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        Value Indexes

        Research-Based Vendor and Product Guide for Technology Buyers and Suppliers 

        The Ventana Research Value Index is an analytic representation of our assessment of how well vendors’ offerings meet buyers’ requirements. We use a carefully crafted best practices-based methodology that reflects how organizations actually assess vendors. We believe it is a service to both organizations and vendors to take this approach, since making the wrong decisions can raise the total cost of ownership for an organization, lower the return on investment and hamper its ability to reach its performance potential.

        The Value Index evaluates the software in seven key categories. Five are product-related: usability, manageability, reliability, capability and adaptability. In addition, we consider two customer assurance categories: vendor validation and total cost of ownership and return on investment (TCO/ROI). We use the extensive body of our benchmark research as a framework to validate the prioritization contained in and the focus of each Value Index assessment. We also blend our firm’s and industry analyst experience, research and comprehensive vendor and product framework to yield the only reliable research-based tool for determining what technology users need and what products they should consider.

        Our Value Index guides provide an important service; if an organization’s goal is to improve its maturity across people, process, information, and technology, it is critical that it be able to select the vendor and product that will do the job best.

         

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        Operational Data Platforms Value Index 2023

        This Value Index market report evaluates the following vendors which offer products that are considered operational data platforms as we define it: Actian, Amazon Web Services, Cloudera, Cockroach Labs, Couchbase, DataStax, EDB, Google, IBM, InterSys

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        Analytic Data Platforms Value Index 2023

        This Value Index market report evaluates the following vendors which offer products that are considered operational data platforms as we define it: Actian, Amazon Web Services, Cloudera, Cockroach Labs, Couchbase, DataStax, EDB, Google, IBM, InterSys

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        Data Platforms 2023 Value Index

        This Value Index report evaluates the following vendors that offer products that address key elements of data platforms to support a combination of both operational and analytic workloads: Actian, Amazon Web Services, Cloudera, EDB, Google, IBM, Inte

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        Revenue Performance Management 2022 Value Index

        This Value Index report evaluates the following vendors that offer products that deliver sales performance management as we define it: Anaplan, beqom, Board International, Salesforce, Oracle, SAP, Varicent, Xactly, Clari, InsightSquared (acquired by

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        Workforce Management 2022 Value Index

        This Value Index report evaluates the following vendors that offer products delivering workforce management solutions as we define it: ADP, Ascentis, Blue Yonder, Ceridian, Infor, Oracle, Paychex, Paycom, SAP SuccessFactors, UKG, Workday, Workforce S

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        Agent Management 2022 Value Index

        This Value Index report evaluates the following vendors that offer products that address key elements of agent management as we define it: 8x8 Inc., Alvaria, Inc., Avaya Inc., Calabrio, Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Redwood Technologies Group Ltd. (Cont

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        Business Planning 2022 Value Index

        This report evaluates the following vendors that offer planning and budgeting software as we define it: Anaplan, Board International, IBM, Infor, insightsoftware, OneStream Software, Oracle, Planful (formerly Host Analytics), Prophix, SAP, Unit4, Ven

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        Total Compensation Management 2020 Value Index

        This Value Index report evaluates the following vendors that offer products that deliver total compensation management as we define it: ADP, beqom, Oracle, PeopleFluent, SAP SuccessFactors, Ultimate Software Group and Workday.

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        Product Information Management 2021 Value Index

        In this Value Index, Ventana Research evaluates the software in seven key categories that are weighted to reflect buyers’ needs based on our expertise and research.

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        Payroll Software 2020 Value Index

        This report evaluates the following vendors that offer products that deliver payroll software as we define it: ADP, Ceridian, Kronos, Oracle, Paychex, SAP SuccessFactors, Ultimate Software Group and Workday.

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        Embedded Analytics and Data 2021 Value Index

        This report evaluates the following vendors that offer products that deliver embedded analytics and business intelligence as we define it: Amazon.com Inc., Board International, Domo, Google LLC, Infor, Information Builders Inc., IBM, Microsoft Corpor

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        Mobile Analytics and Data 2021 Value Index

        This report evaluates the following vendors that offer products that deliver analytics and BI as we define it: Amazon.com Inc., Board International, Domo, Infor, Information Builders Inc., IBM, Google LLC, Microsoft Corporation, MicroStrategy, Oracle

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        Contact Center in the Cloud 2021 Value Index

        This report evaluates the following vendors that offer products that address key elements of CCaaS: 8x8, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., Aspect Software, Inc., Avaya Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., Content Guru Limited, Enghouse Systems Ltd., Five9, Inc.

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        Collaborative Analytics and Data 2021 Value Index

        This report evaluates the following vendors that offer products that deliver collaborative analytics and BI as we define it: Amazon.com Inc., Board International, Domo, Google LLC, IBM, Infor, Information Builders Inc., Microsoft Corporation, MicroSt

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        Analytics and Data 2021 Value Index

        This report evaluates the following vendors that offer products that deliver analytics and BI as we define it: Amazon.com Inc., Board International, Domo, Infor, Information Builders Inc., IBM, Google LLC, Microsoft Corporation, MicroStrategy, Oracle

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        Workforce Management 2019

        As modern workforce management (WFM) takes hold, employees are seeing changes in how they account for their time and how they access information on payroll, benefits, time off, company policies and improving their knowledge and skills. Over time they