Business & Technologies

Research and insights centered around business functions – plus the trends and enabling technologies changing the landscape.

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Business Functions, Meet AI


Whether it’s your customer experience, sales engagement, product information management or even your finance and accounting function, AI is shaking up known processes, technologies, and ways of working. We provide comprehensive research across critical business functions and technology domains, sharing insights to drive organizational performance.

As you seek to optimize customer journeys and revolutionize workplace collaboration, streamline financial operations and maximize revenue potential, ISG Research delivers actionable intelligence on the technologies and strategies that matter most. Our business technology research encompasses human capital management, supply chain optimization, and digital business capabilities – the backbone of modern enterprise operations.

Leverage our expertise to identify new opportunities to create efficiencies and savings, implement innovative solutions and create sustainable value with AI across your organization's most essential functions.

Areas of Expertise

  • Customers & CX

  • Digital Business & Workplace

  • Employees & HCM

  • Office of Finance

  • Office of Revenue

  • Supply Chain & Operations

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Enterprises leverage our independent research and evaluation to select the right business and technology service partners. Our data-backed insights and advisory expertise support informed decision-making across IT and BPO technologies. To maintain our independence, provider participation in our research evaluations is always free.

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Software Market Intelligence

Software Market Intelligence

Business technology today relies on software. ISG's comprehensive software research and advisory services help enterprises navigate the software landscape and select optimal solutions. We also assist software and service providers in identifying market opportunities and enhancing competitive positioning. Our expertise delivers research-backed insights, ratings and rankings that guide strategic decisions across the software economy, with provider participation always free.

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Analyst Perspectives

Analyst Perspectives

Midsize Enterprises Need a Technology Update

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Analyst Perspectives

Silos in HR, Sales and Finance for Total Rewards Strategy

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Analyst Perspectives

The Consequences of AI-Induced Head Count Reduction for Contact...

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Analyst Perspectives

HR Metrics That Matter: Why Your Turnover Rate Isn’t the Whole Story

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Making Back Office Apps Fun

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Forecast: Sunshine, With Clouds

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Report Plan and Calendar

December

PUBLISHED

Analyst Perspectives

Buyers Guides

January

UPCOMING

Analyst Perspectives

  • 5 Myths Revenue Leaders Must Abandon
  • Agentic Revolution in Professional Services
  • Cash Flow Forecasting in Uncertain Times
  • Achieving Productivity in Sustainability Analysis and Reporting
  • Field Service
  • The Great Integration Reckoning
  • The Hidden Cost of Disconnected Systems: Why HR Tech Must Speak Finance
  • How to Ride the AI Wave in HR Without Wiping Out
  • Stop Buying Revenue Tools Without a Revenue Architecture
  • Sustainability Analysis and Reporting
  • Payroll as the New Trust Platform
  • Platform Thinking: The HR Tech Strategy You’re Probably Missing

Buyers Guides

  • Field Service Management

February

UPCOMING

Analyst Perspectives

  • Becoming a Predictive Finance Department
  • Changing CC/CX Pricing Strategies
  • The Death of Dashboards
  • Payroll Systems: Raising the Bar Above Basic Accuracy
  • Talent Marketplaces: When the Label Doesn’t Fit
  • What High Performing CROs Are Doing Differently With Their Tech Stack
  • When HR and Finance Can’t Agree on the Same Numbers

March

UPCOMING

Analyst Perspectives

  • AI Agents as the New UI: What Happens to Your HR Stack?
  • Changing Roles Within the CC
  • Digital Process Reengineering Drives Better Performance
  • From Reqs to Relationships: Rethinking Recruiting Tech
  • The Growing Strategic Importance of Sales and Operations Planning
  • HR Data Governance: Build Trust Before Dashboards

Buyers Guides

Research Experts

Matthew Brown

Matthew Brown

Director of Research

Keith Dawson

Keith Dawson

Director of Research

Namratha Dharshan

Namratha Dharshan

Chief Business Leader – ISG India Research

Robert Kugel

Robert Kugel

Executive Director
Business Research

Barika Pace

Barika Pace

Director of Research
Office of Revenue

Mark Smith

Mark Smith

Partner, Head of Software Research

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