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Infor OS Powers Next-Gen ERP with a Rich Platform

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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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The Universal Database Versus a Suite of Specialized Databases

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Executive Summary This Best Practices report applies the systemic debate of suite versus best of breed to the database choices of the enterprise, in which the universal database is pitted against suites of specialized databases. The report highlights the suite dynamics and…
Holger Mueller
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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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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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Malwarebytes Achieves Automation at Scale Using Workato

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At a Glance Cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes needed a better data-integration option for a new cloud-based data warehouse. Bill VanderWall, Malwarebytes’ vice president of business applications, soon learned that his chosen solution, Workato, could be used…
Doug Henschen
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Oracle Makes Its Great Database Even Better—and Adds Low Code to It

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Executive Summary This Offering Overview examines Oracle’s latest database release, Oracle Database 21c, as well as Oracle’s low-code application development offering, Oracle Application Express (APEX). The report describes the underlying…
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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Modern Planning Platforms Drive Business Agility and Better Outcomes

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Executive Summary “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” It’s an old maxim, but it bears repeating. In fact, the whole point of modern planning is to go through the iterative cycle of planning, analysis, reforecasting…
Doug Henschen
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SAP CPQ Transforms the Sales Process

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Executive Summary SAP CPQ is a cloud-based, API-first configure, price and quote offering within SAP Sales Cloud that facilitates the purchase of large and/or complex bundles of offerings, including combinations of products and services with distinct pricing and contract…
Nfrance
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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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From Transactions to Customers: Finding People in the Data

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At a Glance For any business to be successful, it must be able to understand its customers and anticipate their needs. That requires far more than simply analyzing customer data; it means identifying individual customers and their behaviors in the data. Only by â&#128…
Nfrance
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Oracle Brings Holistic Observability to the Enterprise

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How Oracle Cloud Observability and Management Changes DevOps Best Practices At an Oracle virtual launch event on October 6, 2020, Clay Magouyrk announced a new offering in the area of observability and management of complex application technology stacks. Oracle Cloud…
Holger Mueller
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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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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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Vertica Solves Data Silo, Data Science & Hybrid- & Multicloud Challenges

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Vertica in Eon Mode Taps Object Stores and Hadoop, Separates Compute and Storage Requirements Vertica is a leading analytical data platform, and it’s among the most important products in the portfolio of Micro Focus International, Plc., a multibillion-dollar…
Doug Henschen
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Oracle Raises the Stakes in the Next-Gen Compute Platform Market

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How the Addition of Oracle Autonomous Database and Dedicated Region to Oracle Cloud@Customer Enables Infinite Computing This Offering Overview examines the recent Oracle announcement of additions to Oracle Cloud@Customer—Oracle Autonomous Database and Oracle…
Holger Mueller
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Oracle Analytics: One Platform for Cloud, SaaS and On-Premises Demands

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Oracle Tackles Modern Deployment Needs and Cloud Application Requirements with a Unified Platform   Oracle has reasserted itself in the business intelligence (BI) and analytics market by significantly upgrading and rationalizing its product lineup, simplifying its…
Doug Henschen
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Infinite Insights Are the Architecture Imperative for Enterprise Acceleration

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Infinite Insights Are Real—While the Death of the Data Lake Is Greatly Exaggerated  Enterprises are being challenged by Enterprise Acceleration  and require a new breed of platforms that can expand across all currently available and future…
Holger Mueller
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Infosys Live Enterprise Delivers on the Autonomous Enterprise Vision

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Level 4 Autonomous Enterprise Capabilities Delivered in the Digital Platform This Offering Overview examines the Infosys Live Enterprise Suite. The report describes the underlying market trends, introduces the vendor and presents key differentiators for the Infosys offering…
R Ray Wang