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Techday NZ
2 days ago
- Business
- Techday NZ
Siemens named PLM leader for discrete manufacturing by Forrester
Siemens has been recognised as a leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) for discrete manufacturers in a report published by independent research firm Forrester Research. The report, The Forrester Wave: Product Lifecycle Management for Discrete Manufacturers, Q3 2025, assessed eight PLM vendors, focusing on aspects relevant to discrete manufacturing sectors. Siemens' Teamcenter software received the top possible scores in 11 distinct criteria and achieved the highest score in the Strategy category among all vendors evaluated. The evaluation outlined how Siemens distinguished itself across key PLM capabilities. Siemens' Teamcenter was flagged as a customer favourite in the report, a recognition derived from the positive feedback shared by reference customers. Reference customers unanimously endorse Siemens' continuity of support, security, clear communication, customer service, and issue resolution, and all indicated they would purchase from Siemens again. The report further highlighted Siemens' approach to the evolving needs of manufacturing, reflecting on the company's strategic direction. Siemens reinforces its vision for transforming the PLM foundation of smart manufacturing with a pragmatic, transparent roadmap, and Siemens' commitment to innovation pays off with many above-par capabilities. Siemens earned the highest available scores in several evaluation categories. These included interoperability with design tools, digital thread, embedded software, bill of process, materials or sourcing library integration, support for small batch manufacturing, innovation, roadmap, partner ecosystem, pricing flexibility and transparency, and support for sales and marketing use cases. Frances Evans, Senior Vice President, Lifecycle Collaboration Software, Siemens Digital Industries Software, commented on Siemens' recognition in the Forrester report. Evans said, "We're honoured to be recognised by Forrester as a Leader in PLM for discrete manufacturing. To us, this recognition reflects our strategy to deliver modern, flexible PLM solutions through the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio, and we're especially proud to see Teamcenter acknowledged as a customer favourite." Teamcenter is described as a comprehensive PLM platform designed to help organisations manage complexity in product development and accelerate time to market. Teamcenter X, the cloud-based iteration of the solution delivered as a service, aims to provide this functionality with built-in best practices and with a lower total cost of ownership. Both Teamcenter and Teamcenter X form parts of the wider Siemens Xcelerator portfolio. The Forrester Wave evaluation is seen within the sector as a measure of strategy and execution among PLM solution providers. Siemens' performance in the 2025 report will be relevant to manufacturing and engineering organisations considering updates or changes to their PLM deployments. Follow us on: Share on:
Techday NZ
2 days ago
- Business
- Techday NZ
Amplitude named leader in digital analytics by Forrester report
Amplitude has been named both a Leader and a Customer Favourite in The Forrester Wave: Digital Analytics Solutions, Q3 2025 report. The Forrester Wave report, published for the first time for this category, is a detailed analysis of digital analytics providers, assessing performance across more than 30 criteria. Amplitude achieved the highest overall score in the "Current Offering" category and was awarded the top score possible in 21 individual criteria. According to the evaluation, the criteria in which Amplitude received the highest marks included its roadmap, the agentic AI release, and its vision to unify the buying and product experience. Forrester also highlighted Amplitude's digital product analytics capabilities and its commitment to product enhancements. Report details The Forrester Wave assessment groups its evaluation into two principal areas: Strength of Offering and Strength of Strategy. In addition, vendors are rated based on Customer Feedback. The report defines digital analytics solutions as "solutions that collect, analyse, visualise, and interpret quantitative and qualitative data from digital channels, like web and mobile applications, to help organisations identify how to improve various aspects of the digital experience, such as product usage, experience design, the effectiveness of digital marketing channels, or digital experience performance." Within its findings, Forrester described Amplitude as "ideal for product-led organisations where product and marketing teams need close alignment and ease of use is a priority." The report also stated, "Amplitude's vision is to unify the 'buying' and 'product' experience." Amplitude received the highest possible scores in criteria covering its roadmap, AI for insights generation, and AI for assistance. Customer focus Amplitude's role as a Customer Favourite was recognised due to positive feedback on areas such as the platform's ease of use, the speed of its query engine, seamless product integration, and cost to value. The report noted, "Customers praise Amplitude's collaborative, partner-like approach. They also praise the platform's ease of use, query engine speed, seamless product integration, and favorable cost to value." Organisations such as Square, Strava, Cox Automotive, Le Monde, NTT Docomo, and A&E Networks use Amplitude to analyse how users interact with their products. This includes data on user retention, feature usage, drop-off points, and strategies for improving the customer experience throughout the digital journey. "Think of Amplitude as a direct line to your audience," said Dani Mednikoff, Director, Digital Analytics & Strategy at A+E Networks. "Even though you're not chatting face-to-face, you can use the data you gather to understand what hooks your audience and what makes it stick around. It's about the stories the numbers tell us, imbuing the data with meaning. What are people watching? Where and how are they watching it? Figuring this out helped us make spot-on decisions for our viewers and tailor our content to fit them." Amplitude has also earned 5/5 scores across criteria including roadmap, real-time and predictive analysis, AI for insights, AI for assistance, and analysis for digital product performance. Forrester's evaluation recognised that "It excels in digital product analytics, with standout analyses like engagement matrix, persona, and conversion driver analyses." Technological capabilities The Forrester Wave report identifies Amplitude as the only vendor assessed with a dedicated storytelling tool, which helps users translate insights into actions more quickly. Further, the system features bidirectional integration with data warehouses, enabling direct analysis using data warehouse tables in Amplitude. Francois Ajenstat, Chief Product Officer at Amplitude, commented, "Amplitude is redefining how organisations use data to build exceptional product and digital experiences. Our advancements in AI have become a force multiplier, and with the introduction of AI Agents, we're helping teams move faster from insight to action in minutes. With Agents, it will be much faster and easier to understand customer behaviour, identify optimisation opportunities, and measure impact."
Techday NZ
31-07-2025
- Business
- Techday NZ
Red Hat named leader for multicloud container platforms by Forrester
Red Hat has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave: Multicloud Container Platforms, Q3 2025 report, based on its performance in the multicloud container platform market. Forrester's assessment The Forrester Wave report evaluated several vendors in the multicloud container platform market, focusing on both the current offering and company strategy categories. Red Hat was highlighted for scoring the highest among all evaluated vendors in these categories. The report described OpenShift as "a good fit for enterprises that prioritise support, reliability, and advanced engineering, particularly in regulated industries such as financial services." It also observed that "customers consistently praise Red Hat's enterprise-grade offerings and support, especially for managed services." Forrester noted Red Hat's capabilities in Kubernetes, saying, "Red Hat excels in core Kubernetes areas, offering robust operator options, powerful management, GitOps automation, and flexible interfaces via a GUI or command-line interface (CLI). OpenShift's SLAs of 99.95% for public cloud managed-service versions showcase Red Hat's capacity to engineer capabilities beyond those of native public cloud services." The report additionally stated, "Developers will find just about everything they need with Red Hat's above-par scores in developer experience, service and application catalogues, microservices, service mesh, DevOps automation, and integration." Technical focus and AI integration Beyond container management, Red Hat is extending its efforts in hybrid cloud solutions. The company is leveraging its stack - including Red Hat Enterprise Linux - to improve support for generative AI development and operations, with an emphasis on model serving and advanced inference. Customer priorities and market needs The report noted that OpenShift has demonstrated suitability for organisations operating in highly regulated industries, such as financial services, where support and reliability are considered essential. The platform's managed services, which offer defined service-level agreements, were singled out for positive feedback from customers. The importance of a strong enterprise support model for public cloud deployments was also highlighted in the analysis. Leadership statement Mike Barrett, Vice President & General Manager, Hybrid Cloud Platforms, Red Hat, said: "Red Hat continues to provide the leading platform for organisations navigating the complexities of multicloud environments. Being named a Leader in The Forrester WaveTM for Multicloud Container Platforms reinforces our commitment to delivering robust, enterprise-grade solutions that empower our customers to innovate with confidence across their hybrid cloud footprints. Our focus on core Kubernetes capabilities, strong developer experience and strategic AI integrations positions us well for the evolving needs of the market. Sovereign cloud, coupled with the digital independence required to get the most from AI, have made multicloud investments a leading priority for our global customers." Developer perspective The Forrester evaluation recognised Red Hat's OpenShift for the breadth of its support for developers, including tooling for DevOps automation, service catalogues, and integration features. The solution was described as delivering above-average scores in developer experience, microservices, and service mesh capabilities. Market context As enterprise IT organisations continue to adopt hybrid and multicloud strategies, platforms capable of delivering consistent operations and supporting evolving application needs are increasingly important. The 99.95% public cloud managed service SLA cited by Forrester underlines the attention to reliability and service continuity expected in this sector. Red Hat continues to broaden the reach of its hybrid cloud portfolio, applying the foundation of Red Hat Enterprise Linux to support both traditional enterprise workloads and emerging technologies such as generative AI.
Business Wire
15-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Planview Named a Leader in Value Stream Management Solutions Evaluation
AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Planview, the leading end-to-end platform for Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) and Digital Product Development (DPD), has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Value Stream Management (VSM) Solutions, Q2 2025. The report, which evaluates the 11 most significant VSM solutions on the market against 21 criteria, gave Planview the highest rating possible (5/5) in eight criteria and named the organization a leader in the category. i "Technology leaders in today's organizations struggle with strategic misalignment, ineffective prioritization, fragmented toolchains, and inefficient manual workflows, which are magnified by market volatility and competitive pressure,' said Louise K. Allen, Chief Product Officer at Planview. "We solve these challenges by connecting value streams with business goals, drawing clear lines from strategy to outcome, and ensuring teams efficiently deliver what matters. For us, Forrester's recognition validates our approach and motivates us to continue providing the visibility and data businesses need to drive innovation and financial success in today's complex market." According to the report: 'Planview is an excellent choice for large-scale engineering organizations transitioning to a product-centric operating model, aiming to enhance integration and collaboration between business and engineering stakeholders.' According to the report, Planview received the highest possible score (5/5) in eight criteria: Common data model and management Third-party tool Integration Analytics Value stream mapping Tracking of Business objectives Tracking of Software engineering objectives Vision Supporting services and offerings The Forrester Wave is a buyer's guide for technology and services marketplaces that provides transparent analysis of vendors by evaluating them across the three dimensions of strategy, current offering, and customer feedback. A complimentary copy of the full report is available here: About Planview Planview is the leading end-to-end platform for Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) and Digital Product Development (DPD), giving its customers the strategic foresight to prioritize investments and initiatives, make those plans real within constraints, and pivot with certainty when things change. Our connected platform of solutions underpins the business and digital transformations of more than 2.7 million users globally, including 45 of the Fortune 100. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, Planview has over 1,300 employees worldwide. Expand i Forrester does not endorse any company, product, brand, or service included in its research publications and does not advise any person to select the products or services of any company or brand based on the ratings included in such publications. Information is based on the best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change. For more information, read about Forrester's objectivity here. Expand
