lifesize announced both a 4K camera and a 4K service that enables enterprises to have the highest qua

December 19, 2018

A Year-End Celebration of Success: Aragon Transform 18

by Katie WoodfordWe did it!To all of our sponsors that helped make it happen, thank you. To all of our attendees that brought the insights, speeches, and the party, thank you. And to all of you that couldn't make i

December 18, 2018

IBM Exits the Collaboration Market, Sells Notes to HCL

by Jim LundyIn a final culmination of the collaboration era at IBM, on December 6th, 2018, IBM announced it was selling Notes, Domino, Portal (on-premise), Commerce (on-premise), and other assets to HCL for $1.8 billio

December 13, 2018

Amazon re:Invent 2018: Throwing Down in Blockchain, Hybrid Cloud, Machine Learning, and Marketplaces

by Jim LundyAmazon held its annual re:Invent customer and partner conference last week and had record attendance—we'd put it higher than 50,000—and announced over 140 new product features. The growth of AWS, which

December 7, 2018

Only Genius Organizations Can See the Differences in Customer Experiences

by Jim SinurAlmost every organization publicly declares their dedication to better customer experiences, but few attain excellence. The majority of organizations (80%) think they have great customer experiences, but on

November 27, 2018

SAP’s Recent Acquisitions Show Digital Savvy

by Jim SinurEarlier this month, SAP acquired Contextor, a 2018 Aragon robotic process automation (RPA) Hot Vendor, which made a large splash in the RPA pool. RPA is hot because it represents additional operational impr

November 20, 2018

Deep Learning Euphoria: Give Me a Break

A treatise on the dangers of popular press coverage of AI, reduced to blog-sizeby Adrian Bowles Yes, Deep Learning Is Amazing Deep learning, a subset of machine learning, is an undeniably powerful set of techniques f

Thomas Kurian Jumps from Oracle to Google: Five Reasons Why Google Wins

by Jim LundyThe big news last Friday was that one of Larry Ellison's longtime executives decided to jump ship and move to run Google's enterprise business. Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene announced she was stepping down

November 16, 2018

Seven Questions with LogMeIn’s Amy Wendel

Welcome back to our Women in Tech blog series, where we're highlighting notable and accomplished women in the technology sector.This interview with Amy Wendel, Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at LogMeIn

November 15, 2018

Seven Questions with Amplience’s Morgan Kelleher

Welcome back to our Women in Tech blog series. As we gear up for our second annual Women in Technology (WIT) Awards, we're highlighting women in the technology sector who are role models, mentors, and key contributors to t

November 14, 2018

[Vlog] Dream Analysis and Knowledge Representation

Produced by Adrian Bowles, PhDWhat does Gordon Lightfoot have in common with artificial intelligence?In this video blog, Lead Analyst for AI Adrian Bowles graphs a recent dream he had in order to understand its rel

November 9, 2018

Google Introduces Kubeflow Pipelines and AI Hub to Further Democratize AI

by Adrian BowlesGoogle Cloud announced two new services on November 8th, 2018: Kubeflow Pipelines and AI Hub. This blog overviews what these services mean for the future of AI technology. Google Cloud Has a Strong Com

November 8, 2018

The Return of the MacBook Air: Retina Edition

by Jim LundyAfter years of speculation by the press, Apple finally did a major refresh to the MacBook Air, the machine that spawned the super thin laptop era. While there are many laptops that look like the MacBook Air

November 6, 2018

[Vlog] Domino V10: First Impressions

Produced by Adrian Bowles, PhDThis video blog highlights AI Analyst Adrian Bowles' first impressions of IBM's Domino V10. Adrian interviews Dawn Herndon and Drew Birnbaum to discuss Domino's impact and why it was so r

Meeting Automation Platforms: The Essential Automation Tool You’ve Never Heard Of

by Nicole Speciale A Market in Transition Enterprise growth is a catch-22 for business communications: while regular correspondence is essential for scaling a business, it becomes more challenging to organize and coordin

November 5, 2018

Teach Your Children Well and Teach Your AI System Not to Listen to Strangers

by Adrian Bowles, PhDCreating a machine learning-based application to evaluate data and make recommendations is a lot like the job of a parent teaching their children. The application, like the child, has an aptitude o

Seven Questions with IBM’s Inhi Suh

Welcome back to our Women in Tech blog series! As you may know, Aragon is gearing up for its second annual Women in Technology (WIT) Awards, so we are highlighting the extensive contributions of last year’s winners.