October 14, 2021
Blogs
October 7, 2021
The Deal That Wasn’t; Zoom’s Earning Guidance Spooked Five9 Shareholders
by Jim Lundy The Zoom-Five9 deal came to a massive halt with Five9 shareholders rejecting it. Part of the reason was the recent Zoom earnings release, where they had to reset expectations. However, it wasn’t just the
October 1, 2021
Amazon Brings Computer Vision to the Home
by Adam Pease Amazon has announced a suite of new features coming to its Ring doorbell system. Now, users will be able to receive notifications when a package is present at their doorstep, and down the road, Amazon will
September 30, 2021
2 Notable Acquisitions in the Sales Enablement Market
By Amy Townsend In the past few months, two notable acquisition announcements were made in the sales enablement market. 1. Seismic acquired Lessonly 2. Bigtincan acquired Brainshark This blog will discuss th
September 27, 2021
Enterprise Architects Must Prioritize Security
by Kalyn Stockman A big part of an enterprise architecture leader’s role involves enterprise security. Recently, Aragon Research released a research note to help enterprise architects navigate the security landscape a
September 22, 2021
September Aragon Cares: California Fire Foundation
By Amy Townsend Aragon Research’s headquarters are located in Northern California - a location that’s commonly threatened by wildfires. According to fire.ca.gov, a whopping 10.1 million acres were burned in 2020, an
September 21, 2021
Nintex Acquires AssureSign to Compete With DocuSign
By Jim Lundy Partnerships can be dissolved or ended abruptly. Often it is caused by a failure to communicate. That is what happened a few short years ago when DocuSign bought SpringCM, effectively ending the Nintex part
Slack Enables Video File Sharing With Slack Clips
by Jim Lundy Slack is part of Salesforce and with that now comes the marketing drumbeat at the annual Salesforce Dreamforce Conference – referred to as #DF21. Dreamforce starts today. Part of the news being announced
Agot.AI Brings Computer Vision to Fast-Food
by Adam Pease Recently, Agot.AI closed a round of funding for $10 million, putting it in a position to bring its innovative computer vision product to market for the fast-food industry. Agot bills itself as a ‘Kitchen
September 16, 2021
Transform Tour 2021: The Impact of Intelligence on Customer and Employee Experiences Recap
By Katie Bartenslager If you missed our latest event, Transform Tour 2021: ‘The Impact of Intelligence on Customer and Employee Experiences’ (sponsored by Avaya and Contentsquare), don’t worry! This blog will give
7 Questions With Fuze’s Payal Cudia
by Kalyn Stockman It's time for another highly anticipated 7 Questions WIT blog! With Transform 2021 less than 3 months away, our celebration of women in technology (and our other awards categories) is rampi
September 13, 2021
Facebook’s New Ray-Bans Stories–Success or Fail?
by Kalyn Stockman We all remember when Google launched their smart glasses around 2014–and it didn’t quite take off as planned. So Facebook’s recent smart glasses launch, with the help of popular sunglasses vendor
September 10, 2021
Mobius Labs Brings Low-Code Computer Vision Solutions to the Enterprise
by Adam Pease A computer vision startup named Mobius Labs has just secured $6 million in funding from a series A round led by French VC firm, Ventech. Mobius Labs delivers no-code computer vision solutions in an extensi
September 2, 2021
How to Have a High Impact on Market Evaluation Reports
by Betsy Burton Recently an analyst relations person asked me how they should work with an analyst during the creation of a market evaluation (e.g. Aragon Globe, Gartner Magic Quadrant, etc.). She knew I had worked on m
September 1, 2021
7 Questions With Vbrick System’s Shelly Heiden
by Kalyn Stockman Welcome back to our 7 Questions Women In Technology blog series! In this edition, we hear from Shelly Heiden, CEO of Vbrick Systems. In 2020, Shelly won our WIT award in the CEO category. She discusses
August 26, 2021
Computer Vision for Fashion: Virtual Dressing Rooms
by Adam Pease Recently, the computer vision provider, Revery.ai, has turned heads with its exposition of an AI-based solution for virtual dressing rooms. Revery.ai’s press attention has come from the scale and e
August 24, 2021
How Did Aragon Celebrate Our Anniversary?
By Amy Townsend Last week, Aragon Research celebrated its 10 year anniversary. Naturally, we had to celebrate. This blog discusses how we celebrated this major accomplishment. Leading Up to the Anniversary Lead
Intel Hones in on Chips, Ditches Computer Vision
by Adam Pease In the midst of a global semiconductor market crisis that seems unlikely to abate, Intel is pivoting to address the shortage by honing in on its core business. At the same time, CEO Pat Gelsinger has cho
August Aragon Cares 2021: Virtual Backpack Drive
by Katie Bartenslager Have you noticed an increase in traffic near you? Well, that probably has something to do with schools returning to in-person learning! This month Aragon wants to make sure that students return wit
August 23, 2021