July 7, 2017
Blogs
June 30, 2017
Walmart Strikes Back Against Amazon
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – Walmart woke up two weeks ago and discovered it has a new competitor, Amazon. This was after Amazon bought Whole Foods for US $13.7 billion. While this move caused tremors in food d
June 19, 2017
How Apple, Google, and Microsoft are Building a New Generation of Young Coders
By James Gonzales (Aragon Research) – The introduction of easily understood coding languages by major players has given children the opportunity to quickly learn the basics of coding. Major Tech Titans such as Apple,
June 13, 2017
PegaWorld 2017: Digital Transformation is about Incremental Transformation
By Jim Sinur (Aragon Research) – The theme at this year's PegaWorld was "Be Future Empowered," which goes beyond the "built for change" theme - Pegasystems is suggesting that it supports any new and emerging cloud o
HelloSign and Intelledox Raise Millions to Power Workflow and Content Automation
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – Workflow and Content Automation (WCA) is a new software category emerging from the larger market that Aragon identified in 2014 called Digital Transaction Management (DTM). Two DTM Pr
June 9, 2017
The Return of the Apple iPad
By Jim LundyThis week, Apple held its World Wide Developer Conference. It was packed with news about upcoming releases of iOS 11,MacOS, and new hardware products. Our take is that one of the major takeaways from the ev
June 2, 2017
Apple’s WWDC17: 3 Predictions for iOS 11
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – At yesterday’s Aragon Research Community meeting, the Aragon analysts and I discussed what Apple is doing with its current products and what might be in store for the future. One of
June 1, 2017
Digital Business Platforms Support Better Customer Experiences
By Jim Sinur (Aragon Research) – Google search the 'top ten technologies' and see what you find. I did and found that the digital business platform was on nearly every list. When I coined the term in October 2015, li
May 26, 2017
SAP Sapphire Attempts to Unlock the Digital Transformation DaVinci Code
By Adrian Bowles (Aragon Research) – In January, SAP introduced “Leonardo” as a branding umbrella for its growing portfolio of Internet of Things (IoT) services. With the HANA brand firmly established in the enter
May 23, 2017
Google I/O 17 Summary: Mobile, AI, and Innovation
By Ken Dulaney (Aragon Research) – For anyone looking for new Android or ChomeOS features, Google I/O was much less of a “wow” factor than in previous years. This is not surprising. As the ecosystem for mobile and
May 16, 2017
Silicon Valley Firm Uses AI to Boost Revenues by 5X
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – It's a story that isn't well known outside of Silicon Valley, but at least one fast-growing Silicon Valley Software firm is using AI (Artificial Intelligence) to grow revenues at a rec
May 11, 2017
DocuSign Adds Payments and Changes the Game in DTM
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – We attended our fifth DocuSign Momentum event last week in San Francisco. The event was larger and as such it moved to a larger hotel - The Hilton at Union Square. Momentum featured th
May 2, 2017
Jive Software Goes Private – Future is Unclear
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – In a surprise move, Jive Software announced it was being purchased for US $462 Million, by a firm that is owned by Private Equity firm ESW Capital, which is based in Austin, Texas.
April 27, 2017
5 Key Questions Asked at Emma’s Marketing United Conference
By Patricia Lundy (Aragon Research) – Last week, I headed to Nashville for Emma’s third annual Marketing United conference. The conference saw close to 1,000 attendees which made for an intimate experience inside th
April 26, 2017
5 Takeaways From Marketo’s Marketing Nation Summit 2017
By Evan Vuckovic (Aragon Research) – Aragon Research marketing attended Marketo’s Marketing Nation Summit 2017 and in lieu of coffee, the audience was presented with an energizing dance troupe of performers. Steve Lu
April 25, 2017
Workplace by Facebook Poised to Challenge IBM, Jive, Microsoft, and Slack
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – The big news that arose from Facebook's Developer Conference F8 was its corporate offering, Workplace by Facebook. Given that Facebook has 14,000 enterprises using Workplace, this grow
April 24, 2017
Focusing on Digital Transformations: bpmNEXT 2017 Recap
By Jim Sinur (Aragon Research) – Process is a key part of Digital Transformations, and this was a clear theme at this year's bpmNEXT in Santa Barbara, California.The conference saw industry experts, vendors, an
April 18, 2017
Intel and Artificial Intelligence – Why Their New AI Products Group Matters
By Adrian Bowles (Aragon Research) – Intel has quietly been building out its competencies in AI. They have been buying AI startups, investing in education and open source initiatives, and now they are consolidating and
April 12, 2017
WordPress is Fading: 3 Reasons Your Business Should Migrate Your Website
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – A lot of people have been complaining about Wordpress lately and today is is one of the dominant platforms for building a website. However building a website on Wordpress isn't as easy