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ISG Momentum® Market Trends & Insights 2018 Vertical Report

By Paul Reynolds

The 2018 Momentum® Market Trends & Insights Vertical Report provides an industry-by-industry look into outsourcing spending patterns, emerging preferences and other trends across 26 vertical markets.

Categories: ISG Momentum® Research

ISG Momentum® Market Trends & Insights 2017 Geography Report

By Paul Reynolds

Increased automation and nearshoring are two of the most consistent trends we uncovered in our country-by-country analysis for the 2017 ISG Momentum® Market Trends & Insights Geography Report.

Categories: ISG Momentum® Research

Adobe’s Marketo Acquisition Shows a Martech Future Full of Consolidation

By Blair Hanley Frank

Software maker Adobe made a splash in the marketing technology world this week when it announced a $4.5 billion acquisition of marketing automation company Marketo.

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A New Way to Look at RPA

By Stanton Jones

One of the most common questions we hear from enterprises today: How does my RPA program compare to my peers?

Categories: Consulting Research Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Enterprises Need AI Skills to Get the Most Out of Automation

By Ron Exler

Extending the scope of automation initiatives requires the use of cognitive technologies that provide broader and deeper support of process automation.

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The AI Wave is Beginning, But the RPA Wave is Breaking

By Stanton Jones

AI isn’t creeping its way into the enterprise. Robotic process automation (RPA) is crashing through the front door.

Categories: Research Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Four Things the Slack-Atlassian Deal Says about the Workplace Collaboration Market

By Mrinal Rai

The recent deal between Atlassian and Slack impacts the enterprise social collaboration market in many ways.

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Growing Interest in Automation at the Board Level

By Ron Exler

Much like other initiatives involving technology, a critical challenge for enterprises that are automating processes is securing organizational support from the top ranks.

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HP’s Apogee Acquisition Strengthens Managed Services for Print Juggernaut

By Blair Hanley Frank

HP announced Wednesday that it entered an agreement to buy Apogee, a U.K.-based provider of enterprise print services.

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Doing RPA Right – With a Spoonful of External Consultants & Service Providers

By Keri Smith Aparna Gajanan

ISG Research conducted a survey of 549 European business leaders to assess their adoption of robotic process automation (RPA) technology and services.

Categories: Research Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Google Is Serious About Its Enterprise Business

By Blair Hanley Frank

When I speak with enterprise IT professionals and industry watchers about Google Cloud, there’s a common thread of concern that Google will decide to walk away from the enterprise technology space.

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Atos Acquires Syntel

By Stanton Jones Julien Escribe

Atos had two strong needs that Syntel can fulfill: improved growth in North America, especially in banking and financial services, and a way to improve the company's margins and global delivery capability.

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ISG Automation Summit: Are You Bot 3.0 Ready?

By Stanton Jones

At our annual ISG Automation Summit in Manhattan, we had the opportunity to reveal the results of the new ISG Research “Bot 3.0” study, which measures the state of enterprise automation capability today

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Global Sourcing Playing the Shift, But Switch-Hitters Still Abound

By Steve Hall

To borrow a baseball metaphor, the outsourcing market has put on a shift.

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Why Broadcom’s Acquisition of CA May Not Be as Strange as It Seems

By Blair Hanley Frank

In a move that baffled tech industry observers, Broadcom announced Wednesday that it plans to acquire CA Technologies in a deal worth $18.9 billion.

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Is IT a Catalyst or Adversary of Your RPA Initiative?

By Keri Smith Aparna Gajanan

ISG Research conducted a survey of 549 European business leaders to assess their adoption of robotic process automation (RPA) technology and services.

Categories: Consulting Research Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

Forget the IoT – Digital Business Needs Ubiquitous Connectivity

By Ron Exler

Over the past half-decade, technology and service providers were busy repositioning offerings and adding capabilities they positioned for the Internet of Things (IoT).

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Enterprise Social Business and Collaboration for Workplace and Digital Marketing

By Mrinal Rai

A new ISG Provider Lens study assesses leading vendors and service providers offering enterprise collaboration and social media management services in the U.S. market.

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Why Should Enterprises Use Social Media Management Solutions for Digital Marketing?

By Rahul Basu

It has become increasingly important for enterprises, irrespective of size, to have a strong social media presence across various platforms – and a modern social media monitoring solution to help manage the effort.

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Performance-based Contracting: The Next Step in Sourcing

By Lauren Herbert Jaimee Colenso

It has long been standard practice to include performance-based metrics in sourcing contracts.

Categories: ISG Performex™ Research