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By R "Ray" Wang on June 12, 2013
Forward And Commentary Constellation Research pioneered the complete set of front office and back office use cases for social business in 2010. This report provides insight into a key mega-area — lead to deal use cases. This best practices research report offers insight into two of Constellation’s primary research themes, the Next-Generation Customer Experience and [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 28, 2013
Constellation Sees An Alarming Increase In Inquiries Constellation has received an alarming increase in inquiries about an unethical vendor sales practice coined as “trolling for indirect access”. Indirect access is when a vendor claims that a client is accessing their perpetually licensed software in an unintentional manner or inappropriately licensed manner. One vendor uses a [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on March 6, 2013
Greater Adoption In Social Business Signifies A Move To Consolidate Platforms Constellation’s buy-side clients tend to fit in the market leader or fast follower categories when it comes to organizational personas of disruptive technology adoption. Since 2010, respondents have progressed through the DEEPR framework and the latest results from 2012 indicate that most survey respondents [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on March 6, 2013
Shift From CMO to CDO Is In Progress Today’s marketing strategies increasingly depend more on digital and on data than in the past. With more data, marketers can measure against a new set of metrics that matter including: calculating return on promotional investment (ROPI), performing multivariable testing (beyond A/b) driving conversion rates and optimizing efforts, [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Apps Strategy, business strategy, Business Transformation, CDO, Chief Digital Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, Consumerization of IT, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer relationship management, customer relationship management (CRM), digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise strategy, marketing, Marketing Automation, Matrix Commerce, mobile, mobile enterprise, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Social Media, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, trends |
By R "Ray" Wang on February 28, 2013
The Why Behind Big Data Starts By Asking What’s The Business Outcome So organizations have lots of data. New techniques have emerged to correlate big data. Enamored by the potential of big data, leaders are now reinvesting in technologies to find hidden nuggets of insights with the business goals of: Mitigating regulatory risks Identifying operational [...]
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By Dion Hinchcliffe on February 26, 2013
By now you’ve probably heard the prediction floating around that by 2017 or so the CMO will have a larger operating budget than the CIO. By itself, it’s not particularly surprising as marketing has long had a focus on major media and broad market engagement, both expensive propositions in today’s ever-more fragmented media world. Furthermore, [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged BYOA, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, CMO |
By Michael Krigsman on February 19, 2013
“Complexity” defines the reality of life for most CIOs. Under pressure to increase both efficiency and innovation in an environment where reducing costs is mandatory, CIOs face a unique set of challenges. These conflicting goals symbolize enterprise confusion around IT and the appropriate role of technology in business. Many organizations view IT is an expensive necessity [...]
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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 Michael Krigsman on January 2, 2013
New research from consulting firm, KPMG, gauges the view of cloud vendors on several key issues, including barriers to cloud adoption and important influencers in the cloud buying process. The survey describes results from 179 senior-level respondents from vendors that provide cloud services. READ MORE POSTS FROM THE BEYOND IT FAILURES BLOG Barriers to adoption. [...]
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By Michael Krigsman on December 11, 2012
On April 7, 2006, I wrote my first blog post, titled Poor, Poor FBI, describing an ill-fated FBI project called the Virtual Case File. That article kicked off a writing spree, which continues to this day, of more than 1,000 pieces on ZDNet and elsewhere. Now, I’m extending the IT failures mandate to include broader [...]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Chief information officer, IT Failures, Michael Krigsman, project management, ZDNet |
