Latest Industry News
- December 7, 2023
Companies Acquired Include Clearbit, EngageSmart, Plum Voice, and PUSHTech Also: New Funding for Cogito
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, rounds up the latest CX M&A and funding news with HubSpot, Vista Equity Partners, Sharpen Technologies, Cendyn,…
- December 7, 2023
Topics Cover Generative AI and Software, Top Consumer Experience Trends for 2024, and Social Media Shopping
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of new and recent CX research findings from Capgemini, Qualtrics, and Disqo. …
- December 7, 2023
Partners Include Oodle Car Finance, Virgin Group, and NatWest
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, examines initiatives from CX providers NICE, Workvivo, and IBM with their respective partners Oodle Car Finance, Virgin…
- December 5, 2023
Acquired Companies Include QBox, Rephrase.ai, Monsido, and Follow Up Boss, and Databricks Secures New Funding
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of the latest CX M&A and funding news involving Cyara, Adobe, Acquia, Zillow Group,…
- December 5, 2023
Partners Include Amazon Web Services, Bayer, and DubiCars
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,…
- November 30, 2023
Partners Include Aer Lingus, Tonik Bank, Baptist World Aid, DIEZ, and Thesis
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,…
- November 21, 2023
Kubecon 2023 Shows the Success of Kubernetes and Containers with Enterprise Adoption
Camberley Bates, VP Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, shares her insights on Kubecon 2023 and the success of CNCF and Kubernetes….
- November 21, 2023
Companies Engaged in AI-Related Initiatives Secure Additional Capital
Alex Gaw, contributing analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of the latest CX funding news involving Anysphere, AlphaSense, and Enflame. …
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- December 8, 2023
Shopping Muse Uses Generative AI to Help Shoppers Find Just What They Need—Even Without the Exact Words to Describe It
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, breaks down Dynamic Yield by Mastercard’s new personal shopping assistant solution, Shopping Muse, that can provide a personalized digital shopping experience.
- December 8, 2023
Marvell Industry Analyst Day 2023 Sharpened Its Vision and Strategy to Drive Infrastructure Silicon Innovation Key to Advancing Accelerated Computing
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall believes Marvell is solidly positioned to drive infrastructure silicon innovation for accelerated computing throughout 2024 and beyond, especially as the advanced computing opportunity expands during AI’s ascent.
- December 8, 2023
This episode of Infrastructure Matters covers AWS re:Invent 2023, a busy event with over 60,000 attendees and 250 announcements from AWS. Topics covered include AI, hybrid solutions, and cost optimization.
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- December 6, 2023
In our latest Market Insight Report, ‘Tis the Season: CX “Must Haves” for High-Volume Travel Periods, we dive into the five must haves for high-volume…
- December 6, 2023
In our latest Research Brief, Delivering Personalized Outreach via Dynamics 365 Customer Insights, completed in partnership with Microsoft, The Futurum Group covers demand drivers for…
- December 6, 2023
In our latest Research Brief, Enhancing Sales and Service Efficiency via Microsoft Sales Copilot, completed in partnership with Microsoft, The Futurum Group discusses Microsoft Sales…
- December 5, 2023
In our latest research brief, Better Together: Data Quality and Data Observability, done in partnership with IBM, we analyze how data workers and engineers can…
Latest Insights
- December 8, 2023
Shopping Muse Uses Generative AI to Help Shoppers Find Just What They Need—Even Without the Exact Words to Describe It
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, breaks down Dynamic Yield by Mastercard’s new personal shopping assistant solution, Shopping Muse, that can provide a…
- December 8, 2023
On this episode of The Six Five – On The Road, hosts Daniel Newman and Patrick Moorhead welcome Chetan Kapoor, Director at AWS EC2 for…
- December 8, 2023
A Deep Dive into Databricks’ RAG Tool Suite
Steven Dickens, VP and Practice Leader at The Futurum Group, shares his insights on Databricks’ RAG suite and Vector Search service, which are reshaping AI…
- December 8, 2023
Marvell Industry Analyst Day 2023 Sharpened Its Vision and Strategy to Drive Infrastructure Silicon Innovation Key to Advancing Accelerated Computing
The Futurum Group’s Ron Westfall believes Marvell is solidly positioned to drive infrastructure silicon innovation for accelerated computing throughout 2024 and beyond, especially as the…
- December 8, 2023
This episode of Infrastructure Matters covers AWS re:Invent 2023, a busy event with over 60,000 attendees and 250 announcements from AWS. Topics covered include AI,…
- December 8, 2023
New Alliance Promotes Open Source and Open Systems and Might Push Global Policy
Mark Beccue, Research Director at The Futurum Group, examines the push for open systems from IBM’s AI Alliance….
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- December 7, 2023
Companies Acquired Include Clearbit, EngageSmart, Plum Voice, and PUSHTech Also: New Funding for Cogito
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, rounds up the latest CX M&A and funding news with HubSpot, Vista Equity Partners, Sharpen Technologies, Cendyn, and Cogito.
- December 7, 2023
Topics Cover Generative AI and Software, Top Consumer Experience Trends for 2024, and Social Media Shopping
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of new and recent CX research findings from Capgemini, Qualtrics, and Disqo.
- December 7, 2023
Partners Include Oodle Car Finance, Virgin Group, and NatWest
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, examines initiatives from CX providers NICE, Workvivo, and IBM with their respective partners Oodle Car Finance, Virgin Group, and NatWest Bank.
- December 5, 2023
Acquired Companies Include QBox, Rephrase.ai, Monsido, and Follow Up Boss, and Databricks Secures New Funding
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of the latest CX M&A and funding news involving Cyara, Adobe, Acquia, Zillow Group, and Databricks.
- December 5, 2023
Partners Include Amazon Web Services, Bayer, and DubiCars
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 Salesforce, Veeva Systems, and MoEngage.
- November 30, 2023
Partners Include Aer Lingus, Tonik Bank, Baptist World Aid, DIEZ, and Thesis
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 Salesforce, Genesys, 8x8, Sprinklr, and Medallia.
- November 21, 2023
Kubecon 2023 Shows the Success of Kubernetes and Containers with Enterprise Adoption
Camberley Bates, VP Practice Lead at The Futurum Group, shares her insights on Kubecon 2023 and the success of CNCF and Kubernetes.
- November 21, 2023
Companies Engaged in AI-Related Initiatives Secure Additional Capital
Alex Gaw, contributing analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of the latest CX funding news involving Anysphere, AlphaSense, and Enflame.
- November 21, 2023
Topics Include Generative AI, Holiday Staffing Shortages, AI and CX Success, and More
Alex Gaw, contributing analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of new and recent CX research findings from Cloudera, Verint, Talkdesk, Stanford University, and Kore.ai.
- November 9, 2023
A Conversation with Content Guru CEO Sean Taylor
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, interviews Content Guru’s CEO Sean Taylor who shares insights into the Content Guru journey and what is next for the company’s expansion plans.
- November 9, 2023
Omnichannel Support, Issue Identification, and Provision of Self-Service Opportunities Help Support a Positive Employee Experience
Sherril Hanson, Senior Analyst at The Futurum Group, chats with Josh Bean, Zendesk’s employee experience business lead, about the company’s progress in expanding employee experience solutions, which will result in an improved workday experience.
- October 31, 2023
Partners Include Boba Tea Company, Sutter Health, and Waterco
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 UKG, Press Ganey, and SugarCRM.
- October 30, 2023
Quantum Computing Power Explored to Prevent Metal Corrosion in Industry, Public Infrastructure, Other Tough Environmental Conditions
Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, shares his insights about how metal corrosion on jets might be the next big use case for quantum computing. The power of quantum could fight metal corrosion across tough environmental conditions.
- October 30, 2023
Is ChatGPT’s OpenAI Looking to Make Its Own AI Chips?
Todd R. Weiss, Senior Analyst with The Futurum Group, shares his insights about a recent Reuters news story that reported that ChatGPT’s OpenAI is looking to make its own AI chips due to shortages of the chips on the open market.
- October 30, 2023
Acquired Companies Include Next Technik, Instapage, LiveVox, and Socrates.ai, and Concentrix and Webhelp Complete Their Merger
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of the latest CX acquisitions by Oracle, airSlate, NICE, and Simpplr, as well as an update on Concentrix closing its acquisition of Webhelp.
- October 30, 2023
Successful Partnerships Involve Freshpet, Arrivia, and Southwest Airlines
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 Emplifi, LiveVox, and Qualtrics.
- October 30, 2023
Topics Include CXOs Holiday Focus, Digital Customer Success, and Data Stack Challenges
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of new and recent CX research findings from Exotel, Gainsight, and Heap.
- October 30, 2023
Also: Atomicwork Lands $11 Million in Seed Funding
Alex Gaw, Contributing Analyst at The Futurum Group, provides a roundup of the latest CX M&A news involving acquisitions by Intouch Insight and Contentsquare as well as news about funding success for San Francisco-based HR startup Atomicwork.