Category: Enterprise Software, & Digital Workflows

Partnership Will Help Shape the Future of Volumetric Video Editing and Streaming
Clint Wheelock, Chief Research Officer at The Futurum Group, examines the recent announcement of Arcturus’ partnership with Microsoft Mixed Reality Capture Studios (MRCS), which will help shape the future of volumetric video for content creators.
Partners Include Styli, Shiseido Americas, Nibav Home Lifts, Sourcewell, and Sweaty Betty
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of the latest customer wins for CX firms and their partners. In this edition, he examines initiatives from CX providers Freshworks, Amperity, Salesforce, Mitel, and mParticle.
Nokia Partners With Sanmina Corporation To Manufacture Products in the US At the Sanmina Pleasant Prairie Facility in Kenosha County, Wisconsin
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall assesses why Nokia’s manufacturing partnership with Sanmina swiftly bolsters its channel presence and market credibility for US fiber builds financed by the BEAD program, especially toward meeting the society-wide national goal of bridging the digital divide across unserved and underserved communities.
Partnership Promises Data Flow To Support Both Agents and Customers; Medallia Makes It Clear They Are No Newcomer To AI in Experience Management
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group shares her insights on two recent Medallia announcements, including the company’s reveal that its sizeable financial investments in AI over the past 2 years has yielded strong results, with more than 1 million weekly active AI users on its platform.
Under New Terms of Service, Zoom Clarifies That Customers Can Opt Out of Sharing Data and Still Have Advanced AI Features
Craig Durr, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on Zoom's recent updates to its terms of service and the confusion they have caused in the market regarding the training of Zoom’s AI features The note examines the different types of data that Zoom collects, how it is used to train AI features, and how Zoom's terms of service compare to those of other SaaS companies.
The Six Five team discusses Zoom Perspectives 2023.
On this episode of The Six Five Webcast, hosts Patrick Moorhead and Daniel Newman discuss earnings for Amazon/AWS, Apple, Qualcomm, AMD, and Lattice and the recent Zoom Perspectives 2023 event.
Support for Integrations to Help Customers Run Best-in-Breed Applications With Zoom Functionality
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group covers Zoom’s newly announced Developer Ecosystem Framework, and discusses how it will be used to support current customer application preferences while also setting the table for future platform sales opportunities.
Strong Revenue Growth Driven by Healthy Enterprise Cloud Bookings and Rising ARR
Steven Dickens, VP and Practice Leader and Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group share their insights on OpenText’s Q4 and FY 2023 earnings. OpenText Inc. has reported strong Q4 and FY 2023 performance, driven by significant growth in ARR and cloud bookings. Notably, the company achieved its tenth consecutive quarter of organic growth in constant currency for both cloud and ARR. OpenText also launched a new version of its customer experience management platform, integrating technology from its acquisition of Micro Focus setting a target to return Micro Focus to organic growth in 2024.
Supervisor Workspace, Enhanced Analytics, and Improved Customer Journey Mapping are Among the Updates
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, covers and assesses the 8x8 announcement of several new enhancements to its 8x8 xCaas platform, particularly those related to its contact center solution.
Service Management Vendor Also Announces New AI-Embedded SKUs for ITSM, CSM, and HRSD Offerings
Keith Kirkpatrick, Research Director at The Futurum Group shares his insights into ServiceNow’s AI product strategy, covering the announcement of two new generative AI tools for the Now Platform, as well as the forthcoming generative AI-infused premium SKUs to enhance its ISTM, CSM, and HRSD offerings.
New Solution Helps Leaders Better Understand Engagement, Performance, Turnover, and Manager Effectiveness
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group chats with 15Five and gets insights into the company’s newly released HR Outcome Dashboard, designed to help leaders better understand employee engagement, performance, turnover and manager effectiveness

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