May 6, 2021
Blogs
May 3, 2021
Reduce Your Organization’s Carbon Footprint Now: 4 Benefits
by Kalyn Stockman When was the last time you thought about your organization's carbon footprint? Personally, when I think about being sustainable, I think about my own actions–do I recycle? Do I participate in eco-fri
April 30, 2021
Government Cloud Wars: Project JEDI—May the Force Be With You
by Craig Kennedy This week a federal court judge ruled that Amazon’s lawsuit claiming interference in the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract awarded last year to Microsoft can proceed. This
Communications Security—Who Is Listening to Your Meetings and Calls?
by Jim Lundy Most people take everything for granted when it comes to communication and collaboration security. However, new information to emerge over the last year that indicates that there may be other people and gov
Apple Protects Your Privacy with iOS 14.5—A Shot at Facebook
by Jim Lundy Apple's long awaited iOS 14.5 release is now available. While there's many new features such as the ability to unlock your phone from your Apple Watch and new emojis, the big news is App Privacy. iOS 14.5
Is a Drone Part of Your Future Security Plan 2.0?
by Jim Lundy and Adam Pease This blog talks about why the enterprise needs to consider a drone as part of its security strategy. While it’s been used in the military for years, there is ongoing attention to the use of
ABM Best Practices from The ON24 Experience
by Patricia Knedler The Aragon Marketing team and I attended ON24’s virtual conference on Wednesday, April 27th: The ON24 Experience. If you don’t already know, ON24 is a complete virtual events platform that suppor
April 29, 2021
Three Key Ways Enterprise Content Platforms Can Benefit Your Business
by Katie Bartenslager Content. Content is what makes an enterprise flourish and what sets it apart. Content can include, but is not limited to, videos, images, email, spreadsheets, documents, and so forth. But how do yo
April 26, 2021
Apple M1 Silicon Is Powering Its New iMac and iPad Pro Models
by Jim Lundy This week Apple introduced its new iPad Pro models and its new colorful iMac. Both are powered by the Apple M1 processor, which is developed in-house by Apple. While many sales teams have experimented with
April 21, 2021
Transform Tour 2021: Transformation via Automation Recap
By Amy Townsend Today, Aragon Research kicked off our 2021 Transform Tour (sponsored by Avaya) with our first event of the year: ‘Transform Tour 2021: Transformation via Automation’. This event included two insightf
April 16, 2021
Microsoft Finds its Siri Voice with 19 Billion Purchase of Nuance
by Jim Lundy and Craig Kennedy Microsoft is buying Nuance, a conversational AI and cloud-based healthcare clinical intelligence provider, in an all cash deal for $19.7 Billion. This represents a 13.3x multiple, as Nuanc
April 9, 2021
Box Gets 500M from KKR and New Chairman from Siris Capital
by Jim Lundy Box announced this week that it plans to take 500,000,000 in investment from KKR in a move designed to thwart an activist investor Starboard Value LP. Starboard was pushing for a sale. The deal is a win for
April 8, 2021
The Future of Work Is Remote, Collaborative, and Intelligent
By Amy Townsend The COVID-19 pandemic forced many employees to perform their jobs remotely. This, in turn, forced teams to collaborate virtually. Legacy applications did not serve this use case well. Thus, many vendors
April 7, 2021
Crownpeak Buys e-Spirit—The Consolidation Era of Content Experience Platforms Begins
by Jim Lundy Crownpeak announced it was buying its competitor e-Spirit in a deal that was announced on March 19th. This blog discusses the implications of the new content experience category and the reason it will force
April 6, 2021
Verizon Business Launches BlueJeans Telehealth—Will Compete With MDLIVE
by Jim Lundy Verizon announced that it was making a shift into the growing telehealth market opportunity with its announcement of BlueJeans Telehealth. Telehealth exploded with demand during the pandemic, and now it is
April 5, 2021
April Aragon Cares: Compassion In Oakland
by Kalyn Stockman Sometimes, we plan our Aragon Cares monthly events months in advance–but sometimes, something happens in the world that inspires us to donate to a certain cause ASAP. And for April, this was the case
April 1, 2021
LeanIX and Wipro Leaders: Discuss The Future of the CIO
by Betsy Burton I had the pleasure of hosting a panel today with Christian Richter, SVP of Customer Success with LeanIX, and David Kenner, Senior Partner with Wipro. The discussion was focused on how leading CIOs Increa
March 26, 2021
PactSafe Sells to Ironclad as Clickwrap Transaction Market Is Just Getting Started
by Jim Lundy This week PactSafe announced that it was being acquired by San Francisco based Ironclad, which was fresh off of its $100 Million funding round and had money to burn. Terms of the deal were not announced, bu
Understanding the NFT Craze: An Enterprise Perspective
by Adam Pease Last week an auction at Christie's closed for a staggering $69M sum. What was being sold? A digital image. The piece, a montage of a 5,000 smaller digital artworks by a seller named Beeple, is called "Ever