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VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS US 18 O
VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS US 1573 S
VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS DE 889 T
VF US 868 T
VIACOM US 660 T
VICINITY CENTRES AU 1532 T
VIENNA INSURANCE AS 1164 T
tion, leaves of absence and of-boarding. In a single from third-party app builders. (Clients have built VIETIN BANK VE 1719 T
VINCI FR 157 S
app employees can ind information like where about 35,000 custom apps, for example, to track se- VIN (CONSTRUCTION) VE 1992 T
VIPSHOP CN 1683 S
your desk is, who your co-workers are and maps curity incidents like shopliting and broken win- VIRGIN MONEY UK 1704 S
VISA US 164 S
of the oice; send questions to their staf coordina- dows in a retail store, or to track the status of en- VISTRA ENERGY US 1639 T
VIVENDI FR 431 T
tor; and address payroll questions and IT issues. In dangered animals in a park.) And much of the VMWARE US 780 T
VODAFONE UK 454 T
Donahoe’s view, getting a new desk phone installed growth is expected to come from AI. Last January, VOESTALPINE AS 895 S
VOLKSWAGEN GE 16 S
should be just as easy as hailing an Uber or chatting ServiceNow spent $15 million to acquire DXCon- VOLVO SW 238 S
VONOVIA GE 641 S
on Snapchat. tinuum, which is used throughout ServiceNow’s VORNADO REALTY US 1680 T
VOYA FINANCIAL US 974 T
“his is not technology in service of technology,” cloud platform to help customers build predictive VTB BANK RU 396 S
VULCAN MATERIALS US 1428 S
Donahoe says. “We want to enhance the quality of models that make it easier to categorize incoming WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE US 124 T
WALMART US 24 T
the lives of people at work, whether you’re an IT requests. In May, Ser vice Now bought the AI startup WALT DISNEY US 72 T
WANHUA CHEMICAL CN 1250 S
help-desk professional or an end user.” hat’s not Parlo for its technology in natural-language under- WANT WANT CHINA CN 1882 T
WÄRTSILÄ FI 1537 T
just providing a pretty interface. “hey call it em- standing, which the company plans to inject into WASTE CONNECTIONS CA 1241 S
WASTE MANAGEMENT US 484 T
ployee experience, but to me it’s productivity,” says its core platform to help customers build intelligent WEC ENERGY US 687 T
WEICHAI POWER CN 666 S
Josh Bersin, who runs an eponymous consultan- business apps, complete with easy-to-create service WELLCARE HEALTH PLANS US 1276 S
WELLS FARGO US 7 T
cy within Deloitte. “I don’t want an enjoyable ex- catalogues, notiications and assignment tools. WELLTOWER US 1279 T
WENDEL FR 1594 T
perience to renew my 401(k). I just want to do it in None of this means Luddy has let his company WESFARMERS AU 365 S
WEST JAPAN RAILWAY JA 679 T
one click.” lose it roots. His no-frills practicality still manifests WESTERN DIGITAL US 799 T
WESTFIELD AU 972 T
In pivoting, Luddy and Donahoe are competing itself at Ser vice Now’s Santa Clara headquarters, WESTLAKE CHEMICAL US 938 S
with a more agile group, which includes Salesforce, which are tidy and sunny but whose manicured WESTPAC BANKING AU 87 T
US 552 S
WESTROCK
Microsot, IBM and Workday. ServiceNow’s sole trees and outdoor fountains are modest com- WEYERHAEUSER US 853 T
WH (FOOD, DRINK & TOBACCO) HK 715 T
advantage: the ability to upsell, leveraging its IT- pared to the exaggerated play areas and lashy de- WHEELOCK HK 507 T
WHIRLPOOL
US 1042 T
service dominance to layer on related products. Do- sign of the campuses of Facebook and Apple. When WHITBREAD UK 1736 T
WILLIAMS
US 528 S
nahoe boosted sales and marketing costs more than asked to pick a lunch spot recently in his San Diego WILLIS TOWERS WATSON UK 857 T
SI 456 T
WILMAR INTERNATIONAL
IN 909 T
30% last year. WIPRO GE 1895 O
WIRECARD
he spending has WISTRON TA 1564 S
Xiamen Xiangyu 1557 WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS UK 1193 T
generated results. Ser- WOLTERS KLUWER NE 1307 S
WOODSIDE PETROLEUM
AU 890 T
vice Now projects about A cog in China’s bulk-commodity WOOLWORTHS AU 486 S
WOORI BANK
supply chain, it handled 80 million tons KO 550 S
$2.4 billion in 2018 of goods in 2017. Its interests range WORKDAY US 1664 S
US 1548 S
WORLD FUEL SERVICES
subscription revenue, from agriculture and forestry products WORLDPAY US 1220 O
TA 1717 S
WPG (SEMICONDUCTORS)
and while the majori- to metals and minerals to energy and WPP UK 369 T
chemicals, and it aims to build its grain WR BERKLEY US 1054 T
ty of that will still come logistics system into the country’s WUESTENROT & WUERTTEMB GE 1305 T
WULIANGYE YIBIN
CN 924 S
from growth in the IT biggest by 2020. The state-controlled WW GRAINGER US 1027 T
WYNDHAM WORLDWIDE
US 1370 T
side, the “emerging” firm, listed in Shanghai in 2011, rises WYNN RESORTS US 1217 S
228 slots this year after a 71% revenue X5 RETAIL NE 1225 S
categories are expected jump to $32 billion last year. Betting on XCEL ENERGY US 525 T
XEROX
US 1538 T
to make up at least a the revival of China’s shipping industry, XIAMEN C&D CN 910 S
XIAMEN INTL TRADE
CN 1444 S
third of new annual a year ago it acquired distressed as- XIAMEN XIANGYU CN 1557 S
sets to start a shipbuilding subsidiary. XILINX US 1514 T
contract value this year, The company’s 23-year-old parent, XINHU ZHONGBAO CN 1692 O
XINYU IRON & STEEL
CN 1703 O
up from less than 20% conglomerate Xiangyu Group, also XL BU 868 T
XPO LOGISTICS
US 1127 S
at the beginning of last has arms in real estate, finance and XYLEM US 1903 O
investment, and is a key developer YAMADA DENKI JA 1798 T
year. he opportunity and operator of the free trade zone in YAMAGUCHI FINANCIAL JA 1580 T
YAMAHA
presented by these its headquarters city Xiamen, the main- YAMAHA MOTOR JA 1979 O
JA 921 S
YAMATO
ofshoot verticals, land’s major trading hub with Taiwan YANZHOU COAL MINING JA 1432 T
CN 671 S
across the strait. YARA INTERNATIONAL NO 1140 T
estimated at $34 billion YES BANK IN 1013 S
YONGHUI SUPERSTORES CN 1445 S
by Credit Suisse analyst YPF AR 794 S
YUANTA FINANCIAL TA 1222 S
Brad Zelnick, is even larger than the overall cloud- hometown, the billionaire chose Rudy’s Taco Shop, YUM CHINA US 1228 T
YUM! BRANDS US 952 T
based IT market, which is about $27 billion. which reminds its customers that shirts and shoes YUNNAN BAIYAO CN 1545 S
ZALANDO GE 1849 O
he next step across all these areas: Use algo- must be worn inside. Luddy, who now inds more ZALL DEVELOPMENT CN 1921 O
ZENITH BANK NI 1962 T
rithms to take all these requests, data points and time for tennis and his 10-year-old son, was wear- ZHEJIANG ZHENENG ELEC POW CN 1071 T
checklists and predict needs, lag concerns and ing jeans and sneakers. “he last six years have been ZHONGSHENG CN 1476 S
ZHONGYUAN BANK
CN 1268 O
measure eiciency. Rather than just streamline ser- like this beautiful dream,” he says later at his beach ZIJIN MINING CN 947 S
ZIMMER BIOMET
US 618 S
vice, the company wants to improve automation house, basking in the aternoon sun. “I give a lot of ZIONS BANCORP US 980 S
ZOETIS
US 991 S
and analytics through AI. Many innovations come hugs, but I don’t let anyone pinch me.” F ZTE CN 682 S
ZURICH INSURANCE
SZ 110 T
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