Aarau Technographics
Discover the latest software purchases and digital transformation initiatives being undertaken by Aarau and its business and technology executives. Each quarter our research team identifies on-prem and cloud applications that are being used by the 720 Aarau employees from the public (Press Releases, Customer References, Testimonials, Case Studies and Success Stories) and proprietary sources.
During our research, we have identified that Aarau has purchased the following applications: BonCard Employee Benefits for Benefits Administration in 2023, ReadSpeaker Text to Speech for Natural Language Processing in 2018, Microsoft 365 for Collaboration in 2023 and the related IT decision-makers and key stakeholders.
Our database provides customer insight and contextual information on which enterprise applications and software systems Aarau is running and its propensity to invest more and deepen its relationship with BonCard , ReadSpeaker Holding , Microsoft or identify new suppliers as part of their overall Digital and IT transformation projects to stay competitive, fend off threats from disruptive forces, or comply with internal mandates to improve overall enterprise efficiency.
We have been analyzing Aarau revenues, which have grown to $173.0 million in 2024, plus its IT budget and roadmap, cloud software purchases, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our forecast assumptions for Aarau intention to invest in emerging technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain, Autonomous Database or in cloud-based ERP, HCM, CRM, EPM, Procurement or Treasury applications.
HCM
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| BonCard | Legacy | BonCard Employee Benefits | Benefits Administration | HCM | n/a | 2023 | 2023 |
In 2023, the City of Aarau launched a Boncard-based digital municipal voucher system using BonCard Employee Benefits within the Benefits Administration category. The program went live in November 2023 and enabled acceptance across roughly 120 local shops in Switzerland, operating in the municipal payments and commerce process area. The deployment is a public voucher and tourism scheme rather than an explicit HR benefits system, yet it demonstrates the BonCard Employee Benefits platform as a voucher issuance and management reference for benefits scenarios.
Deployment architecture is centered on a cloud hosted voucher platform that, based on the public rollout, aligns with typical Benefits Administration capabilities such as voucher issuance, merchant acceptance network management, digital redemption tracking, balance management, and administrative reporting. Operational scope covered municipal commerce and payments across Aarau and participating merchant sites in Switzerland with rollout to local shops beginning November 2023. Governance emphasis included municipal program operations, merchant onboarding, and voucher acceptance policies, and the implementation indicates how the BonCard Employee Benefits application can be repurposed to support employee benefits workflows within municipal and local commerce contexts.
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AI-Powered Application
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| ReadSpeaker Holding | Legacy | ReadSpeaker Text to Speech | Natural Language Processing | AI-Powered Application | n/a | 2018 | 2018 |
In 2018, Aarau implemented ReadSpeaker Text to Speech on its municipal website. The ReadSpeaker Text to Speech deployment is recorded under the Natural Language Processing category and is used to enable on page speech playback for public facing content.
The configuration leverages the ReadSpeaker Text to Speech web player and backend synthesis capabilities to render selectable voices and language variants for dynamic page content. Controls were integrated into site templates to expose playback options on news, service, and information pages, with administrative settings to manage voice selection and accessibility preferences. Audio is generated on demand and streamed to users to support immediate playback from the website.
Operational ownership is centralized with the web content and communications teams, who manage content enablement and alignment with municipal accessibility requirements. Governance was integrated into existing web publishing workflows so that new and updated pages are evaluated for speech rendering eligibility.
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Collaboration
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| Microsoft | Legacy | Microsoft 365 | Collaboration | Collaboration | n/a | 2023 | 2023 |
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CRM
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PR and Media Communication | CRM |
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2023 | 2023 |
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ITSM
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IT Service Management | ITSM |
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2024 | 2024 |
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PaaS
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Apps Development | PaaS |
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2015 | 2015 |
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IaaS
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Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS |
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2023 | 2023 |
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Content Delivery Network | IaaS |
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2021 | 2021 |
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CyberSecurity
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Identity and Access Management (IAM) | CyberSecurity |
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2024 | 2024 |
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