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Oracle Cloud ERP Builds on Analytics, Automation, and AI Lead

Future of Work
Executive Summary The COVID pandemic has exposed weaknesses in every organization’s back-office system. The inability to easily access data, enable self-service capabilities, and intelligently automate processes has created demand for self-driving and…
R Ray Wang
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OKRs: COOs Can Drive Sustainable Change with This Breakthrough Approach

New C-Suite
Executive Summary Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) as a framework for corporate goal-setting have reached a watershed moment in the industry, due to their track record of helping organizations achieve strategic results, but they often are unfamiliar to chief operating…
Dion Hinchcliffe
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A New Digital Experience Maturity Model for Improved Business Outcomes

Future of Work
Executive Summary This report explores the evolution of digital experience monitoring and management and uses the latest industry trends and customer examples to develop a maturity model for digital experience monitoring. Practitioners, vendors, and service providers…
Dion Hinchcliffe
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SAP S/4HANA Rises in Postdigital World

Future of Work
Executive Summary The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in every organization’s back-office system. The inability to easily access data, enable self-service capabilities, and intelligently automate processes has created demand for self-driving and…
R Ray Wang
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Infor OS Powers Next-Gen ERP with a Rich Platform

Data to Decisions
Executive Summary This report provides an overview of how Infor Operating Service (Infor OS) powers the Infor ERP offerings. Infor became the first ERP system to operate in the public cloud: Charles Phillips, the Infor CEO at the time, announced at the AWS Summit 2014 in…
Holger Mueller
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Digital Optimization: A New Strategy and System for Growth

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Executive Summary Digital business and the experience economy dominate much of today’s discussions about how to run a successful company. Yet understanding of “digital business” often seems limited to engagements through…
Liz Miller, Nfrance
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IBM Cloud Satellite Gives CxOs More Choices for Running Next-Gen Apps

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Executive Summary This report provides an overview of how IBM Cloud Satellite (Satellite) has changed the market for next-generation computing platforms. Although in the recent past, next-generation computing platforms were characterized by bringing cloud stacks on-premises…
Holger Mueller
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Microsoft Enables the Multicloud Next-Gen Computing Platform With Azure Arc

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Executive Summary This report provides an overview of how Microsoft Azure Arc has expanded the Microsoft value proposition for next-generation computing platforms. Microsoft was the first vendor in this Constellation Market Overview to announce a next-generation computing…
Holger Mueller
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Infor CPQ Optimizes Configuration Across Operations

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Executive Summary Infor CPQ delivers substantial benefits to companies with complex, end-to-end process requirements, whether or not they run other Infor business applications. For those that do, it enhances the value and usability of Infor ERP offerings. For those that don…
Nfrance
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Infor OS Automates Fast-Growing SMB at Midwest Wheel

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At a Glance Midwest Wheel, a fast-growing small- and medium-size business (SMB) known as one of the largest truck part distributors in the midwest United States, switched from a vertical specialist to Infor CloudSuite Distribution and now successfully automates a complete…
Holger Mueller
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Cloud ERP Drives Back-Office Digital Transformation

New C-Suite
Executive Summary The COVID-19 pandemic exposed weaknesses in every organization’s back-office system. The inability to easily access data, enable self-service capabilities, and intelligently automate processes has created demand for self-driving and…
R Ray Wang
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Employee Experience: Moving to a Decisive New Model for the Future of Work

New C-Suite
Executive Summary This report explores the recent emergence of employee experience as the overall holistic model for employee enablement and effectiveness via digital tools, skills, and processes.  It explores the differentiated nature of the modern employee…
Dion Hinchcliffe
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Building a Next-Generation Employee Experience: 2021 and Beyond

Future of Work
Executive Summary Employees and organizations have undergone a historic transformation of the work environment over the last year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Productivity, employee engagement, and overall effectiveness have been challenged by remote work, shifts in…
Dion Hinchcliffe
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Platforms Rule Enterprise Application Success in the 2020s

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Executive Summary This Market Overview describes the capabilities of the leading enterprise application platforms (EAPs) and maps their capabilities against a set of buyer criteria distilled from Constellation Research work with buyers in general as well as in specific…
Holger Mueller
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AWS Outposts Powers Next-Gen Computing—With a Differentiating Twist

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Executive Summary This report provides an overview of how AWS Outposts has changed the market for next-generation computing platforms. Although the recent past of next-generation compute platforms has been characterized by bringing cloud stacks on-premises, with an…
Holger Mueller
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CFOs and CIOs Seek Modern Finance and Planning

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Executive Summary In the fall of 2020, Constellation Research conducted qualitative and quantitative interviews with more than 300 CIOs and CFOs about their 2021 priorities for financial management and planning. Through these conversations, Constellation sought to…
R Ray Wang
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Google Changes the Cloud Market for the Better with Anthos

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Executive Summary This report provides an overview of how Google Anthos has changed the market for next-generation computing platforms. Although the recent past of next-generation compute platforms has been characterized by bringing cloud stacks on-premises, with an…
Holger Mueller
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The CIO Outlook for 2021: Delivering Business ROI at Scale

New C-Suite
Executive Summary Constellation Research conducted a survey of 100 leading CIOs in the fourth quarter of 2020 to get a sense of their challenges in maintaining and increasing the business value of IT in 2020. The survey also examined their outlook on how to cope with these…
Dion Hinchcliffe
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Oracle Exadata Cloud Service X8M Brings Leading Elasticity to Enterprise Needs

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Executive Summary This report provides an overview of how Oracle Exadata X8M became a member of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure offering and analyzes its capabilities to meet enterprises’ needs for a next-generation computing platform that allows them to…
Holger Mueller
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The New Future of Professional Services

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Executive Summary What can and should professional services organizations do now to build a bridge to a new future after COVID-19? This report explores the question in detail, examining how professional services firms can evolve to become leaner, healthier and more innovative…
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Mirantis Delivers Container Workloads Where Enterprises Want Them: Everywhere

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Executive Summary This report provides an overview of how Mirantis has delivered on its “Ship Code Faster” mission. More specifically, Constellation defines the market for next-generation computing platforms, discusses the buyer challenges…
Holger Mueller
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Exploring the World of Remote Work in 2020: A Data-Driven Analysis

Digital Safety, Privacy, and Cybersecurity
Executive Summary This report examines the state of remote work in 2020 during COVID-19 by using a meta-analysis of available remote-work surveys and studies—in particular, 1E’s new U.S.-based research. Readers will gain an up-to-date…
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Workforce Management Agility Is Needed More Than Ever

New C-Suite
Executive Summary This Best Practices report covers the trends that underly the operation of workforce management systems. It describes criteria that CxOs need to apply to the selection of such workforce management systems, with special consideration of changes in best…
Holger Mueller