I am happy to share insights gleaned from our latest Buyers Guide, an assessment of how well software providers’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements. The Digital Communications Ventana Research Buyers Guide is the distillation of a year of market and product research by Ventana Research.
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Topics:
Digital Business,
Digital Communications
With Ventana Research’s 2024 Digital Business Market Agenda, we continue the guidance we have offered for two decades to help enterprises derive maximum value from digital business technology investments. Through our market research and expertise, we identify trends and best practices and share insights on how to achieve technological effectiveness, particularly in key processes and systems to engage the workforce.
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Topics:
Performance Management,
Digital Business,
Digital Communications,
Work Management,
Experience Management,
Sustainability & ESG,
Generative AI,
Digital Applications,
Digital Operations,
Digital Intelligence
Ventana Research has announced its market agenda for 2024, continuing a 20-year tradition of credibility and trust in our objective efforts to educate and guide the technology industry. Our research and insights are backed by our expertise and independence, and we do not share our Market Agenda or our market research, including analyst and market perspectives, with any external party before it is published. We continuously refine our Market Agenda throughout the year to ensure we offer the...
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
AI,
Digital Business,
Analytics & Data,
Office of Revenue
I am happy to share insights gleaned from our latest Buyers Guide, an assessment of how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements. The 2023 Global Payroll Buyers Guide is the distillation of a year of market and product research by Ventana Research. Drawing on our Benchmark Research, we apply a structured methodology built on evaluation categories that reflect the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal to Human Capital Management vendors supporting the spectrum of...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Payroll Management,
Domestic Payroll
The 2023 Ventana Research Buyers Guide for Global Payroll research enables me to provide observations about how the market has advanced.
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Payroll Management,
Domestic Payroll
I am happy to share insights gleaned from our latest Buyers Guide, an assessment of how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements. The 2023 Domestic Payroll Buyers Guide is the distillation of a year of market and product research by Ventana Research. Drawing on our Benchmark Research, we apply a structured methodology built on evaluation categories that reflect the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal to Human Capital Management vendors supporting the spectrum of...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Payroll Management,
Domestic Payroll
The 2023 Ventana Research Buyers Guide for Domestic Payroll research enables me to provide observations about how the market has advanced.
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Payroll Management,
Domestic Payroll
I am happy to share insights gleaned from our latest Buyers Guide, an assessment of how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements. The 2023 Payroll Management Buyers Guide is the distillation of a year of market and product research by Ventana Research. Drawing on our Benchmark Research, we apply a structured methodology built on evaluation categories that reflect the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal to Human Capital Management vendors supporting the spectrum...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Payroll Management
The 2023 Ventana Research Buyers Guide for Payroll Management research enables me to provide observations about how the market has advanced.
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Payroll Management
I am happy to share insights gleaned from our latest Value Index research, an assessment of how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research Value Index: Product Experience Management 2023 is the distillation of a year of market and product research by Ventana Research. Drawing on our Benchmark Research, we apply a structured methodology built on evaluation categories that reflect the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal to vendors supporting the...
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Topics:
Marketing,
Product Information Management,
Operations & Supply Chain
Having just completed the 2023 Ventana Research Value Index for Product Experience Management, I want to share some of my observations about how the market has advanced over the last two years. The product information management software market is quite mature and products from any of the vendors we assess could be used to effectively deliver information to help your organization improve its operations. But as we established the definition of product experience management (PXM), the...
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Topics:
Marketing,
Product Information Management,
Operations & Supply Chain
Having just completed the 2023 Ventana Research Value Index for Product Experience Management, I want to share some of my observations about how the market has advanced over the last two years. The product information management software (PIM) market is quite mature and products from any of the vendors we assessed can be used to effectively deliver information to help your organization improve its operations. But as we established the definition of product experience management (PXM), the...
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Topics:
Marketing,
Product Information Management,
Operations & Supply Chain
With Ventana Research’s 2023 Market Agenda, we continue the guidance we’ve offered for two decades to help organizations derive maximum value from digital business technology investments. Through our market research and expertise, we identify trends and best practices and share insights on how to achieve technological effectiveness, particularly in key processes and systems to engage the workforce.
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Topics:
Performance Management,
Business Continuity,
Digital transformation,
Digital Business,
Digital Security,
Digital Communications,
Work Management,
Experience Management,
Governance & Risk,
Sustainability & ESG
Ventana Research has announced its market agenda for 2023, continuing a 20-year tradition of credibility and trust in our objective efforts to educate and guide the technology market. Our research and insights are backed by our expertise and independence, as we do not share our Market Agenda or our market research – including analyst and market perspectives – with any external party before it is published. We continuously refine our Market Agenda throughout the year to ensure we offer the...
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Digital Business,
Office of Revenue
In today’s organization, the myriad of analytics and permutations of dashboards challenge workers’ ability to take contextual actions efficiently. Unfortunately, conventional wisdom for investing in analytics does not recognize the benefits of empowering the workforce to understand the situation, examine options and work together to make the best possible decision.
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Topics:
business intelligence,
Analytics,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Digital Business,
AI & Machine Learning,
Analytics & Data,
Analytic Data Platforms
The management of work is a focal point for every organization that has people and resources directed to accomplish the smallest to largest of tasks. But many organizations are not easily able to manage complex activities because the details of how people are assigned and complete work are not as simple as they should be. Traditional project management methods and technologies have failed to work in an enterprise manner, so new approaches have emerged to meet today’s challenges. The essence of...
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Topics:
Digital Business,
Work Management
The technology industry has established itself as a pivotal force in its ability to help organizations become more intelligent and automated. But doing so has required a journey of epic proportions for most organizations that have had to endure a transition of competencies and skills that was, in many places, transitioned to consulting firms who were hired appropriately to manage changes. Unfortunately, this step led, in many cases, to an extended focus on digital transformation rather than the...
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Digital Business,
Office of Revenue
Pressures to engage consumers through every interaction and provide a delightful customer experience are influencing advancements in business and technology. Organizations are challenged to manage friction points experienced by billions of consumers amid expanding digital channels. These issues must be addressed to engage and respond to customers every second of the day.
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Contact Center,
agent management,
Digital Business
I am happy to share insights gleaned from our latest Value Index research, an assessment of how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research Value Index: Workforce Management 2022 is the distillation of a year of market and product research by Ventana Research. Drawing on our Benchmark Research, we apply a structured methodology built on evaluation categories that reflect the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal to workforce management vendors...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Learning Management,
Talent Management,
Workforce Management,
Payroll Management,
Total Compensation Management,
employee experience
Workforce management processes and activities, a major focus of investment and optimization efforts for decades, have undergone a huge transformation in recent years. In our view, this is mostly a function of two significant trends: the explosion of technology innovation associated with the use of artificial intelligence, machine learning and embedded analytics in many areas of a business including a range of human capital management processes and operations; and a major reframing of the...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Learning Management,
Talent Management,
Workforce Management,
Payroll Management,
Total Compensation Management,
employee experience
Ventana Research recently announced its 2022 Market Agenda for Human Capital Management, continuing the guidance we’ve offered for two decades to help organizations derive maximum potential from workforce- and people-related technology investments and initiatives. In crafting this Market Agenda, we focused on three critical themes top-of-mind for both HCM vendors and buyers: Organizational readiness, workforce resilience utilizing digital technology to increase retention, and advance worker...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Learning Management,
Workforce Management,
Payroll Management,
Total Compensation Management,
employee experience,
candidate engagement
With the announcement of Ventana Research’s 2022 Market Agenda, our expertise in Digital Business continues to advance the market need for effective investments into technology, and I will outline here the key areas of focus to provide insights to organizations that can increase their organizational resilience and workforce readiness. We are proud to provide expertise on ensuring technological effectiveness through our market research and experience in providing guidance on trends and best...
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Topics:
Performance Management,
Business Continuity,
Governance Risk and Compliance,
Digital transformation,
Digital Business,
Digital Security,
Digital Communications,
Sustainability Management,
Work Management,
Experience Management
The necessity of learning is essential for every organization to realize the full potential of the workforce. But many organizations treat learning like training or academic instruction to ensure policy or compliance to a minimum level of work performance, instead of continuing career education and improving skills in the operational workflow. The context for where and how workers work is critical to ensure that on-the-job learning is possible. While traditional learning management systems...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Learning,
LMS,
Digital Business,
inkling,
LXP
Ventana Research has announced its market agenda for 2022, continuing the tradition of reliability in our efforts to educate and guide the technology market. Our assessments are backed by our expertise and independence, as we do not share our market agenda or our research – including analyst and market perspectives or our Value Index – with any external party until it is published. We review and refine our market agenda throughout the year to ensure we offer the expertise and insights...
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Digital Business,
Office of Revenue,
Market Agenda
The age of digital communication platforms is upon us. The need has never been greater for an open and secure platform that satisfies the demand for enterprise-grade business and technology requirements. Overcoming today’s technology challenges is possible with a next-generation cloud-based delivery model that is both extensible and reliable. Organizations considering a digital communication platform can take decisive steps to ensure digital communications for everyone — inside, outside,...
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Business Continuity,
Contact Center,
Digital transformation,
Digital Business,
Digital Communications,
Experience Management
To maximize the value of the workforce and the work conducted, organizations need to increase the effectiveness of workers assigned to critical, interrelated tasks. Doing so requires a commitment to planning the best use of workers and resources. Failing to do so can limit an organization’s ability to reach essential milestones and complete work related to business processes with customers, partners and across the supply chain.
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Topics:
Business Continuity,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Digital transformation,
Digital Business,
Work Management
As the pace of digital innovation has accelerated, many organizations have found it harder to manage the portfolio of work conducted by the workforce to ensure timeliness and mitigate the risk of increased costs and resources. The challenges in managing the work related to project plans are not only to ensure the timeliness in performing and tracking the individual tasks and activities every single moment of the day, but also having the intelligence to adjust and guide all future work. The...
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Topics:
Business Continuity,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Digital transformation,
Digital Business,
Work Management
The work environment today demands that your organization advances the efficiency to execute business processes for continuous operations to have a positive impact on business performance. The capability to be responsive to any range of minor to disruptive business events is required to support business continuity and level of organizational readiness to meet the needs of digital business. Ventana Research asserts that in 2025, one-quarter of organizations will remain digitally ineffective in...
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Voice of the Customer,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Contact Center,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
Digital transformation,
natural language processing,
continuous supply chain,
agent management,
Digital Business,
Experience Management,
Customer Experience Management,
Field Service,
Process Mining,
Streaming Analytics,
AI & Machine Learning
Strategic planning has always been difficult. But it is even more so in this age of rapid digital transformation and the pressure of business continuity, which has introduced disruptive changes. What’s needed, ironically, is a methodical approach to how an organization manages strategic planning to allow for beneficial disruption that is not avoidable, balancing finance and operations, engaging existing expertise and factoring in technology to ensure that new initiatives can be strategically...
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Topics:
Performance Management,
Business Continuity,
Digital transformation,
Digital Business,
Digital Security,
Digital Communications,
Experience Management
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcase advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to the improved processes and performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations to advance business and IT.
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Analytics,
Internet of Things,
Digital Technology,
blockchain,
natural language processing,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
extended reality,
AI & Machine Learning,
robotic automation
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcase advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to the improved processes and performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations to advance business and IT.
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Topics:
Continuous Planning,
Analytics,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
continuous supply chain,
work experience management,
AI & Machine Learning
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcase advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to the improved processes and performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations to advance business and IT.
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Digital Business,
Work Management
We are happy to share some insights about Innovit MDM drawn from our latest Value Index research, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements.
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Topics:
Marketing,
Data Governance,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
continuous supply chain,
data operations
We are happy to share some insights about Viamedici EPIM drawn from our latest Value Index research, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements.
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Topics:
Marketing,
Data Governance,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
continuous supply chain,
Office of Sales,
data operations
We are happy to share some insights about Contentserv CS drawn from our latest Value Index research, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements.
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Topics:
Marketing,
Data Governance,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
continuous supply chain,
Office of Sales,
data operations
We are happy to share some insights about Perfion drawn from our latest Value Index research, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements.
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Topics:
Marketing,
Data Governance,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
continuous supply chain,
Office of Sales,
data operations
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcase advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to the improved processes and performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations to advance business and IT.
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Voice of the Customer,
Continuous Planning,
embedded analytics,
Learning Management,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data Preparation,
Information Management,
Internet of Things,
Business Planning,
Contact Center,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Sales Performance Management,
Workforce Management,
Financial Performance Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Marketing,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
ERP and Continuous Accounting,
Revenue,
blockchain,
natural language processing,
data lakes,
Total Compensation Management,
robotic finance,
Predictive Planning,
employee experience,
candidate engagement,
Conversational Computing,
Continuous Payroll,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
continuous supply chain,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
extended reality,
intelligent marketing,
sales enablement,
work experience management,
lease and tax accounting,
AI & Machine Learning,
robotic automation
We are happy to share some insights about inRiver PIM drawn from our latest Value Index research, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements.
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Topics:
Marketing,
Data Governance,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
continuous supply chain,
Office of Sales,
data operations
We are happy to share some insights about Riversand PX 360 drawn from our latest Value Index research, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements.
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Topics:
Marketing,
Data Governance,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
continuous supply chain,
Office of Sales,
data operations
We are happy to share some insights about Magnitude Agility PIM drawn from our latest Value Index research, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements.
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Topics:
Marketing,
Data Governance,
Data,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
continuous supply chain,
Office of Sales,
data operations
We are happy to share some insights about Salsify ProductXM drawn from our latest Value Index research, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements.
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Topics:
Marketing,
Data Governance,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
continuous supply chain,
Office of Sales,
data operations
We are happy to share some insights about Pimcore Platform drawn from our latest Value Index research, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements.
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Topics:
Marketing,
Data Governance,
Data,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
continuous supply chain,
Office of Sales,
data operations
We are happy to share some insights about Akeneo Serenity drawn from our latest Value Index research, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements.
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Topics:
Marketing,
Data Governance,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
continuous supply chain,
Office of Sales,
data operations
We are happy to share some insights about Informatica's Product 360 drawn from our latest Value Index research, which assesses how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements.
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Topics:
Marketing,
Data Governance,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
continuous supply chain,
Office of Sales,
data operations
I am happy to share insights gleaned from our latest Value Index research, an assessment of how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research Value Index: Product Information Management 2021 is the distillation of a year of market and product research by Ventana Research. Drawing on our Benchmark Research, we apply a structured methodology built on evaluation categories that reflect the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal to product information...
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Topics:
Sales,
Marketing,
Product Information Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning
Having just completed the 2021 Ventana Research Value Index for Product Information Management, I want to share some of my observations about how the market and category have advanced since our first examination over 15 years ago.
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Topics:
Marketing,
Product Information Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
continuous supply chain,
Office of Sales
I’m proud to share Ventana Research’s 2021 market agenda for digital technology. Our focus in this agenda is to deliver expertise to help organizations prioritize technology investments that increase workforce effectiveness and organizational agility, ensuring ongoing operation during any type of disruption.
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Topics:
Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Internet of Things,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Robotic Process Automation,
blockchain,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
extended reality,
AI & Machine Learning
With the announcement of Ventana Research market agenda, a new expertise in Digital Business has been launched, I will outline the areas of focus that provide insights to organizations that can be used to optimize technology, increase agility and organizational readiness. We are proud to provide expertise on digital effectiveness through our research and insights on trends and best practices.
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Topics:
Governance,
Business Continuity,
Risk,
Digital transformation,
product experience management,
Digital Business,
Digital Security,
Digital Communications,
Sustainability Management,
Work Management
Ventana Research has announced its market agenda for 2021, continuing the tradition of transparency in our efforts to educate and guide the technology market but also our independence as we do not share our market agenda or analyst perspectives with any external party. Each year, we proudly formulate our market agenda that is not biased by clients or the technology industry, focusing on education rather than the prospect of consulting or software revenue. We review and refine our plan...
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Office of Sales,
Digital Business
Augmented reality (AR) is a critical component of digital technology. The role of AR is to virtualize the visualization and engagement of assets and products with information that can enhance the value of it for many purposes including manufacturing, marketing, sales and service. Consider how manufacturing and field service organizations are starting to use AR technology for hands-free call-up of service manuals using glasses so technicians can verify progress without looking away from their...
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Topics:
Sales,
Marketing,
Business Continuity,
Internet of Things,
Business Planning,
Digital Technology,
Digital Marketing,
Digital transformation,
mobile computing,
continuous supply chain,
extended reality
Through 2021, one-half of organizations will realize that digital transformation (DX) investments have not met the organizational readiness requirements of business continuity, leading to a new focus on innovative digital technologies that more reliably sustain operations. Which processes does your organization need to prioritize most to operate continuously? Who are the organization’s stakeholders and champion coordinators that will be called upon when an incident arises? What business...
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Topics:
Business Continuity,
Business Planning,
Digital transformation
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcases advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency and productivity in the processes and the performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations that advance business and IT.
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Topics:
Analytics,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data Lake,
Data Preparation,
Internet of Things,
Data,
Information Management (IM),
Digital Technology,
blockchain,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
extended reality,
AI & Machine Learning
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcases advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency and productivity in the processes and the performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations that advance business and IT.
Read More
Topics:
Continuous Planning,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
blockchain,
continuous supply chain
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcases advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency and productivity in the processes and the performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations that advance business and IT.
Read More
Topics:
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Digital Technology,
natural language processing,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
AI & Machine Learning
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcases advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency and productivity in the processes and the performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations that advance business and IT.
Read More
Topics:
Customer Experience,
Marketing,
Digital Marketing,
Digital Commerce
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcases advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency and productivity in the processes and the performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations that advance business and IT.
Read More
Topics:
Sales,
Marketing,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Sales Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
intelligent marketing,
sales enablement,
AI & Machine Learning
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcases advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency and productivity in the processes and performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy innovations in technology that advance business and IT.
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Voice of the Customer,
Contact Center,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
agent management
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcases advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency and productivity in the processes and performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations that advance business and IT.
Read More
Topics:
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Analytics,
Internet of Things,
Contact Center,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
blockchain,
employee experience,
candidate engagement,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
agent management,
extended reality,
business digital commerce,
work experience management,
AI & Machine Learning
The annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards showcases advances in the productivity and potential of business applications, as well as technology that contributes significantly to improved efficiency and productivity in the processes and the performance of an organization. Our goal is to recognize technology and vendors that have introduced noteworthy digital innovations that advance business and IT.
Read More
Topics:
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Office of Finance,
Contact Center,
Workforce Management,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
ERP and Continuous Accounting,
robotic finance,
employee experience,
continuous supply chain,
agent management,
work experience management
Economic dynamics and market pressures during a black-swan event can wreak havoc on efforts to effectively manage revenue operations and pricing for business continuity. For many organizations, environmental changes disrupt the methods by which these essential business processes are managed can be disrupted, damaging the revenue streams that create profitability. The array of pricing strategies and related promotional tactics across channels for configure, price and quote (CPQ), digital...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Internet of Things,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Sales Performance Management,
Workforce Management,
Workforce Planning,
Price and Revenue Management,
Total Compensation Management,
Conversational Computing
Over the past several months, I have discussed a wide range of topics that organizations must consider and appropriately prioritize to maintain business continuity during periods of upheaval. But sometimes it’s important to take a step back and reflect on a critical and recurring theme: experiences. The array of experiences across the workforce and business processes both inside and outside of the organization are an essential part of an organization’s success. Leadership must give these...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Internet of Things,
Data,
Sales Performance Management,
Workforce Management,
Workforce Planning,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Total Compensation Management,
Conversational Computing
Business planning is an essential part of an organization’s focus on its future performance and overall potential because it ensures continuous operations, even in black-swan events. Planning across the entire organization needs to be a critical priority and leadership should give it the attention it deserves. In challenging times, a focus on execution tends to take hold — this is not unreasonable but in focusing on satisfying immediate customer and workforce needs and putting out fires,...
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Topics:
Sales,
Human Capital Management,
Office of Finance,
Continuous Planning,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Internet of Things,
Data,
Sales Performance Management,
Workforce Management,
Financial Performance Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
ERP and Continuous Accounting,
Total Compensation Management,
Predictive Planning,
Conversational Computing
The workforce is an essential part of an organization’s overall business potential because it ensures continuous operations, even in black-swan events. The workforce is the core of the organization and should get the attention it deserves. In challenging times, a “customer-first” mentality tends to take hold — this is not unreasonable but in focusing on satisfying customers and opportunities, business leaders too often forget that the workforce experience is essential to achieving desired...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Voice of the Customer,
Continuous Planning,
Business Continuity,
Analytics,
Business Planning,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Workforce Management,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Robotic Process Automation,
employee experience,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
agent management,
People Analytics
Analytics and data provide visibility into an organization’s past, present and potential performance. However, not all organizations are using analytics that provide timely insights — insights that not just reflect what happen but direct a successful course for the future. Demand for personalized and relevant insight only intensifies in a black-swan event. To maintain business continuity in times of pressure, it is critical that organizations not waste any time or resources when using analytics...
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Topics:
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Internet of Things,
IOT,
Digital Technology,
AI & Machine Learning
Marketing is inextricably linked to business success, and digital technology is essential to an organization’s overall marketing potential because it generates interest and brand awareness. In a black-swan event, the marketing department often is overwhelmed by short-term demands, so in these situations it’s of the essence that digital transformation gets the attention it deserves. In challenging times, a “putting-out-fires” mentality tends to take hold — this is not unreasonable but in...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Voice of the Customer,
Analytics,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Conversational Computing
Today’s businesses must manage a continually expanding array of data, content and digital assets as well as satisfy the demands of consumers for comprehensive product information. Addressing these challenges requires unified processes and automated systems and, most importantly, the ability to augment and enrich product information. Our earlier PIM research found that more than half (52%) of organizations have incompatible tools and almost half (48%) must cope with disparate forms of data....
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Topics:
Sales,
Marketing,
PIM,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Intelligent CX,
product experience management,
PXM
Contact centers play a substantial role in an organization’s success. The customer journey is engaged here, at each moment of interaction. Agents, whether human or machine-driven, are intrinsic to the customer experience and the value of the contact center. Customers are essential to an organizations’ overall business potential because they generate revenue. In a black-swan event, demand for customer service may spike or dip, so in these situations it’s of the essence that agents get the...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Voice of the Customer,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Conversational Computing,
agent management
Subscriptions are the future of business. Subscribers are essential to an organization’s overall business potential because they generate recurring revenue. In a black-swan event, demand for a subscription may spike or dip, so in these situations it’s of the essence that subscriptions get the attention they deserve. In challenging times, a “subscriber-first” mentality tends to take hold — this is not unreasonable but in focusing on satisfying subscribers, business leaders too often forget that...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Voice of the Customer,
Analytics,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Conversational Computing
Partners play a key role in the revenue and growth of every organization. Whether channel selling is in assistance to internal sales or independent, what happens in partnering has ramifications that are simply too important to underestimate. The imperative to maintain business continuity with channel partners becomes painfully clear in a global pandemic, and that imperative demands that organizations cultivate partner excellence and channel performance. This effort should start with partner...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Customer Experience,
Learning,
Office of Finance,
Voice of the Customer,
Business Continuity,
Analytics,
Digital Technology,
Work and Resource Management,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Sales Enablement and Execution,
Conversational Computing,
work experience management,
partner management,
AI & Machine Learning
Products and services are the foundation of every organization, regardless of its industry or size. Products are essential to an organization’s overall business health because they generate revenue and engage buyers and customers. In a black-swan event, demand for a product may spike or dip, so in these situations it’s of the essence that products get the attention they deserve as they are marketed, sold, serviced and enhanced with innovations. In challenging times, a “customer-first” mentality...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Voice of the Customer,
Analytics,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Conversational Computing
The workforce is the center of any organization, no matter if the workforce consists of employees, contractors or what we call gig workers. It stands to reason that a black-swan event has an immediate impact on a workforce and thus an organization’s overall business health. In challenging times, a “family-first” mentality tends to take hold — a reality that, far too often, business leaders and HR organizations underestimate. But organizational readiness is essential for sustainability and...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Customer Experience,
Learning,
Voice of the Customer,
Business Continuity,
Analytics,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Sales Enablement and Execution,
Conversational Computing,
AI & Machine Learning
Sales plays a lead role in the revenue and growth of every organization. Whether the selling is direct or indirect, what happens in the sales department has ramifications that are perilous to underestimate. The imperative to maintain business continuity becomes painfully clear in a global pandemic, and that imperative demands that organizations cultivate sales excellence. This effort should start with leadership and engage sales operations, management and professionals with the objective of...
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Topics:
Sales,
Sales Performance,
Sales Effectiveness,
Business Continuity,
CFO,
Sales Performance Management,
sales enablement
Suppliers play a critical role in supporting the operations and processes of every organization. Whether direct or indirect, an organization’s relationship with its suppliers has ramifications that are perilous to underestimate. The imperative to maintain business continuity becomes painfully clear in a global pandemic, and that imperative demands that organizations cultivate excellent supplier relationships.
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Voice of the Customer,
Analytics,
Internet of Things,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Conversational Computing
Supercharging the customer experience (CX) is more than just an opportunity. It’s essential for every organization that looks to optimize engagement at every moment of the customer journey. In times such as these, when business continuity is a top priority, organizations must address the customer experience, especially if it has not been a focal point of the executive team.
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Voice of the Customer,
Analytics,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data Preparation,
Information Management,
Internet of Things,
Contact Center,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Intelligent CX,
Conversational Computing
The imperative to infuse digital technology into your organization is not new, but it’s more essential than ever that organizations embrace digital transformation and business continuity to improve processes. I have recently written about the need for digital innovation in business continuity, outlining the steps every organization needs to take. These steps involve a close examination of the digital technology they can apply effectively for business continuity during a pandemic, natural...
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Data,
Digital Technology
At Ventana Research we’re familiar with the need for digital transformation as we have been researching and providing education on this topic for almost two decades. And recent global challenges make even clearer the sea change at hand: digital innovation is essential for not only success, but survival. Business continuity during a pandemic, natural disaster, cyber event or geopolitical situation requires business and risk mitigation processes, but unfortunately very few organizations had been...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Customer Experience,
HCM,
Marketing,
Office of Finance,
Operations,
Sales Operations,
Business Continuity,
Analytics,
Digital Technology
I would like to share some of my thoughts on COVID-19 and the challenges organizations are facing as they strive for business continuity and digital engagement with customers and buyers. As the global and US numbers get worse by the day, the pandemic is impacting life as we knew it and also leaves people (many in new forms of isolation) yearning for a bit of normalcy during these strange times.
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Topics:
Sales,
Marketing,
Digital Technology,
Digital Marketing,
Digital Commerce,
intelligent marketing
Ventana Research recently announced its 2020 research agenda for marketing, continuing the guidance we’ve offered for nearly two decades to help organizations derive optimal value from business technology and improve outcomes. Chief Marketing Officers are under pressure to spearhead technology investments that help better align marketing experiences with their brand and to optimize consumer demand for products and services. This challenge is frequently heightened by a lack of centralized data...
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Topics:
Marketing,
Voice of the Customer,
Product Information Management,
Digital Marketing,
Digital Commerce,
intelligent marketing
Ventana Research recently announced its 2020 research agenda for operations and the supply chain, continuing the guidance we’ve offered for nearly two decades to help organizations across industries derive optimal value from business technology and improve outcomes. Organizations must shift their focus on technology investments to include not just operational productivity but the efficiency of the processes that impact customers’ and workers’ experiences.
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Topics:
Continuous Planning,
Product Information Management,
Price and Revenue Management,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Enterprise Resource Planning,
continuous supply chain
Ventana Research recently announced its 2020 research agenda for sales, continuing the guidance we’ve offered for nearly two decades to help organizations derive optimal value from business technology and improve outcomes. Chief sales and revenue officers face an imperative to manage the sales organization but they don’t always have the guidance they need to embrace technology and gain the best possible outcomes. As we look forward to 2020 we’re focusing on the selling experience and the...
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Topics:
Sales,
Analytics,
Internet of Things,
Data,
Product Information Management,
Sales Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Conversational Computing
Ventana Research recently announced its 2020 research agenda in the area of the customer experience. For most organizations, a focus on the customer is not new, but maximizing successful customer interactions has recently become a major investment priority. The customer experience (CX) is an analytic framework that organizations can use to improve customer satisfaction, optimize revenue and achieve operational excellence. As we begin 2020 we are encouraging organizations to invest in a focus on...
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Ventana Research recently announced its 2020 research agenda for digital technology, continuing the guidance we’ve offered for nearly two decades to help organizations derive optimal value and improve business outcomes. While we have seen more than four decades of digital transformation in the systems and tools businesses rely on, recent years have yielded transformative approaches to technology that can finally actually change the way people and processes work, rather than just make...
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Topics:
Analytics,
Internet of Things,
Data,
Digital Technology,
blockchain,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
extended reality,
AI & Machine Learning
Here are some insights on Incentive Solutions drawn from our latest Value Index research, which provides an analytic assessment of how well vendor offerings address buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research Value Index on Sales Performance Management 2019 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We evaluated Incentive Solutions and eight other vendors in seven categories, five product-related adaptability, capability, manageability, reliability...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
Data,
Sales Performance Management,
Financial Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Predictive Planning,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
intelligent sales,
AI & Machine Learning
Here are some insights on NICE drawn from our latest Value Index research, which provides an analytic assessment of how well vendor offerings address buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research Value Index on Sales Performance Management 2019 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We evaluated NICE and eight other vendors in seven categories, five product-related adaptability, capability, manageability, reliability and usability) and two...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
Data,
Sales Performance Management,
Financial Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Predictive Planning,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
intelligent sales,
AI & Machine Learning
Here are some insights on beqom drawn from our latest Value Index research, which provides an analytic assessment of how well vendor offerings address buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research Value Index on Sales Performance Management 2019 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We evaluated beqom and eight other vendors in seven categories, five product-related adaptability, capability, manageability, reliability and usability) and two...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
Data,
Sales Performance Management,
Financial Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Predictive Planning,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
intelligent sales,
AI & Machine Learning
Here are some insights on SAP drawn from our latest Value Index research, which provides an analytic assessment of how well vendor offerings address buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research Value Index on Sales Performance Management 2019 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We evaluated SAP and eight other vendors in seven categories, five product-related adaptability, capability, manageability, reliability and usability) and two...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
Data,
Sales Performance Management,
Financial Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Predictive Planning,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
intelligent sales,
AI & Machine Learning
Here are some insights on Optymyze drawn from our latest Value Index research, which provides an analytic assessment of how well vendor offerings address buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research Value Index on Sales Performance Management 2019 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We evaluated Optymyze and eight other vendors in seven categories, five product-related adaptability, capability, manageability, reliability and usability) and two...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
Data,
Sales Performance Management,
Financial Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Predictive Planning,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
intelligent sales,
AI & Machine Learning
Here are some insights on Anaplan drawn from our latest Value Index research, which provides an analytic assessment of how well vendor offerings address buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research Value Index on Sales Performance Management 2019 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We evaluated Anaplan and eight other vendors in seven categories, five product-related adaptability, capability, manageability, reliability and usability) and two...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
Data,
Sales Performance Management,
Financial Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Predictive Planning,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
intelligent sales,
AI & Machine Learning
With the backing of Great Hill Partners and Spectrum Equity, the company Varicent Software launched on Jan. 1st, purchasing IBM’s Sales Performance Management (SPM) assets and hiring employees from IBM’s SPM group. They will join a new team that includes Varicent’s original founders and key leadership.
This set of insights is drawn from our latest Value Index research, which provides an analytic assessment of how well vendor offerings address buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research Value...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
Sales Performance Management,
Financial Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Predictive Planning,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
intelligent sales,
AI & Machine Learning
Here are some insights on Xactly drawn from our latest Value Index research, which provides an analytic assessment of how well vendor offerings address buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research Value Index on Sales Performance Management 2019 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We evaluated Xactly and eight other vendors in seven categories, five product-related adaptability, capability, manageability, reliability and usability) and two...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
Data,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Sales Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Predictive Planning,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
intelligent sales,
AI & Machine Learning
Here are some insights on Oracle drawn from our latest Value Index research, which provides an analytic assessment of how well vendor offerings address buyers’ requirements. The Ventana Research Value Index on Sales Performance Management 2019 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We evaluated Oracle and eight other vendors in seven categories, five product-related adaptability, capability, manageability, reliability and usability) and two...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Data,
Sales Performance Management,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Predictive Planning,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
Subscription Management,
intelligent sales,
AI & Machine Learning
For interactions with customers to go well, organizations must manage an ever-increasing array of engagement channels. Our research finds that organizations expect to see interaction volumes increase on all channels, especially digital ones such as text-based messaging, chat, mobile and social apps. Unfortunately, the systems that manage these channels are typically disparate and uncoordinated and may not use the same underlying technology. This makes it difficult for organizations to...
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Voice of the Customer,
business intelligence,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data Preparation,
Information Management,
Internet of Things,
Contact Center,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
blockchain,
natural language processing,
data lakes,
Intelligent CX,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
extended reality,
AI & Machine Learning
Using customer analytics effectively involves several challenges. Organizations must make it a business priority, cultivate leadership and set a course for ensuring data and analytics are being processed and governed effectively. But effectiveness also requires technology that will assist in the effective operations and management of customers and help an organization achieve its goals.
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Voice of the Customer,
business intelligence,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data Preparation,
Information Management,
Contact Center,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
blockchain,
natural language processing,
data lakes,
Intelligent CX,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
extended reality,
AI & Machine Learning
I am happy to share some insights from our latest Value Index research, which rates how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements in seven categories, five relevant to the product (adaptability, capability, manageability, reliability and usability) and two related to the vendor (TCO/ROI and vendor validation). The Ventana Research Value Index: Sales Performance Management 2019 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. Drawing on our...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
Data,
Sales Performance Management,
Financial Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Predictive Planning,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
intelligent sales,
AI & Machine Learning
Customer analytics have never been more important, but effectively creating and managing them is not easy. The data that’s required to achieve visibility into all customer activity involves many applications and systems and it’s a challenge to ensure the data used is accurate and consistent. Even once data is assembled, organizations often struggle to apply analytics to create the metrics that best represent an understanding of the past and, more importantly, the path to the future.
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Voice of the Customer,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data Preparation,
Information Management,
Contact Center,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
blockchain,
natural language processing,
data lakes,
Intelligent CX,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
extended reality,
AI & Machine Learning
Ensuring that the sales organization contributes as fully as possible to the success of the organization — to revenue, growth, profitability and the overall customer experience — requires not only dedication but effective strategy and planning. A well-developed strategy and plan to utilize current and future sales talent is essential for the best possible sales performance. To carry out this mission, organizations need a set of coordinated sales-related activities, processes and systems that...
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Topics:
Sales,
Customer Experience,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Contact Center,
Data,
Sales Performance Management,
Financial Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Predictive Planning,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
intelligent sales,
AI & Machine Learning
Today’s intense competition requires that companies know as much as they can about their customers in order to anticipate their needs and deliver a superior customer experience. However, many organizations struggle to do this well. Implementing initiatives to improve customer value across any department or process involving customers requires both in-depth visibility into current operations and excellent metrics.
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Voice of the Customer,
business intelligence,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data Preparation,
Information Management,
Internet of Things,
Contact Center,
Data,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
blockchain,
natural language processing,
data lakes,
Intelligent CX,
Conversational Computing,
collaborative computing,
mobile computing,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
extended reality,
AI & Machine Learning
Managing sales processes and resources without careful planning is a recipe for failure. Effectiveness in sales starts with planning that involves the full range of stakeholders. This planning should involve a systematic process, incorporate all relevant information and be supported by capable software designed for this purpose. Furthermore, everyone who participates in sales-related activities, including those dealing with quotas, territories and resources, should be providing input for the...
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Topics:
Sales,
Product Information Management,
Sales Performance Management,
Digital Commerce,
Subscription Management,
intelligent sales
Having effective analytics enables businesses to understand far better than ever before the data they’re collecting, and to do so in greater volumes and more forms. These new capabilities are especially relevant to sales organizations. When applied to sales data, analytics can help sales teams achieve quotas and forecast more consistently, as well as understand the impacts of incentives and maximize the potential of territories, all of which help improve sales performance. These benefits...
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Topics:
Customer Experience,
Voice of the Customer,
embedded analytics,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data Preparation,
Internet of Things,
Contact Center,
Data,
Information Management (IM),
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
blockchain,
natural language processing,
data lakes,
Intelligent CX,
Subscription Management,
agent management,
AI & Machine Learning
I am happy to share some insight on AWS drawn from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We utilized a structured research methodology that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for contact centers in the cloud. We evaluated AWS...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
I am happy to share some insight on 8x8 drawn from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We utilized a structured research methodology that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for contact centers in the cloud. We evaluated 8x8...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
I am happy to share some insight on Altitude drawn from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We utilized a structured research methodology that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for contact centers in the cloud. We evaluated ...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
I am happy to share some insight on Five9 drawn from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We utilized a structured research methodology that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for contact centers in the cloud. We evaluated ...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
I am happy to share some insight on RingCentral drawn from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We utilized a structured research methodology that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for contact centers in the cloud. We...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
I am happy to share some insight on IFS-mplsystems drawn from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We utilized a structured research methodology that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for contact centers in the cloud. We...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
I am happy to share some insight on Content Guru drawn from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We utilized a structured research methodology that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for contact centers in the cloud. We...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
I am happy to share some insight on NewVoiceMedia drawn from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We utilized a structured research methodology that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for contact centers in the cloud. We...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
NewVoicemedia,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Value Index,
Workforce Optimization
I am happy to share some insight on Serenova drawn from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We utilized a structured research methodology that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for contact centers in the cloud. We evaluated ...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
I am happy to share some insight on Genesys drawn from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We utilized a structured research methodology that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for contact centers in the cloud. We evaluated ...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
I am happy to share some insight on BroadSoft drawn from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We utilized a structured research methodology that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for contact centers in the cloud. We evaluated
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
I am happy to share some insight on Aspect Software drawn from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We utilized a structured research methodology that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for contact centers in the cloud. We...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
I am happy to share some insight on NICE inContact drawn from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. We utilized a structured research methodology that includes evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal (RFP) and vendor selection process for contact centers in the cloud. We...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
Dreamforce has become the largest enterprise software event for businesses in the United States, and it is evident why when looking at it this year. With over 170,000 business and IT professionals attending, Salesforce came to show off upcoming product announcements and innovations. This year's biggest focus was on Einstein Voice (a personalized and intelligent conversational assistant), integration with other platforms, and Salesforce Customer 360. The last of these is the start of an answer...
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Topics:
Salesforce.com,
Customer Experience,
Machine Learning,
Marketing,
Voice of the Customer,
CRM,
Dreamforce,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
SPM,
Digital Technology,
Digital Marketing,
Robotic Process Automation,
AI,
natural language processing,
Intelligent CX
I am happy to share some insights gleaned from our latest research. The Ventana Research Value Index: Contact Center in the Cloud in 2018 is the distillation of a year of market and product research efforts by Ventana Research. Drawing on our benchmark research, we utilize a structured research methodology with evaluation categories designed to reflect the breadth of the real-world criteria incorporated in a request for proposal to vendors in contact centers in the cloud. Using this...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
An intensified focus on the customer is driving the trend toward enabling omnichannel support in contact centers, our benchmark research on contact centers in the cloud has found. In my last analyst perspective I highlighted some key benefits of a contact center in the cloud. In this perspective, I want to elaborate on the finding that only about one-third (35%) of organizations participating in our benchmark research said their customers are satisfied with the way interactions are handled. Far...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
To remain competitive, organizations must deliver the best possible customer experience through all channels of engagement. One technological approach to accomplish this is to enable a contact center to handle all the channels through which customer interactions with the organization are routed and acted upon. The contact center continues to need to handle telephony, of course, as this remains a channel that carries a significant portion of interactions. But new channels continue to be added to...
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Topics:
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Contact Center,
Workforce Optimization
We now are well beyond the year depicted in 2001: A Space Odyssey, a cinematic perspective on the future of artificial intelligence in which HAL 9000, a computer, is able to simulate human behavior and control machines. Anyone reviewing the past two years of marketing around AI in the business technology industry can be forgiven for believing that we have arrived at the futuristic state Stanley Kubrick imagined. We have not.
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Topics:
Big Data,
Data Science,
Mobile,
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Machine Learning,
Mobile Technology,
Wearable Computing,
business intelligence,
Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Data Governance,
Data Integration,
Data Preparation,
Internet of Things,
Contact Center,
Information Optimization,
Digital Technology,
Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing,
Cybersecurity,
Billing and Recurring Revenue,
Workforce Optimization,
collaboration for business
We are have arrived at the May 25, 2018 date when the European Union’s General Data Privacy Regulations (GDPR) become enforceable, following what has been a two-year transition period. Companies were given this time to put in place reasonable measures and the systems necessary to support the legislation’s wide-ranging personal data privacy requirements, which apply to any organization with more than 250 employees that serves EU citizens. While this regulation will apply in the EU, it has...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Data Science,
Mobile,
Sales,
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Marketing,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Data Governance,
Data Integration,
Data Preparation,
Internet of Things,
Contact Center,
Digital Technology,
Digital Marketing,
Digital Commerce,
Cybersecurity,
Billing and Recurring Revenue,
collaboration for business,
mobile marketing
Advancing the potential of any business requires continuous improvement in the processes and technology that support it. Many companies have embraced attempts at a digital transformation, and it’s become a goal to which organizational resources and budgets have been dedicated around the globe.
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Topics:
Big Data,
Data Science,
Mobile,
Sales,
Customer Analytics,
Customer Engagement,
Customer Experience,
Human Capital Management,
Machine Learning,
Marketing,
Marketing Performance Management,
Mobile Technology,
Office of Finance,
Wearable Computing,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Customer Service,
Data Governance,
Data Integration,
Data Preparation,
Internet of Things,
Contact Center,
Information Optimization,
Product Information Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Marketing,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing,
Pricing and Promotion Management,
Cybersecurity,
Billing and Recurring Revenue,
Workforce Optimization,
collaboration for business
If we look at the focus of technology vendors for analytics and business intelligence or business applications providers deploying these capabilities in the last five years, we see that they have elevated the importance on the value of visualization and dashboards. These promotions might be understandable, but will they make business and the people using them more intelligent?
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Topics:
Big Data,
Data Science,
Mobile,
Machine Learning,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Digital Technology,
Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing
More than a year ago I wrote from personal experience about the challenges our firm encountered with Salesforce’s cloud computing systems and customer service and if we can trust them for business in the cloud. That perspective covered a range of issues that the behemoth cloud computing applications and platform company is facing regarding its service and technology. While Salesforce has shifted its customers like us and others to a different cloud computing environment, as it did in moving us...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Sales,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Product Information Management,
Sales Performance Management,
Digital Commerce,
Sales and Operations Planning,
Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing,
Sales Enablement and Execution,
Machine Learning Digital Technology,
Sales Planning and Analytics
Compensation and the processes and systems to support it are at the center of success in every organization, as I have noted recently.In our view, an investment in total compensation management software is a strategic step toward advancing human capital management. Our benchmark research on this topic found some progress in attitudes about modernizing compensation practices. Almost three-fourths (72%) of organizations said that it is important or very important to have a total compensation...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Office of Finance,
Learning Management,
HRMS,
Workforce Management,
Work and Resource Management,
ERP and Continuous Accounting,
Payroll Optimization
Our firm regularly explores the impacts of new technologies on business. Analytics is foremost among recently emerging technologies, which our benchmark research consistently confirms. In our research on next-generation sales analytics, fourth-fifths (82%) of participating organizations cited analytics as the most important technology trend for sales; however, several other technologies also are adding power and flexibility to the use of sales analytics.
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Topics:
Big Data,
Sales,
Mobile Technology,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Product Information Management,
Sales Performance Management,
Digital Commerce,
Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing,
Sales Enablement and Execution,
Machine Learning Digital Technology,
Sales Planning and Analytics
The importance of analytics for sales organizations is clear and, as I pointed out in my recent analyst perspective on the next generation of sales analytics, these capabilities optimize revenue potential. However, utilizing sales analytics requires a set of data skills that most organizations still find challenging and are thus not fully prepared to support. The efficient access and preparation of data underlies any analytics processes, which must meet demanding needs that are not always...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Sales,
Machine Learning,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Product Information Management,
Sales Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Sales and Operations Planning,
Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing,
Sales Enablement and Execution,
Sales Planning and Analytics
Compensation management is essential for any organization that values engaging and retaining its employees. It is a fundamental component of a range of personnel-related activities – recruiting and hiring, assessing performance, and career and succession planning. Determining and providing appropriate compensation, which may involve base pay, merit pay, variable pay and incentives or bonuses, is equally important for all members of the workforce – full- or part-time employees, contingent or...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Office of Finance,
Learning Management,
HRMS,
Workforce Management,
Work and Resource Management,
ERP and Continuous Accounting,
Payroll Optimization
I have been following advances in sales analytics since the 1990s. Over the last five years, however, I have seen evolution, not innovation. In most cases the information that analytics provides is too complicated and not contextualized enough for sales people who are not analytics experts to understand, let alone take action on. As I pointed out in my 2017 research agenda on sales, analytics is essential for planning that improves the impacts of sales efforts and meets the goals of the...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Sales,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Product Information Management,
Sales Performance Management,
Digital Commerce,
Sales and Operations Planning,
Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing,
Sales Enablement and Execution,
Machine Learning Digital Technology,
Sales Planning and Analytics
Cloudera provides database and enabling technology for the big data market and overall for data and information management. As my colleague David Menninger has written, the big data and information management technology markets are changing rapidly and require vendors to adapt to them. Cloudera has grown significantly over the last decade and now has approximately 1,000 customers and provides support and services in countries around the world. Its product and technology strategy is to provide a...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Data Science,
Machine Learning,
Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Data Governance,
Data Integration,
Data Preparation,
Internet of Things,
Cognitive Computing,
Information Optimization,
Digital Technology,
Cybersecurity
I am happy to provide my personal perspective on the potential of sales organizations, processes and technology to supercharge business activity in 2017. The sales processes of organizations – whether they involve digital commerce or direct or indirect physical selling – should be part of continuous optimization efforts to reach maximum results. To do this, the people leading and running sales processes must be able to use technology that supports their responsibilities and analyzes the crucial...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Sales,
Machine Learning,
Mobile Technology,
Office of Finance,
Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Product Information Management,
Sales Performance Management,
Digital Technology,
Digital Commerce,
Operations & Supply Chain,
Sales and Operations Planning,
Machine Learning and Cognitive Computing,
Sales Enablement and Execution
Workforce management is a key topic of expertise for Ventana Research. We define workforce management as the set of activities and processes organizations use to manage their hourly and salaried workforce for maximum productivity. It involves not only scheduling, tracking and paying for time worked but also aligning that work to the tasks and objectives of the organization. Workforce management is a critical component of every company’s operations, human resources and overall human capital...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Office of Finance,
Learning Management,
HRMS,
Workforce Management,
Work and Resource Management,
ERP and Continuous Accounting,
Payroll Optimization
Human capital management (HCM) offers a prime opportunity for organizations and their human resource professionals to make employee-related processes effective in engaging and retaining the workforce. Manual administrative processes often hampered HR in focusing on the workplace experience and employee satisfaction. Modern HCM applications can help them manage members of the workforce as critical assets and make continuous investment in people-related processes, deriving insights on issue such...
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Topics:
Human Capital Management,
Office of Finance,
Learning Management,
HRMS,
Workforce Management,
Work and Resource Management,
ERP and Continuous Accounting,
Payroll Optimization
Today’s rapid changes in technology have left many companies behind in the digital transformation that is shaping the future of marketing, sales, commerce and client engagement. At Ventana Research we have seen this change coming, having been close observers and analysts of technological shifts for almost 15 years, providing continuous research and guidance to the technology industry. Now the leading edge is the digital point of engagement with customers through websites and social media....
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Topics:
Mobile,
Customer Experience,
Marketing,
Marketing Performance Management,
Mobile Technology,
Cloud Computing,
Digital Technology
The relevance of marketing to an organization depends on planning and performance measured against it. In writing about marketing management I have observed the marketing mayhem that can occur but also have noted that organizations that take marketing performance management seriously are in better position to assess their efforts in relation to goals and outcomes. I have a little experience in having been a CMO and VP Marketing in my career and know how frantic it can be to managing marketing....
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Topics:
Business Analytics,
Uncategorized,
CMO,
Financial Performance Management (FPM)
As global business increases competitive pressures, marketing departments face new challenges. They must anticipate and respond to frequently changing customer preferences and produce effective programs and campaigns to attract them. In the online world where customers can jump instantly from one company to another, Marketing must develop new ways to catch and hold their attention. Doing this well requires systematic, flexible planning that begins with the CMO and engages the entire department...
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Topics:
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Uncategorized,
CMO,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Sales Performance Management (SPM)
Managing marketing performance is anything but simple. It requires establishing a unified approach to assess the outcomes of initiatives and projects and compare results with investments in marketing people and campaigns. In general, while performance management has been conducted effectively at the corporate levels, it has been a challenge for most lines of business, marketing departments included.
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Topics:
Social Media,
Marketing,
Marketing Performance Management,
Marketing Planning,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Business Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
CMO,
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Demand Generation,
Sales Performance Management (SPM)
It’s widely agreed that customer experience is now the most important dynamic for business. Any organization that wants to retain loyal and even vocal customers should do everything possible to ensure and maintain customer satisfaction. Software companies, especially those that promise to provide CRM and effective interactions across any channel at any time, should be good examples of embracing the methods they prescribe for using their products. But do they?
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Topics:
Social Media,
Customer Experience,
HCM,
Human Capital,
Human Capital Management,
Marketing,
NA14,
NetSuite,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Zach Nelson,
Cloud Computing,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
HR,
HRMS,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
TribeHR,
Workforce Performance Management (WPM)
Organizations in all industries face various difficulties in managing product information. The most serious is providing complete, engaging information to consumers and customers on the internet. Newly developed products, mergers and acquisitions, changes to pricing and promotions in online commerce spur business growth, but these factors also increase the amount and complexity of product-related data and content. In addition the digital economy offers a new generation of services that are sold...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
PIM, Product Information Management, Sales, Market,
Business Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Information Management (IM),
Information Optimization,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM)
Through a federal rule referred to as “Overtime Rule” and part of Title 29 regulations was issued on May 18th, 2016 by the Department of Labor (DOL), the Obama administration now mandates that unless they meet criteria for exemption, employees paid less than $47,476 ($22.825 per hour) are entitled to overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours per week. The rule change, which goes into effective on December 1, 2016, is intended to apply to executive, administrative and professional...
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Topics:
Governance,
Human Capital,
Human Capital Management,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Overtime Rule,
Part 541,
POTUS,
Wage and Labor,
Business Analytics,
Cloud Computing,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Uncategorized,
Contingent Labor,
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Department of Labor,
Final Rule,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
FLSA,
President Obama,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM),
Workforce Management,
Workforce Performance Management (WPM),
Workforce Planning
I have been meaning to write about Salesforce since its Dreamforce 2015 conference. Salesforce provides a platform, tools and applications for business and IT who claims to be the ‘no software’ company which as you will read is exactly what happened on May 10th. Heck, Salesforce is making a lot of advances on its platform, its applications and even with Analytics and the Internet of Things. These changes are at the center of what at our analyst firm calls digital business innovation. Much of...
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Topics:
Sales,
Salesforce.com,
Marketing,
NA14,
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Mobility,
Cloud Computing,
Customer Service,
IOT,
CRM,
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Sales Performance Management (SPM)
Organizations are facing a digital transformation, as I have written, that is rapidly changing the applications and services that businesses use to operate and deliver information. This new digital generation addresses the expectations of consumers and business partners for information and service in real time. One example of it is enterprise messaging. Recently I wrote about the shift to this technology and the challenges it poses for organizations that lack sufficient skills. However, new...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Social Media,
Enterprise messaging, Internet of Things, IoT, mid,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Cloud Computing,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Information Management (IM),
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM)
Enterprise messaging is the technology backbone of communications for applications and systems within and between organizations. Both its importance and its complexity are growing as organizations increasingly have to provide real-time responses to business customers and consumers as well as their own business professionals who support them and their internal supply chains. The variety of use cases for enterprise messaging also is growing rapidly, expanding to the Internet of Things (IoT)...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Social Media,
Enterprise messaging, Internet of Things, IoT, mid,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Cloud Computing,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Operational Intelligence,
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Information Management (IM),
Information Optimization,
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM)
As the global economy transforms into a world of digital services that cross industries, including those that provide value-added services for physical products, managing the complications that arise from digital browsing, selection and purchasing of goods, as well as activation, billing and servicing of accounts, becomes a challenge. Organizations have to not just engage customers but provide satisfying experiences that keep them coming back. Our benchmark research on next-generation customer...
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Topics:
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Subscription, Recurring Revenue, Zuora,
Business Analytics,
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Sales Performance Management (SPM)
The learning management system (LMS) offers opportunity for organizations to progressively enhance the effectiveness of their workforce. An advanced LMS can be more than a digital version of an organization’s training programs for specific jobs or to achieve compliance with policies and regulations. It can provide dynamic yet informal learning that business units can create, deploy and sustain through their own efforts. Last year I outlined the benefits of this new generation of learning...
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Topics:
Human Capital,
LMS,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Cloud Computing,
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM)
In this highly competitive age, optimizing the potential of workers is essential. A learning management system (LMS) can increase both knowledge and engagement. Our benchmark research on next-generation learning management systems finds that adopting one can help almost half (46%) of organizations gain a competitive advantage, and more than one-third (35%) said it assists in helping customers. Expanded use of learning can engage customers, partners and others who need more information about an...
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Topics:
Human Capital,
Meridian, Learning, Learning Management Systems, L,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Customer Performance Management (CPM)
I hope this title captures your attention; I’m trying to make a point about the chaos going on in managing and operating marketing. What marketing needs in 2016 is to manage and optimize its efforts in a more unified manner. This perspective kicks off a new series on the challenges for marketing to automate or execute tasks and manage toward maximum performance. We all know that the craft of marketing is in need of significant transformation, from the CMO throughout the entire marketing...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Predictive Analytics,
Social Media,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Location Intelligence,
Operational Intelligence,
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
CMO,
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Information Applications (IA),
Information Optimization,
Sales Performance Management (SPM)
For several years I have been advocating that sales organizations adapt their processes and applications to optimize both sales performance and the customer experience. For details see my research agenda for last year. However, it appears that not many sales organizations have responded to this challenge; many can barely maintain their quarterly sales forecasts and monthly pipeline, track progress toward quotas and ensure that sales commissions are processed promptly and paid accurately. A...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Predictive Analytics,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Sales, SFA, SPM, Sales Performance Management, Sal
At the 2015 technology analyst summit in Austin, Texas, analytics and business intelligence software vendor Qlik discussed recent market and product developments and explained its roadmap and strategy for 2016. Discussion topics included its Qlik Analytics Platform and QlikView 12.0, Qlik Sense and Qlik DataMarket, applications built on the platform but also how it is expanding its analytics experience for business.
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Topics:
Big Data,
Business Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Operational Intelligence,
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Information Management (IM),
Information Optimization
Businesses and their human resource organizations feel pressure to maximize the value of their human capital in today’s intensely competitive world. Many have made or considered investments in new applications that better exploit information to efficiently recruit, engage and retain the best talent. Advanced applications not only advance these processes but also help management assess the performance of the workforce and compensate individuals fairly so that they advance their careers and find...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Predictive Analytics,
HCM, HR, HRMS, Workforce Management, Learning Mana,
Human Capital,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Cloud Computing,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Information Management (IM)
Technology innovation is accelerating faster than companies can keep up with. Many feel pressure to adopt new strategies that technology makes possible and find the resources required for necessary investments. In 2015 our research and analysis revealed many organizations upgrading key business applications to operate in the cloud and some enabling access to information for employees through mobile devices. Despite these steps, we find significant levels of digital disruption impacting every...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Predictive Analytics,
Social Media,
Human Capital,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Location Intelligence,
Operational Intelligence,
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Information Applications (IA),
Information Management (IM),
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM)
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a software category that includes an array of business applications that includes human resources and finance. Workday is a vendor at the center of a new generation of ERP. My colleague Robert Kugel recently covered that company’s advances in finance using cloud computing to operate its platform. And I recently attended Workday’s technology analyst summit, where I got a deeper view of the technology under its applications and its efforts to perfect its...
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Topics:
HCM,
Human Capital,
Human Capital Management,
Uncategorized,
HR,
Talent Management
Stibo Systems has been providing product information management (PIM) software for decades. Its work has helped many organizations worldwide take control of their product information by developing a master definition that can be published acrossmany channels from Web to digital to print. We recognized its work with customers Delta Faucet and Masco Corp. in our 2015 Ventana Research Leadership Award in Information Management. In 2014 Stibo Systems customer Brady Corp. won a similar award for...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Master Data Management,
MDM,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
PIM,
Stibo Systems,
Cloud Computing,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Information Management (IM),
Information Optimization,
Product Information Management,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM)
Over the last four years Domo, a new brand in cloud-based data and analytics software, has worked to enable its customers to understand, collaborate and act on data to achieve business results. Led by its founder and CEO, Josh James, the company has worked to deliver software that provides both a good user experience and business value. Recently, at its 2015 customer conference Domopalooza, the company presented itself and its products to the general public. I had a chance to meet with company...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Human Capital,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Analytics,
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Business Intelligence,
Cloud Computing,
Collaboration,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Domo,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
SAB Miller,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM)
This has been a dramatic year for Informatica, a major provider of data integration software. In August it was acquired and taken private by Permira funds and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for about US$5.3 billion. This change was accompanied by shifts in its management. CEO Sohaib Abbasi became chairman and now has left, and many executives were replaced while Anil Chakravathy became CEO from being the Chief Product Officer. The new owners appear to have shifted the company’s strategic...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Data Quality,
Master Data Management,
MDM,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Cloud Computing,
Data Integration,
Data Management,
Data Preparation,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Informatica,
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Information Management (IM),
Information Optimization,
Risk & Compliance (GRC)
The need for businesses to process and analyze data has grown in intensity along with the volumes of data they are amassing. Our benchmark research consistently shows that preparing data is the most widespread impediment to analytic and operational efficiency. In our recent research on data and analytics in the cloud, more than half (55%) of organizations said that preparing data for analysis is a major impediment, followed by other preparatory tasks: reviewing data for quality and consistency...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Human Capital,
Marketing,
Monarch,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Business Analytics,
Business Intelligence,
Data Preparation,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Uncategorized,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Customer Performance Management (CPM),
Datawatch,
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Information Management (IM),
Information Optimization,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM)
Historically workforce management has been centered on tracking time and attendance, absences and leaves. Organizations view the time and attendance system as the top priority to integrate with the payroll system; in our payroll management benchmark research half (51%) of organizations called it very important. However, only one in five have integrated the two to streamline processes. So limited an administrative and operational focus does not contribute to improving worker productivity or...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Human Capital,
Human Capital Management,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Business Analytics,
Business Collaboration,
Cloud Computing,
Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
HR,
Risk & Compliance (GRC),
Workforce Management
Ventana Research defines a human resources management system (HRMS) as the set of applications and associated processes that store and manage the employee information used by an organization’s human resources department. New technologies make it possible for the HRMS to perform better and be easier to use by HR professionals and members of the workforce. The range of evolving technologies impacting the development of the HRMS include business analytics, big data, cloud computing, mobile...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Social Media,
Human Capital,
Human Capital Management,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Business Collaboration,
Cloud Computing,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
HR,
HRMS
Ventana Research defines product information management (PIM) as the practice of using information, applications and other technology to effectively support product-related processes across the customer, commerce and supply chain. As organizations increase the number and diversity of products and services they offer to customers and partners, they increasingly need to address limitations in the ways they manage and distribute product information, including related attributes and content that...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Master Data Management,
Governance,
Marketing,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
CIO,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Information Management (IM),
Information Optimization,
Product Information Management,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM)
The importance of product information management (PIM) has become clear in recent years and especially as it relates to master data management. As I recently wrote handling this business process effectively and using capable software should be priorities for any organization in marketing and selling its products and services but also interconnecting the distributed supply chain. Our research on product information management can help organizations save time and resources in efforts to ensure...
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Topics:
Big Data,
Master Data Management,
Enterworks,
Operational Performance Management (OPM),
Stibo Systems,
Webon,
CIO,
IBM,
Informatica,
Oracle,
Business Performance Management (BPM),
Financial Performance Management (FPM),
Information Management (IM),
Information Optimization,
Product Information Management,
Riversand,
Sales Performance Management (SPM),
Supply Chain Performance Management (SCPM)