Twenty-seven companies selected for innovative technologies in Business and IT

BEND, OR, July 08, 2020 /Neptune100/ — Ventana Research announced today the 27 finalists of the 13th Annual Digital Innovation Awards. These awards identify the top technologies that have the most striking impact in their respective markets, recognizing pioneering vendors that contribute advancements in technology, drive change and increase value for organizations worldwide. Out of all the nominations, these finalists are exemplar providers who push technology to go further.

The Digital Innovation Awards cover nine categories aligned to our expertise areas: Analytics, Data, Customer Experience, Digital Technology, Human Capital Management, Marketing, Office of Finance, Operations & Supply Chain and Sales, along with an overall award. Nominations were open to organizations across business and IT, technology vendors and consulting firms. Award finalists were chosen by the expert analyst team at Ventana Research, which scored the submissions on digital innovation that most successfully maximizes the value of all the organization’s assets – its people, processes, information and technology. The winners in each category, along with the overall winner, will be announced in an industry press release next week.

“I would like to thank all of the organizations that submitted nominations for their dedication to technology innovation and for striving to push the boundary of standard business practices,” said Mark Smith, CEO and Chief Research Officer at Ventana Research. “I would also like to congratulate all of the finalists for their superb technology that can change and shape the industry.”

The finalists for the 13th Annual Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards are:

Analytics – This award is for the technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in any use or application of analytics across business and/or IT.

IBM: Cloud Pak for Data

Oracle: Day by Day

Sisu

Data – This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in big data and related technologies for supporting data and information management needs.

MemSQL

Molecula

Neo4j

Customer Experience – This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in applications and technologies that support engagement with customers for any purpose.

Salesforce: Care Solution

Talkdesk: CX Cloud

Uniphore: Conversational Service Automation Platform

Digital Technology – This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in the technologies that support any or all of the following areas: Data, Business Analytics, Business Collaboration, Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Mobile Technology, Social Media or Wearable Computing.

Automation Anywhere Enterprise A2019

8×8: Open Communications Platform

ServiceNow: Now Platform

Human Capital Management – This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in the applications and technologies that support Human Capital Management.

ADP: Next Gen HCM

Cornerstone: HCM Platform

Kronos: Workforce Dimensions

Marketing – This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in the applications and technologies that support Marketing.

IBM: Ruby

Reltio Connected Customer 360

Sidecar

Office of Finance – This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in the applications and technologies that support the Office of Finance.

OneStream Software

Oracle Corporation

Workiva

Operations and Supply Chain – This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in the technologies that support the Operations or Service and Supply Chain.

Aera Technology

ShipChain

Zilliant

Sales – This award is for a technology vendor that best exemplifies innovation in the application or technologies that support the sales organization.

Pricefx: Pricing Optimization, Management and CPQ Platform

Varicent: Symon.AI

Zuora: Central Platform

Ventana Research highlights and acknowledges the importance of these innovations through its annual Digital Innovation Awards. To learn more about the Ventana Research Digital Innovation Awards and to see what previous award recipients have said, please visit: www.ventanaresearch.com/resources/awards/innovation

About Ventana Research
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