Along with colleagues Pierre Mitchell, Xavier Olivera and Nick Heinzmann, I attendedZycus.’ analyst day in Park City, Utah, on Friday. Analysts from Ardent, Gartner, Levvel (formerly Paystream) were also in attendance. While I’ll leave it to my esteemed colleagues to provide more insightful commentary on where Zycus stands today overall, let me share three quick insights that I walked away with.
首先，Zycus.remainssteadfast in its commitment to delivering a full suite of capabilities and driving to world-class support，包括在其采购到支付能力方面进行持续的投资和增强。这不仅包括平台和应用程序级增强功能，而且还专注于提供增加的整体客户满意度。在呼应延迟改进的活动中，Zycus在可用性/正常运行时间，软件质量，应用程序/模块化凝聚力和相关承诺中进行了一些Zycus客户。这是欢迎听到的，作为Zycus需要根据以前的解决方案图对等参考洞察力改进这些领域。虽然工作仍然是统一其套件的各个方面 - 但与几乎所有的供应商都有 - Zycus似乎在正确的轨道上。
Second,人工智能（AI）为Zycus在其整体产品和上市战略中制定的大量投资。But Zycus is taking a different approach to AI than most suite vendors, such asCoupa, which is embedding AI at the core of its standard platform. In contrast, in the near future, Zycus’ AI engine/platform, Merlin, will be available in distinctive applications that will be sold and marketed independently of the “i-line” of Zycus products — more along the lines of a Catalytic,Levadata.,Seal Software要么Xeeva。换句话说，这些独立解决方案将增加/替换/更换/更换采购，合同管理，采购，AP和相关领域的特定人类功能，而不是仅提高现有的模块化能力。我们应该注意这些功能通常不可用，但花费事项团队期待在不久的将来向其中报告更多。
第三，Zycus的首席执行官Aatish Dedia，正在服用在市场上竞争和剩余独立的漫长观点。I had the chance to spend time talking to him about his view on the sector, and Dedhia believes that customers will benefit most from organically developed suites without having to worry about various assets being smashed together through M&A. This extends to Zycus, which Dedhia wants to lead and steward for many years to come without the distraction of taking outside investment or acquiring companies. Dedhia’s view is a contrarian view in the market, one that goes against the grain of the CEOs of his competitors. He believes only home-grown R&D investment tied to profitable, organic growth — without external funding — is what will benefit his customers the most over the long haul.
Stay tuned for further insights from my colleagues in the days to come.
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