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# Aragon Research

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## Posts
- [Nvidia Disrupts With 3 Open Nemotron Models](https://aragonresearch.com/nvidia-disrupts-with-3-open-nemotron-models/): Hardware dominance alone no longer guarantees long-term control of the enterprise computing stack. As enterprises balk at the recurring costs of proprietary frontier models, the battleground has shifted toward downloadable software that companies can own and modify. Nvidia has expanded its software portfolio by releasing three new open-weight Nemotron models designed specifically for autonomous workflows. This blog overviews the Nvidia Nemotron 3.5 announcement and offers our analysis.
- [Agentic Commerce Triggers Payment Industry Disruption](https://aragonresearch.com/agentic-commerce-triggers-payment-industry-disruption/): Agentic Commerce Triggers Payment Industry Disruption
- [Meta Releases Muse Spark Open](https://aragonresearch.com/meta-releases-muse-spark-open/): Why Did Meta Announce Muse Spark Open?
- [Apples newAI Welcome Home Strategy](https://aragonresearch.com/apples-newai-welcome-home-strategy/): This blog overviews Apple’s recent "Welcome Home" announcements, including the HomeView smart display, refreshed Apple TV 4K, and the Apple Duo foldable device, offering our market analysis. 
- [OpenAI Spy Signals Era of Insider Threats](https://aragonresearch.com/openai-spy-signals-era-of-insider-threats/): Corporate espionage has shifted from remote network intrusions to physical infiltration inside executive boardrooms. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, Federal agents recently arrested an OpenAI engineering lead just days before he could take a one-way flight to Saudi Arabia. Prosecutors allege he planted a recording device inside a sensitive meeting room to capture discussions about upcoming products. This blog overviews the OpenAI insider espionage arrest and offers our analysis.
- [Mitel WX Drives the Frontline ICX Shift](https://aragonresearch.com/mitel-wx-drives-the-frontline-icx-shift/): This convergence represents the rise of the Intelligent Communications Experience, or ICX, where artificial intelligence, customer experience, and unified communications collide. Mitel is addressing this market evolution by introducing a single framework tailored for both deskbound and deskless personnel. This blog overviews the Mitel WX announcement and offers our analysis.
- [Google’s Gemini Agent as your new Coworker](https://aragonresearch.com/googles-gemini-agent-as-your-new-coworker/): Image design by Aragon, rendered by Gemini.
- [Orchid and Akeyless Tackle Agentic AI Control ](https://aragonresearch.com/orchid-and-akeyless-tackle-agentic-ai-control/): Instead of waiting for government "pacifiers" that offer false security, enterprises need real software controls. Enter companies like Orchid Security and Akeyless, alongside industry giants like Cisco. These vendors are emerging as the true "white knights," delivering actionable enterprise technologies to monitor, secure, and govern agentic AI before it breaks out. 
- [Cisco Webex Previews Dialog Agentic Harness](https://aragonresearch.com/cisco-webex-previews-dialog-agentic-harness/): Cisco delivered one of its highest impact WebexOne events in recent memory. While there were many announcements, one stuck out as evidence that Cisco is very serious about the Agentic Enterprise.
- [Cisco Webex Strategy: Driven by Agentic AI](https://aragonresearch.com/cisco-webex-strategy-driven-by-agentic-ai/): The enterprise collaboration market is experiencing a massive architectural shift as basic digital assistants give way to proactive digital teammates. Organizations are rapidly moving away from reactive tools and demanding solutions that actively manage complex workflows across all departments. This transition requires technology that bridges human communication with automated task execution seamlessly. This blog overviews the Cisco WebexOne news and offers our analysis.
- [Meta & Sierra announce Personal Agent Protocol](https://aragonresearch.com/meta-sierra-announce-personal-agent-protocol/): Personal artificial intelligence is swiftly evolving from simple conversational interfaces into autonomous digital assistants that execute complex tasks on behalf of users. Consumers are eagerly utilizing these tools for daily activities ranging from booking travel to purchasing retail goods. A month after the highly successful launch of the Muse agent, a consortium of technology and retail leaders announced a structured framework to manage this activity. Meta and Sierra, along with partners, are publishing the Personal Agent Protocol. This open standard dictates how artificial intelligence bots interact securely with corporate websites and enterprise infrastructure. This blog overviews the Personal Agent Protocol and offers our analysis.
- [Gemini 4 Smashes AI Agent Limits for Argon](https://aragonresearch.com/gemini-4-smashes-ai-agent-limits-for-argon/): Image design by Aragon, rendered by Gemini.
- [Avalara Aviator Transforms Tax Compliance](https://aragonresearch.com/avalara-aviator-transforms-tax-compliance/): The burden of managing global tax compliance continues to drain enterprise productivity, consume valuable administrative hours, and stretch internal financial resources to their absolute limits. I attended the Avalara CRUSH customer and partner conference in Fort Lauderdale, where they unveiled Avalara Aviator, an AI-powered agent hub designed to fundamentally streamline multi-step tax workflows. 
- [Aragon Live Video Podcast 09-30-26](https://aragonresearch.com/aragon-live-video-podcast-08-05-26-2-2/)
- [Aragon Live Video Podcast 09-9-26](https://aragonresearch.com/aragon-live-video-podcast-08-05-26-2/)
- [Microsoft – the new Copilot for the Enterprise](https://aragonresearch.com/microsoft-the-new-copilot-for-the-enterprise/): The battle for the ultimate enterprise digital workspace has entered a decisive new phase. Microsoft has introduced a sweeping overhaul of its Copilot platform, anchored by three major additions: Home, Code, and Autopilot. This release marks an aggressive transition away from basic chat-based assistants toward an integrated operational hub designed for autonomous workflows. This blog overviews the Microsoft Copilot announcements and offers our analysis.
- [AI Safety Governance Accelerates via Accenture and Anthropic Deal](https://aragonresearch.com/anthropic-accenture-governance/): The artificial intelligence sector is shifting toward embedded third-party risk management. Anthropic announced it selected Accenture as its first embedded evaluator to test AI model safeguards and assess alignment with human values. Both entities committed to investing at least $1 billion over five years to build safety capacity, though Anthropic will fund Accenture's work directly in the short term. This news highlights how leading providers are operationalizing AI safety proposals and offers our analysis.
- [Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse Agent from Shopping](https://aragonresearch.com/amazon-muse-block/): By Adam Pease
- [OpenAI and Anthropic Pivot to Smaller Data Center Deals](https://aragonresearch.com/2026-small-data-center-pivot/): The race for artificial intelligence capacity is taking an unexpected turn as major players seek smaller, distributed footprints. Leading AI labs Anthropic and OpenAI are actively hunting for smaller data center deals, often in the 20-30 megawatt range. This marks a shift from the massive, gigawatt-scale "Stargate" style projects that dominated recent headlines. These companies are exploring opportunities in regions like the Nordics and the United Kingdom, in addition to ongoing domestic US expansion. This blog overviews the shift toward smaller data center deployments and offers our analysis.
- [AI Risk: Why Autonomous Doomsday Narratives Fail ](https://aragonresearch.com/ai-risk-why-autonomous-doomsday-narratives-fail/): Former Anthropic Researcher Jacob Coxon did a media tour earlier this month stating that AI could extinguish humanity. It got a lot of publicity and reactions - such as NVIDIA CEO Jensen Wong dismissing it (see below).This blog overviews the ongoing media frenzy surrounding catastrophic AI risks and offers our analysis on why existential wipeout scenarios are fundamentally flawed.
- [AI Regulation Accelerates in California: What Enterprises Must Know](https://aragonresearch.com/ai-regulation-california/): By Adam Pease
- [AI Safety Concerns Shift Operational Requirements for Enterprises](https://aragonresearch.com/ai-safety-operational-enterprises-september/): Recent disclosures from major frontier labs regarding unexpected autonomous behavior have reignited the industry debate around system control and security. Microsoft AI Chief Executive Officer Mustafa Suleyman publicly addressed these disclosures, highlighting reports where models modified internal working memory structures and communicated across unauthorized digital channels. These events underscore the operational complexities that emerge as reasoning capabilities scale across complex IT environments. This blog overviews the "OpenAI Safety Disclosures" and offers our analysis.
- [AI Regulation Debates Threaten Enterprise Tech Infrastructure Strategy](https://aragonresearch.com/ai-regulation-debate-2026-sep/): By Adam Pease
- [Salesforce Koa shifts CRM architectures](https://aragonresearch.com/salesforce-koa-shifts-crm-architectures/): The pace of enterprise software evolution continues to accelerate as organizations demand tangible returns from artificial intelligence investments. Platform vendors are actively recalibrating their native technology stacks to balance performance with operational cost. Salesforce recently introduced its dedicated customer relationship management reasoning model developed in partnership with NVIDIA. This move highlights a maturation in how enterprise applications handle automated background tasks. This blog overviews the Salesforce Koa news and offers our analysis.
- [Anthropic Backlash: The Fight for AI Data Privacy](https://aragonresearch.com/anthropic-backlash-the-fight-for-ai-data-privacy/): Recent reports indicate that Palantir Technologies, Nvidia, and Booz Allen Hamilton are actively restricting or threatening to drop models from OpenAI and Anthropic due to concerns over data retention and extraction. This blog overviews the emerging enterprise pushback against AI model provider data policies and offers our analysis.
- [Dreamforce: the launch of Role based Agents](https://aragonresearch.com/dreamforce-the-launch-of-role-based-agents/): Artificial intelligence is rapidly transitioning from simple conversational assistance to autonomous execution. Organizations are realizing that prompt-based tools require too much human intervention to scale effectively across complex enterprise environments. Salesforce recently introduced a major platform expansion that deploys seven pre-configured digital workers to handle specific corporate roles rather than generic tasks. This blog overviews the early pre-Dreamforce Salesforce Agentforce expansion news and offers our analysis.
- [Adobe Agent Redefines Document Workflows](https://aragonresearch.com/adobe-agent-redefines-document-workflows/): Static enterprise documents have long served as stagnant repositories of corporate memory, forcing workers to spend countless hours manually extracting data. Adobe recently unveiled major updates to Acrobat driven by the Adobe Productivity Agent, designed to transform static files into interactive reports, summary slides, and custom audio podcasts. The release introduces critical enterprise capabilities, including Analyzer and Knowledge Base, which connect to SharePoint and Google Drive to surface structured insights from thousands of files. This blog overviews the Adobe Acrobat AI agent announcement and offers our analysis.
- [Aragon PATH AI Accelerates Agent Adoption](https://aragonresearch.com/aragon-path-ai-accelerates-agent-adoption/): Image design by Aragon, rendered by Gemini.
- [The ICX Revolution: Where AI, CX & UC Collide](https://aragonresearch.com/the-icx-revolution-where-ai-cx-uc-collide/): In 2004, while leading a research team at Gartner, I oversaw the launch of the Enterprise Content Management category. At that time, organizations managed imaging, records, and document management in isolated technology silos, creating immense operational friction. Defining that category catalyzed a massive industry shift and permanently changed how enterprises managed information. As Aragon Research celebrates its 15th anniversary, we are proud to introduce our 15th major defined technology category: Intelligent Communications Experience, or ICX. This blog overviews the emergence of the ICX category and offers our analysis.
- [Sovereign AI Surges with Mistral’s €3B Round](https://aragonresearch.com/mistral-pushes-sovereign-ai-with-e3b-round/): Geopolitical shifts, evolving regulatory mandates, and rising cloud costs are pushing enterprise technology leaders to reconsider their core artificial intelligence infrastructure. French artificial intelligence platform developer Mistral AI recently secured three billion euros in a Series D equity financing round at a post-money valuation exceeding twenty-one billion euros. The funding round was led by Samsung Electronics alongside major European and global institutional investors. Mistral plans to use this fresh capital to construct one gigawatt of dedicated regional compute capacity across Europe by 2030. This financing milestone represents the largest single venture investment round completed by a European technology enterprise to date. This blog overviews the Mistral AI funding news and offers our analysis.
- [Gemini 3.8 Sets a New Bar for Agentic AI](https://aragonresearch.com/gemini-3-8-sets-a-new-bar-for-agentic-ai/): Image design by Aragon, rendered by Gemini.
- [CrowdStrike Unveils SafeMind for Agentic Cyber](https://aragonresearch.com/crowdstrike-unveils-safemind-for-agentic-cyber/): The speed of modern cyber attacks has outpaced the ability of human defenders to respond manually. At Fal.Con 2026, CrowdStrike introduced SafeMind, an agentic security architecture developed in collaboration with NVIDIA and CoreWeave. Built on NVIDIA Nemotron open models and trained on Falcon sensor telemetry, the platform couples an offensive emulation model with an automated defensive model. This dual architecture operates in a unified closed-loop harness designed to execute remediation at machine speed. This blog overviews the CrowdStrike SafeMind announcement and offers our analysis.
- [AI Regulation Debates Threaten Enterprise Tech Infrastructure Strategy](https://aragonresearch.com/ai-regulation-debate/): By Adam Pease
- [GPT-6 Astra Forces Immediate Enterprise Security Realignment](https://aragonresearch.com/gpt-6-astra/): Artificial intelligence development has crossed a major operational threshold as algorithmic models move from simple response generation into active software execution. OpenAI announced the rollout of its latest flagship model, GPT-6 Astra, targeting enterprise environments, developer APIs, and cloud platforms. The model launches following internal security warnings, having reached a critical threshold for advanced cyber capabilities. This blog overviews the OpenAI GPT-6 Astra model announcement and offers our analysis.
- [AI Policy Changes in New York City Impact Tech Vendors](https://aragonresearch.com/ai-policy-changes-in-new-york-city-impact-tech-vendors/): New York City officials announced a one-year moratorium prohibiting public school students from using generative artificial intelligence tools through eighth grade. The restriction impacts approximately 600,000 students across the public school district and halts about 40 educational software applications. While high school students retain restricted, supervised access, younger grades face a temporary pause on student-facing software. This blog overviews the New York City school AI policy updates and offers our analysis.
- [ChatGPT Regulation In EU Forces AI Vendor Shifts](https://aragonresearch.com/chatpgt-eu-regulation/): Artificial intelligence platforms are entering a new era of strict government oversight as public adoption reaches massive scale across Europe. The European Union has officially classified OpenAI's ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine under the Digital Services Act. This blog overviews the ChatGPT regulation news and offers our analysis.
- [Box: Securing AI Agents Drives Revenue Growth](https://aragonresearch.com/box-securing-ai-agents-drives-revenue-growth/): Unstructured content remains the single largest untapped repository of context for modern enterprise workflows. Organizations across every industry are actively searching for ways to feed their proprietary data into new automated systems without compromising corporate security. Box recently reported its second quarter fiscal 2027 financial results which showcase how the company is addressing this exact market challenge. They posted quarterly revenue of $321.1 million which represents an eleven percent increase on a constant currency basis. This financial growth was heavily driven by the rapid enterprise adoption of its advanced capability tiers. This blog overviews the Box Q2 fiscal 2027 financial results and offers our analysis.
- [AI Ops – A New Market to Extend Enterprise AI](https://aragonresearch.com/ai-ops-a-new-market-to-extend-enterprise-ai/): Table 1: Different categories that make up AI Ops.
- [Open-Source AI: Nvidia Buys Hugging Face](https://aragonresearch.com/open-source-ai-nvidia-buys-hugging-face/): Hardware vendors rarely pay massive purchase premiums for software developer repositories unless control of technology distribution is at stake. Reports indicate Nvidia agreed to acquire open-source artificial intelligence platform Hugging Face for US $12.9 billion dollars. This transaction represents an extreme valuation multiple for a company generating modest annualized software revenue, signaling a major strategic realignment across technology markets. The open-source software ecosystem serves as the primary foundation for modern enterprise application development, making this acquisition a critical milestone for artificial intelligence infrastructure. This blog overviews the Nvidia Hugging Face acquisition news and offers our analysis.
- [Salesforce partners with Claude, goes Headless](https://aragonresearch.com/salesforce-partners-with-claude-goes-headless/): The saying goes if you can’t beat them, join them. Salesforce announced Claudeforce, embedding its customer relationship management capabilities directly inside Anthropic Claude. This integration allows knowledge workers to access data, complete workflows, and update records without opening traditional software screens. This blog overviews the Claudeforce announcement and predicts that we are entering the headless CRM era.
- [Cybersecurity Vendors Call for Collective Defensive Action](https://aragonresearch.com/cybersecurity-vendors-call-for-collective-defensive-action/): This development will force traditional cybersecurity vendors to pivot immediately. Vendors that rely on signature-based detection or manual triage will need to re-architect their platforms around autonomous AI agents or face rapid market displacement. Furthermore, this joint effort represents a strategic move by major tech firms to establish self-regulatory frameworks and intelligence-sharing norms before governments impose heavy-handed regulatory compliance mandates.
- [Apple Refreshes Mac Lines For Edge AI](https://aragonresearch.com/apple-refreshes-mac-lines-for-edge-ai-2/): Image Source: Apple.
- [Anthropic Court Ruling Alters Public Sector AI Procurement](https://aragonresearch.com/anthropic-court-ruling-alters-public-sector-ai-procurement/): A federal judge permanently barred the federal government from enforcing restrictions aimed at cutting off artificial intelligence provider Anthropic. The dispute stems from government attempts to penalize the vendor over contractual usage limits on its Claude model, labeling the firm a supply chain risk following public disagreements regarding autonomous weaponry and domestic surveillance applications. The court determined these retaliation measures violated constitutional protections. This blog overviews the Anthropic ruling and offers our analysis.
- [Zoom Q2: Enterprise Wins and AI Pressure](https://aragonresearch.com/zoom-q2-enterprise-wins-and-ai-pressure/): Enterprise technology vendors face a demanding market where exceeding financial estimates no longer guarantees share price appreciation. Investors now prioritize sustained revenue acceleration and clear artificial intelligence monetization over predictable quarterly beats. This blog overviews the Zoom Q2 2027 earnings report and offers our analysis.
- [Gemini Enterprise Reshapes Banking Operations](https://aragonresearch.com/gemini-enterprise-reshapes-banking-operations/): Financial institutions are shifting rapidly from basic generative text generation toward structured, autonomous workflow automation across capital markets. High-value investment and risk management processes demand precision, strict auditability, and deep domain expertise that general-purpose artificial intelligence models struggle to deliver natively. Google is moving to address this operational gap by introducing domain-specific agentic architecture designed specifically for institutional banking and asset management workflows. This blog overviews the Gemini Enterprise for Financial Services announcement and offers our analysis.
- [Watermarking Arrives as Anthropic Complies with EU Act](https://aragonresearch.com/watermarking-arrives-as-anthropic-complies-with-eu-act/): Regulatory pressure is transforming how foundational model providers deliver text generation capabilities to the enterprise. Anthropic confirmed it will automatically watermark text and files generated across its model suite to align with European regulatory requirements. This blog overviews the Anthropic text watermarking news and offers our analysis.
- [Open-Source Routing & NVIDIA NeMo Switchyard](https://aragonresearch.com/open-source-routing-nvidia-nemo-switchyard/): Enterprise reliance on monolithic artificial intelligence deployments is transitioning toward multi-model architectures. High execution costs and latency bottlenecks compel technology providers to rethink how autonomous software agents operate at scale. This blog overviews the NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning and NeMo Switchyard announcement and offers our analysis. It also contrasts this announcement versus the Stripe acquisition of OpenRouter..
- [AMD 2nm: Why Semiconductor Scaling Matters](https://aragonresearch.com/amd-2nm-why-semiconductor-scaling-matters/): This blog overviews AMD’s announcement of its next-generation processors manufactured on TSMC’s 2nm (N2) process node and offers our analysis on what this milestone means for technology markets and enterprise infrastructure strategies. 
- [Google Gemini 3.7 Flash Ships As Pro slips](https://aragonresearch.com/google-gemini-3-7-flash-ships-as-pro-slips/): The enterprise software market is currently experiencing an unprecedented acceleration in product release cycles that challenges traditional technology adoption frameworks. Vendors are pushing updates to production environments at a velocity that forces organizations to constantly reassess their integration strategies. Just three weeks after a prior update, Google has introduced Gemini 3.7 Flash to the market. At the same time, industry reports suggest that the highly anticipated Gemini 3.5 Pro model might be skipped entirely as the search giant focuses its engineering resources on a next-generation architecture dubbed Gemini 4.0. This blog overviews the release of Google Gemini 3.7 Flash and offers our analysis.
- [Cybersecurity AI Breaches Link Major Labs to Irregular](https://aragonresearch.com/cybersecurity-major-labs-irregular/): Autonomous artificial intelligence models are testing system boundaries and escaping digital containment during routine security evaluations faster than traditional software controls can manage. Over recent weeks, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Meta disclosed incidents where advanced frontier models accessed unauthorized external websites during vulnerability testing. Each vendor linked these unauthorized external accesses to an underlying network issue hosted by Irregular, a specialized Tel Aviv cybersecurity startup. This blog overviews the Irregular security incidents and offers our analysis.

## Pages
- [3 Trends Driving the Future of AI- New Webinar](https://aragonresearch.com/3-trends-driving-the-future-of-ai-new-webinar/): Enterprise AI is placing centralized cloud architectures under growing pressure. Running AI models closer to where data is created can deliver faster responses, reduce cloud egress costs and give organizations greater control over sensitive information.
- [The Aragon Research Globe for Strategic Response Management, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/globe-srm-2026/): Aragon Research releases its second Aragon Research Globe™ for Strategic Response Management.
- [Why Aragon Research?](https://aragonresearch.com/why-aragon/)
- [Aragon P.A.T.H. AI — The AI Maturity Framework](https://aragonresearch.com/aragon-path-ai-maturity-framework/): The Aragon P.A.T.H. AI Framework measures enterprise AI maturity across four capability pillars and places each business unit on a Walk, Jog, or Run trajectory. It answers a question many AI programs never ask directly: is execution capability keeping pace with strategic intent?
- [Worldwide Intelligent Communications Experience Forecast, 2025-2031](https://aragonresearch.com/icx-forecast-2026/): Summary
- [Document Intelligence for the Age of Enterprise AI](https://aragonresearch.com/document-intelligence-ai-era/): The enterprise landscape is rapidly shifting from basic Content AI to a more advanced era of Document Intelligence. To remain competitive, organizations must adopt an intelligence layer that is specifically designed to comprehend and leverage the vast amounts of information currently locked inside of documents. However, this push for intelligent content is not without significant enterprise security concerns, particularly regarding the risks of moving sensitive documents to external AI services. This research note will provide an overview of this emerging category and how it differs from traditional AI Agents. Enterprises will learn how to deploy Document Intelligence to allow frictionless information access, generate trusted knowledge through document understanding, and ensure data privacy.
- [ICX — Intelligent Communications Experience](https://aragonresearch.com/icx-intelligent-communications-experience/)
- [Aragon Foresight AI](https://aragonresearch.com/aragon-foresight/): Market Forecasts & Toolkits
- [Aragon Provisor AI](https://aragonresearch.com/aragon-provisor/): Core Research & Advisory Service
- [Aragon One](https://aragonresearch.com/aragon-one/): Premium Subscription · 2026
- [Market Insight Guide for Learning Content and Training Providers](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-enterprise-coaching-2027-2/): The Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital Work Hubs, 2021
- [The Aragon Research Globe for Enterprise Coaching, 2027](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-enterprise-coaching-2027/): The Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital Work Hubs, 2021
- [The Aragon Research Globe™ for Workflow and Content Automation, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-workflow-and-content-automation-2026/): The Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital Work Hubs, 2021
- [Agentic AI and the Customer Experience](https://aragonresearch.com/agentic-ai-and-the-customer-experience/): Summary
- [Hot Vendors in Agentic AI Identity and Security, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/hot-vendors-in-agentic-ai-identity-and-security-2026/): The Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital Work Hubs, 2021
- [Hot Vendors in Digital Transaction Management, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/hot-vendors-in-digital-transaction-management-2026/): The Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital Work Hubs, 2021
- [The Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital Transaction Management, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-digital-transaction-management-2026/): Aragon Research releases its ninth Aragon Research Globe™ for digital transaction management (DTM), a market that will see an increase in automation due to AI Assistants and Agents. The DTM Globe examines 19 major providers who are making their mark in this growing market.
- [The Aragon Research Globe for Enterprise Video, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-enterprise-video-2026-2/): Aragon Research releases its 12th Aragon Research Globe™ for Enterprise Video. It examines 14 providers in a market transforming to provide knowledge and knowhow to both humans and AI Agents.
- [The Aragon Research Technology Arc™ for Generative AI, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/generative-ai-tech-arc-26/): Aragon Research’s Technology Arc for Generative AI features 19 evolutionary and transformative technology profiles at the early stages of development and evolution, which you should understand and track as a business leader.
- [Special Report: The Edge and AI Revolution—Navigating the Autonomous Enterprise](https://aragonresearch.com/special-report-the-edge-and-ai-revolution-navigating-the-autonomous-enterprise/): This Aragon Research Special Report cuts through the market noise to analyze the critical intersection of generative AI, distributed edge environments, and agentic security frameworks. Designed explicitly for CIOs, CTOs, and digital strategists, this report provides the definitive market blueprints required to design, secure, and deploy a future-proof, intelligent digital infrastructure.
- [The Aragon Research Globe™ for Large Language Models](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-large-language-models-2-2/): This Aragon Research Globe™ for Large Language Models examines 13 major providers in a market where use cases are continuing to expand.
- [2026 Edge Computing Pivot: Privacy, Control, and Latency](https://aragonresearch.com/2026-edge-computing-pivot/): Summary
- [Ethics and Brand Risks in Generative AI: Governance Strategies](https://aragonresearch.com/ethics-and-brand-risks-in-generative-ai-governance-strategies-2/): Summary
- [Ethics and Brand Risks in Generative AI: Governance Strategies](https://aragonresearch.com/ethics-and-brand-risks-in-generative-ai-governance-strategies/): Summary
- [Evolution of Prompt Engineering](https://aragonresearch.com/evolution-of-prompt-engineering/): Summary
- [The Aragon Research Globe for Content Experience Platforms, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-content-experience-platforms-2026-3/): Aragon Research releases its fourth Aragon Research Globe™ for content experience platforms. This Globe for CXP examines 18 providers in a market that is about dynamic customer experiences that will be powered by AI-based Assistants and AI-based Conversational Search.
- [Vendor Power Rating: Smart Communications](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-content-experience-platforms-2026-2/): The Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital Work Hubs, 2021
- [The Aragon Research Globe for Content Experience Platforms, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-content-experience-platforms-2026/): Aragon Research releases its fourth Aragon Research Globe™ for content experience platforms. This Globe for CXP examines 18 providers in a market that is about dynamic customer experiences that will be powered by AI-based Assistants and AI-based Conversational Search.
- [The Aragon Research Globe for the Intelligent Contact Center for SMB, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-the-intelligent-contact-center-for-smb-2026-4/): Aragon Research releases its second Aragon Research Globe™ for intelligent contact centers (ICCs) in Small and Medium Businesses (SMB). The ICC market has shifted, and AI Agents are ready to go to work. For SMB buyers, modernization and automation via AI Agents are key priorities.
- [Aragon Research Top Ten Technologies for 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/aragon-research-top-ten-technologies-for-2026/): The Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital Work Hubs, 2021
- [Four Trends in Agentic Identity and Security](https://aragonresearch.com/four-trends-in-agentic-identity-and-security/): Summary
- [The Rise of Intelligent Tax and Compliance](https://aragonresearch.com/the-rise-of-intelligent-tax-and-compliance/): The Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital Work Hubs, 2021
- [Agentic Identity and Security](https://aragonresearch.com/agentic-identity-and-security/): Introducing Agentic Identity and Security Platforms (AISP)
- [The Aragon Research Globe™ for Agent Platforms in the ICC, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-agent-platforms-in-the-icc-2026/): This Aragon Research Globe™ for Agent Platforms examines 20 major providers in a market where use cases are continuing to expand.
- [Special Report: The Rise of the Autonomous Enterprise: The Coming of Age for AI Agents and Assistants](https://aragonresearch.com/special-report-the-rise-of-the-autonomous-enterprise-the-coming-of-age-for-ai-agents-and-assistants/): Aragon Research's Special Report on Agent AI features our Globe for AI Agent Platforms, Intelligent Assistants for the Workplace. It also reviews our Globe for Digital Experience Analytics, which is one of the first markets to see adoption of AI Assistants, including Assistants for eCommerce optimization.
- [The Aragon Research Globe™ for Agent Platforms, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-agent-platforms-2026/): This Aragon Research Globe™ for Agent Platforms examines 21 major providers in a market where use cases are continuing to expand.
- [Vendor Power Rating – UJET](https://aragonresearch.com/vendor-power-rating-ujet/): The Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital Work Hubs, 2021
- [Four Best Practices for AI as a First Principle](https://aragonresearch.com/four-best-practices-for-ai-as-a-first-principle/): Summary
- [Predicts 2026: AI Pervades and Matures in the Enterprise](https://aragonresearch.com/predicts-2026-ai-pervades-and-matures-in-the-enterprise/): The Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital Work Hubs, 2021
- [The Aragon Research Globe™ for the Intelligent Contact Center, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-the-intelligent-contact-center-2026/): Aragon Research releases its seventh Aragon Research Globe™ for intelligent contact centers (ICCs). The ICC market has shifted, and now virtual agents are coming online, ready to work with and help human agents and customers. As digital labor continues to grow, the 14 major vendors in this report are amid some of the biggest changes since this market came to fruition 25 years ago.
- [The Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital Experience Analytics, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-digital-experience-analytics-2026/): Aragon Research releases its first Aragon Research Globe™ for digital experience analytics. This Globe examines 11 providers and is about enabling enterprises to monitor their engagement in order to streamline the customer journey.
- [Special Report: The Threats and Opportunities tied to Content and why AI, Security and Automation are needed](https://aragonresearch.com/special-report-the-threats-and-opportunities-tied-to-content-and-why-ai-security-and-automation-are-needed/): Aragon Research's Special Report on Content highlights our coverage of Content Intelligence, including Hot Vendors and our Globe for Intelligent ECM. It also reviews our Globe for Workflow and Content Automation. Lastly and critically, Aragon identifies the rise of Preemptive Intelligent Content Security.
- [The Rise of Preemptive Intelligent Content Security](https://aragonresearch.com/the-rise-of-preemptive-intelligent-content-security/): The Aragon Research Globe™ for Digital Work Hubs, 2021
- [Special Report: Aragon Research Hot Vendors in Learning 2025](https://aragonresearch.com/special-report-aragon-research-hot-vendors-in-learning-2025/): Aragon Research's Third and final Hot Vendor Special Report: Hot Vendors in Learning 2025 highlights two key players in the in the Learning market who are driving innovation and and leveraging AI to drive learning outcomes.
- [Hot Vendors in Learning, 2025](https://aragonresearch.com/hot-vendors-in-learning-2025/): Aragon Research releases its seventh Aragon Research Globe™ for Intelligent Unified Communications and Collaboration (iUC&C) that examines 13 major providers. Intelligent Assistants are now a foundational part of leading iUC&C platforms. Omni-channel communications that include video, chat, and voice are powering the rise of integrated communications, which are crucial to how work gets done inside and outside of the enterprise.
- [Four Scenarios For the Future Growth of AI Markets](https://aragonresearch.com/four-scenarios-for-the-future-growth-of-ai-markets/): Summary
- [The Aragon Research Globe for Intelligent Unified Communications and Collaboration, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-intelligent-unified-communications-and-collaboration-2026/): Aragon Research releases its seventh Aragon Research Globe™ for Intelligent Unified Communications and Collaboration (iUC&C) that examines 13 major providers. Intelligent Assistants are now a foundational part of leading iUC&C platforms. Omni-channel communications that include video, chat, and voice are powering the rise of integrated communications, which are crucial to how work gets done inside and outside of the enterprise.
- [The Aragon Research Globe for the Data Lakehouse Market](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-the-data-lakehouse-market/): Summary
- [The Aragon Research Globe™ for Intelligent Workplace Assistants, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-globe-for-intelligent-workplace-assistants-2026/): Summary
- [The Aragon Research Technology Arc for Artificial Intelligence, 2026](https://aragonresearch.com/the-aragon-research-technology-arc-for-artificial-intelligence-2026/): Summary

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