Organizations worldwide face growing risks from rapidly changing technology, sustainability pressures, macroeconomic turmoil, and geopolitical disruptions. Risk-ready, resilient organizations can detect and respond to all these pressures more quickly, according to a global survey of 1,000 C-suite executives conducted by ServiceNow and ThoughtLab.

Katie Schmidt, senior manager of AI/machine learning user experience research, contributed to this blog. Years of user experience (UX) research and customer feedback have shown that building trust is integral to success with AI. With generative AI (GenAI), trust is more important than ever.

In a fast-evolving world, adopting a hyperautomation strategy is the best way to future-proof your workplace. But how does hyperautomation affect your workforce, and what will it mean for the future of your business? Hyperautomation is the combination of intelligent technologies to expand automation. It incorporates AI, machine learning, robotic process automation (RPA), integration, document processing, and more.

I’m proud to announce that ServiceNow is the recipient of the 2023 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award for Modern Work - Apps & Solutions for Microsoft Teams. We're also the 2023 Microsoft Asia Pacific Region Independent Solutions Vendor Partner of the Year. At ServiceNow, our customers are at the core of everything we do. We believe these awards validate that we’re helping customers provide better experiences while simultaneously operating more efficiently.

I’m excited to announce that ServiceNow is ranked No. 1 in the Gartner® Market Share report for AIOps for the second year in a row. We’re also ranked No. 1 by market share in the IT operations and IT service management categories.1 We believe this confirms that ServiceNow is delivering on its promise to keep digital services running around the clock while providing exceptional customer and employee experiences.

I’m thrilled to announce that ServiceNow has been recognized as a Visionary in the 2023 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Application Performance Monitoring (APM) and Observability. We believe this validates our strong vision and unique ability to help customers bring unified telemetry into their existing ServiceNow® Event Management and Service Operations solutions, reduce mean time to resolution (MTTR), and accelerate innovation.

Chief information officers (CIOs) are well aware of mounting pressure to do more with less. They operate against a competitive backdrop rocked by tough economic headwinds, rising technology costs, and a competitive talent market. Fortunately, IT leaders are an enterprising group. They constantly look for innovative ways to overcome operational challenges, drive their business forward, and create value for customers and employees alike.

Since ServiceNow launched the Service Graph Connector for OpenTelemetry in the Innovation Lab in April 2023, we’ve seen customers use it in pre-production environments. Today, I’m excited to announce that the Service Graph Connector for OpenTelemetry is generally available for production. Service Graph Connectors allow customers to load large volumes of data quickly and easily into their configuration management database (CMDB).

I’m excited to announce that ServiceNow has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Low-Code Development Platforms for Professional Developers, Q2 2023. We believe this validates our leadership in low-code innovation. According to the report, “ServiceNow continues to build on its IT credibility with focused, useful low-code innovations to address the technical and governance challenges of scaled, decentralized development and widespread automation.

I’m excited to announce The Forrester Wave™: Process-Centric AI For IT Operations (AIOps), Q2 2023 named ServiceNow as a Leader among the top vendors in the crowded AIOps market.1 Our journey to this position underscores our leadership in predictive AIOps. We’ve continuously harnessed the immense potential of AI to enhance operational efficiencies, drive productivity, and revolutionize user experiences.