By R "Ray" Wang on June 3, 2013
Will There Be A Come Back For NRN and Infosys? Infosys announced on June 1st, 2013, that Mr. N R Narayana Murthy (NRN), the legendary co-founder of Infosys who retired in August 2011 as Chairman Emeritus, has been appointed by the board as Executive Chairman and a director. From the press release: Mr. N R [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 21, 2012
Social Media Moves From Ubiquitous Usage To Relevant Rationalization Have we hit a social media plateau? In recent client conversations on usage of social media, the trendsetters appear to be “socialed out”. Most early adopters seem to be overwhelmed with their personal (Facebook, Google+), corporate (Yammer, Jive, Chatter, SharePoint), and professional (LinkedIn) social networks. In [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 25, 2010
Today’s Evaluation Frameworks Miss The Point Business leaders seek clarity in understanding which technology solutions drive the most business value. Today’s frameworks often focus on a combination of: Features – ability to execute, current offering, product depth, etc Direction – vision, strategy, corporate leadership, etc. Unfortunately, the intersection of features and direction only addresses potential. [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Apps Strategy, business impact, business value, cost of technology delivery, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, evaluation, framework, next gen, next generation, Tuesday's Tip, Tuesday’s Tip, Vendor Selection |
By R "Ray" Wang on January 25, 2010
Gains In SaaS Adoption Driven By Speed And Cost Savings
Preliminary data from Q4 earnings data show continued traction among SaaS solutions. Expect SaaS deployments to gain steam in 2010 as organizations finalize their SaaS apps strategies to take advantage of 7 key benefits:
Richer user experience – SaaS apps bring Web 2.0 usability to the enterprise [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on December 30, 2009
I’ve had considerable time to catch up on reading this holiday season. Traditionally, it’s a time for predictions, resolutions, and reflections. But as we close out the last decade, I couldn’t help but dwell on economist Paul Krugman’s Op-Ed from December 27th titled “The Big Zero”. He brings up good points that it’s been an [...]
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