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Business Wire
21-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Argano Acquires Anavate Partners, Continues Advancement of 2025 Growth Strategy
PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Argano, the world's first and largest digital services consultancy focused exclusively on enabling high performance across its clients' business operations, today announced that it has acquired Anavate Partners ('Anavate'), a specialized global consulting firm with expertise in cloud-based planning and forecasting solutions, specifically Anaplan. Today's announcement advances Argano's 2025 strategic growth plan and follows recent additions of Attentis, Real Dynamics, and Netlogistik. Anavate represents Argano's fourth acquisition in 2025 and the twentieth since its founding in 2020, reinforcing the company's commitment to scaling global reach, expanding technical capabilities, and broadening its solution portfolio. Argano's transformational acquisition strategy is fully funded by capital secured over the past year. Anavate brings a strong track record of enabling enterprise-wide planning transformation across core functions including finance, sales, marketing, and supply chain. With a client-first approach and highly specialized experience in Anaplan, Anavate is known for helping organizations digitally transform processes, relieve time-consuming planning pain points, and automate workflows at speed and scale. The firm has been recognized by Anaplan for excellence in implementation and client impact, earning the Trailblazer Partner of the Year award in 2025 and Rising Star Partner of the Year award in 2024. The acquisition further enhances Argano's ability to deliver integrated performance management solutions to clients worldwide. 'As we continue building the world's most comprehensive platform for operational transformation, we are aligning with expert teams that complement and extend our capabilities,' said Chip Register, CEO of Argano. 'Anavate adds immediate depth in enterprise planning and automation and marks an important milestone along our path to becoming the strongest Anaplan partner in the U.S. As one integrated platform, we're excited to welcome our new colleagues and partner with them as we continue to deliver exceptional client outcomes and drive digital transformation at scale.' The Anavate founding partners Kevin Philip, Tristan Gaynor, George Heiler and Dave McLurg commented: 'We are very excited about the path ahead with Argano for our clients and our employees. With complementary capabilities and a shared focus of delivering excellent technological expertise, we look forward to helping businesses drive greater outcomes and prepare for the future of digital transformation. Joining Argano allows us to bring more solutions to more clients, and we're grateful to our incredible team for their outstanding commitment as we begin this next chapter with a partner that shares our obsession with client success.' 'As a key Anaplan partner, Anavate has played an important role in helping our joint customers optimize their planning processes so they can make the right decisions for their business, right now,' said Kuntal Vahalia, Senior Vice President, Global Channels & Alliances at Anaplan. 'This is an exciting evolution for Anavate, and we look forward to a continued partnership focused on delivering joint customer outcomes.' Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal advisor to Argano, and Ernst & Young LLP served as financial diligence advisor to Argano. About Argano Argano is the world's first and largest digital services consultancy focused exclusively on enabling high performance across our clients' business operations, at scale and around the globe. Forged from world-class specialist consultancies with decades of enterprise technology, data, cloud, AI and operations expertise, Argano supports the full transformation capabilities through strategy, design, execution, and ongoing managed services. We modernize and optimize core functions across customer engagement and service, revenue management, finance and planning, supply chain, and workforce optimization. Our promise to clients is maximizing their growth, profitability, commercial agility and customer satisfaction, guaranteed. Learn more at About Anavate Partners Anavate Partners is a consulting firm specializing in cloud-based planning and forecasting solutions, with deep expertise using the Anaplan platform to digitally transform finance, sales, marketing and supply chain planning processes. Recognized as Anaplan's Trailblazer Partner of the Year in 2025 and Rising Star Partner of the Year in 2024, Anavate has a proven record of implementation success and client impact. The company also leverages the revolutionary Workato platform to rapidly modernize and automate corporate workflows. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, Anavate sources and trains the best consultants from across the globe to serve clients across the U.S. and around the world, delivering measurable and value-adding solutions with an unwavering commitment to customer success. Learn more at Forward Looking Statements This document contains forward-looking statements. Actual results may differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statement. Argano has no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements, even if circumstances change.
Time of India
16-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Anaplan Appoints Sanket Deodhar as Area Vice President and Country Head for India
Mumbai, Anaplan, the leading scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in today's complex business environment, announced the appointment of Sanket Deodhar as Area Vice President and Country Head for India. With over two decades of experience in driving enterprise growth and digital transformation, Deodhar will spearhead Anaplan's business strategy and operations in India, aiming to position the company as a leader in scenario planning and analysis across the Indian his new role, Deodhar will focus on accelerating Anaplan's next phase of growth in the region by advancing customer-centric innovation, strengthening strategic partnerships, and delivering transformative outcomes for enterprise clients. His appointment underscores Anaplan's commitment to scaling its presence and impact in India, a rapidly evolving and high-growth market ripe for planning solutions that cut across the enterprise to enable decision excellence. Deodhar joins Anaplan with over 22 years of experience in the IT industry. His career began in business development at a system integrator, and he has since held leadership roles at some of the world's most respected technology companies. At Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), he honed his skills in enterprise solutions, followed by a decade at SAP , where he led large-scale transformational engagements and played a key role in establishing SAP's startup ecosystem in India. 'I am excited to join Anaplan at this pivotal moment in the enterprise planning space,' said Sanket Deodhar. 'Indian enterprises are looking for intelligent, modern platforms that provide the collaboration and visibility needed for agile planning, so they can remain competitive in their markets despite complexity and disruption. I look forward to partnering with our customers to deliver impactful solutions that align technology with their long-term business goals.' About Anaplan Anaplan is the only scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimize decision-making in today's complex business environment so that enterprises can outpace their competition and the market. By building connections and collaboration across organizational silos, our platform intelligently surfaces key insights — so businesses can make the right decisions, right now. More than 2,500 of the world's best brands continually optimize their decision-making by planning with Anaplan. To learn more, visit . Note: This article is a part of ETCIO's Brand Connect Initiative.
Economic Times
14-05-2025
- Business
- Economic Times
Anaplan expands operations in India: New local data centre designed for data residency and regulatory compliance
Anaplan, the leading scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimise decision-making in today's complex business environment, announced the opening of a new data centre in India. This expansion supports Anaplan's previously announced $500 million investment designed to accelerate innovation while expanding the company's global presence. 'In response to the increasing demand for data-driven decision-making, organisations across diverse sectors—including finance, retail, manufacturing, and technology—are seeking scalable, high-performance solutions to improve agility and resilience. Anaplan's addition of our new data centre not only ensures data residency and compliance with local regulations, but it underscores the growing importance of the Indian market,' said Amit Bagga, Managing Director, APAC for Anaplan. Key benefits of Anaplan's new India data centre include: Enhanced performance and low latency: Significantly reduced latency for Indian customers will enable faster processing and real-time insights for critical planning activities, such as financial forecasting, supply chain optimisation, and workforce management. Significantly reduced latency for Indian customers will enable faster processing and real-time insights for critical planning activities, such as financial forecasting, supply chain optimisation, and workforce management. Drive digital transformation: By leveraging advanced data management, analytics, and local data residency, Indian businesses can accelerate their digital transformation initiatives, staying ahead in a competitive market. By leveraging advanced data management, analytics, and local data residency, Indian businesses can accelerate their digital transformation initiatives, staying ahead in a competitive market. Data sovereignty and compliance: The new local data centre ensures customer data remains within India, addressing the growing emphasis on data localisation under regulations such as the Personal Data Protection Bill, and providing enhanced assurance for businesses in regulated industries like Financial Services and Government sectors. The new local data centre ensures customer data remains within India, addressing the growing emphasis on data localisation under regulations such as the Personal Data Protection Bill, and providing enhanced assurance for businesses in regulated industries like Financial Services and Government sectors. Scaling for growth: All Anaplan data centres are designed to support the exponential growth of Anaplan's user base in India, facilitating seamless handling of large-scale, multi-dimensional planning models powered by Anaplan's technology. 'We have been leveraging Anaplan for the past couple of years and have steadily enhanced our Integrated Business Planning (IBP) capability,' said Arun Bhanumurthy, Executive Vice President- Strategy and Transformation , Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. 'Anaplan India is at the cusp of significant growth across industries. As we help our customers navigate increasingly complex supply chains and business operations, it becomes important to offer them the option of local data hosting through our India data centre. With this launch, we are directly addressing a key ask from our global banking and financial services customers, enabling them to partner with us more confidently and compliantly in India,' said Sanket Deodhar, Country Head for India at Anaplan. The India data centre allows existing and new customers in India to leverage its capabilities. As a part of the company's ongoing commitment to expand its presence in the Asia Pacific region, Anaplan anticipates launching a data centre in Indonesia in the first half of 2025, followed by Singapore in the second half. These expansions will ensure that businesses across the region can leverage the latest in data management and analytics, further enhancing their operational efficiency and decision-making capabilities. About Anaplan Anaplan is the only scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimise decision-making in today's complex business environment so that enterprises can outpace their competition and the market. By building connections and collaboration across organisational silos, the platform intelligently surfaces key insights—so businesses can make the right decisions right now. More than 2,400 of the world's best brands continually improve their decision-making by planning with Anaplan. For more information about Anaplan's solutions and the new data centre, please visit . Disclaimer - The above content is non-editorial, and TIL hereby disclaims any and all warranties, expressed or implied, relating to it, and does not guarantee, vouch for or necessarily endorse any of the content.
Time of India
14-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Anaplan expands operations in India: New local data centre designed for data residency and regulatory compliance
Anaplan, the leading scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimise decision-making in today's complex business environment, announced the opening of a new data centre in India. This expansion supports Anaplan's previously announced $500 million investment designed to accelerate innovation while expanding the company's global presence. 'In response to the increasing demand for data-driven decision-making, organisations across diverse sectors—including finance, retail, manufacturing, and technology—are seeking scalable, high-performance solutions to improve agility and resilience. Anaplan's addition of our new data centre not only ensures data residency and compliance with local regulations, but it underscores the growing importance of the Indian market,' said Amit Bagga, Managing Director, APAC for Anaplan. Key benefits of Anaplan's new India data centre include: Enhanced performance and low latency: Significantly reduced latency for Indian customers will enable faster processing and real-time insights for critical planning activities, such as financial forecasting, supply chain optimisation, and workforce management. Drive digital transformation: By leveraging advanced data management, analytics, and local data residency, Indian businesses can accelerate their digital transformation initiatives, staying ahead in a competitive market. Data sovereignty and compliance: The new local data centre ensures customer data remains within India, addressing the growing emphasis on data localisation under regulations such as the Personal Data Protection Bill, and providing enhanced assurance for businesses in regulated industries like Financial Services and Government sectors. Scaling for growth: All Anaplan data centres are designed to support the exponential growth of Anaplan's user base in India, facilitating seamless handling of large-scale, multi-dimensional planning models powered by Anaplan's technology. 'We have been leveraging Anaplan for the past couple of years and have steadily enhanced our Integrated Business Planning (IBP) capability,' said Arun Bhanumurthy, Executive Vice President- Strategy and Transformation , Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Ltd. 'Anaplan India is at the cusp of significant growth across industries. As we help our customers navigate increasingly complex supply chains and business operations, it becomes important to offer them the option of local data hosting through our India data centre. With this launch, we are directly addressing a key ask from our global banking and financial services customers, enabling them to partner with us more confidently and compliantly in India,' said Sanket Deodhar, Country Head for India at Anaplan. Live Events The India data centre allows existing and new customers in India to leverage its capabilities. As a part of the company's ongoing commitment to expand its presence in the Asia Pacific region, Anaplan anticipates launching a data centre in Indonesia in the first half of 2025, followed by Singapore in the second half. These expansions will ensure that businesses across the region can leverage the latest in data management and analytics, further enhancing their operational efficiency and decision-making capabilities. About Anaplan Anaplan is the only scenario planning and analysis platform designed to optimise decision-making in today's complex business environment so that enterprises can outpace their competition and the market. By building connections and collaboration across organisational silos, the platform intelligently surfaces key insights—so businesses can make the right decisions right now. More than 2,400 of the world's best brands continually improve their decision-making by planning with Anaplan. For more information about Anaplan's solutions and the new data centre, please visit . Disclaimer - The above content is non-editorial, and TIL hereby disclaims any and all warranties, expressed or implied, relating to it, and does not guarantee, vouch for or necessarily endorse any of the content.
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Retail Forecasting and Replenishment (RFR) Market Disruptions: Riding a High-Growth Wave Through 2030 at CAGR 19.96%
Compound Growth at 19.96% Signals a New Phase of Retail Forecasting and Replenishment Market Expansion Middleton, Massachusetts, April 15, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- QKS Group, a premier market intelligence and advisory firm, has released its latest in-depth analysis of the global Retail Forecasting and Replenishment (RFR) Market, signalling a strong growth phase ahead. The new reports - 'Market Share: Retail Forecasting and Replenishment (RFR), 2024, Worldwide & Regional Report' and 'Market Forecast: Retail Forecasting and Replenishment (RFR), 2025-2030, Worldwide & Regional Report' - the market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 19.96% through 2030. This analysis equips businesses with the strategic intelligence needed to navigate the dynamic Retail Forecasting and Replenishment landscape and make informed decisions as the market continues to evolve. The Next Growth Frontier in Retail Forecasting and Replenishment (RFR) Platforms In an age where retail volatility, supply chain disruptions, and evolving consumer behavior challenge even the most mature retailers, retail forecasting and replenishment has become a strategic imperative. No longer confined to inventory balancing, today's solutions are infused with AI, machine learning, and real-time analytics, enabling businesses to predict demand with higher precision, automate replenishment decisions, and respond dynamically to market shifts. From fashion and grocery to big-box retailers and specialty stores, enterprises are leveraging intelligent forecasting platforms to minimize stockouts, reduce markdowns, optimize working capital, and enhance customer satisfaction. According to Dharun R, Analyst at QKS Group, 'Retail forecasting and replenishment is no longer about historical trends, it's about predictive agility. Modern AI-powered solutions are enabling retailers to sense demand, adapt instantly, and orchestrate supply with surgical precision. In a hyper-competitive retail landscape, this capability is not just a differentiator, it's foundational to survival.' Key Market Insights from QKS Group's Report Global and Regional Market Analysis: A deep dive into worldwide and regional RFR platform adoption trends, competitive landscapes, and future growth projections. Competitive Benchmarking: A comparative analysis of top RFR vendors, their market positioning, and strategic differentiators. Industry Adoption Trends: Insights into which sectors are investing most heavily in RFR solutions and why. Technology Disruption & AI's Role: How AI, automation, and advanced analytics are transforming retail forecasting and replenishment to improve demand accuracy, optimize inventory levels, and automate replenishment decisions. Market Leaders & Competitive Landscape The report covers key industry players, including Anaplan, Aptos, Blue Yonder, Centric Software, Impact Analytics, Kinaxis, Logio, Manhattan Associates, o9 Solutions, Oracle, RELEX Solutions, Retalon, SAS, Solvoyo, Symphony AI, ToolsGroup. Why This Matters for RFR Vendors? For CEOs, CFOs, and CSOs of retail forecasting and replenishment solution providers, these insights are critical for uncovering new growth avenues, sharpening product differentiation, and staying ahead in a rapidly evolving retail landscape. As retailers prioritize demand agility and supply chain resilience, vendors must ensure their platforms offer scalable intelligence, real-time adaptability, and AI-driven precision that translate into measurable business impact and ROI Get Access to Exclusive Market Insights (single report or subscription offering) Market Share: Retail Forecasting and Replenishment (RFR), 2024, Worldwide Market Forecast: Retail Forecasting and Replenishment (RFR), 2025-2030, Worldwide The comprehensive research package includes: Most Comprehensive Market Forecast Analysis: A separate market forecast report for each of the regions, including North America, Asia Pacific, European Union, MEA, Latin America Unmatched Competitive Analysis: A separate market share report for each of the regions, including North America, Asia Pacific, European Union, MEA, Latin America QKS TrendsNXT on RFR market QKS TAMSAM Insights report on the RFR market Exclusive Analyst Advisory Sessions for strategic decision making and validation About QKS Group QKS Group, formerly Quadrant Knowledge Solutions, is a leading global advisory and research firm, dedicated to empowering technology innovators to accelerate their growth journeys and enable technology adopters to achieve their digital transformation objectives. 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