Buyers Guide

Workforce Planning Buyers Guide 2024 Executive Summary

Posted by Robert Kugel on 31 December 2024

Executive Summary Workforce Planning Planning software aims to refine and expedite the budgeting process, boosting the productivity of the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) group, while also enabling executives to set objectives and allocate resources in alignment with an enterprise’s strategy. In most enterprises, headcount is the one of the top three costs, often the largest, so it is... Read More

Topics: Office of Finance, Business Planning, Workforce Planning, Business-focused Software and Services

Business Planning Buyers Guide 2024 Executive Summary

Posted by Robert Kugel on 31 December 2024

Executive Summary Business Planning The primary goal of business planning is to ensure decision-making is consistently more informed and faster. Planning and budgeting software should expedite and refine analysis and decision-making cycles, improving the productivity of the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) group within the finance department, while also improving the performance of... Read More

Topics: Office of Finance, Business Planning, Business-focused Software and Services

Revenue Planning Buyers Guide 2024 Executive Summary

Posted by Robert Kugel on 31 December 2024

Executive Summary Revenue Planning Planning software is designed to refine and expedite the budgeting process, boosting the productivity of the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) group, while also enabling executives to set objectives and allocate resources in alignment with an enterprise’s strategy. The primary objective is to generate the revenue needed to fund the resources necessary to... Read More

Topics: Office of Finance, Business Planning, Business-focused Software and Services, Revenue Planning

Financial Planning Buyers Guide 2024 Executive Summary

Posted by Robert Kugel on 31 December 2024

Executive Summary Financial Planning Financial planning software aims to refine and expedite the budgeting process, boosting the productivity of the financial planning and analysis (FP&A) group, while also enabling executives to set objectives and allocate resources in alignment with an enterprise’s strategy. However, budget setting has long been criticized for being time-consuming and offering... Read More

Topics: Office of Finance, Business Planning, financial planning, Business-focused Software and Services

Data Products Buyers Guide 2024 Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 27 December 2024

Executive Summary Data Products Data as a product is one of four key principles of data mesh, a cultural and organizational approach, alongside domain-oriented ownership, self-serve data infrastructure and federated governance. However, each of these four principles is gaining momentum outside the context of data mesh. Data as a product is the process of applying product thinking to data... Read More

Topics: Data Products, IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Analytics and Data, DataOps

Data Pipelines Buyers Guide 2024 Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 27 December 2024

Executive Summary Data Pipelines The development, testing and deployment of data pipelines is a fundamental accelerator of data-driven strategies. The pipelines enable enterprises to extract data generated by operational applications that run the business and transport it into the analytic data platforms used to analyze the business. ISG Research defines data pipelines as the systems used to... Read More

Topics: Data Pipelines, IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Analytics and Data, DataOps

Data Orchestration Buyers Guide 2024 Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 27 December 2024

Executive Summary Data Orchestration While data-driven enterprises stand to gain a competitive advantage by responding faster to worker and customer demands for more innovative, data-rich applications and personalized experiences, this increasingly relies on a complex array of data pipelines to support agile, continuous data processing. Given the increasing complexity of evolving data sources and... Read More

Topics: Data Orchestration, IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Analytics and Data, DataOps

DataOps Buyers Guide 2024 Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 27 December 2024

Executive Summary DataOps As enterprises embracing artificial intelligence move from initial pilots and trial projects through deployment and into production at scale, many are realizing the critical importance of agile and responsive data processes. These processes are often combined with tools and platforms that facilitate data management to improve trust in the data used for AI and analytics.... Read More

Topics: IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Analytics and Data, DataOps

Data Observability Buyers Guide 2024 Executive Summary

Posted by Matt Aslett on 27 December 2024

Executive Summary Data Observability Maintaining data quality and trust is a perennial data management challenge, often preventing enterprises from operating at the speed of business. In addition to automating and coordinating the creation, scheduling and monitoring of data pipelines via data orchestration, it is also critical to monitor the quality and reliability of the data flowing through... Read More

Topics: Data Observability, IT and Technology-focused Software and Services, Analytics and Data, DataOps

U.S. Payroll 2024 Buyers Guide Executive Summary

Posted by Matthew Brown on 23 December 2024

Executive Summary U.S. Payroll In the ever-changing world of enterprise operations, payroll is a critical function that sits at the intersection of HR, finance and compliance. To say that payroll is complex is an understatement. Beyond ensuring accurate and timely payments to workers, payroll leaders must navigate a maze of regulatory requirements that vary by location, creating significant... Read More

Topics: Human Capital Management, Payroll Management, Business-focused Software and Services, U.S. Payroll