by Angela Guess According to a recent press release, “Advances in various technologies will drive users to interact with their smartphones in more intuitive ways, said Gartner, Inc. Gartner predicts that, by 2019, 20 percent of all user interactions with the smartphone will take place via virtual personal assistants (VPAs). ‘The role of interactions will […]
Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2017
by Angela Guess A recent press release out of Gartner reports, “Gartner, Inc. today highlighted the top technology trends that will be strategic for most organizations in 2017… Gartner defines a strategic technology trend as one with substantial disruptive potential that is just beginning to break out of an emerging state into broader impact and […]
Gartner’s 2016 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies Identifies Three Key Trends
by Angela Guess A recent release out of Gartner reports, “The technologies on Gartner Inc.’s Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2016 reveal three distinct technology trends that are poised to be of the highest priority for organizations facing rapidly accelerating digital business innovation. Transparently immersive experiences, the perceptual smart machine age, and the platform revolution […]
IBM Named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing
by Angela Guess A recent press release out of the company reports, “IBM today announced that Gartner, Inc. has positioned IBM as a leader in the July 2016 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center Outsourcing and Infrastructure Utility Services, North America. This year, IBM was positioned the highest in ability to execute. IBM points to […]
Domo Named the Number One Business Intelligence Solution by Gartner’s GetApp
by Angela Guess According to a new release out of the company, “Domo today announced it has been named the number one business intelligence (BI) solution by GetApp, a Gartner company, in GetApp’s quarterly report. GetApp’s independent ranking of category vendors serves as a guide for business decision makers who are trying to get a […]
The Companies that Made Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for BI and Analytics
by Angela Guess Rick Whiting recently wrote in CRN, “Business intelligence has typically been an IT-led function, with the IT department using legacy software to prepare static reports for managers and employees. There has been a significant shift in recent years, however, with increasing emphasis on providing business users with self-service data preparation and discovery […]
Gartner Warns of IoT Data Overload
by Angela Guess Donal Power recently wrote in ReadWrite, “The growth of Internet of Things (IoT) is rapidly increasing the amount of data generated, and industry experts warn that the current river of unstructured data will soon turn into a flood. Alarmingly, a recent study highlighted concerns that most proposed approaches could lead to data […]
1010data Recognized as a Challenger in Gartner’s 2016 Magic Quadrant
by Angela Guess A new article out of the company reports, “1010data, Inc., the only integrated platform that combines self-service data management and analytics at scale with ready-to-use data sets while also allowing users to share data and applications between companies, today announced that the company has been positioned in the ‘Challengers’ quadrant in Gartner’s […]
Gartner’s Top 10 Internet of Things Technologies
by Angela Guess Forbes contributor Louis Columbus recently wrote, “Internet of Things (IoT) technologies is extending existing business models and leading to the proliferation of entirely new ones as companies push beyond the data, analytics and intelligence boundaries that held them back in the past. Gartner’s recent analysis of the top 10 IoT technologies provides […]
Ten Important Artificial Intelligence Business Statistics
by Angela Guess Gigi Peccolo reports in Customer Think, “Artificial intelligence is a growing trend in the business world. The IBM Watson Partner Ecosystem, for instance, allows companies to tap into the power of Watson for fields as varied as healthcare and education. In addition, the Amazon Echo Developer Network allows you to add voice […]