Apps Purchases: 10+ Million Software Purchases
Founded in 2010, APPS RUN THE WORLD is a leading technology intelligence and market-research company devoted to the application space. Leveraging a rigorous data-centric research methodology, we ask the simple B2B sales intelligence question: Who’s buying enterprise applications from whom and why?
Our global team of 50 researchers has been studying the digital transformation initiatives being undertaken by 2 million + companies including technographic segmentation of 10 million ERP, EPM, CRM, HCM, Procurement, SCM, Treasury software purchases, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our forecast assumptions and perhaps the rise and fall of certain vendors and their products on a quarterly basis.
Apps Run The World Buyer Insight and Technographics Customer Database has over 100 data fields that detail company usage of emerging technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain, Autonomous Database, and different on-prem and cloud apps by function, customer size (employees, revenues), industry, country, implementation status, year deal won, partner involvement, Line of Business Key Stakeholders and key decision-makers contact details, including the systems being used by Fortune 1000 and Global 2000 companies.
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University of Pittsburgh | Education | 5396 | $2.7B | United States | Alteryx | Alteryx Designer | Analytics and BI | 2020 | The Tambellini Group | In 2020, University of Pittsburgh trialed and then expanded Alteryx Designer as part of a campus wide Analytics and BI deployment. The rollout included Alteryx Server to centralize workflow scheduling and governance across IT, research, athletics, fundraising and other administrative functions. Alteryx Designer was configured for data preparation, repeatable workflow authoring, and automated report generation, enabling analysts to build reusable pipelines and scheduled jobs. Alteryx Server provided centralized orchestration, user access controls and analytic sharing to move work from individual desktops into a governed server environment. The implementation emphasized automation of routine reporting and data blending tasks to reduce manual data manipulation. Operational coverage spanned institutional reporting workflows for departments including IT, research, athletics and fundraising, and the tools were actively used during the COVID-19 response to accelerate analytic needs. The Tambellini Group served as the system integrator, supporting configuration, Server governance setup and rollout planning with campus stakeholders. The university implemented Alteryx Server governance to secure access, manage schedules and scale analytics delivery while maintaining auditability. University of Pittsburgh reported substantial time savings, for example approximately 100 hours saved building an athletics seating map, demonstrating reduced manual effort and faster report delivery with Alteryx Designer. | |
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FurnitureBox | Retail | 74 | $33M | United Kingdom | Brightpearl | Brightpearl Retail Analytics | Analytics and BI | 2020 | n/a | In 2020 FurnitureBox deployed Brightpearl Retail Analytics to centralize inventory, order, and marketing analytics across UK channels, using Brightpearl as its retail operating system. Brightpearl Retail Analytics serves as the Analytics and BI layer supporting merchandising, inventory planning, and marketing performance reporting for the retailer. The implementation focused on Brightpearl Analytics dashboard capabilities and the Inventory Planner to deliver consolidated marketing and inventory visibility. Configuration emphasized channel level inventory visibility, demand signals feeding reorder guidance, and analytics-driven reporting for commercial decision making. Operational coverage included commerce, inventory and marketing teams across FurnitureBox UK operations, with the platform ingesting orders and inventory state across sales channels to provide a unified view. The deployment supported inventory planning workflows and marketing attribution analysis without naming further integrated vendors or point solutions. Governance centralized reporting and inventory decision workflows inside Brightpearl Retail Analytics and shifted responsibility for stock and marketing performance into a single analytics layer. The Brightpearl case study notes that this configuration enabled rapid scaling and reported 267% year on year growth for FurnitureBox. | |
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Retail | 20 | $2M | United States | Brightpearl | Brightpearl Retail Analytics | Analytics and BI | 2020 | n/a |
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Government | 26 | $4M | United States | Tableau Software | Tableau | Analytics and BI | 2020 | n/a |
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Professional Services | 10 | $1M | Belgium | Fathom | Fathom Analytics | Analytics and BI | 2020 | n/a |
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Retail | 6928 | $1.5B | Australia | Zoho Corp. | Zoho Analytics (ex Zoho Reports) | Analytics and BI | 2020 | n/a |
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Government | 350 | $30M | Spain | Google Charts | Analytics and BI | 2020 | n/a |
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Leisure and Hospitality | 217 | $12M | Denmark | KMD | KMD Advanced Analytics | Analytics and BI | 2020 | n/a |
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Professional Services | 750 | $165M | United States | Pendo.io | Pendo Web Analytics | Analytics and BI | 2020 | n/a |
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Manufacturing | 40 | $6M | United Kingdom | Google Charts | Analytics and BI | 2020 | n/a |
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