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Infor OS Powers Next-Gen ERP With a Rich Platform

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At a Glance This report provides an overview of how Infor Operating Service (Infor OS) elevates Infor’s enterprise resource planning (ERP) offerings. Infor developed a strong partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) early on and in 2014 became the first…
Holger Mueller
Case Study

Close Talent Gaps With Strategic Workforce Planning and Innovation

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At a Glance Organizations that don’t have the right people or enough people in place can’t execute effectively. Talent gaps—whether in sales, customer service, technical positions, administrative roles, teaching posts, or…
Doug Henschen
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Splunk .conf22 Report

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Splunk Makes a Splash at .conf22 Observability and security have come to the forefront of IT service delivery, a convergence that was long overdue. This was the urgent theme of the 2022 Splunk conference in Las Vegas. I had the privilege of attending the Splunk .conf22…
Andy Thurai
Trends

Databricks Delivers on the Promise of Single-Platform Simplicity

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Executive Summary This report examines Databricks’ progress toward delivering a “lakehouse” platform that can serve both the data engineering and data science needs associated with data lakes as well as the business…
Doug Henschen
Offering Overview

Vertica Brings Flexibility to Deployment Choices and Analytical Options

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Executive Summary Vertica is a leading analytics platform that can be deployed on-premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid fashion and is also available as a database service on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Vertica is one of the most important products in the portfolio of Micro…
Doug Henschen
Case Study

Homebase Introduces Low Code to Accelerate Its Digital Transformation

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At a Glance This case study describes the creation and rollout of critical low-code/no-code applications at Homebase, built on the Neptune DXP. Thanks to the new automation from these applications, Homebase was able to operate successfully during the COVID-19 pandemic by…
Holger Mueller
Vendor Profile

TripleBlind: A Lateral Approach to Privacy-Enhanced Data Sharing

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At a Glance TripleBlind is a leader in the relatively new and fast-evolving category of privacy-enhancing computation (PEC). A great many options are emerging for unlocking the inherent value of data in decision-making while maintaining privacy and control over data locality…
Steve Wilson
Trends

People-Powered Revenue Intelligence

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At a Glance Change is hard. And change is necessary for organizations looking to harness opportunity and accelerate revenue growth. Yet there are significant forces and factors impacting revenue optimization, from shifts across how the work of revenue generation is…
Liz Miller
Market Overview

Incident Management in the Cloud Era

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Executive Summary When it comes to crisis/incident management in the cloud/digital era, hope is not a strategy.  Yet a majority of enterprises continue their digital business operations as usual, hoping major disruptive incidents will never happen to them, even while it…
Andy Thurai
Case Study

Industriepark Höchst Is Automated by Low Code

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At a Glance This case study describes the rollout of more than 70 low-code/no-code applications at Infraserv Höchst, built on the Neptune DX (digital experience) Platform (Neptune DXP). Thanks to the new automation from these applications, Infraserv can better…
Holger Mueller
Offering Overview

Nutanix Powers Workload Freedom and More

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At a Glance This report provides an overview of how Nutanix Cloud Platform has evolved to become a full-fledged next-generation computing platform. Nutanix has a long tradition making workloads portable, with the introduction of the AOS (Acropolis Operating System) as far…
Holger Mueller
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It’s Time to Prepare for the E in Environmental, Social, and Governance Initiatives

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Executive Summary This trend report examines the emergence of sustainability goals as part of corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives. It also details the looming arrival of carbon emission and climate risk reporting mandates called for in draft…
Doug Henschen
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Honeywell Delivers Smart Cloud Apps at the Nexus of Operations and IT

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At a Glance This report examines Honeywell’s fast-growing Honeywell Connected Enterprise (HCE) software business, which is bringing centralized and virtualized automation and control to operational systems and assets in the commercial real estate, retail…
Doug Henschen
Best Practices

The Rise of Unified Software Services

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Executive Summary This report explores the recent evolution of the advanced edge of modern third-party IT services toward a model known as unified software services (USS). Those looking to optimize how they can rapidly realize business value with IT, reduce costs, and…
Dion Hinchcliffe
Offering Overview

Oracle MySQL HeatWave Brings Machine Learning Inside the Database

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At a Glance This Offering Overview examines the new capabilities of Oracle MySQL HeatWave that were added in late March 2022. The report describes the underlying market trends, introduces the vendor, and presents key differentiators for Oracle’s offering. It…
Holger Mueller
Best Practices

Cloud Partnerships Done Right: C3 AI and Google Cloud

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Executive Summary This Best Practices report explores why cloud partnerships between SaaS/PaaS vendors on the one side and PaaS/IaaS vendors on the other matter in the 2020s. It highlights the important benefits enterprises can achieve by examining the partnership between C3…
Holger Mueller
Trends

IBM Cloud Code Engine Enables Serverless Next-Generation Applications

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Introduction IBM Research has had a traditional focus on application development for decades, but more recently the organization has looked at how best to achieve serverless, multicloud, and application portability. This blog post examines how recent innovations from IBM…
Holger Mueller
Trends

Inside the Mindset of the Midmarket Buyer

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Executive Summary Midmarket executives have always been challenged by a culture of scarcity. Limited access to funds, talent, and innovation has often created a barrier to entry into and exit from new markets, industries, and ecosystems. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these…
R Ray Wang
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Marketing from Farmer to Fork With Data and Analytics

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At a Glance Marketing analytics has (thankfully) forever changed. Gone are the days of reporting metrics in celebratory dashboards. Marketing is in search of answers—answers that directly address marketing’s mandate to drive and deliver…
Liz Miller
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Innovation Team Gets Smarter About Process Automation and Optimization

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At a Glance Highmark Health, the Pittsburgh-based healthcare giant, has pursued innovation and organizational agility over the last four years by developing an internal transformation and consulting team called thinkUP. By early 2021, thinkUP leaders recognized that they…
Doug Henschen
Big Idea

Monetizing the Metaverse Economy

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Executive Summary Much hype has been made about the metaverse. However, very few organizations have fully grasped the impact the metaverse will have on experiences and engagement inside the enterprise. More than just gaming worlds or hardware devices, the metaverse economy…
R Ray Wang
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How SAP SuccessFactors Makes Platform a Differentiator for People Success

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At a Glance Recently I had the pleasure to speak with SAP SuccessFactors’ Amy Wilson, Senior Vice President of Product and Design, about the importance of platforms for the employee experience. Our conversation was on LinkedIn Live and touched on all aspects…
Holger Mueller
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Oracle Boosts DevOps Velocity With Oracle Linux Automation Manager

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At a Glance Oracle released Oracle Linux Automation in August 20211. The new capabilities Oracle Linux Automation Manager2 delivers to enterprises are substantial in terms of making their DevOps process more scalable and repeatable—and therefore more…
Holger Mueller