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AI
Quick Take
November 2025
The Blueprint for a Smarter Future
AI's Role in Construction
AI
Automation
Quick Take
October 2025
Voice Agents 2.0
From “Sounds Human” to “Thinks Human”
AI
Opinion
October 2025
AI bubble signals intensifying
or one company’s strategic gambit? Our view on circular transactions
AI
Opinion
October 2025
Google's End of &num=100
A Pre-Remedy Move to Fortify its Ecosystem?
AI
Quick Take
September 2025
Open Source Generative AI
From OpenAI to open source AI: how it unbundles the AI stack
Automation
AI
Quick Take
September 2025
Enterprise Search Is Entering a New Era
A shift to systems of intelligence
Opinion
August 2025
The Playbook for Winning in Market Consolidation
Insights from our Research Desk: A Five-Part Series
B2B Commerce
Opinion
August 2025
Accelerating the shift to stablecoins
The potentially unintended impact of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Automotive
Deep Dive
July 2025
Click. Buy. Drive.
Navigating the Next Era of Vehicle Commerce
Cybersecurity
Deep Dive
July 2025
The Long Road to Automating the SOC
Why it’s time to shift the focus to acceleration
Automation
Opinion
June 2025
Systems of Intelligence
The Replatforming of Enterprise Software
Supply Chain & Logistics
Automation
Quick Take
June 2025
AI is Rewriting the Rules of Supply Chain
Unlocking a $65 billion opportunity
Automation
Opinion
June 2025
Salesforce's $8B Wake-Up Call: The End of Systems of Record
Insights from our research desk
Automation
Opinion
June 2025
The AI Pricing Cliff No One Wants To Talk About
Insights from our research desk
Supply Chain & Logistics
Quick Take
April 2025
AI in Procurement
Table stakes capability rather than a competitive advantage
Office of the CFO
Overview
April 2025
Deregulated, Not Unregulated
Regulation Technology In The Age Of Constant Change
Automation
Quick Take
April 2025
Breaking Ground
Addressing Construction's Productivity Challenge
Cybersecurity
Quick Take
March 2025
Authenticating AI Agents
The Next Big Identity Crisis in Cybersecurity
Automation
Quick Take
March 2025
AI's Undervalued Asset
Data’s pivotal role in the next era of Gen AI deployment
Automation
Quick Take
February 2025
Vertical Software Is Having A Moment
Why vertical SaaS is causing industries to rethink software
Office of the CFO
Quick Take
February 2025
The Future of Transfer Pricing
A Call To Action For CFOs
Cybersecurity
Quick Take
January 2025
Taking Identity Security Forward
Locking down security's last mile
Automation
Quick Take
January 2025
The Next Wave of IT
From Outsourced to Autonomous
Automation
Quick Take
December 2024
The DataOps Playbook
Lessons from the DevOps success story
Office of the CFO
Automation
Overview
November 2024
AI Agents-Breaking Down the Verticals
Rewiring Organizations
Automation
Deep Dive
November 2024
Towards the AI Agent Ecosystem (Updated)
An informational guide for users exploring the space
Supply Chain & Logistics
Quick Take
October 2024
Supplier Intelligence
Cost efficiency and resiliency through insights
Automation
Quick Take
September 2024
It’s Time for DataOps
And time to 10x your data platform
B2B Commerce
Quick Take
September 2024
Usage-Based Billing
Not new, but likely never more important
B2B Commerce
Quick Take
September 2024
Building RevOps Capabilities
Acquisitions are inevitable
Automation
Office of the CFO
Overview
September 2024
RevOps - The Road to Virtual Employees
RevOps Intelligence Tools
Automation
Quick Take
August 2024
IIoT at a Tipping Point
What needs to change for it to deliver real value and why we think now is the time
Automation
Deep Dive
June 2024
Data Security
Shifting data left: How this minor piece of the cybersecurity stack could be the most fundamental
Quick Take
May 2024
A Key Piece of the Renewables Puzzle
Energy Storage Solutions
Automation
Quick Take
May 2024
Unstructured Data Pipelines
Capitalizing on the "junk" of the data world
B2B Commerce
Quick Take
April 2024
It's Time Local Went Global
Real-time Payments
Supply Chain & Logistics
Quick Take
April 2024
Pain at the Pump
Opportunities to innovate with fuel cards
Supply Chain & Logistics
Quick Take
April 2024
Food & Agriculture Traceability
A field of opportunity
Automation
Quick Take
March 2024
Silicon Synapses for AI
AI hardware in data centers and on the edge
Automation
Quick Take
February 2024
Conversational AI and the Future of Customer Service
A shift in the customer support landscape
B2B Commerce
Quick Take
February 2024
Unified APIs
Building connections
Supply Chain & Logistics
Quick Take
January 2024
The Future of Demand Forecasting Software
A balancing act between innovation and market realities
Automation
Overview
December 2023
Industrial Intelligence
Why manufacturing needs software now more than ever
Automation
Office of the CFO
Deep Dive
November 2023
3rd Generation FP&A Tools
A new wave of tools revolutionizing a dated CFO tech stack
Automation
Overview
September 2023
Towards the AI Agent Ecosystem
A Technical Guide for Founders & Operators Building Agents
B2B Commerce
Deep Dive
August 2023
The Next Chapter of Embedded Finance
A Guide for How and Where to Play - to Win
Supply Chain & Logistics
Deep Dive
July 2023
The Future of Transportation Management Systems (TMS)
Why the next generation TMS won't be a TMS at all
Automation
Deep Dive
March 2023
Why Using Internal Tools to do More with Less Matters Today
No-Code and Low-Code
Automation
Overview
February 2023
Why Hyperautomation Will Unlock a More Efficient Future
Our deep dive report on the race to control corporate chaos
Supply Chain & Logistics
Overview
December 2022
Every Company Will Be a Logistics Company
A key lesson from the last few years of pandemic life is that every company needs to start thinking like a logistics company, even become one themselves
B2B Commerce
Deep Dive
December 2022
Check this Out - Part 2
A Deep Dive on Checkout Challengers
B2B Commerce
Deep Dive
November 2022
Check this Out - Part 1
There’s never been a truly digital checkout experience in B2B commerce, but that’s changing
B2B Commerce
Overview
November 2022
The Dominoes are Starting to Fall
Why B2B Commerce is the $100 Trillion Market Technology Hasn’t been Able to Crack – Until Now
About Activant Research
The Research team, based in Cape Town, covers Activant’s core sectors – fintech, supply chain, and automation – from the pre-seed through to the public markets
Jono Vickery
Vice President | Research
Lead's Activant's research in Data, AI, Cybersecurity and Automation.
Richard Benson-Armer
Director of Research and Senior Advisor
Helps management teams through the challenges of scaling by focusing on the biggest value drivers.
