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| We believe that the combination of best-in-class supply chain commerce solutions, a modern technology architecture and generative AI has strategic and game-changing potential for all of us |
| Bringing together transportation management, warehouse management, inventory management, commerce solutions and a unified suite of solutions has a great deal of promise and upside for us |
| Our order management suite of solutions is market-leading as well |
| Manhattan delivered record Q2 and first half results |
| For the quarter, total revenue increased 20% to $231 million and adjusted earnings per share increased 28% to $0.88, both exceeding our expectations |
| Q2 was our ninth consecutive all-time record revenue quarter |
| Driving top-line outperformance and earnings leverage was 44% growth in cloud revenue and 23% growth in services revenue |
| And this encompasses double-digit top-line growth across all our geographies as our global teams continue to execute very well for our customers |
| While global macro volatility continues to be persistent, Manhattan's business fundamentals are solid |
| Demand for our solutions are robust, customer satisfaction is high, and investment in research and development and our associates continues to widen our technological leadership across supply chain execution, omnichannel and retail point of sale markets |
| So good bookings quarter, some big deals slipped, but good bookings, nonetheless |
| Demand for our mission-critical cloud solutions remains strong and resilient across all of our product portfolio |
| And we think that if there are folks out there that are looking for a place to invest their career than a market-leading company using forward and modern technology like ours is a really terrific place |
| So, we feel very fortunate about that |
| We feel like we had a pretty solid Q2 actually |
| While the timing of large deals and bookings mix will certainly vary on a quarterly basis, we believe the breadth across sales categories and products exemplifies our multiple opportunities for sustainable future growth |
| Foundational to our growth is the combination of our ability to deliver industry-leading solution and service to our customers |
| Our best-of-breed cloud native platform and solutions provide unmatched access to innovation and are a key component to our customer success, helping our clients strengthen their relationships with their end customers, drive more revenue and improve efficiency |
| These powerful benefits are translating into a robust solutions pipeline that has new potential customers representing about 35% of our demand |
| Our solid product activity is also driving our services growth and pipeline |
| And we're just very optimistic about our long-term market opportunity |
| We're pleased with our second quarter and our first half results |
| Well, we're pleased |
| So, in summary, solid execution by the Manhattan global team and a great Q2 and first half performance |
| Our customer attendance trends continue to be strong, with both 2022 and 2023 conferences running above pre-pandemic attendance levels |
| With our strong first half performance and increasing visibility, we are again raising our 2023 revenue, operating margin and EPS guidance |
| Our performance was driven by strong cloud and services revenue growth, combined with operating leverage as our cloud business scales |
| Global services smoked it, delivering record revenue, totaling $125 million, up 23% as cloud sales continue to fuel services revenue growth globally |
| Our RPO performance was a healthy, healthy mix of sales across our sales categories, including conversions, new logos and upsells, cross-sells, as well as solid results from our Manhattan Active suite of products |
| Support for RFID delivers a dramatic improvement in store inventory accuracy, a metric which has a direct impact on store fulfillment of online orders and the digital consumer experience |
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| Included in this outlook is a 150-plus basis points headwind from the reduction in license and maintenance revenue |
| We also experienced some larger deals push on a timing combined with a few customers experiencing bankruptcies |
| For maintenance, we are targeting $131.5 million or an 8% decline |
| And while we remain appropriately cautious regarding the global economy, we continue to invest for growth |
| We note that turbulent global macro environment could impact our performance and cause actual results to differ materially from our projections |
| So that's a little flatter than maybe than we expected |
| We thought China might bounce back a little faster, particularly on the luxury side of the world than it has |
| I'm curious around a couple of maybe larger deals slipping in the quarter |
| And I know we frankly get a little boring with how frequently we repeat that there is opportunity for lumpiness in all kinds of different ways, whether it be big deals, new logo acquisition, customer migrations, all those kinds of things |
| Obviously, without getting into the specifics, which I'd get my wrist slapped by all kinds of people if I got into the specifics, Mark, but there's a healthy amount of white space still in the supply chain execution area |
| And lastly, on RPO, as previously noted, our bookings performance is impacted by the number and relative value of large deals we close in any quarter, which can potentially cause lumpiness or non-linear bookings throughout the year |
| And no, hiring hasn't got any easier |
| Now, one of the challenges of using best-in-class agile supply chain technology is to run the almost infinite flexibility and configurability that it offers |
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