Aragon Research introduces Part I of our Hot Vendor Special Report for 2014.

Our third annual Hot Vendors Special Report is here. Once again, we have discovered enough Hot Vendors to make this a two-part Special Report.

Every year, we identify vendors in each of our topic coverage areas that we think are “hot.” They can be hot for several reasons, including:

• The product or service offering
• A powerful new technology
• A compelling offering that leverages trending technologies such as Cloud, Social, Mobile or Video

In Part I of our 2014 Hot Vendor Special Report, we have identified ten vendors in three categories, and published three separate research notes to highlight each category.

Hot Vendors in Content Authoring and Collaboration, 2014

Haiku Deck        KnowledgeVision           Zamurai

A new generation of tools makes it easy to jointly create, share and collaborate around rich content, all from the comfort of your tablet or smartphone. Creating content on a smartphone or Tablet is now easy and simple. These Hot Vendors each focus on the Mobile Content space, making it easy to create, share and in some cases collaborate on that content. Read more in our Hot Vendors in Content Authoring and Collaboration, 2014.

Hot Vendors in Knowledge and Collaboration, 2014

Kaybus                 Neudesic                    ThinkTank

Business people are increasingly looking for software products that help them get their jobs done faster. They also want services that enable knowledge and content to be shared quickly and easily. Our 2014 Hot Vendors in knowledge and collaboration are helping users work more efficiently and effectively. Business users want faster outcomes and these Hot Vendors are focused on that. Read more in our Hot Vendors in Knowledge and Collaboration, 2014.

Hot Vendors in Video, Mobile and Real-Time Collaboration, 2014

Cotap                   Personify                 Rehearsal VRP           VideoBIO

The collaboration market continues to innovate, with new vendors emerging to fill critical gaps left by major Unified Communications and Collaboration (UCC) players. Mobile Messaging and Video are major themes in Real-time Collaboration and this year’s Hot Vendors are helping enterprises do more with mobile collaboration and with video than ever before. Read more in our Hot Vendors in Video, Mobile and Real-Time Collaboration Research Note.

There you have it. Our third annual Hot Vendor Special Report. Note that this is Part I. Stay tuned for Part II later this month.