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March 17, 2022
Blogs
March 15, 2022
AiFi Secures Funding as Computer Vision in Retail Heats Up
by Adam Pease This week, Santa Clara-based AiFi was able to raise $65M in its Series B funding round. AiFi offers tools to implement contactless retail experiences using computer vision. With its new funding, AiFi compe
March 14, 2022
Aragon Cares: Alma Bonita Animal Rescue
by Kalyn Stockman If you’ve kept up with any of our past Aragon Cares efforts, you know we’ve done some pretty fun, amazing activities in the past. But I have to say, this month’s activity was one of my favorites
March 9, 2022
How Enterprise Architecture Leaders Can Lead Business Transformation
by Betsy Burton I am happy to share with all of you that I have almost finished Aragon Research’s premier Aragon Research Globe of the tPaaS (Transformation as a Service) market. In this Aragon Research Globe market e
March 8, 2022
Google Buys Into Security With $5.4B Acquisition of Mandiant
By: Craig Kennedy Today Google and Mandiant announced that Google would be acquiring Mandiant for $23 per share valued at $5.4 billion in an all cash deal. Following the close of the acquisition, Mandiant will become pa
Digital Labor Is Here – Why You Need to Care About It
by Craig Kennedy Digital labor has been here for a long time, but not in the way you might think of it. We’ve been using ATMs for years, which offloads some of the simpler tasks that a human teller would perform. An A
March 4, 2022
Google Follows in Apple’s Steps to Limit Ad Tracking on Android
by Jim Lundy Google Follows in Apple’s Steps to Limit Ad Tracking on Android Google is now planning on restricting the use of the Android operating system and the apps that run on it to track users and their behaviors.
March 3, 2022
Neosapience Secures 21.5M to Bring Generative Content to the Enterprise
by Adam Pease Neosapience, a Korean company that offers generated voice and video content, recently secured $21.5M in its B round of funding. Its service leverages AI to generate the human voice, enabling enterprises to
February 28, 2022
February 2022 Aragon Cares: Loaves and Fishes
By Katie Bartenslager Since the pandemic, our in-person Aragon Cares activities were put on hold. But now, they are back! We were all itching to get out of the office and into our community to make a difference. Di
February 25, 2022
Palo Alto Networks Redefines AI Security with Cortex XSIAM
By Craig Kennedy On Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Palo Alto Networks (PAN) announced a new AI-powered security offering called Cortex XSIAM. PAN is a provider in Silicon Valley that focuses on network security hardwa
February 23, 2022
No-Code Computer Vision and the New Space Race
by Adam Pease On Wednesday, February 16th, the Space Vehicles Directorate of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) announced a partnership with computer vision provider CrowdAI, which provides no-code environments
February 22, 2022
Uniphore’s $400M Funding Round and the Race to Contact Center AI
By Craig Kennedy On Wednesday, February 16, 2022, Uniphore announced its series E funding of $400M. Uniphore is a provider in Silicon Valley that focuses on conversational AI in the contact center. This blog talks abo
February 21, 2022
Successful Content Journeys in 2022
by Kalyn Stockman By now, we’ve all felt the effects of the pandemic’s impact on the shift towards digital business – it’s happening quicker than we could have imagined. This has caused businesses to reevaluate
February 18, 2022
Microsoft Doubles Down on Metaverse – Buys Activision for $68B
By Jim Lundy The ink isn’t even dry on the deal, yet Microsoft has now put everyone on notice that it is completely focused on winning in the upcoming war for the metaverse. Buying Activision for $68B in cash is s
February 17, 2022
The Deal That Got Away: NVIDIA Calls Off Acquisition of Arm
By Jim Lundy NVIDIA calls off its acquisition of Arm–and its quest to dominate the semiconductor industry after announcing last year that it was acquiring Softbank’s Arm holding unit. As the acquisition dragged
Aragon Innovation Awards 2022 – Be Recognized!
By Katie Bartenslager Are you, or is a company that you know, an innovator in your market? If so, you should be recognized! Aragon’s annual Innovation award nominations are now open. This blog will break down w
February 16, 2022
2022 Women In Technology Awards
By Amy Townsend Aragon Research began our Women-In-Technology (WIT) awards in 2017. That means this is our sixth year of recognizing women who are contributing to the technology industry! This blog gives an overvie
February 15, 2022
Enhance Experiences With Video
by Katie Bartenslager If you haven’t heard already, videos are paving the way for new employee and customer experiences. If you haven’t taken advantage, then you are falling behind. Aragon knows firsthand t
Google Cloud – Raising the Bar for Cloud Security
By Craig Kennedy Back in November 2021, Google published a security report that identified the ongoing exploitation of cloud computing servers within Google Cloud. Of the 50 compromised google cloud instances they revie
February 14, 2022