By Andreea Andrei, Marketing and Business Administration Executive at The Cloud Computing and SaaS Awards
Forbes has published its Cloud 100 annual ranking. Many distinguished private cloud companies are recognized, from start-ups to large enterprises. The top factors taken into consideration compiling the list are value, growth, sales and reputation. The list highlights companies from the U.S. to Australia, Israel and Dublin. Performance and numbers were the main themes at play, judged by 34 CEOs with private cloud companies.
At the Cloud & SaaS Awards, we are delighted that many of the organizations which have achieved success in our programs have also been recognized in the Forbes 100 list.
The Forbes Cloud 100 list entails Cloud and SaaS Awards finalists demonstrating notable results
Automation Anywhere
Automation Anywhere is an automation firm that strives to automate any process and support employees through digital workforce systems. They hold the 29th place in Forbes Cloud 100 and have been a finalist for Best Enterprise-Level SaaS Product for SaaS Awards 2021 and a finalist for Best Cloud Solution for Cloud Computing Awards 2021. They transform business processes across all lines of business while ensuring quality, compliance and control. Healthcare, Human Resources and Financial Services solutions are provided, processing time is decreased and automation, efficiency gain and up-close monitoring are increased. An outstanding feature is its cloud-native RPA platform, Automation 360, which empowers enterprises to automate their business processes with intelligent AI-powered software bots that perform repetitive and manual tasks.
ThoughtSpot
Thoughtspot, a firm designated to help explore business data analytics, is also present on the Forbes list, as well as being a winner of the SaaS Awards of 2021 for Best SaaS Product for Business Intelligence or Analytics. The business made it to the final of the 2021 Cloud Awards for the Best Cloud Business Intelligence or Analytics Solution. They create a user-friendly platform to embed insights and tap into the most cutting-edge innovations the cloud data ecosystem has to offer.
ActiveCampaign
ActiveCampaign is another business present on the Forbes list as well as a nominated finalist for the Cloud and SaaS Awards of 2021. ActiveCampaign’s Customer Experience Automation Platform (CXA) helps over 150,000 businesses in 170 countries meaningfully engage with their customers. The platform gives businesses of all sizes access to 600+ pre-built automations that combine email marketing, marketing automation and CRM for powerful segmentation and personalization across social, email, messaging, chat and text. Thus, their platform made it to the finals of Best SaaS Product for Sales and Marketing in SaaS Awards 2021 and their business was a finalist for Best Software as a Service from USA.
Cloudinary
Lastly, Cloudinary is present on the 2021 Forbes 100, as a leader in the media experience management industry, and proudly being a finalist of Best SaaS Product for Sales and Marketing with Cloudinary Digital Asset Management, and the winner of Best SaaS Product for E-Commerce/E-Shops in SaaS Awards 2021. They take pride in managing rich-asset media, streamline their workflows and deliver superior customer experience. Their clients include Virgin, Tesla, Crocs and Sony.
The Future of Cloud
Overall, the lists shows the extraordinary potential of cloud-based companies and the achievements that they are capable of, being geographically diverse, but showing high levels of progress. Forbes 100 is also highlighting the high value of this year’s firms – Stripe, a U.S. payment service provider, is valued at $95million and holds the first place on the list. The list has been produced in partnership with Bessemer Venture Partners and Salesforce Ventures, their purpose being to unravel potential in start-ups and enterprises.
The Cloud and SaaS Awards are proud to have winners and finalists whose success goes beyond and continuously captures value, as making it to the Forbes Cloud 100 list shows. Promoting excellence is valued in an uprising industry of technology, due to growth and advanced breakout of cloud alternatives consolidating the future of the industry.
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