By R "Ray" Wang on January 3, 2013
The Inside Story On Oracle Fusion Apps At The End of 2012 Constellation sat down with Steve Miranda, Oracle’sExecutive Vice President of Oracle Applications Product Development to discuss the state of Oracle Fusion Apps in a no-holds barred honest conversation about what’s working, what’s not, and what to look forward to in 2013. R “Ray” [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on October 16, 2012
Key Themes Include Mobility, User Experience, and Innovation Over 1100 IFS customers convened October 15th to 17th, 2012 in Gothenburg Sweden for the IFS World Conference. The conference brought together the world of projects, service and asset, manufacturing, and supply chain. The conference highlighted the: Massive move to mobile. IFS continued their push into their [...]
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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 [...]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged adoption, Apps Strategy, business drivers, business impact, business strategy, business technology, business value, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, CHRO, CIO, CMO, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, customer relationship management, disruptive, Disruptive Tech Life Cycle, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise class, Facebook, google, GooglePlus, Linked In, linkedin, Monday's Musings, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, socbiz, social analytics, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, Social CRM, social customer insights, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social marketing insights, Social Media, social media monitoring, social sales insights, social service, social support, social support insights, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider |
By R "Ray" Wang on May 13, 2012
SAP’s In The Midst Of Massive Transformation Just four years ago, nervous attendees dealt with a tumultuous global market entering financial crisis. SAP’s management team decided to raise maintenance fees to shore up its margins amidst a drought of innovation. Customers revolted en masse. Policies changed due to user group and global influencer pressure. [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 8, 2012
Innovative CIO’s Betting On Disruptive Technologies That Impact Enterprise Business Value In the Four Personas of the Next Gen CIO published March 3, 2012, four personas of the CIO were identified: Chief Infrastructure Officer, Chief Integration Officer, Chief Intelligence Officer, and Chief Innovation Officer (see Figure 1). This research of 79 progressive CIO’s identified the [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 28, 2012
Revisiting the Three V’s of Big Data It’s time to revisit that original post from July 4th, 2011 post on the the Three V’s of big data. Here’s the recap: Traditionally, big data describes data that’s too large for existing systems to process. Over the past three years, experts and gurus in the space have [...]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged analytics, BI, Big Data, BigData, Business Analytics, business intelligence, business technology, business value, Calpont, colummnar database, columnar database, complex event processing, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, content, context, Data deluge, data governance, data quality, data streaming, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, EMC, Emerging Technologies, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Exasol, Geo spatial, hardware data points, HP Vertica, IBM Netezza, in-memory database, Kickfire, Kognitio, location based, log data, machine data, Metrics, mobile, Monday's Musings, Netezza, ParAccel, physical data points, process, R "Ray" Wang;, RFID’s, rwang0, search, sentiment, Social, social service, social support, socialtext, socialytics, streaming data, Teradata, Teradata Kickfire, text, Variety, Velocity, Vertica, Virality, Viscosity, Volume, Web |
By R "Ray" Wang on February 14, 2012
As with any maturing product category, CRM applications have evolved over time from point applications to best of breed solutions to end-to-end suites. This report examines some common styles of modernization as CRM emerges from the systems of transaction era to the systems of engagement era and beyond.
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 9, 2012
Catch my colleague Yvette Cameron’s point of view here when published. She covers Future of Work for Constellation Research, Inc. Oracle Plays Catch Up With Public Cloud Ambitions On February 9th, Oracle announced its intention to acquire Dublin, CA based Taleo for $1.9B. Taleo is a cloud based talent management software provider with 5000 customers [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged acquisition, acquisitions, American Airlines, Apps Strategy, Bersin & Associates, best of breed, Blue Cross blue Shield, business performance management, business technology, Chief HR Officer, Chief People Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, CoIT, Conde'Nast, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, contract negotiations, contract strategy, Dell, deployment options, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, erp, future of work, hp, Hyatt, JP Morgan Chase, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, News Analysis, next gen, next gen apps, next generation, Next generation apps, NextGen, oracle, Oracle Fusion Apps, Oracle Public Cloud, PaaS, PeopleSoft, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, saas bigots, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, software as a service, Starbucks, Starwood, Sutter Health, Taleo, Tesora, United, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on December 3, 2011
SuccessFactors Acquisition Puts SAP In Direct Competition With Workday And Taleo SAP (NYSE:SAP) announced its $3.4B acquisition of SuccessFactors (NYSE: SFSF) as it seeks to bolster its position in the Cloud and more importantly in the rapidly growing strategic HCM market. Based in San Mateo, CA, USA, SuccessFactors brings over 15 million subscription users [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged acquisition, acquisitions, bill mcdermott, business performance management, Business suite 7, business technology, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, CubeTree, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise class, enterprise software, future of work, HCM, HR, HR Tech, Human Capital Management, Human resources, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, News Analysis, NYSE: SFSF, NYSE:SAP, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, sap, SAP Business By Design, SAP OnDemand Large Enterprise, SAPSFSF, social business, Success Factors, SuccessFactors, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on September 20, 2011
First Inaugural Awards Designed to Celebrate the Explorers, Pioneers, and Unsung Heroes Who Successfully Put Technology to Work SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 20, 2011—Constellation Research, Inc., announces 29 Protostar winners, representing the 2011 SuperNova award semifinalists. Chosen from a pool of more than 70 applicants, these individuals are recognized as among the few that have [...]
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