December 20196 With the end of a decade drawing closer, we are at a perfect vantage point to look back at what we have done and achieved, as well as look forward to understanding the shape of the things to come.For the past few years, sales and marketing space is witnessing a paradigm shift in their status quo. The pace of that change has never been quite as fast. Sales, being a data-driven industry, have always been at the forefront of adopting new technologies and innovations. Nonetheless, in the era of quick innovation, platforms and technologies can move from cutting-edge to mainstream to hovering around obsolescence in a handful of years. The question, now, is what will 2020 bring to the table? What will be the biggest trends in sales happening in 2020?It is needless to say that the upcoming trends will be shaped in accordance to the demand of the sales teams. One of the most prominent challenges sales managers face is keeping up with the avalanche of information their sales technology tools collect day after day, which saw the number of applications for AI in sales is growing exponentially. And, while this is one of the rising trends, we identified many ways in which the sales world is currently changing.In the wake of such rapid evolution in the sales ecosystem, putting together this edition has been an exciting journey for us. In this edition APAC CIO Outlook, we present to you a list of companies that are transforming the sales technology landscape with innovative technological capabilities. This edition also blends thought leadership, from subject-matter experts with real-life stories, on what selected vendors are doing for their clients, including exclusive insights from CIOs and CXOs. We hope this edition will provide you with the right assistance in choosing the best-in-class solution for your requirements.Let us know your thoughts!Annie JohnsonEditorialInto the Future of Sales TechnologyAnnie JohnsonManaging Editoreditor@apacciooutlook.comTo subscribe to APACCIOOutlookVisit www.apacciooutlook.comArt & GraphicsAmelia StewartFlynn SmythToby LangtonJie Ch'angManaging EditorAnnie JohnsonSenior WritersLane Adams Clara MathewRoyce D'SouzaEditorialAlfred MardinLouis BeckerRachael ClarkRoy ChowDai ShihDan StanleyCopyright © 2019 ValleyMedia Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.DECEMBER - 23, 2019, Volume 05 - Issue - 72 (ISSN 2644-2876)Published by ValleyMedia Inc.*"Some of the Insights are based on the interviews with respective CIOs and CXOs to our editorial staff"Emailsales@apacciooutlook.comeditor@apacciooutlook.commarketing@apacciooutlook.comSalesJames Williamjames.william@apacciooutlook.com
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