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class="minimal-mobile-menu-link"><span>ITOps</span></a></span> </li> <li class="minimal-no-mobile-submenu minimal-mobile-menu-item hs-skip-lang-url-rewrite"> <span><a href="https://www.isg-research.net/focus/digitaltechnology/it-service-management" class="minimal-mobile-menu-link"><span>IT Service Management</span></a></span> </li> <li class="minimal-no-mobile-submenu minimal-mobile-menu-item hs-skip-lang-url-rewrite"> <span><a href="https://www.isg-research.net/focus/digitaltechnology/observability" class="minimal-mobile-menu-link"><span>Observability</span></a></span> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="minimal-has-mobile-submenu minimal-mobile-menu-item hs-skip-lang-url-rewrite"> <span><a href="https://www.isg-research.net/humancapitalmanagement" class="minimal-mobile-menu-link"><span>Human Capital Management</span></a></span> <ul class="minimal-mobile-menu-submenu level-3"> <li class="minimal-no-mobile-submenu minimal-mobile-menu-item hs-skip-lang-url-rewrite"> <span><a 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class="minimal-mobile-menu-link"><span>Continuous Supply Chain & ERP</span></a></span> </li> <li class="minimal-no-mobile-submenu minimal-mobile-menu-item hs-skip-lang-url-rewrite"> <span><a href="https://www.isg-research.net/focus/operationsandsupplychain/productinformationmanagement" class="minimal-mobile-menu-link"><span>Product Information Management</span></a></span> </li> <li class="minimal-no-mobile-submenu minimal-mobile-menu-item hs-skip-lang-url-rewrite"> <span><a href="https://www.isg-research.net/focus/operationsandsupplychain/propertytechnology" class="minimal-mobile-menu-link"><span>Property Technology</span></a></span> </li> <li class="minimal-no-mobile-submenu minimal-mobile-menu-item hs-skip-lang-url-rewrite"> <span><a href="https://www.isg-research.net/focus/operationsandsupplychain/supplierrelationshipmanagement" class="minimal-mobile-menu-link"><span>Supplier Relationship Management</span></a></span> </li> <li class="minimal-no-mobile-submenu 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The 158-percent growth for the embedded analytics group for the fourth quarter on a year-over-year basis was particularly strong.</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/27/logixml-capitalizes-on-embedded-business-intelligence"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/it-performance">IT Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-intelligence">Business Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-applications">Information Applications</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/agile">agile</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/logixml">LogiXML</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/26/cornerstone-making-talent-management-simpler-to-use">Cornerstone Making Talent Management Simpler to Use</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research"> ISG Software Research </a> on <span class="post-date">26 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png?width=200&name=vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png?width=100&name=vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png?width=200&name=vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png?width=300&name=vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png?width=400&name=vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png?width=500&name=vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png?width=600&name=vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>Improving how employees and managers can improve talent management activities through changes in process, technology and better access to information is both <a href="//www.ventanaresearch.com/HCMResearchAgenda/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">a theme of my research agenda this year</span></a>. It is also what the key technology vendors in this space have been focused on developing products to do.  <a href="www.cornerstoneondemand.com" target="_blank">Cornerstone OnDemand</a> is one of those vendors that has been in the talent management space since 1999, when it launched its original CyberU learning management product, and now offers a broad...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/26/cornerstone-making-talent-management-simpler-to-use"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/salesforce-com">Salesforce.com</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-media">Social Media</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hcm">HCM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/learning">Learning</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/performance">Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/recruiting">Recruiting</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-collaboration">Business Collaboration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/workforce-performance">Workforce Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cornerstone-ondemand">Cornerstone OnDemand</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hr">HR</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/22/big-data-analytics-faces-a-chasm-of-understanding">Big Data Analytics Faces a Chasm of Understanding</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research"> ISG Software Research </a> on <span class="post-date">22 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png?width=200&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png?width=100&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png?width=200&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png?width=300&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png?width=400&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png?width=500&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png?width=600&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>The challenge with discussing big data analytics is in cutting through the ambiguity that surrounds the term. People often focus on the 3 Vs of big data – volume, variety and velocity – which provides a good lens for big data technology, but only gets us part of the way to understanding big data analytics, and provides even less guidance on how to take advantage of big data analytics to unlock business value.</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/22/big-data-analytics-faces-a-chasm-of-understanding"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/big-data">Big Data</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/microsoft">Microsoft</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sap">SAP</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sas">SAS</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/excel">Excel</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/designed-data">designed data</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-intelligence">Business Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance">Financial Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/governance-risk-compliance-grc">Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ibm">IBM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-applications">Information Applications</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/location-intelligence">Location Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-intelligence">Operational Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/oracle">Oracle</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/spss">SPSS</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/22/transera-uses-big-data-for-customer-engagement-analytics">Transera Uses Big Data for Customer Engagement Analytics</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research"> ISG Software Research </a> on <span class="post-date">22 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png?width=200&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png?width=100&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png?width=200&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png?width=300&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png?width=400&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png?width=500&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png?width=600&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p><a href="http://www.transerainc.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Transera</span></a> is an established contact center in the cloud vendor with in-depth <a href="http://www.transerainc.com/products-and-services/transera-contact-center-software/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">interaction routing capabilities</span></a>. During a recent briefing I learned that it has now supplemented these capabilities by launching a new product that it calls <a href="http://www.transerainc.com/products-and-services/adaptive-customer-engagement/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Adaptive Customer Engagement</span></a>. Although it’s not entirely obvious from the name, the product uses big data analytics to analyze past customer interactions, profile customers, then use these insights to optimize current and future customer-facing activities such as...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/22/transera-uses-big-data-for-customer-engagement-analytics"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-analytics">Customer Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-experience">Customer Experience</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/speech-analytics">Speech Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-service">Customer Service</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/call-center">Call Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contact-center">Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contact-center-analytics">Contact Center Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/crm">CRM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/desktop-analytics">Desktop Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/text-analytics">Text Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/transera">Transera</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/21/big-data-is-broken-without-integration">Big Data is Broken Without Integration</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith"> Mark Smith </a> on <span class="post-date">21 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png?width=200&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png?width=100&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png?width=200&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png?width=300&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png?width=400&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png?width=500&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png?width=600&name=vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>Big data involves interplay between different data management approaches and business intelligence and operational systems, which makes it imperative that all sources of business data be integrated efficiently and that organizations be able to easily adapt to new data types and sources. Our recent <a href="//www.ventanaresearch.com/bgd" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">big data benchmark research</span></a> confirmed that big data storage technologies continue to follow many approaches, including appliances, Hadoop, and in-memory and specialized DBMSes. With the variety,...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/21/big-data-is-broken-without-integration"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/big-data">Big Data</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-quality">Data Quality</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/master-data-management">Master Data Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-technology-innovation">Business Technology Innovation</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/it-performance">IT Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/it-research">IT Research</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-intelligence">Business Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-integration">Data Integration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-applications">Information Applications</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-management">Information Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-intelligence">Operational Intelligence</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/21/cisco-advances-customer-interactions-and-collaboration-in-contact-center">Cisco Advances Customer Interactions and Collaboration in Contact Center</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research"> ISG Software Research </a> on <span class="post-date">21 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png?width=200&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png?width=100&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png?width=200&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png?width=300&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png?width=400&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png?width=500&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png?width=600&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p><a href="http://www.cisco.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Cisco</span></a> is without doubt best known as a supplier of networking systems. Its products have been used by companies large and small to build local and wide area networks. It has played in the contact center space as a provider of network and call management systems that sit between public networks and contact center agents to manage the delivery of interactions to the right extensions and provide agents with softphones so they can manage inbound and outbound calls. These systems were designed to...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/21/cisco-advances-customer-interactions-and-collaboration-in-contact-center"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-media">Social Media</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-experience">Customer Experience</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/logitech">Logitech</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/mobile-apps">Mobile Apps</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-collaboration">Business Collaboration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/collaboration">Collaboration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-service">Customer Service</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/call-center">Call Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cisco">Cisco</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contact-center">Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contact-center-analytics">Contact Center Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/crm">CRM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/unified-communications">Unified Communications</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/upstream-works">Upstream Works</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social">Social</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/workforce-force-optimization">Workforce Force Optimization</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/21/use-dont-abuse-spreadsheets">Use – Don’t Abuse – Spreadsheets</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/robert-kugel"> Robert Kugel </a> on <span class="post-date">21 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png?width=200&name=vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png?width=100&name=vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png?width=200&name=vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png?width=300&name=vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png?width=400&name=vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png?width=500&name=vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png?width=600&name=vr_ss21_combining_spreadsheets_is_a_chore1-2.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>I’ve been using electronic spreadsheets for more than 30 years. I consider this technology among the 20th century’s top five most important advances in business management. Spreadsheets have revolutionized every aspect of running any organization. A spreadsheet (specifically, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCalc" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">VisiCalc</span></a>) was the original “killer app” that made business people feel the necessity to buy a personal computer.</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/21/use-dont-abuse-spreadsheets"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/supply-chain-performance">Supply Chain Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/office-of-finance">Office of Finance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/reporting">Reporting</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enterprise-spreadsheet">enterprise spreadsheet</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-intelligence">Business Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance">Financial Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-applications">Information Applications</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-management">Information Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/visualization">Visualization</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/workforce-performance">Workforce Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/risk">Risk</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/benchmark">benchmark</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance-management">Financial Performance Management</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/21/big-data-search-is-getting-better-with-lucidworks">Big Data Search is Getting Better with LucidWorks</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith"> Mark Smith </a> on <span class="post-date">20 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png?width=200&name=vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png?width=100&name=vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png?width=200&name=vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png?width=300&name=vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png?width=400&name=vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png?width=500&name=vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png?width=600&name=vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p><a href="http://www.lucidworks.com" target="_blank">LucidWorks</a> addresses the growing volume of information now being stored in the enterprise and in big data with two products aimed at the enterprise with search technology. Though you may not be familiar with LucidWorks (previously known as Lucid Imagination), the company has for many years contributed to <a href="http://lucene.apache.org/" target="_blank">Apache Lucene</a>, an open source search project, and commercialized and supported for it for business.</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/21/big-data-search-is-getting-better-with-lucidworks"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/big-data">Big Data</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/mapr">MapR</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/it-performance">IT Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-intelligence">Business Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloudera">Cloudera</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hortonworks">Hortonworks</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-applications">Information Applications</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-management">Information Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-intelligence">Operational Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/search">Search</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/stratahadoop">Strata+Hadoop</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/20/profit-velocitys-new-dimension-in-managing-profitability">Profit Velocity’s New Dimension in Managing Profitability</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/robert-kugel"> Robert Kugel </a> on <span class="post-date">20 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="" width="200" !important:> </div> <p><a href="http://profitvelocitysolutions.com/" target="_blank">Profit Velocity Solutions</a>’ PV Accelerator is an analytic application designed to enable capital-intensive companies to consistently achieve substantially wider margins and higher return on assets (ROA). Companies in industries such as specialty chemicals, building materials, integrated steel mills and silicon chip fabrication (to name just four) routinely fail to make the right decisions about pricing, production and sales management because they use analytic methods that, from an economic...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/20/profit-velocitys-new-dimension-in-managing-profitability"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/performance-management">Performance Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales">Sales</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/supply-chain-performance">Supply Chain Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/human-capital-management">Human Capital Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/office-of-finance">Office of Finance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pv-accelerator">PV Accelerator</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance">Financial Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/price-optimization">Price Optimization</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/profit-velocity">Profit Velocity</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/profitability">Profitability</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/software">Software</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sop">S&OP</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/16/why-business-intelligence-software-is-failing-business">Why Business Intelligence Software is Failing Business</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith"> Mark Smith </a> on <span class="post-date">15 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png?width=200&name=vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png?width=100&name=vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png?width=200&name=vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png?width=300&name=vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png?width=400&name=vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png?width=500&name=vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png?width=600&name=vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>Business intelligence software is supposed to help businesses access and analyze data and communicate analytics and metrics. I have witnessed improvements to BI software over the years, from mobile and collaboration to interactive discovery and visualization, and our <a href="//www.ventanaresearch.com/bivalueindex" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Value Index for Business Intelligence</span></a> finds a mature set of technology vendors and products. But even as these products mature in capabilities, the majority lack features that would make them easy to use.  Our recent research on <a href="//www.ventanaresearch.com/ngbi" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">...</span></a></p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/16/why-business-intelligence-software-is-failing-business"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/big-data">Big Data</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/supply-chain-performance">Supply Chain Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/mobile-technology">Mobile Technology</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/natural-language">Natural Language</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-technology-innovation">Business Technology Innovation</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/it-performance">IT Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-collaboration">Business Collaboration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-intelligence">Business Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-mobility">Business Mobility</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance">Financial Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-management">Information Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/location-intelligence">Location Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-intelligence">Operational Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/workforce-performance">Workforce Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/discovery">Discovery</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/14/the-evolution-of-social-learning-for-human-capital-management">The Evolution of Social Learning for Human Capital Management</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research"> ISG Software Research </a> on <span class="post-date">14 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png?width=200&name=vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png?width=100&name=vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png?width=200&name=vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png?width=300&name=vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png?width=400&name=vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png?width=500&name=vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png?width=600&name=vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>Learning management software (LMS) has evolved over the past 25-plus years from a classroom scheduling tool that helped streamline instructor-led and classroom training to a rich, integrated enterprise application that delivers and tracks training across an entire organization. These applications are effective at enabling organizations to share knowledge and track the knowledge-sharing process. Typically they use a top-down model involving classic instructor-led training and online courseware....</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/14/the-evolution-of-social-learning-for-human-capital-management"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-media">Social Media</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hcm">HCM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/lms">LMS</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-collaboration">Social Collaboration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/learning-management">Learning Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-management">Information Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/workforce-performance">Workforce Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hr">HR</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/talent-management">Talent Management</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/14/new-generation-of-location-analytics">New Generation of Location Analytics</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith"> Mark Smith </a> on <span class="post-date">14 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png?width=200&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png?width=100&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png?width=200&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png?width=300&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png?width=400&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png?width=500&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png?width=600&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>Business analytics have become mainstream in most organizations. <a href="//www.ventanaresearch.com/bti" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Our latest research in technology innovation</span></a> found analytics was the top-ranked technology in 39 percent of organizations. To deepen the sophistication of their analytics, businesses can add geographic context and maps to business intelligence applications to create what we call location intelligence. Applications and tools with a geographic and spatial context can help deliver new and deeper insights to business. Information...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/14/new-generation-of-location-analytics"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-media">Social Media</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/geographic-information-systems">Geographic Information Systems</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/gis">GIS</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/location-analytics">Location Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/spatial-data-quality">Spatial Data Quality</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-collaboration">Business Collaboration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-intelligence">Business Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-applications">Information Applications</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-management">Information Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/location-intelligence">Location Intelligence</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/13/rising-rates-will-catch-companies-flat-footed">Rising Rates Will Catch Companies Flat-Footed</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/robert-kugel"> Robert Kugel </a> on <span class="post-date">13 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="" width="200" !important:> </div> <p>One of the important lessons company executives should have learned over the past 15 years is that it’s dangerous not to do contingency planning, <a href="//robertkugel.ventanaresearch.com/2011/12/05/contingency-planning-and-the-euros-collapse/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">a subject that I’ve written about before</span></a>. By this I mean real, think-outside-the-box contingency planning (not just extrapolating), which is especially important when doing long-range planning. The past decade or so has been punctuated by periods of elevated volatility in financial and product markets, and there’s a good probability it will occur...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/13/rising-rates-will-catch-companies-flat-footed"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/big-data">Big Data</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/planning">Planning</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/office-of-finance">Office of Finance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/reporting">Reporting</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/budgeting">Budgeting</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contingency">contingency</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/currency">currency</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/driver-based">driver-based</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-collaboration">Business Collaboration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance">Financial Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance-management">Financial Performance Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/integrated-business-planning">Integrated Business Planning</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/13/liveops-improves-the-agent-experience">LiveOps Improves the Agent Experience</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research"> ISG Software Research </a> on <span class="post-date">13 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png?width=200&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png?width=100&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png?width=200&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png?width=300&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png?width=400&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png?width=500&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png?width=600&name=vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center-11.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>My recent research into the <a href="//www.ventanaresearch.com/ccc/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">contact center in the cloud</span></a> shows the typical agent’s life is not an easy one. Agents are expected to handle more types of interactions that arrive through more communication channels as found in our research with inbound, email and outbound in use by more than 74 percent of organizations, meet an increasing number of performance metrics, and leave each caller feeling happy with the interaction. And they have to do this with a desktop that my research shows can only...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/13/liveops-improves-the-agent-experience"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-media">Social Media</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-experience">Customer Experience</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-crm">Social CRM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/liveops">LiveOps</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/collaboration">Collaboration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-service">Customer Service</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/call-center">Call Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contact-center">Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/crm">CRM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/workforce-force-optimization">Workforce Force Optimization</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/12/pitney-bowes-advances-spectrum-for-information-management">Pitney Bowes Advances Spectrum for Information Management</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith"> Mark Smith </a> on <span class="post-date">12 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png?width=200&name=vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png?width=100&name=vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png?width=200&name=vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png?width=300&name=vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png?width=400&name=vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png?width=500&name=vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png?width=600&name=vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>Managing data efficiently across the enterprise continues to be a large challenge for both business units and IT. Organizations need data supplied in a consistent format and timely manner to help manage their activities and processes, but some do not look beyond conventional approaches to improvement. Today’s large volumes of data make it more difficult to understand the relationships among data and the role of location-related data. Our 2012 <a href="//www.ventanaresearch.com/infomgt" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">benchmark research on information management</span></a> found...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/12/pitney-bowes-advances-spectrum-for-information-management"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/master-data-management">Master Data Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-media">Social Media</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/mdm">MDM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/it-performance">IT Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-intelligence">Business Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-governance">Data Governance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-applications">Information Applications</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-management">Information Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/location-intelligence">Location Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dg">DG</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/09/splunk-provides-operational-intelligence-in-the-cloud">Splunk Provides Operational Intelligence in the Cloud</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith"> Mark Smith </a> on <span class="post-date">09 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg?width=200&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg?width=100&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg?width=200&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg?width=300&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg?width=400&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg?width=500&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg?width=600&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>Splunk’s innovated ability to access and use machine data for targeted operational insights can help improve IT and enhance business operational efficiency. Its work to capitalize on big data was part of <a href="//marksmith.ventanaresearch.com/2012/04/27/splunk-big-data-machine-for-operational-intelligence/" target="_blank">my last analysis</a>, while my colleague Tony Cosentino looked at its focus on <a href="http://tonycosentino.ventanaresearch.com/2012/09/14/splunk-bids-to-be-king-of-search-and-operational-analytics/" target="_blank">search and operational analytics</a>. Splunk also was a recipient of the <a href="//www.ventanaresearch.com/resources/resources.aspx?id=3519" target="_blank">2012 Ventana Research Technology Innovation Award for IT Performance</a> for <a href="http://www.splunk.com/view/splunk/SP-CAAAG57" target="_blank">Splunk Enterprise</a>.</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/09/splunk-provides-operational-intelligence-in-the-cloud"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/big-data">Big Data</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/splunk">Splunk</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/it-performance">IT Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-intelligence">Business Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-applications">Information Applications</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-management">Information Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/machine-data">Machine data</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-intelligence">Operational Intelligence</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/08/happy-birthday-xbrl">Happy Birthday XBRL</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/robert-kugel"> Robert Kugel </a> on <span class="post-date">08 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="" width="200" !important:> </div> <p>To mark the fourth anniversary of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) interactive data mandate, Columbia Business School (my alma mater) and its <a href="http://www8.gsb.columbia.edu/ceasa/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Center for Excellence in Accounting and Security Analysis</span></a> (CEASA) published <a href="http://www4.gsb.columbia.edu/filemgr?&file_id=7313156" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">a review of the current state of eXtensible Business Reporting Language</span></a> (XBRL) that notes the manifold issues that plague this promising technology. From its perspective, three key issues hamper greater use of XBRL. The first is the high error rate in the tagging...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/08/happy-birthday-xbrl"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/office-of-finance">Office of Finance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/extended-close">extended close</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/us-gaap">US-GAAP</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/xbrl">XBRL</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance">Financial Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/governance-risk-compliance-grc">Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cfo">CFO</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/compliance">compliance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-reporting">financial reporting</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sec">SEC</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-technology">Digital Technology</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/07/subscription-billing-model-can-maximize-customer-value">Subscription Billing Model Can Maximize Customer Value</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research"> ISG Software Research </a> on <span class="post-date">07 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png?width=200&name=vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png?width=100&name=vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png?width=200&name=vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png?width=300&name=vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png?width=400&name=vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png?width=500&name=vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png?width=600&name=vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>You would think that all organizations would want to maximize the value of every customer relationship, but my research over the last couple of years suggests otherwise. Three particular insights stick in my mind. My research into <a href="//www.ventanaresearch.com/cam/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">customer analytics</span></a> shows that overall customer lifetime value ranked only sixth most important customer-related metric, compared to the highest-ranked, customer service costs, which was selected by 54 percent of respondents versus 31 percent for customer lifetime...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/07/subscription-billing-model-can-maximize-customer-value"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-experience">Customer Experience</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/office-of-finance">Office of Finance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/voice-of-the-customer">Voice of the Customer</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-service">Customer Service</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/call-center">Call Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contact-center">Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/crm">CRM</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/07/ibm-to-acquire-star-analytics-for-financial-data-integration">IBM to Acquire Star Analytics for Financial Data Integration</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/robert-kugel"> Robert Kugel </a> on <span class="post-date">07 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="" width="200" !important:> </div> <p>IBM this week announced its pending acquisition of the <a href="http://staranalytics.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Star Analytics</span></a> product portfolio. Star Analytics is a privately held company that offers products designed to provide easy access to and integration with Oracle Hyperion data sources. While Star Analytics has a good product and solid references, it has lacked critical mass to support more effective sales and marketing efforts. Star Analytics’ strategic value to IBM lies in its ability to unlock data held in Oracle Essbase multidimensional...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/07/ibm-to-acquire-star-analytics-for-financial-data-integration"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/reporting">Reporting</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/closing">closing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/essbase">Essbase</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hyperion">Hyperion</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-integration">Data Integration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance">Financial Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ibm">IBM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-management">Information Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/oracle">Oracle</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance-management">Financial Performance Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/star-analytics">Star Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tm1">TM1</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/07/microstrategy-raises-the-ante-on-mobile-social-and-cloud-innovation">MicroStrategy Raises the Ante on Mobile, Social and Cloud Innovation</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research"> ISG Software Research </a> on <span class="post-date">07 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg?width=200&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg?width=100&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg?width=200&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg?width=300&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg?width=400&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg?width=500&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg?width=600&name=vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor has a keen sense of where things are headed. He sees mobile and social as the two drivers of a world based largely in software. Last year I covered the <a href="http://tonycosentino.ventanaresearch.com/2012/07/27/microstrategy-provides-hadoop-and-predictive-analytics-with-version-9-3/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">announcements at the MicroStrategy events in Amsterdam</span></a> and the vision Saylor put forth in his <a href="http://tonycosentino.ventanaresearch.com/2012/07/25/microstrategys-mobile-vision-mobilizes-business/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">keynote speech</span></a>. MicroStategy World 2013 last month finds the company delving into such diverse areas as identity management, marketing services and integrated point-of-sale applications. The uniting factor is mobile...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/07/microstrategy-raises-the-ante-on-mobile-social-and-cloud-innovation"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/microstrategy">MicroStrategy</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/mobile">Mobile</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-media">Social Media</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-experience">Customer Experience</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/alert">alert</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/mobile-intelligence">Mobile Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-collaboration">Business Collaboration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-intelligence">Business Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/location-intelligence">Location Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-intelligence">Operational Intelligence</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/05/intradiem-takes-customer-agent-task-management-to-next-level">Intradiem Takes Customer Agent Task Management to Next Level</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research"> ISG Software Research </a> on <span class="post-date">05 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="" width="200" !important:> </div> <p>Intradiem is a vendor that not many people have heard about, for the simple reason that it is actually Knowlagent, which recently <a href="http://www.intradiem.com/news/press-releases/intraday-management-technology-provider-knowlagent-undergoes-rebrand-and-unveils-new-company-name.html" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">announced a complete rebranding</span></a>. The company says the new brand better reflects its product and service capabilities. Knowlagent was all about allowing companies to automatically manage how agents utilize their time in those often very short periods when they are not answering calls or carrying out other fixed tasks, such as taking a training course. The latest...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/05/intradiem-takes-customer-agent-task-management-to-next-level"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-experience">Customer Experience</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-crm">Social CRM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/intradiem">Intradiem</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-service">Customer Service</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/call-center">Call Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contact-center">Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/crm">CRM</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/05/turning-a-spotlight-on-human-capital-analytics">Turning a Spotlight on Human Capital Analytics</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research"> ISG Software Research </a> on <span class="post-date">05 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png?width=200&name=vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png?width=100&name=vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png?width=200&name=vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png?width=300&name=vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png?width=400&name=vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png?width=500&name=vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png?width=600&name=vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>Human capital analytics is an area increasingly under discussion in businesses today as the linkages between employee performance and company success become increasingly clear, as do the roles analytics can play in maximizing that success. This intensified interest in analytics coincides with major changes in the processes of hiring, engaging, retaining and optimizing talent in the enterprise. It also reflects the impact of technology innovations such as cloud computing, the business use of...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/05/turning-a-spotlight-on-human-capital-analytics"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hcm">HCM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/human-capital-management">Human Capital Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-intelligence">Business Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-management">Information Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/workforce-performance">Workforce Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hr">HR</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/get-to-know-alternatives-to-desktop-spreadsheets">Get to Know Alternatives to Desktop Spreadsheets</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/robert-kugel"> Robert Kugel </a> on <span class="post-date">01 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png?width=200&name=vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png?width=100&name=vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png?width=200&name=vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png?width=300&name=vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png?width=400&name=vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png?width=500&name=vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png?width=600&name=vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>The electronic spreadsheet is among the top five most important advances in business management to come along in the last hundred years. It revolutionized almost all aspects of running an organization. It was the original “killer app” that made it necessary for people to go out and buy a personal computer. Yet our recent benchmark research project <a href="//www.ventanaresearch.com/ss21/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Spreadsheet Use in Today’s Enterprise</span></a> confirmed advice we have been giving for the past decade: Spreadsheets are a fabulous tool but they have...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/get-to-know-alternatives-to-desktop-spreadsheets"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/office-of-finance">Office of Finance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/reporting">Reporting</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enterprise-spreadsheet">enterprise spreadsheet</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance">Financial Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/visualization">Visualization</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/risk">Risk</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/benchmark">benchmark</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance-management">Financial Performance Management</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/onvisource-joins-up-customer-related-processes">OnviSource Joins-Up Customer-Related Processes</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research"> ISG Software Research </a> on <span class="post-date">01 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="" width="200" !important:> </div> <p><a href="http://onvisource.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">OnviSource</span></a> is best known for its <a href="http://onvisource.com/products/OnvicenterSuite.php" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">OnviCenter Product Suite</span></a>, which includes what is commonly referred to as workforce optimization (recording, quality, monitoring, workforce management, analytics) plus a telephony platform that includes a soft, IP-based PBX, IVR and call routing. It is available on-premises or through the company’s cloud-based option, <a href="http://onvisource.com/cloud/index.php" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">OnviCloud</span></a>. Recently OnviSource added a further option, OnviLink, and announced enhancements to OnviTel, its telephony platform.</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/onvisource-joins-up-customer-related-processes"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-analytics">Customer Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-experience">Customer Experience</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/speech-analytics">Speech Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-service">Customer Service</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/call-center">Call Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contact-center">Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contact-center-analytics">Contact Center Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/crm">CRM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/desktop-analytics">Desktop Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/text-analytics">Text Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/onvisource">OnviSource</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/workforce-force-optimization">Workforce Force Optimization</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/ibm-provokes-social-collaboration-and-smarter-workforce-revolution">IBM Provokes Social Collaboration and Smarter Workforce Revolution</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith"> Mark Smith </a> on <span class="post-date">01 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png?width=200&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png?width=100&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png?width=200&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png?width=300&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png?width=400&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png?width=500&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png?width=600&name=vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p>IBM held its 20th annual <a href="http://www-01.ibm.com/software/collaboration/events/connect/" target="_blank">IBM Connect conference</a> (previously known as Lotusphere) as part of its <a href="http://www.ibm.com/social-business" target="_blank">IBM Social Business</a> efforts at the end of January. The conference focuses on business and social collaboration technology, which <a href="//www.ventanaresearch.com/bti" target="_blank">our business technology innovation research</a> found to be the second-ranked priority for business innovation. At the conference IBM made <a href="http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/40216.wss" target="_blank">a series of significant announcements</a>, including a new version of its social collaboration suite, IBM Connections, and the ability to use...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/ibm-provokes-social-collaboration-and-smarter-workforce-revolution"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-media">Social Media</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/supply-chain-performance">Supply Chain Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/human-capital-management">Human Capital Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/kenexa">Kenexa</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/learning">Learning</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/performance">Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/recruiting">Recruiting</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/smarter-analytics">Smarter Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/smarter-workforce">Smarter Workforce</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-business">Social Business</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-collaboration">Social Collaboration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-collaboration">Business Collaboration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-intelligence">Business Intelligence</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance">Financial Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ibm">IBM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/workforce-performance">Workforce Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/compensation">Compensation</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/newvoicemedia-expands-globally-to-advance-contact-center-in-the-cloud">NewVoiceMedia Expands Globally to Advance Contact Center in the Cloud</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research"> ISG Software Research </a> on <span class="post-date">01 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png?width=200&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png" width="200" !important: srcset="https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png?width=100&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png 100w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png?width=200&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png 200w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png?width=300&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png 300w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png?width=400&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png 400w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png?width=500&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png 500w, https://blog.isg-research.net/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png?width=600&name=vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction-7.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px"> </div> <p><a href="http://www.newvoicemedia.com/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">NewVoiceMedia</span></a> recently announced it has <a href="http://www.newvoicemedia.com/news-items/newvoicemedia-secures-$20m-series-b-funding-to-fuel-international-expansion/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">raised $20 million of investment funds</span></a> to aid its expansion overseas, including offices in North America. The company was founded in the UK in 2000 and originally offered telephony and call management in the cloud. It now has a close partnership with Salesforce.com, which has allowed it to expand into a multichannel contact center in the cloud. During the last 12 years it has achieved considerable success, both financially and in acquiring prestigious...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/newvoicemedia-expands-globally-to-advance-contact-center-in-the-cloud"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/salesforce-com">Salesforce.com</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-media">Social Media</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-analytics">Customer Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-experience">Customer Experience</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-crm">Social CRM</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/mobile-apps">Mobile Apps</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/newvoicemedia">NewVoicemedia</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/collaboration">Collaboration</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-service">Customer Service</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/call-center">Call Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contact-center">Contact Center</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contact-center-analytics">Contact Center Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/crm">CRM</a> <hr> </div> <div class="blog-index__post-content" style="margin-bottom: 80px"> <div class="post-meta"> <h2 style="font-size: 1.875rem;"><a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/vertex-enterprise-advances-tax-management">Vertex Enterprise Advances Tax Management</a></h2> <div class="author-meta"> Posted by <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/author/robert-kugel"> Robert Kugel </a> on <span class="post-date">01 February 2013 </span> </div> <hr>  </div> <div class="list-card-p"><div class="wrapingimage"> <img src="" width="200" !important:> </div> <p>Taxes – both indirect (sales or value added taxes, for example) and direct (income taxes) – are one the largest expense items on the corporate income statement. In recent years it has become common for large and even midsize companies to automate their indirect tax management process, but direct tax management has remained a bastion of manual processes built on a heap of desktop spreadsheets. In previous blog posts I discussed <a href="//robertkugel.ventanaresearch.com/2011/02/28/bringing-tax-into-mainstream-finance/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">this issue</span></a> and the role of the <a href="//robertkugel.ventanaresearch.com/2012/01/20/vertexs-tax-data-warehouse-matures/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">tax data warehouse</span></a> as a necessary...</p> </div> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/vertex-enterprise-advances-tax-management"><span class="readmore"> Read More </span></a><br><br> Topics: <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/erp">ERP</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/grc">GRC</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/office-of-finance">Office of Finance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/audit">audit</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/finance-transformation">finance transformation</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tax">Tax</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/analytics">Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-analytics">Business Analytics</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/business-performance">Business Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance">Financial Performance</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/governance-risk-compliance-grc">Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-management">Information Management</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cfo">CFO</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/vertex">Vertex</a>, <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/fpm">FPM</a> <hr> </div> <script> // Check active classes var checkClass = function() { if ( $('.fil_item').hasClass('hide') ) { $('.fil_item').removeClass('hide'); 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style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/automation">automation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/awards">Awards <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/azure">azure <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/backup">Backup <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/balanced-scorecard">balanced scorecard <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/banking">banking <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a 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style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/board-international">BOARD International <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/board-of-directors">board of directors <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/bots">bots <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/box">box <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/bribery">bribery <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/budget">budget <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a 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class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/channelinsight">ChannelInsight <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/chargebacks">chargebacks <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/chart-of-accounts">chart of accounts <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/chatbots">Chatbots <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/chatter">Chatter <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/chief-risk-officer">Chief Risk Officer <span 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href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cirro">Cirro <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cisco">Cisco <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ciso">CISO <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/clarabridge">Clarabridge <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/clarity-systems">Clarity Systems <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/clickfox">Clickfox <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/close">close <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(43)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/closed-loop">closed loop <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/closing">closing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(35)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud">Cloud <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-analytics">cloud analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-business-intelligence">cloud business intelligence <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-computing">Cloud Computing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(863)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud-erp">cloud ERP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloud9-analytics">Cloud9 Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloudera">Cloudera <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(17)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cloudops">CloudOps <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cmo">CMO <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(24)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/coaching">coaching <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/coda">CODA <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cognitive-computing">Cognitive Computing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cognos">Cognos <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cognos-analytics">cognos analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cognos-enterprise">cognos enterprise <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cognos-express">cognos express <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cognos-insight">cognos insight <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/collaboration">Collaboration <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(263)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/collaboration-for-business">collaboration for business <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/collaborative-conversational-computing">Collaborative & Conversational Computing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(8)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/collaborative-analytics">Collaborative Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/collaborative-computing">collaborative computing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(34)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/commerce">Commerce <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/commission">commission <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/commodity-model">commodity model <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/commodity-models">commodity models <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/communications">communications <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/compensation">Compensation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(64)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/competition">competition <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/complex-event-processing">Complex Event Processing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(11)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/compliance">compliance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(30)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/composite-document">Composite document <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/composite-software">Composite Software <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/computer-vision">Computer Vision <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/computing">computing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/concur">Concur <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/confirmit">Confirmit <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/connectwise">ConnectWise <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/connotate">Connotate <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/consolidate-and-close-management">Consolidate and Close Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(11)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/consolidate-close-report">Consolidate/Close/Report <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(17)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/consolidating">consolidating <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/consolidation">Consolidation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(28)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/consulting">Consulting <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contact-center">Contact Center <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(437)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contact-center-analytics">Contact Center Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(226)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contactual">Contactual <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/container">container <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/content-management">Content Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contingency">contingency <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contingency-planning">contingency planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/continuous-accounting">Continuous Accounting <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/continuous-improvement">continuous improvement <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/continuous-payroll">Continuous Payroll <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(27)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/continuous-planning">Continuous Planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(60)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/continuous-supply-chain">continuous supply chain <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(42)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/continuous-supply-chain-erp">Continuous Supply Chain & ERP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(13)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/continuous-threat-exposure-management">Continuous Threat Exposure Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contract">contract <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/contract-management">contract management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/control">control <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/controller">Controller <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(36)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/controller-2">controller <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/controls">controls <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/conversational-ai">Conversational AI <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/conversational-computing">Conversational Computing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(45)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/conversational-marketing">Conversational Marketing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/coo">COO <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(10)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/core-hr">Core HR <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cornerstone-ondemand">Cornerstone OnDemand <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/corporate-finance">Corporate Finance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(8)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/corporate-governance">Corporate Governance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/corvisa-cloud">Corvisa Cloud <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cost-management">Cost Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/costing">costing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cpaas">CPaaS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cpq">CPQ <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/credit">credit <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/crisis">crisis <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/crm">CRM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(267)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/crm-customer-service">CRM customer service <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cro">CRO <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cryptic">cryptic <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/crystal-reports">Crystal reports <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ctalk-ltd">cTalk Ltd <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ctem">CTEM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/cto">CTO <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/currency">currency <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer">Customer <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-contact-center">Customer & Contact Center <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(557)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-analytics">Customer Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(263)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-communications">Customer Communications <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-data-management">Customer Data Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(47)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-data-platforms">Customer Data Platforms <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-digital-technology">Customer Digital Technology <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-engagement">Customer Engagement <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(70)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-excellence">Customer Excellence <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-experience">Customer Experience <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(532)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-experience-management">Customer Experience Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(55)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-feedback">Customer Feedback <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-feedback-management">Customer Feedback Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(123)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-information-management">Customer Information Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-intelligence">Customer Intelligence <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-interaction-technology">Customer Interaction Technology <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-journey-maps">Customer Journey Maps <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-life-cycle">customer life cycle <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-performance">Customer Performance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(109)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/customer-relationship-management">Customer Relationship Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a 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href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data">Data <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(305)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-analytics">Data Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-artisan">data artisan <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-blending">data blending <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-catalog">Data catalog <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-democratization">Data Democratization <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-discovery">Data Discovery <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(12)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-fabric">data fabric <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-governance">Data Governance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(155)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-integration">Data Integration <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(82)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-integrity">data integrity <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-intelligence">Data Intelligence <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(15)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-lake">Data Lake <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-lakes">data lakes <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(43)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-management">Data Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(88)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-mart">data mart <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-mining">Data Mining <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-observability">Data Observability <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-operations">data operations <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(101)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-ops">Data Ops <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-orchestration">Data Orchestration <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-pipelines">Data Pipelines <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-platforms">data platforms <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(45)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-preparation">Data Preparation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(89)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-products">Data Products <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-quality">Data Quality <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(13)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-science">Data Science <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(61)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-scientist">Data Scientist <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-storage">Data Storage <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-virtualization">Data Virtualization <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-virtualization-data-integration-data-lake-big">Data virtualization, data integration, data lake, <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-visualization">Data Visualization <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-viz">data viz <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/data-warehousing">Data Warehousing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(19)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/database">Database <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/database-as-a-service">Database as a Service <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/database-com">database.com <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/datameer">Datameer <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dataops">dataops <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dataprep">DataPrep <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/datawatch">Datawatch <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(14)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dayforce">dayforce <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ddi">DDI <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/debt">debt <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/decision">decision <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/decision-hub">Decision Hub <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/decision-intelligence">Decision Intelligence <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/decision-management">Decision Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/decusoft">Decusoft <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/deep-learning">Deep Learning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dell">Dell <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dell-boomi">Dell Boomi <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/demand-chain">Demand Chain <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/demand-generation">Demand Generation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/demand-management">demand management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/demand-planning">Demand Planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/design">design <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/designed-data">designed data <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/desktop-analytics">Desktop Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(124)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/development">development <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/devops-and-platforms">DevOps and Platforms <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/devsecops">DevSecOps <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/df11">DF11 <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dg">DG <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dhcp">DHCP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-applications">Digital Applications <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-business">Digital Business <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(47)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-commerce">Digital Commerce <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(104)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-communications">Digital Communications <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(8)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-experience-platform">Digital Experience Platform <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-finance">digital finance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(106)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-innovation-awards">Digital Innovation Awards <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-intelligence">Digital Intelligence <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-interviewing">Digital Interviewing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-marketing">Digital Marketing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(28)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-operations">Digital Operations <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-publishing">Digital Publishing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-security">Digital Security <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(23)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-technology">Digital Technology <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(292)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/digital-transformation">Digital transformation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(20)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/direct-data-mapping">Direct Data Mapping <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/disaster-recovery">Disaster Recovery <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/discovery">Discovery <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/discovery-analytics">discovery analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/discovery-tools">discovery tools <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/distribution">distribution <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dns">DNS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/document-management">Document Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(12)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dodd-frank">Dodd-Frank <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/domestic-payroll">Domestic Payroll <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/domo">Domo <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dovetail">Dovetail <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dreamforce">Dreamforce <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/driver-analysis">driver analysis <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/driver-based">driver-based <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(14)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/driver-based-planning">driver-based planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dynamics">Dynamics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dynamics-ax">Dynamics AX <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dynamics-gp">Dynamics GP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/dynamics-nav-dynamics-sl">Dynamics NAV Dynamics SL <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/e-discovery">e-discovery <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/echopass">Echopass <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/eclipse">Eclipse <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/edi">EDI <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ediscovery">eDiscovery <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/editorial">Editorial <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/effectiveness">effectiveness <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/eg-solutions">eg Solutions <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/elasticube">elasticube <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/eloqua">Eloqua <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/embedded-analytics">embedded analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(95)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/emc">EMC <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/employee-engagement">Employee Engagement <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/employee-experience">employee experience <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(47)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/employee-onboarding">Employee Onboarding <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/employee-productivity">Employee Productivity <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/empower">Empower <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/end-to-end">end-to-end <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/endeca">endeca <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enghouse-interactive">Enghouse interactive <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enkata">Enkata <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enterprise-applications">Enterprise Applications <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enterprise-data-strategy">Enterprise Data Strategy <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(8)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enterprise-messaging-internet-of-things-iot-middle">Enterprise messaging, Internet of Things, IoT, mid <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enterprise-profitability-management">enterprise profitability management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enterprise-resource-planning">Enterprise Resource Planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(72)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enterprise-risk-management">enterprise risk management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enterprise-software">Enterprise Software <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(27)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enterprise-spreadsheet">enterprise spreadsheet <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enterprise-tax">Enterprise Tax <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/enterworks">Enterworks <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/environment-management">Environment Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/environmental">Environmental <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/envision">Envision <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/epicor">Epicor <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/epiphany">Epiphany <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/equifax">Equifax <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/equity-research">equity research <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/erm">ERM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/erp">ERP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(83)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/erp-and-continuous-accounting">ERP and Continuous Accounting <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(151)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/error">error <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/esg">ESG <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/esri">ESRI <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/essbase">Essbase <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ethority">eThority <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/event-data">Event Data <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/event-discovery">Event discovery <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/event-stream">Event Stream <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/event-stream-processing">Event Stream Processing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/event-streams">Event Streams <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/exacttarget">ExactTarget <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/exadata">exadata <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/exalytics">Exalytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/excel">Excel <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/excentive">Excentive <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/executive">executive <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/expense">expense <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/expense-management">expense management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/experience-management">Experience Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/expert-systems">Expert Systems <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/exploration">Exploration <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/exploratory-analytics">exploratory analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/explorium">Explorium <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/extended-close">extended close <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/extended-reality">extended reality <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(16)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/external-data-platform">External Data Platform <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/exterro">Exterro <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/f-type">F-Type <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/fasb">FASB <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/fast-close">Fast close <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/feedback">Feedback <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/fei">FEI <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ferf-ceo">FERF CEO <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/field-service">Field Service <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(29)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/finance">finance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(53)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/finance-analytics">Finance Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/finance-cloud">finance cloud <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/finance-financial-applications-financial-close">Finance Financial Applications Financial Close <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/finance-performance-management">Finance Performance Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/finance-transformation">finance transformation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial">financial <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-analytics">financial analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-applications">Financial Applications <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-close">Financial Close <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-governance">Financial Governance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-management">Financial Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-model">financial model <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance">Financial Performance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(561)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance-2">financial performance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance-management">Financial Performance Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(237)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-performance-management-fpm">Financial Performance Management (FPM) <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(14)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-planning">financial planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-regulation">financial regulation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-reporting">financial reporting <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(15)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-risk-management">financial risk management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-services">Financial Services <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(8)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-software">financial software <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-standards">financial standards <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-statement">financial statement <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financial-systems">financial systems <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financialforce">FinancialForce <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(15)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financialforce-com">FinancialForce.com <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/financials">financials <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/five9">Five9 <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/flow">flow <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/fms">FMS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/for-example-genesys">for example Genesys <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/forecast">Forecast <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/forecasting">forecasting <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/fpa">FP&A <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(22)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/fpm">FPM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(83)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/fraud">Fraud <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(8)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/fuel50">Fuel50 <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/fusion-applications">Fusion Applications <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/gaap">GAAP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(10)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/gamifiacation">Gamifiacation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/gartner">Gartner <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/genai">GenAI <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/generative-ai">Generative AI <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(38)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/genesys">Genesys <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(10)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/geographic-information-systems">Geographic Information Systems <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/gis">GIS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/global-payroll">Global Payroll <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/globoforce">Globoforce <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/golden-records">Golden Records. <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/gooddata">Gooddata <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/google">Google <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(10)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/governance">Governance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(49)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/governance-risk">Governance & Risk <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/governance-risk-and-compliance">Governance Risk and Compliance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/governance-risk-compliance-grc">Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(143)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/grc">GRC <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(55)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/grc-governance-risk-compliance-risk-management-wat">GRC, governance, risk, compliance, risk management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/green">Green <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/greenplum">Greenplum <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/gui">GUI <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hadoop">Hadoop <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hana">HANA <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/harvard-business-review">Harvard Business Review <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hawq">HAWQ <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hcm">HCM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(57)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hcm-analytics">HCM Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hcm-systems">HCM Systems <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hcm-hr-hrms-workforce-management-learning-manageme">HCM, HR, HRMS, Workforce Management, Learning Mana <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hdfs">HDFS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hdinsights">HDinsights <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hdp">HDP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/headcount-planning">headcount planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/healthcare-compliance">Healthcare Compliance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/healthcare-reform">Healthcare Reform <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/heiler">Heiler <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hewlett-packard">Hewlett Packard <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hirevue">HireVue <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hiring">Hiring <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(10)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hive">Hive <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hive9-marketing-performance-management">Hive9 Marketing Performance Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hortonworks">Hortonworks <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(14)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hospitality">Hospitality <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/host-analytics">Host Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hp">HP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hp-neoview">HP Neoview <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hp-touchpad">HP Touchpad <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hr">HR <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(56)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hr-analytics">HR Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hr-management">HR Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hr-managementhrms">HR Management(HRMS) <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hr-research">HR research <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hr-tech">HR Tech <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hr-technology">HR technology <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hr-technology-conference">HR Technology Conference <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hrpayroll">HR/Payroll <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hris">HRIS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hrms">HRMS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(47)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/html5">HTML5 <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hubspot">HubSpot <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/human-capital">Human Capital <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(45)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/human-capital-analytics">Human Capital Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/human-capital-management">Human Capital Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(308)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/human-concepts">Human Concepts <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/human-resources-management">Human Resources Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hunite">Hunite <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hybrid-cloud-platforms">Hybrid Cloud Platforms <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hybris">Hybris <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/hyperion">Hyperion <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/i9">I9 <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/iac">IaC <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/iasb">IASB <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ibm">IBM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(73)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ibm-business-analytics">IBM Business Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ibm-db2">IBM DB2 <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ibm-predictive-customer-intelligence">IBM Predictive Customer Intelligence <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ibm-spss">IBM SPSS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ibm-watson">IBM Watson <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(8)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ibp">IBP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ifrs">IFRS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(11)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ifrs16">IFRS16 <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/impala">Impala <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/in-memory">In-memory <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(26)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/in-memory-computing">In-Memory Computing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/inclusion">Inclusion <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/incontact">InContact <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/industry-analyst">Industry Analyst <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/inetsoft">InetSoft <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/influencers">Influencers <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/infodiscovery">InfoDiscovery <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/infomgt-location">InfoMgt; Location <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/infopia">InfoPia <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/infor">Infor <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(31)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/infor-birst">Infor Birst <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/informatica">Informatica <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(22)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/informatica-cloud">Informatica Cloud <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/informatica-hparser">Informatica HParser <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/informatica-world">Informatica World <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/informatics">Informatics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information">Information <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-applications">Information Applications <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(222)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-availability">Information Availability <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-builder-iway">Information Builder iway <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-builders">Information Builders <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(13)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-builders-summit-2019">Information Builders Summit 2019 <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-discovery">Information Discovery <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-life-cycle-management">Information Life Cycle Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-management">Information Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(381)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-management-im">Information Management (IM) <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(11)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-optimization">Information Optimization <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(52)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-platform">Information Platform <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/information-technology">Information Technology <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(47)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/infosphere">InfoSphere <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/initiatives-management">Initiatives Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/initiatives-planning">Initiatives Planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/inkling">inkling <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> 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href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/interactive-intelligence">Interactive Intelligence <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(15)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/interactive-intelligence-jacada">Interactive Intelligence Jacada <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/internal-audit">Internal Audit <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/international-finance">International Finance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/internet-of-everything">Internet of Everything <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/internet-of-things">Internet of Things 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<li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/nice-systems">NICE Systems <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(15)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/nist">NIST <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/nlp">NLP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/noble-systems">Noble Systems <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/nokia">Nokia <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/nomis-solutions">Nomis Solutions <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/nosql">NoSQL <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/nps">NPS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/nuview-systems">NuView Systems <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/obamacare">Obamacare <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/obiee">OBIEE <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/obifs">OBIFS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/object-storage">Object storage <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/observability">Observability <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/office-of-finance">Office of Finance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(505)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/office-of-revenue">Office of Revenue <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(39)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/office-of-sales">Office of Sales <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(15)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/olap">OLAP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/omnichannel">Omnichannel <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(8)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/omnichannel-commerce-digital-kdigital">Omnichannel, Commerce, Digital kDigital <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/on24">On24 <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/onboarding">Onboarding <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/onvisource">OnviSource <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/open-ccaas">Open CCaaS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/open-pages">Open Pages <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/open-source-software">Open Source Software <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/open-world">Open World <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/openconnect">OpenConnect <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/openpages">OpenPages <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/openspan">OpenSpan <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/opentext">OpenText <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/openworld">OpenWorld <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/opera-solutions">Opera Solutions <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-data-platforms">operational data platforms <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(39)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-intelligence">Operational Intelligence <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(180)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-management">Operational Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance">Operational Performance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(696)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-performance-management-opm">Operational Performance Management (OPM) <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(13)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operational-planning">Operational Planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operations">Operations <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/operations-supply-chain">Operations & Supply Chain <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(90)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/oracle">Oracle <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(78)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/oracle-cloud">Oracle Cloud <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/oracle-fusion-hcm">Oracle Fusion HCM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/orcaeyes">OrcaEyes <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/orchestration">Orchestration <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/order-management">Order Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/order-to-cash">Order-to-Cash <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(12)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/overall-operational-leadership">Overall Operational Leadership <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/oversight-systems">Oversight Systems <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/overtone">Overtone <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/paas">PaaS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/panopticon">Panopticon <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/paraccel">Paraccel <span 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dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pay-for-performance">Pay for Performance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/payroll-management">Payroll Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(17)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/payroll-optimization">Payroll Optimization <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pdi">PDI <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pentaho">Pentaho <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/people-analytics">People Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/people-cloud">People Cloud <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/peoplefluent">Peoplefluent <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/peoplesoft">PeopleSoft <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/performance">Performance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(30)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/performance-analytics">Performance Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/performance-management">Performance Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(89)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/perillon">Perillon <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/personalization">Personalization <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pervasive">Pervasive <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pim">PIM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pim-product-information-management-sales-marketing">PIM, Product Information Management, Sales, Market <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pipkins">Pipkins <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pitney-bowes">Pitney Bowes <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pivotal-hd">Pivotal HD <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pivotlink">PivotLink <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/planmill">PlanMill <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/planning">Planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(88)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/planview">Planview <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/plateau">Plateau <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/platfora">Platfora <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/platform-as-a-service">Platform as a service <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/playbook">Playbook <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/plex">Plex <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/plunk">Plunk <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/portfolio-management">Portfolio Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/portrait-software">Portrait Software <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/potus-department-of-labor-flsa-part-541-overtime-r">POTUS, Department of Labor, FLSA, Part 541, Overti <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/powercenter">PowerCenter <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/predictive">Predictive <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/predictive-analytics">Predictive Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(203)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/predictive-hcm">Predictive HCM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/predictive-planning">Predictive Planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(49)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/predixion">Predixion <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/price-and-revenue-management">Price and Revenue Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(70)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/price-optimization">Price Optimization <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pricing-and-promotion-management">Pricing and Promotion Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pricing-management">pricing management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pro">PRO <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/process-management">process management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/process-mining">Process Mining <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/procure-to-pay">Procure-to-Pay <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(12)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/procurement">procurement <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/product-experience-management">product experience management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/product-information-management">Product Information Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(90)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/professional-services">Professional Services <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/professional-services-automation">Professional Services Automation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/profit-velocity">Profit Velocity <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/profitability">Profitability <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(14)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/profitability-management">profitability management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(11)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/project-management">Project Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/project-planning">Project Planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/project-portfolio-management">Project Portfolio Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/projecthelp">ProjectHelp <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/projectops">ProjectOps <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/projector">Projector <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/promptbook">Promptbook <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/property-technology">Property Technology <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pros">PROS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pros-pricing">PROS Pricing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/psa">PSA <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(11)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/publishing">Publishing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/purchasing">purchasing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/purchasing-sourcing-payments">Purchasing/Sourcing/Payments <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(16)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pv-accelerator">PV Accelerator <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/pxm">PXM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/qad">QAD <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/qlik">Qlik <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/qlik-qlik-sense">Qlik Qlik Sense <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/qlik-qonnections">Qlik Qonnections <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/qlik-analytics-qlik-sense-qlik-business-intelligen">Qlik, Analytics, Qlik Sense, Qlik, Business intell <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/qliktech">Qliktech <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/qlikview">QlikView <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(10)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/qualtrics">Qualtrics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/quantrix">Quantrix <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/quinterian">Quinterian <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/quotas">Quotas <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/qvidian">Qvidian <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/r">R <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/ransomware">Ransomware <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/rapide">Rapide <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/rapidminer">Rapidminer <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/rdbms">RDBMS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/real-estate">real estate <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/real-time">Real-time <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/reconciliation">Reconciliation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/recovery">Recovery <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/recruiting">Recruiting <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(41)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/recurring-revenue">Recurring Revenue <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(19)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/report">report <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/reporting">Reporting <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(78)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/reporting-xbrl-ixbrl-document-management">Reporting, XBRL, iXBRL, document management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/research">Research <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(16)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/resilience">Resilience <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/responsetek">ResponseTek <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/retail-analytics">Retail Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/revenue">Revenue <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(8)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/revenue-and-lease-accounting">revenue and lease accounting <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(15)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/revenue-management">Revenue Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(33)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/revenue-performance">Revenue Performance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(11)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/revenue-performance-management">Revenue Performance Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(13)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/revenue-recognition">revenue recognition <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(8)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/revenue-lease-and-tax-accounting">Revenue, Lease and Tax Accounting <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/revolution">Revolution <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/revolution-analtyics">Revolution Analtyics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/rightnow">RightNow <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/rim">RIM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/risk">Risk <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(37)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/risk-compliance-grc">Risk & Compliance (GRC) <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(17)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/risk-analytics">Risk Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/riversand">Riversand <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/roambi">Roambi <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/robotic-automation">robotic automation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(10)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/robotic-finance">robotic finance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(38)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/robotic-process-automation">Robotic Process Automation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(12)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/roi">ROI <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/rpa">RPA <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/rypple">Rypple <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sop">S&OP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(13)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/saas">SaaS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(27)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sab-miller">SAB Miller <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/saba">Saba <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(10)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sage">Sage <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sage-software">Sage Software <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales">Sales <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(169)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-and-operations-planning">Sales and Operations Planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(10)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-cloud">Sales Cloud <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-coaching">Sales Coaching <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-commission">Sales Commission <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-compensation">Sales Compensation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(12)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-effectiveness">Sales Effectiveness <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-enablement">sales enablement <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(16)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-enablement-and-execution">Sales Enablement and Execution <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(10)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-engagement">Sales Engagement <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(25)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-force-automation">Sales Force Automation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(13)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-forecasting">Sales Forecasting <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(11)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-operations">Sales Operations <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(12)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance">Sales Performance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(446)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance-management">Sales Performance Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(77)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-performance-management-spm">Sales Performance Management (SPM) <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(13)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-planning">Sales Planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-planning-and-analytics">Sales Planning and Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(18)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-tax">Sales Tax <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-marketing-sales-performance-management-marke">Sales, Marketing, Sales Performance Management, Ma <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sales-sfa-spm-sales-performance-management-sales-c">Sales, SFA, SPM, Sales Performance Management, Sal <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/salescloud">SalesCloud <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/salesforce-com">Salesforce.com <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(58)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sap">SAP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(76)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sap-epm">SAP EPM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sap-hana">SAP HANA <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sap-insider">SAP insider <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sap-lumira">SAP Lumira <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sap-netweaver">SAP NetWeaver <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sap-predictive-analytics">SAP predictive analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sap-teched">SAP TechEd <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sapphire">SAPPHIRE <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sarbanes-oxley">Sarbanes Oxley <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sas">SAS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(26)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sas-institute">SAS institute <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sasb">SASB <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sase">SASE <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/savi">Savi <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/scm">SCM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/scm-demand-planning">SCM Demand Planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/scout-rfp">Scout RFP <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/scribe-software">Scribe Software <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/search">Search <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sec">SEC <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(19)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sec-software">SEC Software <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/secfinops">SecFinOps <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/secops">SecOps <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/security">Security <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/security-posture">Security Posture <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sedar">SEDAR <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/self-service">Self-service <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(41)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/semantic-model">semantic model <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/service-supply-chain">Service & Supply Chain <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/service-cloud">Service Cloud <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/servigistics">Servigistics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sfa">SFA <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(24)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sfdc">SFDC <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sharepoint">SharePoint <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/shoretel">ShoreTel <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/siemens-enterprise-communications">Siemens Enterprise Communications <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/signal-demand">Signal Demand <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/silverpop">SilverPop <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/simba">Simba <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/smart-financial-close">Smart Financial Close <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/smart-manufacturing">Smart Manufacturing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/smart-phones">Smart Phones <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/smart-watches">Smart Watches <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/smarter-analytics">Smarter Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/smarter-workforce">Smarter Workforce <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/smb">SMB <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/snaplogic">SnapLogic <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/snowfly">Snowfly <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/soa">SOA <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/soc">SOC <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social">Social <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(13)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-business">Social Business <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-collaboration">Social Collaboration <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(17)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-crm">Social CRM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(128)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-dynamx">Social Dynamx <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-media">Social Media <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(365)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-media-analytics">Social Media Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-media-intelligence">Social Media Intelligence <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/social-recognition">Social Recognition <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/socialtext">SocialText <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sococare">SoCoCare <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/softscape">Softscape <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/software">Software <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(8)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/software-as-a-service">Software as a Service <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sourcing">sourcing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sovereign-cloud">Sovereign Cloud <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sox">SOX <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/spago-solutions">Spago Solutions <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/spatial-data-quality">Spatial Data Quality <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/speech-analytics">Speech Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(177)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/splunk">Splunk <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(8)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/spm">SPM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/spotfire">Spotfire <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/spreadsheets">Spreadsheets <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(10)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/spss">SPSS <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(9)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sql-h">SQL-H <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sqlstream">SQLstream <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/star-analytics">Star Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/statistics">Statistics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/stibo-systems">Stibo Systems <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/stratahadoop">Strata+Hadoop <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(56)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/streaming-analytics">Streaming Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(28)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/streaming-data">Streaming Data <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/streaming-data-events">Streaming Data & Events <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(32)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/subscriber-experience">Subscriber Experience <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/subscription-billing">Subscription Billing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/subscription-management">Subscription Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(68)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/subscription-recurring-revenue-zuora">Subscription, Recurring Revenue, Zuora <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/successfactors">SuccessFactors <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(12)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sumo-logic">Sumo Logic <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sumtotal">SumTotal <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sumtotal-systems">SumTotal Systems <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(11)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sungard">Sungard <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sunsystems">Sunsystems <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/supplier-relationship-management">supplier relationship management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/supply-chain">Supply Chain <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(12)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/supply-chain-management">supply chain management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/supply-chain-performance">Supply Chain Performance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(253)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/supply-chain-planning">Supply Chain Planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/surface">Surface <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/surveys">Surveys <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sustainability">Sustainability <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(38)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sustainability-and-esg">Sustainability and ESG <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sustainability-management">Sustainability Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/swordciboodle">SwordCiboodle <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sybase">Sybase <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sybase-iq">Sybase IQ <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/sybase-mobile-industry">Sybase. Mobile Industry <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/syncsort">Syncsort <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/synygy">Synygy <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tableau">Tableau <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(13)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tableau-software">Tableau Software <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tablets">Tablets <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tagetik">Tagetik <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/talemetry">Talemetry <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/talend">Talend <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/talent-acquisition">Talent Acquisition <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/talent-generation">Talent Generation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/talent-management">Talent Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(133)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/taleo">Taleo <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(7)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/talx">TALX <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tamr">Tamr <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tanner-labs">Tanner Labs <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tax">Tax <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(35)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tax-compliance">tax compliance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tax-department">tax department <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tax-planning">tax planning <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tax-software">Tax Software <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tax-datawarehouse">Tax-Datawarehouse <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tax-tax-provision-transfer-pricing">tax; tax provision; transfer pricing <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tcm">TCM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(6)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/technology">Technology <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/technology-innovation">Technology Innovation <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/technology-innovation-award">Technology Innovation Award <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/technology-spending">Technology Spending <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/technology-vendors">Technology Vendors <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/telephony">Telephony <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/teradata">Teradata <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(16)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/teradata-aster">Teradata Aster <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(4)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/text-analytics">Text Analytics <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(182)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tez">Tez <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/thomson-reuters-multinational">Thomson-Reuters multinational <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/threat-landscape">Threat Landscape <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/threat-management">Threat Management <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tibco">Tibco <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tidemark">Tidemark <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(5)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/time-attendance">Time & Attendance <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tm">TM <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(2)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/tm1">TM1 <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(3)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a href="https://blog.isg-research.net/topic/topic">Topic <span class="filter-link-count" dir="ltr">(1)</span></a> </li> <li style="display:none;"> <a 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"@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "LogiXML Capitalizes on Embedded Business Intelligence", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/27/logixml-capitalizes-on-embedded-business-intelligence", "datePublished": "27/02/2013", "dateModified": "27/02/2013", "articleBody": "LogiXML has been around for more than a decade, but has seen particularly robust growth in the past year. Recent announcements show the company with better than 100-percent year-over-year growth, driven by a 97 percent license renewal rate and new customer growth in SMB, departmental and OEM deployments. The 158-percent growth for the embedded analytics group for the fourth quarter on a year-over-year basis was particularly strong. LogiXML categorizes its products into Logi Info, its flagship product targeted primarily at IT and developers; Logi Ad Hoc, targeted as a self-service tool for business users; and a suite of the two bundled with ETL capabilities. Just a few weeks ago, LogiXML released Logi Info v11. The product offers enhanced visualization capabilities, making analytics easier and more robust for end users. Building on an already solid product, the changes in Logi Info seem to be more evolutionary than revolutionary, and appear to be focused on keeping up with functionality necessary to compete in today’s BI market. With that said, the core product has advantages as simple, highly embeddable software. Its light footprint and ease of use are competitive advantages, allowing companies to quickly and easily put business intelligence capabilities into the hands of end users, as well as into the applications themselves. Usability is by far the number one criterion for companies choosing a business intelligence application, according to our benchmark research on next-generation business intelligence. LogiXML’s ease of use for developers enables companies to tell a compelling time-to-value story for embedding intelligence directly into applications, and takes advantage of the market trend toward agile development. As I’ve written on numerous occasions and most recently in Big Data Faces a Chasm of Misunderstanding, the key challenge for organizations is overcoming the lack of an analytics-driven culture. This challenge is different for IT and for business users, as IT focuses on things such as standards, security and information management, while business users focus more on providing specific insights for business decisions. My colleague Mark Smith has also written about this environment and specifically about how BI tools are failing business. LogiXML’s ability to put BI directly into applications in an agile way allows the company to overcome many of these arguments, since applications fit directly into the role-based decision environments that drive companies today. Interestingly, the company is said to be rebranding in 2013. Rebranding is always a large effort and often pays off well for a consumer brand or a broad business brand, but given LogiXML’s size and core advantage in the OEM market, the return on such a move is questionable. Rebranding is often associated with a need to reposition a company in the mind of its customers and prospects. Perhaps LogiXML is looking to drive its brand into the business user side of the equation with an Intel Inside-type of strategy, or target business users themselves. Either way, the end-game here is unclear given a limited data discovery portfolio and no clear value path to sell directly to business end users. For LogiXML, this path is still primarily through IT and secondarily through business. Furthermore, many new business intelligence and analytic brands coming on the market also target the business end user, so the company will need to make a significant investment in basic awareness-building in order to gain parity with the current brand equity. Branding aside, the challenge for the company’s continued trajectory of growth is twofold. First, it is reaching an inflection point in its number of employees. As a company reaches about 200 employees, which LogiXML is approaching now, company culture often transforms itself. With solid leadership and a strong roadmap, LogiXML will be able to overcome this first challenge. The second challenge is that it competes in a highly competitive segment against all the major stack players as well as with the more cost-oriented open source players. The expanding market landscape of business intelligence to business analytics, including data discovery and predictive analytics, introduces a host of new players and dilutes the broader opportunity as customers settle into their approaches. In sum, LogiXML is often able to provide the path of least resistance and solid time-to-value for companies looking to quickly and effectively roll out business intelligence capabilities. In particular, as SaaS providers and OEM relationships continue to gain steam, the embeddable nature of LogiXML’s platform and the ability to construct applications at an elemental level gives the company a good market position from which to advance. Like many others in the increasingly crowded BI space, it will need to capitalize on its current market momentum and solidify its position before others start to invade more of its addressable space. For those organizations looking for an integrated business intelligence platform and tools should assess the improvements in this latest release of LogiXML. Regards, Tony Cosentino VP and Research Director", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations-8.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ISG Software Research", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventana-research" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Cornerstone Making Talent Management Simpler to Use", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/26/cornerstone-making-talent-management-simpler-to-use", "datePublished": "26/02/2013", "dateModified": "26/02/2013", "articleBody": "Improving how employees and managers can improve talent management activities through changes in process, technology and better access to information is both a theme of my research agenda this year. It is also what the key technology vendors in this space have been focused on developing products to do. Cornerstone OnDemand is one of those vendors that has been in the talent management space since 1999, when it launched its original CyberU learning management product, and now offers a broad range of talent management applications. It is growing at a strong rate relative to many of the other companies in the market. Cornerstone’s products now span learning management, learning extended enterprise (learning extended to partners and customers), performance management, compensation management, succession management and recruiting management. Cornerstone has always sold its products in a cloud-deployment-only model, a decision that has served it well. Today Cornerstone enjoys a strong customer base for a standalone talent management company, with a reported 1,237 customers and 10.5 million users across 189 countries. Cornerstone made two interesting announcements this month. First, it reported another strong year of growth for fiscal year 2012. Cornerstone’s 2012 results showed 56 percent growth for the year and revenues of $117M. Cornerstone has a strong cross-sell story to tell customers who have purchased only one or two of its products, because its products tie similar talent management processes together, and because all Cornerstone products are cloud-based, so rolling out additional products to existing customers is relatively easy, compared to the process for companies with on-premises software. Our research on social collaboration and human capital management shows that 45 percent of all budgets for social collaboration technologies in organizations are held by the human resources department. Since many of the new releases of products in the human capital management market include a strong social dimension to them, understanding how the social features in these products help employees collaborate better can help managers fund new initiatives. Cornerstone’s second announcement of the month is the launch of Cornerstone for Salesforce, a learning management system that will work for any current Salesforce.com customer. This is a smart addition to the company’s product line, as it will increase the market for Cornerstone to include companies that use the Salesforce platform and want a learning management system that runs within it. Cornerstone for Salesforce provides accesses to learning and development capabilities that span classic learning management features and social and mobile learning capabilities. Highlights of the classic learning capabilities include support for instructor-led training and virtual training, and handling of development plans that tie to skill gap analysis to help sales and partner team members find specific training to fill knowledge gaps. Cornerstone can also handle certification and compliance workflow to help sales professionals become certified for their product and services knowledge. The application includes basic social collaboration capabilities, which enable better peer-to-peer learning, and the ability to run on any mobile device. Cornerstone for Salesforce also integrates with two of the most popular HR and collaboration applications. Salesforce Chatter complements Cornerstone’s formal training with informal social collaboration, knowledge sharing and social recognition capabilities, as well as peer-to-peer learning, which is often how sales teams learn. In addition, Cornerstone aligns closely with Salesforce Work, a performance and goal management application. Working closely with these two applications makes Cornerstone’s application a stronger offering for Salesforce customers. Having a complete performance and learning process tied to sales objectives, all in the Salesforce platform, is a value add for customers, as is improved usability and accessibility for sales teams who are often remote and don’t need another system to deal with. All of these factors can help sales and customer service teams successfully implement talent management. All of the Cornerstone’s products are offered only via cloud deployment, and almost all have been developed in-house, which should give customers a more unified user experience than if they were acquired. The exception is Cornerstone Small Business (CSB); in March 2012 Cornerstone acquired Sonar Limited and rebranded its software as the CSB product which they target for medium-sized business which is fine though it is only one of many applications needed for an organization. While Cornerstone has many strengths, it also faces some challenges. One is the lack of products that larger competitors such as Oracle, SAP and SumTotal Systems have – namely workforce management, payroll and an HR system included within the platform. Cornerstone’s technology partnership with Workday may address part of this issue by enabling customers to purchase an HR and payroll system through Workday, but this also “breaks” some of the value of having a system provided by one vendor. The other challenge is Cornerstone’s approach to the market as an “organically grown platform.” This can become a double-edged sword for customers; eventually, Cornerstone will need to deal with integrations from mergers and acquisitions. Focusing on the values customer derive from the organic platform, such as ease of use, streamlining talent management processes and improving the quality of information to make better decisions, will provide a more lasting value propositions for customers. Cornerstone’s recent announcements strengthen its offerings and show its success selling products in the market. 2013 will likely see continued expansion in the talent management market. Despite the likely implementation of the U.S. government’s “sequester,” which may stop growth across the public sector, Cornerstone should see growth with its products. If you have not looked at Cornerstone OnDemand, or Cornerstone for Salesforce for sales or customer service organizations, you may like what you see. Regards Stephan Millard – VP & Research Director", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_source_of_funding_for_social_collab-6.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ISG Software Research", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventana-research" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Big Data Analytics Faces a Chasm of Understanding", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/22/big-data-analytics-faces-a-chasm-of-understanding", "datePublished": "22/02/2013", "dateModified": "22/02/2013", "articleBody": "The challenge with discussing big data analytics is in cutting through the ambiguity that surrounds the term. People often focus on the 3 Vs of big data – volume, variety and velocity – which provides a good lens for big data technology, but only gets us part of the way to understanding big data analytics, and provides even less guidance on how to take advantage of big data analytics to unlock business value. Part of the challenge of defining big data analytics is a lack of clarity around the big data analytics value chain – from data sources, to analytic scalability, to analytic processes and access methods. Our recent research on big data find many capabilities still not available including predictive analytics (41%) to visualization (37%). Moreover, organizations are unclear on how best to initiate changes in the way they approach data analysis to take advantage of big data and what processes and technologies they ought to be using. The growth in use of appliances, Hadoop and in-memory databases and the growing footprints of RDBMSes all add up to pressure to have more intelligent analytics, but the most direct and cost-effective path from here to there is unclear. What is certain is that as business analytics and big data increasingly merge, the potential for increased value is building expectations. To understand the organizational chasm that exists with respect to big data analytics, it’s important to understand two foundational analytic approaches that are used in organizations today. Former Census Bureau Director Robert Grove’s ideas around designed data and organic data give us a great jumping off point for this discussion, especially as it relates to big data analytics. In Grove’s estimation, the 20th century was about designed data, or what might be considered hypothesis-driven data. With designed data we engage in analytics by establishing a hypothesis and collecting data to prove or disprove it. Designed data is at the heart of confirmatory analytics, where we go out and collect data that are relevant to the assumptions we have already made. Designed data is often considered the domain of the statistician, but it is also at the heart of structured databases, since we assume that all of our data can fit into columns and rows and be modeled in a relational manner. In contrast to the designed data approach of the 20th century, the 21st century is about organic data. Organic data is data that is not limited by a specific frame of reference that we apply to it, and because of this it grows without limits and without any structure other than that structure provided by randomness and probability. Organic data represents all data in the world, but for pragmatic reasons we may think of it as all the data we are able to instrument. RFID, GPS data, sensor data, sentiment data and various types of machine data are all organic data sources that may be characterized by context or by attributes such data sparsity (also known as low-density data). Much like the interpretation of silence in a conversation, analyzing big data is as much about interpreting that which exists between the lines as it is about what we can put on the line itself. These two types of data and the analytics associated with them reveal the chasm that exists within organizations and shed light on the skills gap that our predictive analytics benchmark research shows to be the primary challenge for analytics in organizations today. This research finds inadequate support in many areas including product training (26%) and how to apply to business problems (23%). On one side of the chasm are the business groups and the analysts who are aligned with Grove’s idea of designed data. These groups may encompass domain experts in areas such as finance or marketing, advanced Excel, and even Ph.D.-level statisticians. These analysts serve organizational decision-makers and tied closely to actionable insights that lead to specific business outcomes. The way they get work done is through a flat file environment, as was outlined in some detail last week by my colleague Mark Smith. In this environment, Excel is often the lowest common denominator. On the other side of the chasm exist the IT and database professionals, where a different analytical culture and mindset exist. The priority challenge for this group is dealing with the three Vs and simply organizing data into a legitimate enterprise data set. This group is often more comfortable with large data sets and machine learning approaches that are the hallmark of the organic data of 21st century. Their analytical environment is different from that of their business counterparts; rather than Excel, it is SQL that is often the lowest common denominator. As I wrote in a recent blog post, database professionals and business analytics practitioners have long lived in parallel universes. In technology, practitioners deal with tables, joins and the ETL process. In business analysis, practitioners deal with datasets, merges and data preparation. When you think about it, these are the same things. The subtle difference is that database professionals have had a data mining mindset, or, as Grove calls it, an organic data mindset, while the business analyst has had a designed data or statistic-driven mindset. The bigger differences revolve around the cultural mindset, and the tools that are used to carry out the analytical objectives. These differences represent the current conundrum for organizations. In a world of big data analytics, these two sides of the chasm are being pushed together in a shotgun wedding because the marriage of these groups is how competitive advantage is achieved. Both groups have critical contributions to make, but need to figure out how to work together before they can truly realize the benefits of big data analytics. The firms that understand that the merging of these different analytical cultures is the primary challenge facing the analytics organization, and that develop approaches that deal with this challenge, will take the lead in big data analytics. We already see this as a primary focus area for leading professional services organizations. In my next analyst perspective on big data I will lay out some pragmatic approaches companies are using to address this big data analytics chasm, which represent the focus of the benchmark research we’re currently designing to understand organizational best practices in big data analytics as part of my research agenda. Regards, Tony Cosentino VP and Research Director", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_capabilities_not_available1-9.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ISG Software Research", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventana-research" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Transera Uses Big Data for Customer Engagement Analytics", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/22/transera-uses-big-data-for-customer-engagement-analytics", "datePublished": "22/02/2013", "dateModified": "22/02/2013", "articleBody": "Transera is an established contact center in the cloud vendor with in-depth interaction routing capabilities. During a recent briefing I learned that it has now supplemented these capabilities by launching a new product that it calls Adaptive Customer Engagement. Although it’s not entirely obvious from the name, the product uses big data analytics to analyze past customer interactions, profile customers, then use these insights to optimize current and future customer-facing activities such as handling a live customer interaction, planning a marketing campaign or focusing agent training and coaching. The objective is to proactively influence these activities so the outcomes are better both from the customer’s and company’s perspectives. As I have expressed previously, any information-driven activity improves the more data you can include in the analysis. The foundation for adaptive customer management is four types of data: Interactions – data collected about past interactions regardless of which channel they occurred through, including phone calls, email, chat sessions and social media Agent – data about who handled what interactions Customer - data about the customers that initiated the interactions. This can be drawn from both internal data sources such as CRM systems or a customer data warehouse, or external sources such as the Internet or third-party organizations Business – typically financial data extracted from ERP and finance systems. Using a variety of data integration tools, all these forms of data are deposited into a common data store, or what Transera calls a Customer Interaction Repository. This repository is based on open source big data tools, so information can be stored and accessed easily, and additional data sources can be added with relative ease. Using internally developed algorithms and tools, the software is able to link data from one source to another; for example, using an email address, phone number, account number and Twitter handle, the system is able to identify phone calls, email and tweets made by the same customer, as well as linking each with other profile information such as marketing campaigns, financial status, products purchased and location. Having established links between all this data, the system then uses big data analytics capabilities to essentially “slice and dice” the data in any way users require. During my demonstration I could see how easy it is for business users to run standard reports or analysis, or where required to use drag and drop capabilities to build individually tailored reports and analysis. These reports can be customer-related – what customers have done what; agent-focused – which agents have performed the best; or other business function-related – what marketing campaigns, through what channels, achieved the best outcomes. Transera has built three application suites to surface information. Its Command Center Application allows users visibility into operation performance, employing dashboards and sending alerts when thresholds are reached. Business Intelligence Console provides users visibility into business-related reports and analysis, including comparisons between actual and target metrics. The final application, Customer Interaction Advisor, allows companies to make a real impact on the customer experience. It includes the capability to extract information in real time from a live interaction, such as from an inbound call. It can then use this information to extract information from the interaction repository to drive real-time decisions on how the interaction is handled. For example, by linking with the Transera (or other vendor) routing software a call can be routed to the employee most likely to deliver the best outcome from the interaction (a new sale, an up-sell to an existing customer, quickest resolution of a query or compliant). The person handling the interaction is also able to see the full customer information, once more enabling the best outcome. As consumers interact through more channels, my contact center in the cloud research shows overall interaction volumes, and thus volumes of data, are increasing dramatically with inbound calls still leading in 96 percent of organizations. My colleagues Mark Smith and Tony Costentino recently completed benchmark research and have written blog posts about the impact big data is having on analytics and the issues this is creating for companies. These new capabilities from Transera address some of the issues companies have with big customer data. Companies can use the software to improve operational efficiency and the customer experience. Interaction management is a practice many organizations may not have yet come to terms with, but as companies strive to improve customer-related activities and the customer experience, it is something they should urgently consider, and I believe Adaptive Customer Engagement from Transera is a service companies should also give serious consideration to. Regards, Richard J. Snow VP & Research Director", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_inin_types_of_interactions_in_contact_center1-7.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ISG Software Research", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventana-research" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Big Data is Broken Without Integration", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/21/big-data-is-broken-without-integration", "datePublished": "21/02/2013", "dateModified": "21/02/2013", "articleBody": "Big data involves interplay between different data management approaches and business intelligence and operational systems, which makes it imperative that all sources of business data be integrated efficiently and that organizations be able to easily adapt to new data types and sources. Our recent big data benchmark research confirmed that big data storage technologies continue to follow many approaches, including appliances, Hadoop, and in-memory and specialized DBMSes. With the variety, velocity and volume of big data being part of today’s information architecture, and the potential for big data to be a source to feed other systems, integration should be a top priority. Many organizations that have already deployed big data technology now struggle to access, transform, transport and load information using conventional technology. Even replication or migration of data from existing sources can be troublesome, requiring custom programming and manual processing, which are always a tax on resources and time. Barriers such as having data spread across too many applications and systems, which our benchmark research found in 67 percent of organizations, do not go away just because an organization is using big data technology; in fact, they get more complicated. However, big data also creates opportunities to use information to innovate and to improve business processes. To avoid the risks and take advantage of the opportunities, organizations need efficient processes and effective technology that makes information drawn from big data available to all people who need it. Organizations need integration technology flexible enough to handle big data regardless of whether it originates in the enterprise or across the Internet. For this reason, tools for big data integration must be able to work with a range of underlying architectures and data technologies, including appliances, flat files, Hadoop, in-memory computing and conventional databases, and move data seamlessly between relational and non-relational structures. They must be able to adapt to events or streams of data, and they must harvest data from transactional systems and business applications in enterprise data warehouses. Supporting data quality and master data management needs is also part of supporting big data with data integration. Selecting the right approach to big data integration is difficult when organizations lack knowledge of the functional requirements and best practices relevant to their industries, lines of business and IT. Deficiencies in existing software and data environments can further complicate the ability to choose wisely and so should be factored into the deployment decision-making process. Organizations must identify the types of integration being used or under consideration to handle data other than that formatted for relational databases, and evaluate processing capabilities and techniques to handle the proliferation of big data. IT professionals therefore must understand how to work with analysts and business management to deliver timely, benefit-based big data deployments. IT should evaluate whether it can use existing skills to shorten the time it takes to get big data to users. Since our research has found lack of resources to be the top barrier to using innovative technology, according to 51 percent of organizations, businesses should make sure their IT staff does everything possible to maximize skills and resources internally and not waste them on custom, manual siloes of effort. Having the right data integration processes and data management methods can help IT work more efficiently and partner better with the business units. Not having a dialogue about what information management competencies a business needs is a mistake. I have seen most IT industry analyst firms’ content deal with just a portion of the big data picture, discussing for example just the technologies for storing and accessing data, with a fixation on variety, velocity and volume. However, decision-makers must consider the efficient flow of data across its entire path of travel, from its origins to user systems, to ensure the effective functioning of any big data project. Failure to do that means failing to optimize information across its life-cycle for business value. Without the ability see the entire big data value chain, a business may find its initiatives exceed available limits of cost and time and damage a business case built on time-to-value metrics. According to our research, the most important benefits of big data technologies include retaining and analyzing more data (74%) and increasing the speed of analysis (70%). Organizations need to make sure they do not increase the number of manual processes they run and the time spent on them, thus impairing the value of big data. We have begun research to assess the latest big data integration technologies and best practices to help advance these efforts, as we outlined in our research agenda on big data and information optimization for 2013. We will document emerging best practices in big data integration to meet business needs, from basic access and replication to transformational migration. Until we can share our results, be sure to consider big data integration as part of your business case and project, because it is essential to gaining the most value from your big data investments. Regards, Mark Smith CEO & Chief Research Officer", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bigdata_big_data_technologies_planned-25.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Smith", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith", "sameAs": "http://www.linkedin.com/in/markallensmith" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Cisco Advances Customer Interactions and Collaboration in Contact Center", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/21/cisco-advances-customer-interactions-and-collaboration-in-contact-center", "datePublished": "21/02/2013", "dateModified": "21/02/2013", "articleBody": "Cisco is without doubt best known as a supplier of networking systems. Its products have been used by companies large and small to build local and wide area networks. It has played in the contact center space as a provider of network and call management systems that sit between public networks and contact center agents to manage the delivery of interactions to the right extensions and provide agents with softphones so they can manage inbound and outbound calls. These systems were designed to operate in a multi-supplier environment so companies could build contact centers that made use of existing ACD and PBX systems. Cisco’s go-to-market strategy has been primarily indirect, and it has therefore built up a vast ecosystems of partners that sell, deliver and support its systems. At a recent analyst event in London, Cisco senior executives made no bones about the fact that the company wants to build on this position and become the No. 1 supplier of contact center systems – which in my view is easier said than done. Although contact centers rely heavily on networks, they also require a much larger variety of systems if they are going to work efficiently and make companies more effective at handling customer interactions. I break the systems into three major categories: Communication systems that must manage every form and type of customer interaction, whether it is a phone call, email, fax, text message, paper-based, instant message, video call or social media. Business applications that are required to manage the workforce handling interactions – often called workforce optimization – or applications that manage customer-related transactions such as CRM, ERP, knowledge management, desktop management and business-specific systems. Analytics, which are now required to access and analyze more types and forms of data than ever before, including structured data, voice recordings, text-based data (including social media), video, event, process and big data. During the event, I discovered that Cisco has offerings in many of these areas, and that it continues to build out its portfolio and the way it packages some of these systems to make it more practical and affordable for a wider variety of companies to deploy them. One of the featured products, Unified Contact Center Express (CCE), bundles many key systems into a single offering that can be used to support as many as 400 agents, whether they sit in a formal enterprise-wide contact center, or a location- or business-department-specific center, or a less formal collection of agents handling interactions anywhere across the organization. Capabilities include multichannel interaction management (voice, email, chat), IVR, interaction routing and CTI, integration with presence that allows agents to find and collaborate with other agents to help in the resolution of interactions, a mobile supervisor capability that allows managers to administer the system from a smart mobile device and access key reports and analysis, and the latest desktop system from Cisco, Finesse. Optionally, companies can include quality monitoring, workforce management, social media and outbound IVR. The system is available on-premises or in the cloud. My research into the contact center in the cloud shows that companies are increasingly looking to cloud-based applications (63%) and multichannel communications technology (44%), so this will help Cisco remain competitive in this growing market by making these capabilities more accessible and affordable to a wider range of organizations. The pack also includes Cisco’s new reporting and analysis tool, Cisco Unified Intelligence Center (CIUC), a brand new Web 2.0 reporting tool that gives companies customized views of their information and dashboards showing key performance information. It supports companies developing their own reports and analysis, or companies can use Cisco partners to provided customized reports. Some of these reports are available on smart mobile devices, and thus support the growing requirement for managers to access reports and analysis while away from their desktops. My research into the agent desktop shows the impact the agent desktop has on agent satisfaction and thus agent performance with increased average handling time being the largest issue in 65 percent of organizations. I reviewed Finesse recently and found it to be an intuitive tool for agents to use. As partners such as Upstreamworks develop desktops that make interaction handling more efficient and effective, I believe Cisco and its partners will become more competitive. Another major topic during the event was Cisco’s Hosted Collaboration Service (HCS), another cloud-based service offered by partners that provides tools that allow individuals to collaborate as they try to resolve customer interactions. My research over the last couple of years shows that interactions are being handled more widely across the organization nowadays, which inevitably means that sometimes the first person handling an interaction is unable to resolve it to a customer’s satisfaction. The most mature companies have recognized that collaboration tools are the most effective way to resolve this issue, and HCS provides a cost-effective way for companies to support these capabilities. At the end of the day, I had a chance to meet with one of Cisco’s partners, Logitech, which is well-known for its range of computer peripheral devices (mice, keyboards, webcams, video cameras and headsets). Some of these are used by agents in contact centers, and Logitech has been working with Cisco to integrate them with Cisco products. One product I saw was a new keyboard that includes keys that link with Cisco softphones, which allow agents to work without a phone but still retain the same experience on their keyboard. The keyboard is fully integrated with the Cisco software, so it gives agents the same capabilities using either soft keys or the keys on the keyboard. I also saw a new video camera whose quality “blew my mind”; from what I saw it would be a good tool to enable video calls or conferencing. From my days working in contact centers, I have great sympathy with agents, as their workspaces are not particularly brilliant and their desktop typically doesn’t make life any easier. Developments like these from Logitech not only help with the overall workspace but also make agents’ tasks easier. I recommend companies investigate how they can improve agent satisfaction and performance. Overall, the analyst event demonstrated that Cisco has the resources, desire and partners to develop competitive products that support interaction handling. To gain maximum advantage, Cisco must continue to develop its portfolio, but also continue to make it easier for potential customers to understand what it has to offer, how it works with its ecosystems of partners to make its products and services available, and the supply models it supports. Don’t be put off by the difficulty navigating Cisco’s website; the information is there if you keep searching for it. As is always the case, not all partners are equal. Building a network is in many ways easier than creating technology architecture to support multichannel interaction handling, so make sure the partner you choose has the resources and skills to support your plans. As my research continues to show, the cloud is the way forward in this market. The steps Cisco has taken with CCE and HCS will certainly widen its appeal to companies of all sizes and make its products more affordable for a wider range of companies. As I said, becoming No. 1 is a lot harder than saying it. Cisco has the brand, coverage, resources and ecosystem of partners a company needs in order to succeed, so it is certainly a player to watch. Regards, Richard J. Snow VP & Research Director", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ccc_actions_to_improve_customer_interaction1-2.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ISG Software Research", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventana-research" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Use – Don’t Abuse – Spreadsheets", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/21/use-dont-abuse-spreadsheets", "datePublished": "21/02/2013", "dateModified": "21/02/2013", "articleBody": "I’ve been using electronic spreadsheets for more than 30 years. I consider this technology among the 20th century’s top five most important advances in business management. Spreadsheets have revolutionized every aspect of running any organization. A spreadsheet (specifically, VisiCalc) was the original “killer app” that made business people feel the necessity to buy a personal computer. Yet, as enthusiastic as I am about spreadsheets, I know they have their limits. If you fail to respect those limits, you wind up paying for it, either in obvious ways, as JP Morgan did when faulty spreadsheets used by its trading desk cost it billions, or in less obvious ways, such as in multiple business mistakes that go unnoticed and uncounted, or by hours lost trying to make spreadsheets do things they were never designed for, or in valuable opportunities organizations cannot take advantage of because they run out of time dealing with basic issues imposed by spreadsheets. The essential problem is the disconnect between what spreadsheets were originally designed to do and how they are actually being used in corporations. Spreadsheets were designed to be a personal productivity tool, good at prototyping models and analytics used in processes, performing one-off analyses using simple models and storing small amounts of data. But many people run into issues using spreadsheets for collaborative, repetitive, enterprise-wide tasks. More than half (58%) of participants in our research said that the most important spreadsheet they work with is used in just these sorts of efforts. One of the most serious, longstanding, but mostly overlooked issues is that desktop spreadsheets are error-prone. One-third of our research participants say that errors in data occur in the spreadsheets they use for their most important process, and a quarter say there are errors in formulas. Errors in spreadsheets are common, and may remain even when they are checked and, indeed, audited. The consequences of these errors can be catastrophic. Yet few of our participants (even the most experienced and proficient users) said they do rigorous checking to ensure accuracy of the data; half do checking only when something doesn’t look right, and when they do check they look only at selected cells. This likely is another reason why most people see no impact on their productivity from problems in spreadsheets: They simply don’t spend a lot of time checking for errors. It also may explain why mistakes have a limited impact on businesses – even the selective eyeballing method of checking for accuracy is likely to spot many of the blatant mistakes that would have a significant impact on business. Productivity is one of the important reasons why spreadsheets became popular – but when used improperly, spreadsheets sap productivity. Spreadsheets are seductive because people are familiar with them. They are easy to set up to do even moderately complex models, perform analyses and create reports. However, after more than a few people become involved and a spreadsheet file is used and reused, cracks begin to appear. Very quickly, a large percentage of the time spent with the file is devoted to finding the source of errors and discrepancies and fixing the mistakes. Our research confirms this. When it comes to important spreadsheets that people use over and over again to collaborate with colleagues, on average people spend about 12 hours per month consolidating, modifying and correcting the spreadsheets. That’s about a day and a half per month – or about 5-10 percent of their time – just maintaining these spreadsheets. It’s fairly common for there to be multiple spreadsheets circulating around an organization that are supposed to be the same, but that are different versions with different numbers in them. Long ago, this phenomenon got its own term: dueling spreadsheets. It happens because the data in a desktop spreadsheet is not bound to a single source that everyone is working from. It may be a single source, but the data may be collected at different times. There may be changes to formulas or additions or deletions that take place, and not everyone is on the same version. This is what happens when spreadsheets are used in repetitive, collaborative enterprise processes. It’s a problem that is more common in larger companies than small; 44 percent of companies with 10,000 or more employees – very large companies – say that it happens frequently or all the time, which is about twice the rate reported by small or midsize businesses, and for companies between 1,000 and 10,000 employees the percentage is about one-third. It’s also more commonly experienced in finance departments – which requires absolute accuracy. Sometimes the differences between spreadsheets are not that important, or you can work around them. But time is wasted as our research found – more than half of organizations (56% always time-consuming and usually time-consuming) spend significant amount of time combining spreadsheets. But in many other cases it’s important to not waste time trying to resolve whose spreadsheet is right – because they all could be wrong. People routinely communicate the results of their data gathering and analysis using spreadsheet charts and graphs as visual aids. Most (64%) research participants – and 80 percent of those who spend more than three-fourths of their time working with spreadsheets – find it easy or very easy to create graphs and charts in spreadsheets. Yet while it’s easy enough to create them, organizations find that these graphs and charts do not satisfy their needs for visualizing information. Only one-fourth said that these graphical elements are all they need to communicate information effectively in visual form; another one-fourth said that these graphs and charts are suitable for only some of their work. While one-third of those in small or midsize organizations said spreadsheet visuals are enough, just 18 percent from large and very large organizations said spreadsheets are a suitable visual communications tool. People working in larger companies likely have higher expectations for the quality of presentations and other such material and may need to convey more complex information. We conclude that the charting and graphing capabilities included in desktop spreadsheets (notably Microsoft Excel) are not adequate for communicating data and insights. Today businesses have many more options than ever before to embrace and extend spreadsheets – to have the best of both worlds. Many new, affordable software solutions complement spreadsheets and address their shortcomings. Many applications use Excel as an interface – giving people a familiar look and feel while addressing key technological shortcomings of desktop spreadsheets that make them error-prone and difficult to consolidate or roll up. Spreadsheets are a leading reporting tool – critical for communicating results, forecasts, situations and risks. Yet even after all this time, when it comes to reporting, spreadsheets fall short because they can be time-consuming to update contain unseen errors and – even though it’s easy to create basic charts – they aren’t flexible or capable enough for even moderately sophisticated visual communications. Even with these drawbacks, people frequently choose to create reports themselves because the IT department takes too long to create and modify them: nearly half (46%) find this to be the case. It’s important for senior executives to understand the limitations of spreadsheets and acknowledge their shortcomings. Spreadsheets are indispensible to any organization, but they must be used only for what they were designed for. It’s important not to abuse them and allow them to saddle your organization with hidden costs, risks, and poor or untimely decisions driven by spreadsheets. 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Though you may not be familiar with LucidWorks (previously known as Lucid Imagination), the company has for many years contributed to Apache Lucene, an open source search project, and commercialized and supported for it for business. Search is a necessary enterprise application, but it is often not deployed successfully, for many reasons, some to do with the lack of focus and priority by IT and in some cases because a given application is not designed to work well across an organization. Our technology innovation benchmark research finds that search is a critical capability for 38 percent of organizations, and was a top-five capability for business intelligence, ranked as very important in 29 percent of organizations in our next-generation business intelligence research. But few of today’s solutions in BI and business analytics have well-integrated search capabilities that can work against the analytics, let alone with a broader set of information sources. Inadequate search capabilities hurt applications’ usability, and our latest research finds that usability is the top technology consideration in 64 percent of organizations. LucidWorks has two product offerings in the search market. LucidWorks Search provides the ability to rapidly set up search and index content using Apache Solr. The company not only provides full commercial-grade support and services and a security framework, but has also improved on Solr’s usability for developers and business users. Solr, built on top of Lucene, is an enterprise platform that provides full-text search, dynamic clustering, geospatial search and other enterprise-class capabilities. Second, LucidWorks Big Data, which was released late last year, uses the compute and storage capabilities of Hadoop to support larger-scale deployments. LucidWorks also announced more formalized integration with MapR to support it from within its software. LucidWorks has built a big data framework to take advantage of key Apache technologies such as HBase for storage and access, Kafka for distributed publish and subscribe, Mahout for scalable machine learning, Pig for Map-Reduce scripting and ZooKeeper for distributed coordination. Using Hadoop technologies to support big data search could be the tipping point that brings enterprise and Internet-class search to every organization. LucidWorks provides its products via either on-premises or cloud computing deployment. LucidWorks has embraced cloud computing through Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Microsoft Windows Azure, making it simple to integrate LucidWorks with existing approaches. As big data deployments evolve, our technology innovation research finds that 43 percent of organizations prefer big data on-premises, while 26 percent prefer it via cloud computing and 19 percent have no preference. Providing choices for organizations is essential to meeting the broadest range of needs. Our big data research found searching for data is one of the top big data capabilities not available today in 20 percent of organizations and is needed. In addition, our research found the need for search on mobile technology to be important in 29 percent of organizations, so demonstrations of how LucidWorks can operate across smartphones and tablets will be essential. According to our research, the market potential for providing search to business is quite high. Business understands the value of time and needs to get information. Unfortunately, the market for enterprise search software has been hampered by lack of interest from IT, and on the part of analyst firms that follow the IT industry but do not measure the needs of business. Historically, search has been relegated to IT systems and not seen as software to help business be more productive. As organizations begin to build a new generation of applications to leverage big data they should not forget that search is a required component to get to information not only from within an application but also from any related information beyond it. LucidWorks has priced its offering to be affordable for any midsize to large organization and made it easy to set up through its cloud computing offering. Keeping it simple to set up is important, as lack of resources is the highest barrier for use of innovative technology in 51 percent of organizations. Last year LucidWorks added a new CEO, Paul Doscher, a veteran in the enterprise software and search technology industry, to join its chief technology officer and founder, Grant Ingersoll. Going forward I expect to see LucidWorks search results further integrated into business applications and even business analytics. I hope that the company expands its big data offering beyond just Hadoop. LucidWorks should also get more of its customers to promote the software by talking about their deployments. I will be further researching the need for search as part of our big data and information optimization research in 2013. LucidWorks is definitely a vendor to examine if you are looking to bring enterprise-class search to your organization and big data deployments. Regards, Mark Smith CEO & Chief Research Officer", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_whats_important_in_choosing_technology1-7.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Smith", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith", "sameAs": "http://www.linkedin.com/in/markallensmith" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Profit Velocity’s New Dimension in Managing Profitability", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/20/profit-velocitys-new-dimension-in-managing-profitability", "datePublished": "20/02/2013", "dateModified": "20/02/2013", "articleBody": "Profit Velocity Solutions’ PV Accelerator is an analytic application designed to enable capital-intensive companies to consistently achieve substantially wider margins and higher return on assets (ROA). Companies in industries such as specialty chemicals, building materials, integrated steel mills and silicon chip fabrication (to name just four) routinely fail to make the right decisions about pricing, production and sales management because they use analytic methods that, from an economic perspective, present a distorted measure of profitability. Profit Velocity’s approach is to use profit contribution per unit of time as the core principle for driving decisions about production, pricing and CRM-related issues, including compensation-, customer- and account management. Profitability is one of the key objectives of running a business. Profitability is a gauge of the competence of a company’s management and the soundness of its strategic direction. It’s important, therefore, to be able to accurately measure profitability and use this information to support routine business decisions. Because there are many ways that a company rolling in dough can be on a certain path to insolvency, modern accounting has developed ways to address the shortcomings of using a simple – but simplistic – cash-based approach to determining the profitability and health of a business. Over the years accounting science has seen a slow but steady progression of improvements in measuring true profitability, mostly through refinements in quantifying costs. Accounting attempts to use better measures of the underlying economic reality to more faithfully represent the financial health of a corporation. As the Industrial Revolution altered the structure of business operations, the first formal cost accounting methods (now referred to as “traditional”) emerged more than a century ago to address the need to measure and analyze costs to reflect those changes. Management accounting, a newer approach to cost accounting designed to be forward-looking rather than historical, is geared to the needs of a business’s internal executives and managers rather than its outside shareholders and creditors. An important refinement, marginal cost accounting, emerged in the late 1940s in Germany, where it is known as Grenzplankostenrechnung (GPK). GPK is designed to accurately measure the marginal cost of a good or service rather than the average or some statutory accounting-based measurement. Understanding marginal cost is critical in many pricing decisions. For instance, one hour before a flight’s departure, the marginal cost of an airline seat essentially is the cost of the fuel needed to carry the incremental passenger’s weight. Any revenue generated above that goes to the bottom line. By calculating a more accurate economic measure of profitability, GPK can enable companies to generate higher economic returns than traditional cost accounting and provides a more useful management approach to controlling costs. However, GPK gained few adherents in North America, where corporations stuck with traditional cost accounting. Some U.S. and Canadian companies began adopting activity-based costing (ABC) in the late 1980s as part of a response to their diminishing competitiveness, particularly in manufacturing. ABC attempts to measure all activities that drive costs rather than using direct labor cost as a proxy, and therefore, like GPK, provides a measure of profitability more closely aligned with real economic returns. A more accurate economic measurement of cost is a key element to achieving better profitability management – but for many types of businesses it is insufficient. Profit Velocity’s innovation is to take profitability measurement to a new dimension by calculating it on a per-unit-of-time basis (minute, hour or day, depending on what’s most relevant). For any type of costing methodology this is a superior approach to managing profitability in situations where productive capacity is a key, and relatively expensive, resource; that is, for asset-intensive businesses with a high opportunity cost, such as integrated steel, specialty chemicals, integrated circuit fabrication facilities and hospitals. To illustrate why it’s important to incorporate the time dimension, consider a company with two products that have the same per-unit profitability – that is, they use the identical direct labor and materials inputs – but product B requires twice as much processing time in the company’s facilities as product A. If the company only makes product A, it can generate twice the profit per year compared to producing just product B. For many reasons (such as limited market demand or long-term strategic considerations) selling only A is likely to be an infeasible solution. Yet this analysis illustrates that the company is better off emphasizing A in its selling efforts and giving it priority in its production plans. In companies with even a moderately complex product lineup, a time-based approach to analyzing profitability can be a lens that leads to better insight into profit optimization opportunities. “Quick nickels are better than slow dollars” is an old discount retailer’s catchphrase that applies equally well to many industrial and consumer goods businesses. If, say, product A earns lower margins based on materials and labor cost than B but requires significantly less machine time, a manufacturer that emphasized product B on the grounds that it is a higher margin product would have lower returns than one that emphasized A. To enable executives and managers to better understand each product’s real contribution to the bottom line, PV Accelerator presents a company’s offerings graphically along two axes: margin per unit (the vertical axis) and units per hour (the horizontal one). By looking at where each product sits in this array, it’s easy to identify the products in the upper right quadrant that have the best combination of unit profitability and throughput – the ones with maximum “profit velocity.” It’s also possible to see which ones fit into the other quadrants and use this information to frame sales and product strategies. Those products in the upper right quadrant with the greatest margin per hour are ones that should receive emphasis in sales and where the company must defend its market position. Conversely, companies should consider dropping slow-moving products with the lowest profit margins – the ones in the lower-left quadrant. Higher-than-average margin but lower throughput products need to be de-emphasized in sales and manufacturing decisions. Alternatively, a product’s design or its production process could be changed to increase its throughput to enhance its margin-per-unit-of-time value. Finally, high throughput but low margin products might be candidates for price increases or redesign to enhance their value to the bottom line. A time-based profitability metric serves as a common denominator to align the objectives of product organizations, sales and marketing, and finance. It is especially useful in focusing attention on the often difficult issue of intelligently managing customer profitability, and can serve as a starting point for more effective pricing strategies and tactics. For me, the most attractive aspect of PV Accelerator is its practicality as a business tool. For its target market, it’s relatively quick and easy to deploy, so it has a short time to value. The software is a cloud-based service, so up-front investment is limited. The company offers a free preview of its software that uses a simple data extract to demonstrate the opportunity to enhance returns. A full deployment can be completed in weeks. PV Accelerator supports a straightforward approach to continuous improvement. As a planning tool it facilitates analysis of historical data to have a clearer picture of what’s driving profitability. It calculates the revenue and profit impact of any number of scenarios an organization might consider as it puts a plan in place. Subsequently that plan serves as a baseline that is used to measure actual-to-plan variances and pinpoint their underlying causes, enabling a deeper understanding of what opportunities or issues need to be addressed. Companies may start with a core set of users of the software and over time extend its use to additional areas of the enterprise. Used as a change management tool, it can enable a more intelligent approach to product, production and sales strategies as well as to making better tactical decisions in production planning and sales promotions. Profit Velocity uses an indirect sales approach exclusively, which is the best fit for the software and how it’s used to support better management decision-making. Decades of experience shows that it’s difficult to sell software where the value of the software can only be realized with a “change management” effort. In this case, the decision to make fundamental changes to production, pricing and selling must start at the top of an organization. The focus must first be on the people and process elements required to achieve results. Profit Velocity therefore has consultant partners that concentrate on implementing and sustaining advanced profitability management initiatives, and that offer their expertise and guidance on defining and executing a better management strategy. They resell Profit Velocity as the means to enable and support their clients’ new strategic direction. In these types of situations this division of labor is superior to one where the consulting organization itself creates and maintains the software, because experience shows that clients get the best results when the software is created and maintained by an organization whose sole focus is on the code. Profit Velocity’s software gives a company a clearer picture of how it is making money so it can make better decisions more consistently. Business is never static, and Profit Velocity adapts continuously to changing conditions. Moreover, it does so without requiring a major investment in information technology or a laborious implementation process. Asset-intensive industries – and consultants that specialize in supporting these types of businesses – should get to know what PV Accelerator has to offer them. Regards, Robert Kugel – SVP Research", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Kugel", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/robert-kugel", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkugel" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Why Business Intelligence Software is Failing Business", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/16/why-business-intelligence-software-is-failing-business", "datePublished": "15/02/2013", "dateModified": "15/02/2013", "articleBody": "Business intelligence software is supposed to help businesses access and analyze data and communicate analytics and metrics. I have witnessed improvements to BI software over the years, from mobile and collaboration to interactive discovery and visualization, and our Value Index for Business Intelligence finds a mature set of technology vendors and products. But even as these products mature in capabilities, the majority lack features that would make them easy to use. Our recent research on next-generation business intelligence found that usability is the most important evaluation criteria for BI technology, outpacing functionality (49%) and even manageability (47%). The pathetic state of dashboards and the stupidity of KPI illustrate some of the obvious ways the software needs to improve for businesses to gain the most value from it. We need smarter business intelligence, and that means not just more advanced sets of capabilities that are designed for the analysts, but software designed for those who need to use BI information. Our research finds the need to collaborate and share (67%) and inform and deliver (61%) are in the top five evaluation categories for software. A few communication improvements, highlighted below, would help organizations better utilize analytics and BI information. Personalized Notifications and Alerts Everyone in business is busy. Managers and directors have little time to do analysis. Yet BI advancements in visual and data discovery are focused on analysts, and not aimed at the majority of those in business who need to be notified of issues critical to business processes for which they are responsible. We need to make it simpler to consume BI from any point of a presentation. Individuals should be able to review lists of critical metrics as easily as they can browse a directory of files, and based on access rights should be able to select and scope them to suit their areas of responsibility (geography/location, customer, products) and the time period needed for analysis. Users should be able to compare ranges across time and set thresholds that trigger a notification or alert delivered into email or directly to a mobile platform (smartphone or tablet). This notion of personalized notifications is pretty simple, and our recent research on next-generation business intelligence found that alerts and notifications are the most important capabilities for mobile technology according to 42 percent of organizations. Business Intelligence software vendors must not just focus on providing charts to mobile technology but rather on providing better access to information, and should offer notifications of changes to the analytics and metrics that matter. Personalized notifications should be a self-service activity that does not require IT or analysts to get involved; the software should be usable and smart enough to perform this basic business function. Text Presentation of Analytics BI has focused on presenting tables of data and charts to visualize data. More advanced deployments blend in maps and location analytics, a feature whose value I have already espoused. But even with dashboards, individuals can find it challenging to look at four or more charts with no context in communication about them. Even as we try to make the presentation of charts through visualization fancier, the problem is that majority of business professionals are not trained to interpret charts and would rather read what is going on in their business just as they read the newspaper or digital forms of it on their tablet. We can read summary paragraphs about the news; business should be able to see similar communication about the analytics that matter to an individual’s role, yet today’s business intelligence software lacks any way of presenting data in readable text or their natural language. This needs to be part of business intelligence, and organizations need to voice their needs and ensure that software companies understand how this would help them use analytics. Make Observations on Analytics Analysts are responsible for conducting analysis, providing observations found in the analytics and communicating them to others in business. Despite the variety of business intelligence software available, the majority of analysts today place charts and graphs into a presentation using technology like Microsoft PowerPoint. Once a chart is placed into a presentation, analysts place observations as bullet points next to the chart, title the slide, and add summary points or actions in a text box at the bottom. They then repeat the process to create a collection of slides that are usually exported to Adobe Acrobat and emailed to others. Now step back and ask yourself if your BI software supports those kinds of operations today. Does your dashboard of charts provide the ability to place text around it for communication? Can the text from an analyst be fixed and not change, but be commented on or collaborated on in a discussion forum? From my analysis of the majority of software providers, the answer is no. It is not clear why vendors fail to support the basic process of analysis, observation and notation on the analytics and metrics. You should be able to add a free-form text box to the left or right of a chart and add observations that can be fixed and placed into a dashboard. These areas are just some examples of ways to improve business intelligence. I hope that BI software providers start to add more communication and collaboration capabilities that adapt to the way people work, rather than the current approach that forces people to spend more time in their products. As a customer, you should voice the needs you have to support your efforts today. For years, BI software providers have stated there was no demand for capabilities like collaborative and mobile to make things easier for business users, but my analysis indicates this was because they were getting feedback only from IT organizations and IT industry analysts who do not research or understand the way business professionals operate and how they want to become smarter in how they communicate and collaborate, including via mobile technology. Our benchmark research finds collaborative capabilities have been important for some time, and our latest research in 2012 finds them very important to 26 percent of organizations and important to another 41 percent. In addition, more than a third (38%) would like collaborative support as part of their business intelligence product, and almost a quarter (24%) has no preference in their approach. If the vendors do not add this capability, businesses will continue to use Microsoft Office (36%) or find a stand-alone collaboration tool (17%) to meet their need. The need for collaboration is very clear as it is the second-ranked priority (16%) we found in our technology innovation benchmark research, after analytics (39%). Your BI software should support all business roles, not just analysts, though they do need smarter tools such as visual discovery. IT departments should examine why business still uses spreadsheets and presentation software instead of BI software. To get a shared enterprise approach to business intelligence, business must have software that supports the analytic and decision processes we have been successful with for decades, as well as what people need today. By addressing these needs we will also be more prepared for investments in big data, which our research finds are expected to improve communications and knowledge sharing. Our analysis finds the need for more social and collaborative BI features to help teams and support the business and is a key component of my colleagues business analytics research agenda. Assess what you are doing to optimize business intelligence software for business use and provide better communication and easier consumption of analytics and metrics. If you are not able to get what you need, maybe it is time to switch BI software providers to the ones that do provide what you need for business. Regards, Mark Smith CEO & Chief Research Officer", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_importance_of_bi_technology_considerations1-9.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Smith", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith", "sameAs": "http://www.linkedin.com/in/markallensmith" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "The Evolution of Social Learning for Human Capital Management", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/14/the-evolution-of-social-learning-for-human-capital-management", "datePublished": "14/02/2013", "dateModified": "14/02/2013", "articleBody": "Learning management software (LMS) has evolved over the past 25-plus years from a classroom scheduling tool that helped streamline instructor-led and classroom training to a rich, integrated enterprise application that delivers and tracks training across an entire organization. These applications are effective at enabling organizations to share knowledge and track the knowledge-sharing process. Typically they use a top-down model involving classic instructor-led training and online courseware. This model works well for uses such as compliance tracking for a wide variety of industries, training related to employee performance gaps, sales training for product knowledge and training external dealer networks on products and services, to name a couple. In these as well as other areas, classic learning management systems have grown to be a crucial human capital business process, and one that that provides demonstrable business and economic value to many organizations around the globe. In recent years, though, the social revolution that has swept the enterprise application market has changed the way organizations look at the learning process, shifting the focus away from that classic top down model to collaborative, peer-to-peer knowledge sharing. This has important implications for how learning will be conducted across the organization. Today, learning management integrates with the broader universe of human capital management (HCM), an area that spans talent management, workforce management, human resources management and payroll. As these broad platforms evolve, each application within them becomes part of a unified system. Multiple software providers offer different options, from single stand-alone learning systems to ones that are part of a unified talent management platform, where learning management empowers strategic leadership development and employee engagement initiatives to support HCM across the enterprise or within a line of business. However, that social revolution has now brought us to a tipping point. Employees increasingly think of every application they touch in terms of social interaction, and this includes their learning management system and processes. Even for older employees, this increasing interest in social-enabled applications is evident – consider a June 2012 report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project that reported that the number of older adults (65 and older) signing up and using Facebook increased 150 percent from 2009 to 2011. Even with such strong adoption in all segments of the workforce, though, most organizations still report very poor ability to engage their employees with the social tools they have. Our benchmark research on social collaboration and human capital management shows that 50 percent of organizations do not manage informal social collaboration and learning well. In the same research we found that knowledge-sharing (49%), collaborating (37%) and learning (34%) were the top three ways in which internal social media software helps organizations achieve their talent management goals, and that the learning and training group uses social media second-most in the organization. In our benchmark research on next-generation workforce management, organizations said that discussion forums (30%) and broadcast or Twitter-like capabilities (29%) are the two most-needed social collaboration capabilities. We will be launching benchmark research on the topic of social learning management to look at best practices organizations can use to succeed with social learning. It will also look at social learning in the broader context of HCM, information and technology, evaluating how and where social learning “plugs in” to other HCM processes and technologies, such as performance management and recruiting. We will look at how organizations use and plan to use social tools in the context of learning management, and how the social facet changes who uses learning management within the organization, how it gets used and what capabilities are most important to users. We expect this research to inform suppliers and buyers, educate the market and gauge the receptiveness of participants to new technologies and products. I will share here some of the most interesting insights the research uncovers on organizations’ priorities and issues and the key factors they use when evaluating social learning management. I will also assess providers’ offerings to see how they are maturing and how well they meet the needs of a broad range of organizations of differing sizes and in specific industries. If you use social learning management today, let me know as I would love to hear about your success and challenges in advancing HCM in your organization. Regards, Stephan Millard VP & Research Director", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_socialcollab_supports_talent_management1-2.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ISG Software Research", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventana-research" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "New Generation of Location Analytics", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/14/new-generation-of-location-analytics", "datePublished": "14/02/2013", "dateModified": "14/02/2013", "articleBody": "Business analytics have become mainstream in most organizations. Our latest research in technology innovation found analytics was the top-ranked technology in 39 percent of organizations. To deepen the sophistication of their analytics, businesses can add geographic context and maps to business intelligence applications to create what we call location intelligence. Applications and tools with a geographic and spatial context can help deliver new and deeper insights to business. Information about location or geography can improve the quality of actions, decisions and responses to opportunities, and enable organizations to understand more about their customers. It also can help companies gain critical business insights, make better decisions and optimize performance and processes. It can benefit marketing, customer acquisition and retention efforts; logistics and supply chain management; and financial and operational decisions, especially about where to place retail outlets, business assets and people in various functions. While location analytics is not new, the heightened interest in actually doing something about it is, driven in part by the prevalence of mobile devices used for business and by the growing ability to analyze social media commentary and other expressions of customer sentiment. Analysts across lines of business can gain more precise context and insight from location analytics to share with business professionals. Its use can support consumers’ growing expectation of the availability of location-related information in their interactions with business and as part of their self-service access to information and applications. Location data can be made available to any role in an organization that needs it. Using just the geographic context of the analytics can help businesses align customers with the right individual or location for immediate service, either manually or through the use of automated workflow. Our research into operational intelligence found that using geographic or location context as part of analyzing relationships of events is important to 32 percent of organizations. By using this technology effectively, companies can save time and money, reduce business risk and increase profitability and competitive advantage. Location analytics can complement your existing business intelligence (BI) or business analytics efforts. Our next-generation business intelligence benchmark research examined the importance of location and found that deployment of geographic maps was the most important benefit in 47 percent of organizations. Location analytics can deploy maps either by leveraging data and analytics within existing software or operating in parallel with it and utilizing the underlying data structures. For some organizations location analytics also should enrich the value of existing data within information management efforts by helping to facilitate geocoding or data quality efforts or providing new data that can be used with existing applications or tools. Advancements in the use of big data let business take advantage of a greater volume and velocity of data, and offer organizations a chance to support a wider range of business analytics and applications. Yet our research shows a lot of room for improvement when it comes to location analytics deployment. Only 12 percent of organizations capture location data and use it in analysis. Another 15 percent capture it but do not use it, while almost a third (31%) plan to capture and use it. I recommend that organizations identify their information assets, business processes and customer-facing applications that collect or contain geographic and location data, as well as those that would benefit from having location analytics capabilities, and then explore options offered by new tools to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. My colleague Tony Cosentino has already pointed out that location analytics is essential to adding value of business analytics and a key factor in our big data research agenda for 2013. If you are interested in gaining more depth on this topic, participate in our location analytics research. Help us explore the best practices and benefits for those using it today, and identify what needs to be improved in the technology. Regards, Mark Smith CEO & Chief Research Officer", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities1-26.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Smith", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith", "sameAs": "http://www.linkedin.com/in/markallensmith" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Rising Rates Will Catch Companies Flat-Footed", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/13/rising-rates-will-catch-companies-flat-footed", "datePublished": "13/02/2013", "dateModified": "13/02/2013", "articleBody": "One of the important lessons company executives should have learned over the past 15 years is that it’s dangerous not to do contingency planning, a subject that I’ve written about before. By this I mean real, think-outside-the-box contingency planning (not just extrapolating), which is especially important when doing long-range planning. The past decade or so has been punctuated by periods of elevated volatility in financial and product markets, and there’s a good probability it will occur again in predictable yet improbable ways. The dot-com boom and its resulting bust as well as the real estate bubble and collapse were in part liquidity-driven events. Many people recognized the artificiality of the rise in values during both of those boom times. There were naysayers questioning the longevity of the upturns, but as they continued unchecked and proved the skeptics wrong, most investors, analysts and advisors grew complacent and unwilling to consider truly unfavorable scenarios. By not planning for a bust, companies and individuals were not in position to react as swiftly and intelligently as they could have. This sorry history came to mind during a discussion I had recently with the head of financial planning and analysis (FP&A) for an insurance company. The conversation began with advanced analytics and budgeting and then moved to integrating strategic long-range planning and annual budgeting. I asked whether the company had looked at scenarios in which interest rates rose rapidly over the next three years (say, 20-year U.S. Treasury bond yields rising to 5% from about 2.8% today) along with a range of foreign exchange rate scenarios (say, a dollar/euro exchange rate ranging from 1.60 to parity) because the company has substantial business outside the U.S. The answer was no. The response was not surprising because I knew from our research on planning that relatively few companies are able to do meaningful, in-depth contingency planning. Most cannot consider the full implications of specific scenarios that affect key drivers of their business (such as interest rates in the case of insurance companies), the specific impacts on each part of their business under these scenarios and how best to address or take advantage of them ahead of time. Instead, most simply look at vague “upside” and “conservative” forecasts. Contingency planning, especially in a strategic context, has three distinct purposes. One is to gain a clear and realistic understanding of feasible options under different circumstances by quantifying the implications of different scenarios. The second is to have a structured dialogue about possible options that is built on quantifiable assumptions and outcomes; this provides the frame for a discussion designed to ensure that all executives are on the same page. The third objective is to be better prepared – to have an action plan or at least the foundation for one. Then if the unlikely becomes reality, the organization can implement necessary changes faster than starting from scratch. Contingency planning allows a company to avoid frittering away time deciding what to do next or relying on gut instinct at critical moments. Also companies don’t have to confine their efforts to planning for the worst-case result. Better-than-expected sales may make it possible to accelerate introduction of new products in another division or to bring a new production facility on line sooner. Determining the impact of major contingencies is an important component in making planning more strategic. For an insurance company, returns on asset classes have important consequences for strategies in sales, pricing and risk management, to name just three key business decisions. A rapid rise in prevailing interest rates can affect its balance sheet and have regulatory impacts. Considering interest rate environments well in advance enables the company to deploy its resources to address opportunities and risks ahead of the curve and perhaps ahead of the competition. Because no planning process can be completely accurate in all events, it’s important to understand the implications of different outcomes. Including contingency planning in the planning process prepares an organization to quickly generate a revised detailed plan. At least six months in advance any company should be considering the implications of both positive and negative business environments. As the economic outlook changes, executives would have the ability to adjust the plan to make decisions based on fact-based analysis, not hunches. They could see how changes in specific prices, costs, volumes, currency rates and interest rates would impact revenue, profit, working capital and weekly or monthly cash flow. Then they’d be ready to do rapid contingency planning to determine the best response when changes occur. Our research finds plenty of things that companies can do to improve in planning and budgeting - contingency planning is one of them. One mental mistake they make is confusing planning with budgeting. The objective in budgeting is to narrow things down so that the budget can serve as a yardstick and control mechanism. Contingency planning has a larger purpose, to think expansively about what might happen and to consider the limits of what’s probable in order to have an idea of what to do should that outcome become a reality. It’s not necessary to consider every possibility, just the ones that are likely to have the greatest impact. Having the right software and using it properly is a prerequisite for effective contingency planning. Desktop spreadsheets are not the right technology because they are poorly suited to performing repetitive, collaborative enterprise tasks such as strategic and long-range contingency planning. A dedicated planning application enables companies to quickly adjust scenarios and basic assumptions and immediately see the impact of such changes. Most of the world has been living in a period of financial repression for the past several years. Its sameness has lulled people into behaving as if it will continue forever. Events over the past 15 years should have taught business executives – especially CFOs – that this is precisely the time to consider what might happen to their business if interest rates change rapidly and consider further how best to respond to the challenges and opportunities that emerge. Regards, Robert Kugel SVP Research", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Kugel", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/robert-kugel", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkugel" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "LiveOps Improves the Agent Experience", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/13/liveops-improves-the-agent-experience", "datePublished": "13/02/2013", "dateModified": "13/02/2013", "articleBody": "My recent research into the contact center in the cloud shows the typical agent’s life is not an easy one. Agents are expected to handle more types of interactions that arrive through more communication channels as found in our research with inbound, email and outbound in use by more than 74 percent of organizations, meet an increasing number of performance metrics, and leave each caller feeling happy with the interaction. And they have to do this with a desktop that my research shows can only be described as “a mess.” It typically has on it multiple business applications (such as CRM, ERP and knowledge management), multiple systems to access communication channels (phone, email, IM, social media), message boards and performance dashboards. LiveOps is best known for its cloud-based systems that support the management of multiple communication channels, and for applications to manage agent performance. Using the experience it has gained supporting organizations with these services, and drawing from its own pool of agents, LiveOps recently announced a new desktop system, LiveOps Engage, that is designed to make agents’ lives easier, especially in the handling of multiple channels of communication. The software’s customization tools allow companies to design a desktop that best suits the needs and preferences of their agents, including everything from the layout to the color palettes. It is browser-based, so it can be accessed by agents or other employees handling interactions at any location. The key feature of the new desktop is a series of icons that represent interaction queues – phone, SMS, email, social media, chat. Each icon displays the number of interactions in each queue. An agent can look at each queue and decide which interaction to handle, or companies can push interactions to agents based on a predetermined set of rules. This de-clutters the agent desktop by removing the systems needed to manage different types of queues and makes it simpler to manage which interactions an agent handles. The rest of the desktop can be configured to make the handling of interactions simpler. The system can be set up to use CTI to prepopulate a mini-window with the customer’s profile, using available APIs to draw information from common business systems. Mini-windows can also include a complete multichannel view of previous interactions, a window to search for customer or other data, icons to enable responses to be pushed through different channels, and other windows built to specific company requirements. During my demonstration, I found the layout pleasing to the eye and could see how a company could create a desktop that would make agents’ lives easier and allow them to be more effective at handling customer interactions. My research into the agent desktop shows that two of these features – simplifying access to multiple channels of interaction and accessing a complete view of customer information – are seen as essential in helping agents provide customers with a better experience and realizing better outcomes from interactions. Furthermore, it shows that companies that provide such a desktop see a balanced set of benefits, such as improving overall operations, enabling more employees to become involved in resolving interactions, and better agent performance (quality scores). I believe the current version of Engage will help companies take the first steps in making their agents’ lives easier and making agents more efficient and effective in handling interactions which was found to be highest benefit as found in 57 percent of organizations. As LiveOps adds more features to support wider collaboration in handling interactions and easier access to a wider range of business applications, its desktop will allow companies to make handling interactions more effective, which will impact agent satisfaction, reduce agent turnover, enable improved customer experiences and thus deliver improved key agent and customer-related performance metrics. Regards, Richard J. 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Organizations need data supplied in a consistent format and timely manner to help manage their activities and processes, but some do not look beyond conventional approaches to improvement. Today’s large volumes of data make it more difficult to understand the relationships among data and the role of location-related data. Our 2012 benchmark research on information management found that most organizations need to advance their data initiatives and take steps to integrate them. In 2012, Pitney Bowes enhanced its Spectrum technology for data management to help organizations realize the full value of data entities. Its relationship discovery technology for graph modeling accelerates association of data in the enterprise and with social media. The latest version, Spectrum 8, brings together data integration, data quality and master data management in an integrated approach to enterprise information management. Architecturally it uses data federation and data integration interfaces to its master data management hub to bring together core capabilities including a portfolio of data quality and data enrichment capabilities. One of Spectrum 8’s unique elements is its support for location and spatial data. Our research on cloud computing reveals the rising importance of data management in these environments; I hope that Pitney Bowes will address this in future versions. In announcing version 8, the company detailed a spectrum of improvements. Its latest data integration release takes steps forward with a visual query builder and deeper support for XML sourcing, synchronization and schemas; it also helps the enterprise with scheduling, loaders and transactional support for databases and XML. In data quality, Spectrum 8 supports location and address certifications and validation through forward and reverse geocoding, which is now expanded to include China, India and many other countries, as well as providing a new module for transliteration. In master data management, it adds a range of modeling techniques, hierarchy management including visual analysis and social network analysis, reliability advancements in clustering, fault tolerance and hot backup of the system. Further it has advanced support for what we call location analytics and spatial management of business data. Our current research into location analytics shows that these improvements are timely, as organizations need better support for making data location-aware, which Pitney Bowes is doing across the entire Spectrum offering. I also am impressed by the usability of the system, which as well as IT specialists also will suit analysts who are familiar with data relationships. Pitney Bowes is not well-known for its information management technology, but this release has a robust and integrated approach, and organizations should include it in their evaluations. Its graph-oriented technology can help streamline customer data for easier interactions and contribute to improving the customer experience throughout an organization’s business processes. Our research agenda for 2013 outlines the information management competencies needed to support the new generation of big data and information optimization, and Pitney Bowes is relevant in this regard. Its Spectrum offering will appeal to those looking to use their customer information more fully in business processes, although it can be used for other types of data as well. Spectrum surpasses other offerings with its customer and social relationship mapping, making data more location-aware and enriching it through its tools. As indicated by our big-data benchmark research, Pitney Bowes will need to expand further to address big data through integration with Hadoop, data appliances and in-memory computing; that will be necessary for it to work with systems that CIOs and data management professionals are architecting now. Pitney Bowes also should foster alliances with the range of applications providers in big data, analytics, customer service and contact centers to ensure it is seen as part of the overall technology ecosystem. Last year I pointed out the critical need for this company to provide tighter alignment among its own efforts in customer communications. In addition I expect that as its product offerings evolve, Pitney Bowes will position itself in the new evolution of information management called information optimization. Those looking at a new generation of data management that is integrated and uses discovery and analytics should consider Pitney Bowes Spectrum. Regards, Mark Smith CEO & Chief Research Officer", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_infomgt_information_management_initiative-20.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Smith", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith", "sameAs": "http://www.linkedin.com/in/markallensmith" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Splunk Provides Operational Intelligence in the Cloud", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/09/splunk-provides-operational-intelligence-in-the-cloud", "datePublished": "09/02/2013", "dateModified": "09/02/2013", "articleBody": "Splunk’s innovated ability to access and use machine data for targeted operational insights can help improve IT and enhance business operational efficiency. Its work to capitalize on big data was part of my last analysis, while my colleague Tony Cosentino looked at its focus on search and operational analytics. Splunk also was a recipient of the 2012 Ventana Research Technology Innovation Award for IT Performance for Splunk Enterprise. The latest Splunk release, version 5, advances its ability to provide operational intelligence to organizations by using data both from existing IT systems and in Hadoop. A new SDK offering supports Java, JavaScript, PHP and Python as part of its API. It can help developers get at data from social media and online applications and combine it with machine-generated data, which our research found to be the top data source according to 62 percent of organizations, followed by application data (53%) and historical data warehouse sources (43%). Splunk also now provides a cloud computing offering called Splunk Storm that helps companies take advantage of machine data in the cloud or on-premises. It lets users quickly create projects and analyze machine data with charts that can be shared with others. I had a chance to go through the new offering and found it to be simple and quick to analyze data and present analytics based on events, IP addresses and other machine data. Our latest benchmark research into operational intelligence found that activity or event monitoring is a top need in 62 percent of organizations; Splunk Storm can address this through its search and analyze approach. Splunk has made the pricing of the new offering simple. You select the storage volume you need in the cloud and get the pricing quickly. You can sign up for free and work with the product on data up to 1GB. Organizations can also analyze cloud data with the on-premises version of the product, but for many who need to quickly assess data without the hassle of using internal resources and systems, the software-as-a-service version is an easy way to get started. This is important, as the top barriers for operational intelligence are lack of resources (41%) and no budget (40%), and the on-demand approach is now preferred in 21 percent of organizations, which allows Splunk to address an expanding opportunity. With its on-premises product and its latest cloud computing offering, Splunk provides customers a good array of options. The company is moving quickly to add alerting and APIs that can be used to integrate to other offerings to upcoming Splunk Storm releases. Splunk has little competition when it comes to combining machine data with other data from business and IT to help organizations in cloud and enterprise approaches. It lets businesses harvest existing sources without having to establish a specialized data store first. Organizations should take a look at what Splunk is providing and how it can help address a class of operational and analytic needs across IT and business data. Regards, Mark Smith CEO & Chief Research Officer", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo1-4.jpg", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Smith", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith", "sameAs": "http://www.linkedin.com/in/markallensmith" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Happy Birthday XBRL", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/08/happy-birthday-xbrl", "datePublished": "08/02/2013", "dateModified": "08/02/2013", "articleBody": "To mark the fourth anniversary of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) interactive data mandate, Columbia Business School (my alma mater) and its Center for Excellence in Accounting and Security Analysis (CEASA) published a review of the current state of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) that notes the manifold issues that plague this promising technology. From its perspective, three key issues hamper greater use of XBRL. The first is the high error rate in the tagging process and the tendency of companies to use too many non-standard tags, both of which substantially reduce the usefulness of the data to practitioners. Second, they believe technologists, not regulators and accountants, should be more involved in developing software that makes it easier to consume XBRL-tagged data. Third, companies should spend more effort improving the quality of their data than on trying to kill the mandate. I agree with all three points, but I arrive at slightly different recommendations. Chiefly, people have been slow to pick up on using XBRL because there’s no free, easy way to make use of the technology. Consequently, too few people are aware it exists, and even those who do may not care because there’s no way for them to benefit from it. There’s a bit of a chicken-and-egg situation here; without software to consume XBRL-tagged data usefully, there’s limited demand for consuming XBRL-tagged data, which in turn limits demand for software that works interactively with XBRL-tagged data. One part of the solution is for companies to stop complaining about the tagging requirement and create value from this mandate by reusing and repurposing tagged data on their investor websites. XBRL and other existing tools can create electronic documents that are snazzier than any glossy paper-based annual report could ever hope to be. As for the first point raised in CEASA’s paper, data quality is a problem, but it’s partly because there’s a learning curve involved and partly because securities analysts have not been as involved in the issue as they should have been. There are two issues here: tagging errors and the use of non-standard XBRL tags. Errors are currently running at about a 1 percent rate. Depending on your perspective, this is either surprisingly low or completely unacceptable. I’m in the latter camp. Applying a six-sigma standard for accuracy would mean only a dozen or so SEC filers would have a single tagging error in any given year across their multiple periodic filings. This may be too much to hope for, but a 0.3 percent error rate (that is, three standard deviations) is not unreasonable. Transgressors could be fined, as the paper suggests, but other factors and measures may accomplish the same thing, such as a published table identifying companies with tagging errors. I also expect that if companies believed that more investors cared about the accuracy of their tags they would be more careful. The lack of comparability of tags used by companies is another data quality issue. Minimizing the use of custom tags is a must in this respect. There’s a relatively easy fix for this issue because it’s likely that out of ignorance or misplaced priorities the people who are doing the tagging are opting for a custom tag if the financial statement wording is even slightly different from the off-the-shelf XBRL caption that is functionally equivalent. This could have been prevented and may be remedied by greater involvement by professional investors in helping companies determine the proper tags. The CFA Institute could be more active in organizing securities analysts who can help define how companies in specific industries maximize commonality in how they report and tag their results to achieve the highest degree of comparability within and perhaps even across industries. This would not be a one-time event but an ongoing effort. There’s a precedent for this. Beginning in the early 1970s, the SEC mandated something called full disclosure, which was the first major step in expanding the breadth of information available to all investors in US-registered securities. Analysts (often represented by industry-specific splinter groups of the New York Society of Securities Analysts) were heavily involved in creating business segment reporting guidelines. Yet it’s worth noting that there’s also a limit to the degree of comparability that can be achieved even when companies use identical XBRL tags, so buy-side investors may not always choose XBRL-tagged financial statement numbers over information provided by investment data providers such as FactSet and Standard & Poor’s. Regardless of how a taxonomy is structured, there is no requirement in Anglo-Saxon accounting for uniformity in presentation. Thus, Company X might include some things and exclude others in a captioned item on its income statement or balance sheet that Company Y treats differently. A simple, common example is that some companies report selling, general and administrative expenses as a single item while other break out sales expense on a separate line. Investment data providers massage reported numbers so that it’s possible to compare X and Y side by side, which can be great for portfolio managers but not for Wall Street analysts and anyone else who needs the as-reported figures. A second important reason for limited take-up of XBRL-tagged data to date is the lack of useful free tools available for consuming XBRL-tagged information. The original plan was for the SEC to fund the development of an interactive data viewer for its EDGAR public company data website, but what’s there is not terribly interactive. When the XBRL mandate was under discussion, I assumed that ad-supported finance sites such as Yahoo Finance might fund the development of an XBRL viewer, but it hasn’t happened. I expected retail investor-focused online brokers such as Fidelity and Charles Schwab would give their clients access to a free tool. Not yet. I also expected Google to step up, but no. XBRL International is fostering competitions to encourage the development of such tools. I reviewed the winners of last year’s competition, and while I think they represent a good first effort, much more is needed. Creating a good, full-featured interactive viewer is a difficult and expensive undertaking. It’s unrealistic to expect large enterprise software companies to jump into the professional viewer market because it’s a pretty small niche. The problem with free XBRL viewer software is that there’s no money in it for the developer. This is why XBRL International has been sponsoring the competition. It might be possible to apply the Adobe Acrobat business model (charge for creating interactive XBRL documents but offer a free viewer), but the universe of companies willing to pay for the creator side is considerably smaller than the universe of companies that publish web documents, so I’m not sure what company would be willing to fund such a project. As to the Center’s third point, I believe public companies ought to stop complaining about having to tag their SEC filings and begin using their XBRL-tagged data to create interactive investor websites. It’s time for corporations to reimagine external financial reporting using currently available technology. Rather than treating electronic filing as a compliance requirement of little business value, they should use already available technology to repurpose their mandated reports into more effective financial and corporate communications. Companies can expand their mandated interactive financial disclosures into corporate communications that explain their strategy, performance, opportunities, financial position and stewardship. Doing so would naturally extend the glossy annual report into the digital age, harnessing technology to be interactive, using audio and video for impact and providing insightful analytical tools for investors. It’s important to begin now, given the ever larger audience of people who grew up using computers and for whom an electronic document is a more natural medium than paper. One other point worth noting: It’s also harder to get professional investors working with XBRL when there are still so many holes on the data collection end. For instance, most earnings releases are not yet tagged, which means that one still has to manually enter the data into some spreadsheet to update a company model or create a table quantifying the differences between actual results and projections. This is a time-consuming process for stock analysts in the precious minutes between the initial release and the conference call discussing the results. It’s worse for buy-side analysts who cover many more companies, especially if a company lacks research coverage. Although the XBRL taxonomy for US-GAAP is well-developed (and in my judgment the most comprehensive in the world), it still needs industry-specific measures (such as revenue passenger kilometers for airlines or kilowatt hours produced for utilities), and it would be nice if one could grab company-specific product line data (for instance, revenues of specific drugs for a pharmaceutical company) as a tagged item. There’s also a threat to the use of XBRL in public company reporting should there be full adoption of the IFRS accounting standard by the United States. The US-GAAP taxonomy is well-developed but the IFRS one is not. I suspect one reason that’s the case is that the IFRS governing body fundamentally does not understand the difference between a taxonomy and an accounting standard. I believe XBRL has a bright future, but CEASA is correct in pointing to serious shortcomings in how it’s been deployed in the service of investors. Solutions to the issues require effort and imagination, but they should not be too difficult to implement. To date there have been more words than real momentum behind making XBRL a practical tool for investors. I expect that is going to change over the next several years. Regards, Robert Kugel – SVP Research", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Kugel", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/robert-kugel", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkugel" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Subscription Billing Model Can Maximize Customer Value", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/07/subscription-billing-model-can-maximize-customer-value", "datePublished": "07/02/2013", "dateModified": "07/02/2013", "articleBody": "You would think that all organizations would want to maximize the value of every customer relationship, but my research over the last couple of years suggests otherwise. Three particular insights stick in my mind. My research into customer analytics shows that overall customer lifetime value ranked only sixth most important customer-related metric, compared to the highest-ranked, customer service costs, which was selected by 54 percent of respondents versus 31 percent for customer lifetime value. Executives had it second highest-ranked, but as you move down the organization it falls off in importance. This lack of focus is also reflected in my research into customer relationship maturity, where customer value was again ranked only the sixth most important customer-related metric, this time behind the top-ranked metric of overall revenue (62% versus 25%). The same research shows my second insight, in that only just under half (45%) of companies have a single source of customer data, and worse still, fewer than a third (31%) have a single set of reports and analysis about their customers. For those that do have reports and analysis containing customer information, once more customer value is only the fifth-ranked type of information, behind customer satisfaction scores, which are top-ranked (64% compared to 51%). My final insight arises from my research in to the agent desktop, which shows that in terms of overall customer service objectives, improving customer lifetime value was ranked fourth highest, with the top priority being to enable customers to communicate through more channels of communication (19% compared to 12%). Those vendors with customer value in mind have begun to change their business models in order to address a key end-customer requirement and increase the chances of lengthening the customer relationship and overall customer lifetime value. Consider the software industry. Not many years ago virtually all software was sourced as a one-off license purchase, followed by an annual maintenance fee. To gain further revenues, vendors had to rely on professional service fees, which again typically were earned as a one-off at the beginning of the project. Increasingly, companies find it hard to justify such large one-off payments, so they look to hosted or cloud-based vendors that provide their software as a service and charge on a recurring, usage-related basis. For the user company, this softens the up-front costs and spreads other costs over the length of the contract. For the vendor, it reduces the up-front fees but extends the relationship with the customer over the life of the contract and typically generates revenues that are linked to usage, through, for example, the number of active users. In the communications industry, where customer invoices are based on a recurring fee plus usage charges, vendors providing hardware “in the cloud” where fees can be based on an access fee and the amount of hardware used. Companies provide online access to entertainment services that go beyond typical subscription services, because they include more than a regular subscription fee. They are typically based on a fixed duration contract that might also include one-off, up-front charges, other recurring changes (annual upgrade fee), or, most importantly, usage-based fees that scale up and down based on different parameters, such as calls made, active uses, volume of hardware used or number of items downloaded. Moving to this model of doing business introduces a number of complexities for companies: Setting up and maintaining the catalogue of products or services Creating innovative bundles of products and services that appeal to different customer segments Monitoring and collecting usage information Producing customer bills and making billing and payment collection possible through a range of communication channels Providing customer service that meets customer expectations and ensures customers remain loyal throughout the duration of the contract Monitoring customer usage so that, where appropriate, companies can take advantage of up-sell opportunities. To manage these types of relationships, companies need to look beyond traditional CRM systems. These focus mainly on supporting marketing, sales and customer case (ticket) management and don’t support the process of setting up a catalogue, collecting and pricing usage data, and producing invoices. To do this, companies need to look for a specialist subscription billing system that includes usage rating. They might also want it to include invoice production and delivery, plus payment collection, or alternatively a system that provides two-way integration with their finance system. It is also vital that the information from such a billing system be available to contact center agents and self-service channels so that customers can be provided with up-to-date information should they engage with the company. Companies should also review their customer-facing activities and processes to ensure customers get a consistent experience at every touch point and that they maximize every option for cross-selling or ensuring customer retention. Subscription-based business is seen by more and more companies as the way to ensure customer longevity and maximize customer value. It does however fundamentally change companies’ relationships with customers, requiring them to be more proactive over a longer period. Companies should therefore ensure they get their processes, people, metrics and systems aligned to support such a business model, because, if done correctly, it can ensure business success. What is your experience with subscription-based business? Please let us know and come collaborate with me on this topic. Regards, Richard J. Snow VP & Research Director", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_db_top_five_goals_for_improving_customer_service-8.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ISG Software Research", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventana-research" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "IBM to Acquire Star Analytics for Financial Data Integration", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/07/ibm-to-acquire-star-analytics-for-financial-data-integration", "datePublished": "07/02/2013", "dateModified": "07/02/2013", "articleBody": "IBM this week announced its pending acquisition of the Star Analytics product portfolio. Star Analytics is a privately held company that offers products designed to provide easy access to and integration with Oracle Hyperion data sources. While Star Analytics has a good product and solid references, it has lacked critical mass to support more effective sales and marketing efforts. Star Analytics’ strategic value to IBM lies in its ability to unlock data held in Oracle Essbase multidimensional databases, which is the repository for applications such as Hyperion Enterprise, Financial Management and Planning. It supports IBM’s aim to offer comprehensive business analytics capabilities, which means it must be able to facilitate access to all data sources. Longer term, it enables IBM to compete with Oracle for finance department customers with IBM’s own financial performance management applications. Star Analytics gives IBM a means of fostering relationships with existing users of Hyperion applications and a more graceful migration path to using IBM’s financial, analytics and business intelligence software. Finance organizations have been heavy users of Hyperion financial applications. While these applications are workhorses for important finance tasks, the information in their data stores has been difficult to access from outside of Hyperion environments. Larger companies often must try to knit together their complex applications and databases with hard-to-maintain custom integrations, or use spreadsheets to combine data from multiple sources. Since companies maintain a great deal of useful information, they wind up spending a considerable amount of time and effort working around accessibility issues. Star Analytics’ software helps companies make data much easier to integrate into financial information processes, enabling consolidated reporting and analytics that can accelerate the time it takes to assess overall financial results. Larger companies that have significant, longstanding investments in Hyperion software often store a great deal of information in multidimensional databases (“cubes”) that serve as the foundation for their consolidation, reporting and planning software. These databases are extremely useful for analysis and reporting and are a considerable improvement over desktop spreadsheets for collaborative and repetitive tasks. Yet their utility is confined mainly to the needs of the finance department’s specific application because, in practice, it’s very difficult to extract the information contained in these databases into data warehouses accessible to the rest of the organization by using standard business intelligence (BI) tools. This is a serious ongoing problem. Today, to produce the kind of advanced analyses and reporting that generate deeper insight and more useful, effective business models, it is necessary to integrate financial and operational information. The operational data comes not only from a company’s ERP system but also supply chain and logistics systems, customer relationship management and other software that manages processes and tracks business performance. The finance department itself likely has multiple cubes in use, and the process of extracting data from them and synthesizing it into a report or analysis can be time-consuming. To address these issues, Star Analytics developed the Star Integration Server so that companies that have Hyperion applications (Planning, Financial Management or custom-built software built on Essbase) can more easily extract information for wider use (say, in a company-wide data warehouse or financial data mart). All departments within a corporation can then use the data in their applications or analyses. They can create reports (using whatever reporting and analysis tools they currently use) that use this information in conjunction with operational data from other sources. Moreover, the software allows companies to bring together data from multiple cubes so that they can analyze and report on all of the information that is kept in these separate data stores. Finance departments in particular are able to consolidate and manage complex hierarchy structures in their cubes so that they can speed up processes such as business analyses, periodic reporting, forecasting and planning. The Integration Server also enables companies to pull out proprietary data structures, embedded calculations (such as allocations or ratio analyses), business rules (consolidation parameters), security protocols and supporting detail from Hyperion applications. The software can support the data volumes larger companies use, as well as ensure that data security protocols are observed. The Integration Server has native support for exporting to major relational databases such as IBM’s DB2, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL and Sybase. The Star Command Center automates data movements, database consolidations and schedule-related processes, eliminating the need to devote IT resources to repetitive mechanical tasks. It is a far more comprehensive, flexible and easy-to-maintain alternative to the custom coding approach organizations often adopt to lash together their disparate applications and databases. It is designed for point-and-click simplicity so that it is usable by finance/IT-types, in contrast to other tools aimed at IT/data center professionals. The Command Center even enables integration between on-premises and cloud-based data sources, and can be accessed and operated via a mobile application. Currently, most companies either extract information from their Oracle/Hyperion systems in a laborious and time-consuming fashion, or have consultants build custom solutions. Companies that use Oracle’s Financial Management, Planning, Enterprise or custom applications running on Essbase should make it easier to integrate data from these systems for broader business analytics purposes. Users of Star Analytics’ software can save considerable amounts of time in performing analyses and generating reports – in some cases going from days down to hours. This technology will help IBM enable its vision for finance that I outlined last year and help companies using Oracle to find value from existing investments. Since financial information is available quickly, the data can be used to do more rapid planning and analysis cycles or have management or financial reports available sooner. Moreover, unlocking financial and other information enables corporations to do more integrated business analysis, planning and reporting. Information that was once inaccessible can be readily available when it’s needed. Knowing more enables companies to do more. Regards, Robert Kugel – SVP Research", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Kugel", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/robert-kugel", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkugel" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "MicroStrategy Raises the Ante on Mobile, Social and Cloud Innovation", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/07/microstrategy-raises-the-ante-on-mobile-social-and-cloud-innovation", "datePublished": "07/02/2013", "dateModified": "07/02/2013", "articleBody": "MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor has a keen sense of where things are headed. He sees mobile and social as the two drivers of a world based largely in software. Last year I covered the announcements at the MicroStrategy events in Amsterdam and the vision Saylor put forth in his keynote speech. MicroStategy World 2013 last month finds the company delving into such diverse areas as identity management, marketing services and integrated point-of-sale applications. The uniting factor is mobile intelligence. At the event, MicroStrategy highlighted three innovative product lines. Usher, announced in 2012, is a mobile identity management system that allows you to issue digital credentials on a mobile device. Alert provides a mobile shopper experience, including promotions, product locator, transaction capabilities and receipt delivery. Wisdom, winner of the 2012 Ventana Research Technology Innovation Award for Social Media, mines social media data from Facebook to help drive brand insight. Along with large investments in cloud and mobile intelligence, these technologies illustrate where the company is headed. In a breakout session provokingly titled “Beat Amazon and Google with Revolutionary Retail Apps for Your Store Operations,” MicroStrategy Vice President of Retail Frank Andryauskas brought the company’s technologies to life by outlining a typical in-store mobile purchase process. A customer may start by using Alert to engage social media while he looks at items on his phone or tablet and checks prices, sizes or availability within the application. Based on his selection, he may want recommendations through Wisdom for items that his friends like or that appeal to them because of their unique preferences. He could choose to purchase an item with a coupon promotion delivered through Alert, or have the item drop-shipped to his home or to the store. On the back end, marketers can run purchase path analytics that tie the customer experience to the transaction. This in turn helps with promotional strategies that can influence purchase behavior at the store level. The key for the retailer, as well as for MicroStrategy, is to create customer value through an in-store and online experience that is differentiated from ones in other stores. The tools help retailers move beyond “showrooming” and leverage their physical assets to drive competitive advantage. The MicroStrategy mobile retail vision gets even more compelling when you look at what’s going on with their customers, including large retailers that are using analytics to drive things such as employee engagement in a brick-and-mortar retail environment, which in turn can improve customer retention and increase share of wallet. The Container Store demonstrated how it uses MicroStrategy mobile BI to allow employees to view their performance as compared to their peers. This taps into a fundamental human need to be on the leading part of a curve and never lag behind. Friendly competition between stores with similar footprints and trade areas can drive best-in-class store performance. It will be interesting to see whether MicroStrategy can leverage this game approach across other industries, such as travel and tourism, government, manufacturing and healthcare. MicroStrategy has a strong presence and compelling use cases in the pharmaceuticals industry, with solutions around mobile sales force enablement where operating smatrtphones and tables is a priority today. This area can show tremendous productivity gains, as in-meeting effectiveness often requires fast and easy access to pricing, distribution and benchmark data. The ability to communicate with other team members in real time during the sales process and to conduct transactions on the spot can reduce sales cycle times. Ancillary benefits include providing an audit trail of the best sales processes and representatives, so that, much like in the retail environment, pharmaceutical companies can develop and replicate a best-in-class approach. While the company's long-range vision is solid, MicroStrategy may be too far ahead of the curve. I would argue that the company is on the leading edge of mobile and may have spent more money than it had to in order to catch the mobile wave but is more ready than any other BI provider. With technologies such as Wisdom, Alert and Usher, it may be in a position similar to the one it was in a few years ago with mobile. Wisdom uses “like” data from Facebook to drive analytics, but how far can that data really get a marketer today? This innovation needs to pay more dividends for marketers, and it might in the future as Facebook starts to introduce a categorical verb universe that denotes specific attitudes and purchase intent. Alert could be good for a mid-market retailer, if its value and ease of use is compelling enough for mobile users to download the application and sign up as a store customer. Usher is spot on with its intent to manage digital identity, but uptake may be slow since separating data about the user from data about the phone is challenging. In sum, MicroStrategy is pressing its advantage in mobile intelligence solutions and is figuring out ways to drive that advantage into the mobile applications market. It is investing heavily in enterprise business intelligence applications in the cloud, where it already has more than 40 customers. It has an industry-leading business intelligence toolkit and was ranked as a hot vendor in our 2012 Business Intelligence Value Index. MicroStrategy has a lot going for it, but it is also placing a broad set of innovation bets relative to its size. In a recent interview, Saylor said, “If these things play out the way I expect, then we're a $10 billion revenue company, out 10 years. If they don't play out the way I expect, then whatever. We'll muddle along and we'll do what we're going to do.” I’m inclined to agree. Regards, Tony Cosentino VP & Research Director", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_2012_techaward_winner_logo-17.jpg", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ISG Software Research", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventana-research" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Intradiem Takes Customer Agent Task Management to Next Level", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/05/intradiem-takes-customer-agent-task-management-to-next-level", "datePublished": "05/02/2013", "dateModified": "05/02/2013", "articleBody": "Intradiem is a vendor that not many people have heard about, for the simple reason that it is actually Knowlagent, which recently announced a complete rebranding. The company says the new brand better reflects its product and service capabilities. Knowlagent was all about allowing companies to automatically manage how agents utilize their time in those often very short periods when they are not answering calls or carrying out other fixed tasks, such as taking a training course. The latest release of its product, Intradiem 9.0, enhances those capabilities, so even under the new brand, the company will continue to help companies optimize agent utilization. Previous versions of the product largely monitored data produced by Avaya telephony switches. Based on preconfigured rules, it allocated agents tasks to fill in idle periods. The tasks were largely training activities, selected from a catalogue of available materials. The latest release extends the range of data sources the software can use to trigger tasks, and also extends the range of tasks it can allocate to agents. In simple terms, data sources and tasks can now be virtually anything. The data can come from other telephony equipment, interaction management systems (another type of interaction needs to be handled), business applications such as CRM (a call needs to be made to a customer) or workforce management (read this notice), or social media (a response is required to a social media post); organizations can basically set any source to be monitored to identify what agents are doing and what tasks need to be done. Using this data as input, companies can configure a rules engine to drive which agent should be doing what, based on the triggers. The rules engine can trigger any task that has been included in the catalogue of possible tasks: handle another type of interaction, take an eLearning course, receive coaching, look at a report, carry out a back-office or admin task, or take a break. Intradiem provides the tools to make virtually anything possible, so long as companies can access the data and identify potential tasks. Once set up, everything happens automatically, and thus the software allows companies to make the best use of agent time without masses of manual effort. We conducted research into how agents spend their time. We learned that during a shift, cumulatively agents have a significant amount of idle time, but contact center managers have great difficulty making use of this time because it occurs in very short time slots. Our more recent benchmark research into the agent desktop shows that agents’ lives are not getting any easier, and they now have a greater range of activities they should be carrying out. The new capabilities from Intradiem help lift the burden from managers and supervisors as they struggle to optimize agent time and meet business and customer expectations. I therefore recommend organizations assess how Intradiem can help improve agent performance and meet these expectations. Regards, Richard J. Snow VP & Research Director", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ISG Software Research", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventana-research" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Turning a Spotlight on Human Capital Analytics", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/05/turning-a-spotlight-on-human-capital-analytics", "datePublished": "05/02/2013", "dateModified": "05/02/2013", "articleBody": "Human capital analytics is an area increasingly under discussion in businesses today as the linkages between employee performance and company success become increasingly clear, as do the roles analytics can play in maximizing that success. This intensified interest in analytics coincides with major changes in the processes of hiring, engaging, retaining and optimizing talent in the enterprise. It also reflects the impact of technology innovations such as cloud computing, the business use of mobile devices, social media and location-based information that offer new options for interacting with human capital and deploying relevant analytics. These trends are reflected in several benchmarks we completed in 2012 that I outlined are part of our research agenda in human capital management. Our next-generation business intelligence benchmark research showed that 53 percent of companies are currently deploying or plan to deploy tablet computers to their analytics environment, while 60 percent of companies are deploying smartphones. Further, our next-generation workforce management benchmark research showed that the second most important technology to help improve operations and performance of the workforce was analytics, and 61 percent of companies are planning to invest in improving their workforce analytics capabilities. This expanding use of human capital analytics stems from increased attention to performance management in human resources departments, particularly because of the light it can shed on employment and talent management processes. Lacking the right analytics capabilities, many HR-led performance management initiatives fail to live up to their potential. Companies have found that they measure the wrong things, or measure things in the wrong way, resulting in unintended and often negative consequences. That’s because business decisions almost always must be made in the context of limited resources, and virtually every important decision requires tradeoffs, such as salary against experience, for example. Analytics can point out these tradeoffs and provide guidance, facilitating the best choices and ensuring that the actions of individuals in all business units align with the company’s overall objectives. Executives and managers need guidance on how to select the measures most useful for them to take, and need information about best practices and common mistakes in choosing human capital measures, metrics and key indicators. They also need reliable advice about integrating historical and predictive analytics into systems and processes so they can make better use of existing investments and plan new ones including the how big data might play a role to better understand information about the entire workforce. Having the right measures and metrics for human capital processes is essential because they enable good managers to make better decisions faster and more consistently. This dictum is just as true for new technologies in human capital management, such as social media, which has become important in the recruiting process of most companies. Our benchmark research on social collaboration for human capital management showed quality of hire, cultural fit and candidate experience were the most important metrics companies wanted to use when assessing the value of their social media investment. Analytics can work in conjunction with existing systems for talent management, learning, workforce management and human resources management to integrate them into the larger framework of human capital management. To understand how to approach these tasks and devise a comprehensive strategy, organizations need an in-depth understanding of the options available and the information technology requirements of each. But many prospective buyers lack an understanding of best practices and functional requirements for human capital analytics, and they often are unaware of deficiencies in their own software and data environment. We are launching a benchmark research program on human capital analytics in this first quarter of the year. This research will identify, explore and quantify the ways in which organizations use human capital analytics. It will investigate what types of organizations are interested in making investments in analytics to improve their human capital management, why they are interested, who will make the purchase decision and in what time frame, and what selection criteria they use. It will explore the perceived value of more effective analytics processes, and it will assess the maturity of the analytics and the measures, metrics and indicators they use for human resources and administration. Ultimately, it will produce guidance in selecting the right analytics and identify best practices for using them with particular processes and related technologies. Our human capital analytics benchmark research also will explore in detail how departments can improve their performance in this area, and thus benefit the company overall. It will examine the current means of access to and use of metrics and indicators for human capital management processes. For our clients, the benchmark research will deliver detailed insights into the thinking of company management in the area of human capital analytics. We expect this research program to inform suppliers and buyers, educate the market, deliver opportunities and gauge the receptiveness of participants to new technologies and products. As the results become available in coming months, I will share here on my blog some of the most interesting insights the research uncovers on organizations’ priorities, issues and key factors when evaluating human capital analytics market. I will also assess providers’ offerings to see how they are maturing and how well they meet the needs of a broad range of organizations of differing sizes and in specific industries. Keep an eye on this space in the coming months to see what our research uncovers! Regards, Stephan Millard VP & Research Director", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ngbi_br_mobile_device_deployments-4.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ISG Software Research", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventana-research" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "Get to Know Alternatives to Desktop Spreadsheets", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/get-to-know-alternatives-to-desktop-spreadsheets", "datePublished": "01/02/2013", "dateModified": "01/02/2013", "articleBody": "The electronic spreadsheet is among the top five most important advances in business management to come along in the last hundred years. It revolutionized almost all aspects of running an organization. It was the original “killer app” that made it necessary for people to go out and buy a personal computer. Yet our recent benchmark research project Spreadsheet Use in Today’s Enterprise confirmed advice we have been giving for the past decade: Spreadsheets are a fabulous tool but they have limits, and those who fail to respect those limits wind up paying a price. The consequences may be obvious, as JP Morgan found when faulty spreadsheets used by its trading desk cost it dearly. Or it may be more subtle, as with all the time people waste trying to make spreadsheets do things they were never designed to do. The research found that desktop spreadsheet users routinely encounter problems. For example, errors are common in spreadsheets across data, formula and format areas as found in a large number of organizations according to our research. The consequences are most material when they are part of a core business process. Nearly half (46%) said they find errors in data frequently or occasionally in the most important processes where they use spreadsheets. Another 34 percent find errors in formulas in their most important processes. Multiple versions of the same spreadsheet can be an issue if the versions do not agree with one another (a condition referred to as “dueling spreadsheets”); 43 percent said this happens frequently or all of the time, and one-third (31%) find it happening for the most important process that uses spreadsheets. Problems such as data errors or conflicting information can result from using spreadsheets in collaborative processes. One-third (34%) said that happens frequently or occasionally, and these issues stretch out the time to complete the process. Despite these flaws, we found that participants are not especially concerned about these issues. It appears that organizations have become inured to the flaws in spreadsheets because they seem to believe that, like the weather, you can complain about these issues but you can’t do much to change the situation. Errors in spreadsheets are common and may remain in place even when the spreadsheets are checked and, indeed, audited. Yet few of our participants (even the most experienced and proficient users) said they do rigorous checking to ensure accuracy of the data; half do checking only when something doesn’t look right, and when they do check they look only at selected cells. This likely is another reason why most people see no impact on their productivity from problems in spreadsheets: They simply don’t spend a lot of time checking for errors. It also may explain why mistakes have a limited impact on businesses – even the selective “eyeballing” method of checking for accuracy is likely to spot many of the blatant mistakes that would have a significant impact on business. We found other nagging issues. One-fourth of participants said that out-of-date information appears frequently in spreadsheets that support important business processes. This issue is greater in larger companies: almost half (47%) of those from organizations with more than 10,000 employees indicated it happens frequently. This points to the importance of ensuring that data is fresh and timely. When it comes to resolving issues about what is in a spreadsheet, 34 percent go back and forth resolving an issue at least occasionally, stretching out the time it takes to complete a process. Organizations routinely use spreadsheets to collect data for use in collaborative processes, and two-thirds use spreadsheets to collaborate with people outside the company. Data collection usually requires combining (rolling up) multiple files into a consolidated, aggregated view. Most (81%) of the participants and 88 percent of heavy users have to combine data from two or more spreadsheets (often from multiple contributors) to perform some business process. Regardless of their skill level or number of years using spreadsheets, 56 percent said that combining spreadsheets is a time-consuming chore. In the past people had to live with these shortcomings, but today businesses have options that can embrace and extend or complement them in what we have classified as enterprise spreadsheets. These options enable organizations to have the best of both worlds, allowing people to continue working in a familiar environment but without the drawbacks that spreadsheets impose when they are used improperly. Many applications use Excel just as the interface – giving people a familiar look and feel while addressing key technological shortcomings that make desktop spreadsheets error-prone and difficult to consolidate or roll up. Spreadsheets are also a leading reporting tool, critical for communicating results, forecasts, situations and risks. Yet when it comes to reporting, spreadsheets fall short again because they can be time-consuming to update and contain unseen errors. Today, people routinely spend time exploring application options for their smartphones but rarely spend any time getting to know software that can increase their productivity using spreadsheets. Don’t fall into this bad habit. Investigate options that give users the ease, convenience and familiarity of spreadsheets without the hassle and risk that too often goes with them. Regards, Robert Kugel – SVP Research", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_ss21_errors_in_spreadsheets-11.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Kugel", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/robert-kugel", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkugel" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "OnviSource Joins-Up Customer-Related Processes", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/onvisource-joins-up-customer-related-processes", "datePublished": "01/02/2013", "dateModified": "01/02/2013", "articleBody": "OnviSource is best known for its OnviCenter Product Suite, which includes what is commonly referred to as workforce optimization (recording, quality, monitoring, workforce management, analytics) plus a telephony platform that includes a soft, IP-based PBX, IVR and call routing. It is available on-premises or through the company’s cloud-based option, OnviCloud. Recently OnviSource added a further option, OnviLink, and announced enhancements to OnviTel, its telephony platform. The concept behind OnviLink is simple: capture customer interactions, analyze their content and context, identify what actions need to be taken based on predefined rules, and make those actions actionable by distributing them to the appropriate sources. Interaction capture uses a combination of call recording, agent screen capture and general data capture from systems such as CRM and social media. That information is then analyzed using a combination of manual methods plus speech, desktop, data and social media analytics tools. OnviLink also includes what OnviSource calls comparative analysis, which looks across data sources to identify the context of interactions and thus whether the interactions falls within a category that needs action. Actions can be enabled via email, action triggers within business applications or the launch of a predefined application using an extensive set of APIs, SMS, instant messaging and chat. The product includes tools that let users define which system to capture data from and what analysis should be carried out, as well as comparative rules, actions and schedules. The licensing options from OnviSource let organizations choose different numbers of options depending on the license level. Actions can impact quality assurance (for example, create a quality score), training and coaching (raise automatic notification of a training/coaching requirement), compliance and liability management (agent forgot to say required message), sales (raise sale opportunity alert), agent compensation (trigger performance-related reward) and customer satisfaction (negative social media comment). The outcomes and relevant information can then be passed back through the appropriate line of business, including the original agent. This closes the loop between the original interaction and the processes impacted by the particular interaction and its context, thereby joining up interaction handling and workforce optimization. The OnviTel product builds on the cloud-based telephony platform provided by OnviSource. One of its key capabilities is centralizing call recording, doing away with the need to have call recording capabilities at every site. This option should be particularly beneficial for small organizations or organizations with several distributed contact centers. The other key capability is centralized call routing. With it, all calls are routed to a central server and common rules are applied concerning where the call should be routed, including what OnviSource call “supplier-optimized demand routing,” which essentially mean interactions can be routed taking in account other interactions; for example, calls could be routed to the same person who handles email for the same customer. Ventana Research has always stressed that performance management is a cyclic loop that embraces analyzing data, uncovering what actions should be taken based on that analysis and then ensuring appropriate actions happen. OnviLink enables such an approach and was a vendor that we rated Hot in 2012 Value Index for agent performance management. As companies look to join-up more customer-facing activities, I recommend they assess how OnviLink and the other OnviSource products can support those initiatives. Regards, Richard J. Snow VP & Research Director", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "ISG Software Research", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/isg-software-research", "sameAs": "https://www.linkedin.com/company/ventana-research" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "IBM Provokes Social Collaboration and Smarter Workforce Revolution", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/ibm-provokes-social-collaboration-and-smarter-workforce-revolution", "datePublished": "01/02/2013", "dateModified": "01/02/2013", "articleBody": "IBM held its 20th annual IBM Connect conference (previously known as Lotusphere) as part of its IBM Social Business efforts at the end of January. The conference focuses on business and social collaboration technology, which our business technology innovation research found to be the second-ranked priority for business innovation. At the conference IBM made a series of significant announcements, including a new version of its social collaboration suite, IBM Connections, and the ability to use the software on a cloud computing platform. In the mid ’90s Lotus Notes and Domino led the market with the first true business collaboration and communications software. Today, after decades of fierce competition with Microsoft and its Office and SharePoint offerings, IBM is innovating (in a much more serious way than I have seen from Microsoft) to gain growth in the new market for business and social collaboration software. It is a good time for IBM to aggressively expand into the market, as our research finds only 25 percent of organizations are satisfied with their social collaborative capabilities. These have been dominated by shared folders and documents (86%), videoconferencing and instant messaging (66%), yet those applications are only a small piece of what social collaboration is about. IBM has been adding business collaboration features over recent years with new capabilities that include activity streams, broadcasting, instant messaging, videoconferencing and wikis. All are part of IBM Connections 4.5, along with content and document management. With IBM Docs people can collaborate on a range of documents, including spreadsheets, presentations and word processing. IBM has advanced the user experience and integrated its collaborative and social software into a unified user experience. IBM is also making the software available on Apple, Android and BlackBerry smartphones and tablets. Our research finds Apple to be the first-ranked priority for smartphones (50%) and tablets (66%), followed by Android on smartphones (27%) and tablets (19%). Though BlackBerry (which just announced the change in its corporate name from Research in Motion) is a distance third for smartphones, it still has a loyal following that also uses IBM software. Our research finds Microsoft at the bottom of business and IT buyers’ priority lists. IBM is also expanding its social collaboration support for mobile technology to operate in an offline mode which is essential and has also addressed the need to secure sensitive communications and content. IBM also maintains a strong installed base with Notes and Domino. IBM Notes and Domino Social Edition 9 is expected to be available in March and brings an innovative approach to blend social collaboration within electronic mail that many will really like IBM innovative approach. Businesses that do not use Notes, which make up the majority of the industry, can examine IBM Connections. IBM is also moving fast to ensure that its offering is available in cloud computing. IBM SmartCloud for Social Business will make it easier for organizations to get started and use the software without the need for servers, storage and other internal IT resources. This is an important step to bring its offering to a larger audience that may not have the IT resources or budget to support new business collaboration efforts. The software helps streamline the cultural transition to using social collaborative software. IBM has introduced adoption services with a range of models, processes and education. This investment is critical to get organizations to step into the new world of social collaboration and increase the confidence level of organizations in this approach; today only 17 percent are very confident and just 38 percent are confident. IBM has completed its acquisition of Kenexa, and at IBM Connect seemed to indicate it has settled on some specific areas of focus that blend learning and recruiting with social collaboration. It has taken steps since my analysis at the time of the acquisition to address many of my concerns. In addition, IBM introduced its new Employee Experience Suite, which is designed to provide an interface to business priorities and work like an employee portal. IBM also touted its new social learning offering, which when delivered will leverage its existing software and what the company purchased with Kenexa. I would like to have seen more on how to leverage Kenexa OutStart mobile learning. The potential in social learning is significant, and IBM’s product offerings put the company on a short list of providers who offer integrated social learning today. More broadly, IBM’s efforts to bring social collaboration to human capital management come at a time when our research into HCM shows that knowledge sharing, collaborating and learning are key priorities in organizations today. IBM will need to invest further to bring into IBM Connections more from Kenexa of what is needed in talent management in recruiting, performance and compensation. IBM has a great opportunity to expand its position with Kenexa recruiting customers that use both its software and its services and get them to use more IBM social collaboration and workforce analytics software. IBM spoke at the conference about its Smarter Workforce Analytics Suite, designed to address workforce analytics and predictive hiring analytics, but I did not see this software leveraging the company’s business intelligence or workforce analytics solutions. The tandem of this software foundation, the IBM Research and global business services organizations, and the analytic services of the Kenexa organization has the potential to advance the necessary process of moving off of spreadsheets to a dedicated business intelligence tool to meet the needs for workforce analytics and planning. We have found in our research a significant move by businesses to improve workforce analytics in 2013, with 61 percent of organizations indicating they have plans in this area. Also most HR organizations are still working on advancing beyond the use of spreadsheets and reports indicating a lower level of maturity than what IBM might expect. This could be an opportunity for IBM if they fully utilize the core technology of its business analytics software and that I wrote about last year. I was impressed with IBM’s advancements in social collaboration at Connect 2013 and its commitment to usability, which our research found to be the highest priority (64%) in choosing technology, followed by reliability, since technology in use across an organization must be able to scale and perform. Organizations that have not considered IBM for social collaboration should examine the new version of Connections, since it offers a powerful set of unified capabilities that encompasses mobile technology. The top benefit to such software according to 72 percent of organizations in our research is better communications and knowledge sharing, and Connections has the power to deliver that. However, IBM should also embed its social collaboration features in other business applications, as that is still a preferred method of accessing collaboration according to 43 percent of organizations. One area that I expected to see more highlighted was its integration with IBM business analytics software which is one of the top use cases for using social collaboration in the enterprise and that IBM has integrated already. IBM is taking a significant step forward to bring Smarter Workforce into a highly competitive market for human capital management. This is confirmed in my colleagues (Stephan Millard) research agenda for human capital management, that the pace of innovation in 2013 will be significant. IBM new offerings and approach are ones to watch but make sure you are able to get something for use today in your business and not have to wait for the future. IBM is a vendor to watch for its ability to help organizations of all sizes with social collaboration and human capital management. Regards, Mark Smith CEO & Chief Research Officer", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/2035844/Imported_Blog_Media/vr_bti_br_technology_innovation_priorities-41.png", "height": 400, "width": 750 }, "author": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mark Smith", "url": "https://blog.isg-research.net/author/mark-smith", "sameAs": "http://www.linkedin.com/in/markallensmith" }, "publisher": { "@type": "Organization", "name": "ISG", "url": "blog.isg-research.net", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://www.ventanaresearch.com/hubfs/ISG_Software_Research_Logo_Color@2x.png" } } }</script> <script type="application/ld+json"> { "@context": "http://schema.org", "@type": "BlogPosting", "headline": "NewVoiceMedia Expands Globally to Advance Contact Center in the Cloud", "mainEntityOfPage": "https://blog.isg-research.net/2013/02/01/newvoicemedia-expands-globally-to-advance-contact-center-in-the-cloud", "datePublished": "01/02/2013", "dateModified": "01/02/2013", "articleBody": "NewVoiceMedia recently announced it has raised $20 million of investment funds to aid its expansion overseas, including offices in North America. The company was founded in the UK in 2000 and originally offered telephony and call management in the cloud. It now has a close partnership with Salesforce.com, which has allowed it to expand into a multichannel contact center in the cloud. During the last 12 years it has achieved considerable success, both financially and in acquiring prestigious clients, mostly in the UK. Old instincts die hard, and even though the company’s services and support are accessible anywhere, potential customers still like to see support available in their country. This latest round of funding will allow NewVoiceMedia to make a serious attack on the American market. My research into the contact center in the cloud shows the timing probably couldn’t be better. Consumer behavior is changing the way organizations have to support customer engagement, as consumers now want to engage through the channel of their choice and at a time of their choosing. All my practical experience is supported by the research, which shows that more and more companies are realizing the only practical way to support this new paradigm is by adopting applications and communications in the cloud. The research shows that CRM has led the way, but the most likely growth area in the next 24 months is in systems to support multichannel interactions. My practical experience also shows it is not an easy task for UK companies to succeed in America, but its track record in the UK for the quality of its service and support and the partnership with Salesforce.com puts NewVoiceMedia in a strong position to succeed. My research shows that one of the biggest concerns of organizations adopting contact center in the cloud is performance. NewVoiceMedia has addressed this in a unique way with Trust Site, which allows companies to see the fully open results of continuous performance tests that check availability, performance and other key operational metrics. From this, and available case studies, potential customers can gain confidence that the service will meet its expectations. Given the current economic environment, some might question the decision to expand internationally. However I share the new investors’ confidence and expect NewVoiceMedia to carve out a significant slice of the largest contact center market. Regards, Richard J. 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In recent years it has become common for large and even midsize companies to automate their indirect tax management process, but direct tax management has remained a bastion of manual processes built on a heap of desktop spreadsheets. In previous blog posts I discussed this issue and the role of the tax data warehouse as a necessary foundation for automating the direct tax process. Addressing an important need, Vertex is currently providing a limited release of its Enterprise offering, a single-platform approach to managing all types of taxes (direct and indirect) across the entire tax life cycle (from analysis through provisioning to audit defense) using a single data source. For large multinational companies and many companies with even moderately complex legal structures, managing direct taxes is fiendishly complicated. Why? To begin with, national tax codes can be convoluted (India and Brazil lead the league tables but the United States is not too far behind). Not only do specifics (such as depreciation schedules or inventory expensing rules) vary from one country to the next, but even basic tax concepts can differ. Then there is the parallel universe element, because “tax expense” is not the same as “taxes paid.” Tax and Finance departments must be able to track and reconcile these differences and allocate tax expense accurately to individual business units. Accounting rules specify when tax expense must be recognized, but this can lag when those taxes are actually paid. Timing differences are the reason why very profitable companies pay nothing to tax authorities in some years and write big checks when they are losing money. A company’s tax position can be fluid, so it’s important to be able to work across multiple tax periods. Adjustments to individual entity tax expenses and positions occur frequently, so accurate adjustments and true-ups across tax periods must be easy to calculate, record and retrieve. Behind this are a myriad of specific journal entries to effect changes and the need to assemble a consistent set of account reconciliations to manage the details. This is why we have computers. Yet, until recently, scale and complexity have made it difficult for anyone to offer a workable packaged solution, so most companies have used desktop spreadsheets to assemble and analyze data, calculate taxes, generate reports and store the data, analyses, calculations and reports. Some very large corporations have attempted to automate their direct tax management processes to save time and money. They and their consultants have found that the devil is in the details. Custom solutions have worked for some but not all organizations. Businesses have a need for an off-the-shelf solution for managing direct taxes, but until recently they have been hampered by the utter complexity of the issue compounded by the need for any system to scale to handle a large number of individual records. The foundation of Vertex Enterprise is its tax data warehouse. Having a dedicated tax data source is important. Many companies do not set up their financial systems to be tax-aware, for instance by recording the specific corporate legal entity related to a transaction. It therefore takes significant time to extract and transform data from multiple sources to be able to file a tax return. Desktop spreadsheets limit visibility into how calculations are performed and the assumptions behind them. Spreadsheets substantially increase the chance of data or calculation errors occurring. Even if a company’s ERP system is provisioned with an eye to tax preparation, a tax data warehouse can be valuable at the other end of the life cycle – facilitating audit defense – because the data is readily available in an “as-was” state. Tax authorities are interested only in the conditions that existed during a specific period they are examining, but corporate financial systems and general-purpose data warehouses may not maintain the data in this state for as long as necessary. Corporate structures change: Business units may be reorganized or sold, or legal entity characteristics may be altered. A finance department’s enterprise data store may not preserve all the underlying details of the balance sheet and income statement construction in a prior tax year, including the trial balances, adjustments and other pertinent information that may be used in tax calculations. The calculation details relating to how each income tax filing was provisioned may be scattered in multiple spreadsheets; keep your fingers crossed that the individuals who did the work are still with the company if and when an audit takes place. And, it may turn out that paper records may be the easiest way to retrieve the details of what was in the return being audited. The tax data warehouse is fundamental to automating tax processes. Having an open data platform is key because large multinational companies typically have multiple heterogeneous financial systems. With Vertex Enterprise, it and the software applications built on it are designed to be fully integrated with ERP systems. (At this time Enterprise enables real-time data synchronization with SAP, Oracle and Hyperion using prebuilt integrations supported by Vertex.) Companies can use their own business intelligence (BI) systems to view information or use a Vertex-provided BI tool designed specifically for the tax function. Vertex Enterprise has workflow management so that tasks can be automatically handed off for additional work or for review. Administrators can keep on top of process bottlenecks and automate reminders as completion times come due. In the past, custom-built systems were forced to sacrifice adaptability and flexibility to be able to meet scalability requirements. Technology advances have made it possible to make the system better able to adapt to changes in tax codes, corporate structures and accounting and financial systems. Automation enables tax departments to operate more efficiently throughout the entire tax lifecycle, but the benefits extend well beyond that. One of the most important benefits is the improvement to governance, control and risk management that corporations can achieve through greater transparency. Spreadsheets are problematic when they are used to support tax processes because they lack transparency (often it is impossible to trace a number in a cell back to its original source) and, as our spreadsheet research confirmed, errors in data and formulas are common, even in the most important spreadsheets. Too often, such issues are ignored until a spectacular failure is made public. By establishing a tax database of record, companies can ensure the accuracy and consistency of the data as much as possible because the system can ensure data integrity using built-in validation and data management capabilities. It therefore can reduce the risk of losses caused by errors and the risk of failure to prevail in a tax audit defense because of errors, data losses or an inability to reconstruct the rationale behind a tax position. Since taxes are a major expense, companies often measure performance on an after-tax basis. Having a single system of tax records makes it far easier for corporations to calculate after-tax results in a consistent fashion to assess results by individual business units down to the entity level, or by division, geography or jurisdiction. As well, greater transparency enables senior executives and the board of directors (especially the audit committee) to have a more informed dialog with tax departments about managing tax risks. All large multinational companies have considerable scope to be aggressive or conservative. There can be considerable scope to optimize the tradeoffs between minimizing taxes paid and the risks of not withstanding an audit. Yet few companies have the ability to see an informed view showing how they can optimize their tax risk exposure. Today, tax departments rely heavily on spreadsheets to manage all aspects of the direct tax lifecycle. They have been forced to tolerate the inefficiencies and risks of this technology because alternatives have been too expensive, too unwieldy and not adaptable enough. Vertex Enterprise is designed to enable large corporations with complex tax structures to increase tax data transparency and facilitate tax provisioning with the ultimate goal of improving tax expense and tax risk management. I recommend that heads of tax departments, CEOs, CFOs and controllers as well as members of audit committees investigate Vertex Enterprise. 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