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Gartner Predicts Public Cloud Services Market Will Reach $397.4B by 2022
Worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services is forecast to grow 23.1% in 2021 to total $332.3 billion, up from $270 billion in 2020. Garter predicts worldwide end-user spending on public cloud services will jump from $242.6B in 2019 to $692.1B in 2025, attaining a 16.1% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR). Spending on SaaS cloud […]
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Which ERP Systems Are Most Popular With Their Users In 2021?
Sage Intacct, Oracle ERP Cloud, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 ERP are the three highest-rated ERP systems by their users. 86% of Unit4 ERP users say their CRM system is the best of all vendors in the study. The survey-wide satisfaction rating for CRM is 73%, accentuating Unit4 ERP’s leadership in this area. 85% of Ramco […]
Shifting cost optimisation left: Spotify Backstage Cost Insights
Spotify is very much an engineering led company. It is also a product led company. Therefore when it decided it needed to get a better handle on its cloud spend, it decided to build an internal product designed to be used by its engineers. The result is Cost Insights, a plugin for Spotify’s Backstage developer […]
The False Choice of Prepaid vs. Monthly Contracts
In scaling the cash-flow side of SaaS, there’s almost nothing more powerful than annual contracts combined with prepaid cash. It’s just such a huge benefit. You get all the cash up-front, and your churn almost by definition goes down. Because the earliest chance the customer has to churn is 12 months hence. So get pre-paid annual deals whenever […]
Use Triangulation Forecasts For Improved Forecast Accuracy and Better Conversations
Ever been in this meeting? CEO: What’s the forecast? CRO: Same as before, $3,400K. Director 1: How do you feel about it? CRO: Good. Director 2: Where will we really land? CRO: $3,400K. That’s why that’s the forecast. Director 1: But best case, where do we land? CRO: Best case, $3,800K. Director 2: How do […]
Getting chatbot fatigue? Then upgrade to digital associates…
Let’s cut to the chase folks… chatbots have struggled to gain much of a foothold in the corporate tech innovation stack. However, our analyst Melissa O’Brien has spent the last few years studying how these engagement technologies are evolving deeper into the enterprise where they can truly augment staff and reduce a significant amount of their […]
LinkedIn Best Companies To Work For In 2021 Dominated By Tech
Four of LinkedIn’s top ten companies to grow your career in 2021 are tech leaders. Amazon is the highest rated company, followed by Alphabet (2nd), IBM (6th), and Apple (8th). 15 of the 50 top companies in the U.S. are in the tech industry, including Oracle, Salesforce, and SAP. These and many other insights are […]
FinancialForce’s Spring 2021 Release Shows Why Being Customer-Centric Pays
Bottom Line: Customer revenue lifecycles are the lifeblood of any services business, making FinancialForce’s Spring 2021 release timely given the services-first revenue renaissance happening today. The essence of an excellent services business is that it can consistently create expectations clients trust and the business regularly exceeds. Orchestrating the best people for a given project at […]
Burning Platform: The future of “as a service”
Burning Platform: The future of “as a service” In the 39th (yesterday) and 40th (today) episode of the series we have Phil Wainewright of Diginomica and Jeff Kaplan of THINKstrategies, two of the pioneering influencers in the SaaS/cloud marketplace. In…
Event Report: Google Cloud Industries Analyst Day
Event Report: Google Cloud Industries Analyst Day Google Cloud Has Hired A Brain Trust Of Industry Vertical Leaders On March 31st, 2021, Google Cloud hosted an industry vertical analyst roundtable. Google Cloud CEO, Thomas Kurian, opened up the day with a warm introduction on the role industries will play in the growth of Google Cloud. […]
Incumbents aren’t always incumbent. The case of Employee Communications.
Don’t be afraid of the establishment A start-up leader told me the other day that they didn‘t want to go into a market category because they reckon the big established vendors own that space. I told them they were wrong. Sure the big vendors are very successful there, but no one owns a market category […]
Burning Platform: 25 years of “as a service”
In the 39th (today) and 40th (tomorrow) episode of the series we have Phil Wainewright of Diginomica and Jeff Kaplan of THINKstrategies, two of the pioneering influencers in the SaaS/cloud marketplace. In part 1 below, we take a walk down…
The Top 20 Machine Learning Startups To Watch In 2021
There are a record number of 9,977 machine learning startups and companies in Crunchbase today, an 8.2% increase over the 9,216 startups listed in 2020 and a 14.6% increase over the 8,705 listed in 2019. Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and machine learning (ML)-related companies received a record $27.6 billion in funding in 2020, according to Crunchbase. […]
How The Pandemic Is Accelerating Endpoint Security’s Growth
76% of enterprises increased their use of endpoint devices since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, supporting their remote, work-from-home (WFH) and hybrid workforces globally. 66% of enterprises believe securing their networks and infrastructure requires a more focused, proactive approach to endpoint resilience that doesn’t leave endpoint security to chance. Cybersecurity leader’s top challenges today […]
The Top 20 Cybersecurity Startups To Watch In 2021
Cybersecurity, privacy and security startups have raised $1.9 billion in three months this year, on pace to reach $7.6 billion or more in 2021, over four times more than was raised throughout 2010 ($1.7 billion), according to a Crunchbase Pro query today. 22,156 startups who either compete in or rely on cybersecurity, security and privacy […]
Business
- 10 things to think about, if you want to be a more successful and genuine person in this emerging economy
- Enterprise La La Land
- What Enterprises Need to Plan for In 2021 When It Comes to Endpoint Security
- The Pandemic Is Teaching Enterprises How To Mind The Cybersecurity Gap
- How To Digitally Transform Talent Management For The Better
- How LogicMonitor Buying Airbrake Unleashes DevOps To Do What They Do Best
- 10 Ways Cybersecurity Can Protect COVID-19 Vaccine Supply Chains
- How FinancialForce Is Using AI To Fight Revenue Leakage
- How A Startup Uses AI To Help You Find The Market Research You Need
- 10 Ways AI And Machine Learning Are Improving Marketing In 2021
Startup Lessons
- A Tip of the Hat to Grid On Their Launch Day
- 10 Ways AI Is Improving Cannabis Yields And Security
- Research Report: Inside Constellation’s 2020 Enterprise Awards
- 12 Cybersecurity CEOs On What Each Learned Leading During The Pandemic
- The Key to Branding Success: Staying in Character
- 5 Interesting Learnings from Slack at $1B in ARR
- Marketing Targeting: It’s Not Just Where You Fish, It’s What You Put on the Hook
- Centrify’s New CEO Has A Compelling Vision For The Future Of Cybersecurity
- On the Perils of Taking Advice from Successful Business People
- Marketing Exists to Make Sales Easier
Technology / Software
- Securing Machine Identities Needs To Be A Top Cybersecurity Goal In 2021
- 10 Charts That Will Change Your Perspective Of Microsoft Azure’s Growth
- Burning Platform: A review of RISE with SAP
- Partner Post: How AI, BI, and DevOps will shape businesses in 2021
- 76% Of Enterprises Prioritize AI & Machine Learning In 2021 IT Budgets
- CRM Watchlist 2022: Yes, the Watchlist is back
- Top 10 Tech Job Skills Predicted To Grow The Fastest In 2021
- Event Report: The #CES2021 Preview – What’s Hot And Useful In The Enterprise
- Dissecting The SolarWinds Hack For Greater Insights With A Cybersecurity Evangelist
- The Best Tech Companies For Remote Jobs In 2021 According To Glassdoor
Trends & Concepts
- The Rise Of The Digital Executives
- A Business Lifeboat Strategy
- Software Dominates Deloitte’s 2020 Tech Fast 500 With 71% Of All Companies
- What Are The Fastest Growing Cybersecurity Skills In 2021?
- 83% Of Enterprises Transformed Their Cybersecurity In 2020
- Absolute’s CEO Christy Wyatt On The Future Of Endpoint Security
- What’s New In Gartner’s Hype Cycle For AI, 2020
- How An AI Platform Is Matching Employees And Opportunities
- What’s New In Gartner’s Hype Cycle For Endpoint Security, 2020
- Why Digital Transformation Always Needs To Start With Customers First
Partner Posts
- Introducing the all-new Zoho Expense: Corporate travel and expense management redefined
- Make faster, more effective HR decisions with the all-new consolidated Reports in Zoho People
- Why are client portals essential in your consulting business?
- World Password Day 2021: 5 simple tips to prevent password breaches
- Unveiling SalesIQ 2.0: A complete B2B and B2C customer engagement platform
- Connect and view multiple monitors concurrently during a session
- Introducing the new and improved Zoho Calendar!
- OneAuth Reborn: Say Hello To Passwordless Sign-in
- 5 ways location data benefits your business
- Introducing great new tools to power up your document merges ⚡️
- Top 15 email marketing terms every marketer should know
- 10 presentation opening ideas to capture audience attention
