August 15, 2019
Blogs
August 14, 2019
Conversational AI Provider Uniphore Raises $51 Million in Funding
by Samra Anees Uniphore, a conversational AI provider, just raised $51 million in a Series C round funding, hitting a new milestone in the conversational AI space. This blog explores Uniphore's solutions and the consoli
August 9, 2019
Aragon Transform 2019: A Preview Of The Night
by Kalyn Stockman Whether you attended Aragon Transform 2018 or are just hearing about the annual event for the first time, you won’t want to miss it this December in Redwood City. We have reason to believe that thi
August 7, 2019
Cisco Buys Conversational Intelligence Provider Voicea
By Jim Lundy and Samra Anees The web and video conferencing market has been ripe for disruption and with Cisco's move to buy Voicea, the shift to intelligent meetings is underway. Aragon has been covering the Intelligen
Vonage Buys Conversational AI Provider Over.ai
by Samra Anees Yesterday, on the same day that Cisco announced it was buying voice analytics provider Voicea, Vonage announced that it acquired Over.ai, a conversational AI provider that offers an AI-powered agent with
August 6, 2019
Apple Contractors Listened To Your Conversations With Siri
by Samra Anees At this point, it's common knowledge that voice assistants record snippets of speech when activated for both testing and development purposes. Recently, Google contractors leaked over 1000 snippets of pri
July 31, 2019
Aragon Market Survey: Digital Business Platforms and Applications
by Betsy Burton We just sent out the Digital Business Platform and Applications survey to about 27 providers, and while we are not looking to expand the field significantly, we don’t want to miss someone who may be de
July 25, 2019
My Top 3 Speakers at MozCon 2019
by Calvin Smith If you’ve ever had the opportunity to visit Seattle, I’m sure you’re aware of the sites to see: the Space Needle, gum wall, Pike Place Market, and the original Starbucks (if you consume coffee). A
Your ‘Anonymous’ Data Shouldn’t Be Able to Re-Identify You—But It Can
by Samra Anees Recently, the Nature Communications journal published a paper called "Estimating the success of re-identifications in incomplete datasets using generative models;" a study that developed a model using mac
My Experience As An Aragon Research Intern: Fulfilling My Goal
by Kalyn Stockman Ever since I can remember, my goal in life was simple: to help others. However, after choosing to study Business Administration with a marketing concentration, I didn’t know quite what achieving that
My Aragon Internship: Refreshing Intelligence
by Emily Tran My name is Emily Tran and this past summer I was a marketing intern at Aragon Research. I am a rising senior at Pepperdine University and my hope this summer was to leverage my marketing skills and dive in
Why Apple’s Purchase of Intel’s 5G Smartphone Modem Business is Strategic
by Jim Lundy Smartphones are not enough in tech today—they are becoming a commodity. There is a big shift coming with 5G and Apple, one of the largest tech vendors in the world, is pretty dependent on a third party Qu
Promoting a “Digital Technology Platform” Is Misleading and A Mistake
by Betsy Burton Every once and a while, I read or hear an industry analyst or technology provider talk about a “Digital Technology Platform” or a “Digital Business Technology Platform” and, I’ll admit, it make
July 19, 2019
Seven Questions with Contentstack’s Neha Sampat
Welcome back to our Women in Tech blog series, where we highlight notable and accomplished women in the technology sector. This interview is with with Neha Sampat, CEO of Contentstack and Founder of Built.io, who is
July 18, 2019
Smart Communications Buys Intelledox As WCA Heats Up
by Jim Lundy The workflow and content automation (WCA) market is heating up. Earlier this year, Dropbox acquired WCA provider HelloSign and today, Smart Communications announced that it is buying Intelledox for an undis
July 17, 2019
Seven Questions with Reltio’s Anastasia Zamyshlyaeva
Welcome back to our Women in Tech blog series, where we highlight notable and accomplished women in the technology sector. This interview is with with Anastasia Zamyshlyaeva, who won the 2018 Aragon Research Women in Te
The Next Evolution in Customer Experience (CX)
by Betsy Burton I recently spoke with a large manufacturing organization that was working on a technology-enabled strategy to manage its customer experiences across their organization. The company had multiple different l
Your Conversations Aren’t Private Around Google Assistant
by Samra Anees As more voice-controlled systems come online, there are growing privacy concerns surrounding how our devices listen to us—even when we are unaware and when they are not being used. As we have seen in th
July 10, 2019
Zoom’s Mac Security Problem and a Fast Response
Updated on July 11th 2:02 PM PDT by Jim Lundy The latest news adds to the growing story about security with Zoom video conferencing. The discovery that Zoom installs a server on Macs was a shocking revelation. This r
July 9, 2019