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Dealing With The Real Problem In Social Business Adoption – The People!

Dealing With The Real Problem In Social Business Adoption – The People!

By R "Ray" Wang on June 17, 2012

Social Business Adoption Dependent On Employee Adoption Social business is more than a technology decision.  Many eager early adopters face challenges in adoption past the initial core team.  As we move from eager early adopters to ubiquitous usage, an examination of some organizations who have failed at internal social business reveals a five common barriers [...]

Posted in Business | Tagged activity streams, adoption, Apps Strategy, best practices, change, Change Management, CIO, collaboration, collaboration software, Constellation Research, early adopters, Engage, engagement, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, future of work, gamification, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, social commerce, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tuesday's Tip | 1 Response

Seven Basic Privacy Rights Users Should Demand For Social Business

Seven Basic Privacy Rights Users Should Demand For Social Business

By R "Ray" Wang on January 16, 2012

Public Outrage Grows Over Lax Privacy Polices At Popular Social Networking Sites Recent actions by social networking leaders in the market place have brought new attention to a user’s privacy rights.  Despite the fact that these sites provide a freemium service to users, abuse and arrogance of a user’s privacy rights combined with user ignorance [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged B2B, B2B E-commerce, B2C, B2C E-commerce, best practices, Big Data, bill of rights, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Sales Officer, CHRO, CIO, collaboration software, Constellation Research, COO, customer bill of rights, Digital identity, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adopters, Electronic Privacy, Emerging Technologies, Engagement Apps, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, EU, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, future of work, google, GooglePlus, Identity management, linkedin, Matrix Commerce, Monday's Musings, Next Gen Customer, Privacy, Privacy Rights, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, social campaign tracking, social commerce, Social CRM, social customer insights, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social event management, social marketing insights, Social Media, social media monitoring, social sales insights, social service, social support, social support insights, social technologies, vendor strategy | 1 Response

Research Summary: Demystifying Enterprise Gamification For Business

Research Summary: Demystifying Enterprise Gamification For Business

By R "Ray" Wang on December 7, 2011

Purpose and Intent Much hype surrounds the topic of gamification. Often seen as a technique to add engagement to existing tasks, projects, marketing campaigns, and initiatives, the term gamification unfortunately lacks the seriousness it deserves. This report seeks to change the point of view and demonstrate where gamification plays a role in the enterprise. More [...]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Badgeville, Big Door, BunchBall, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Constellation Research, Constellation Research Inc., ConstellationRG, Consumerization of IT, CRM, CrowdTwist, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, Design thinking, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adopters, Engage, engagement, Engagement Apps, Enterprise Gamification, gamification, iActionable, NextGenCXP, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, Research Report, Research Summary, rwang0, SaaS, social business, Social Business Software, social commerce, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, social technologies | 1 Response

News Analysis: Bunchball Gamifies Salesforce.com And Delivers Simplified Applets

News Analysis: Bunchball Gamifies Salesforce.com And Delivers Simplified Applets

By R "Ray" Wang on August 24, 2011

Two New Products Improve Entry Points for Gamification Adoption Bunchball, a leading gamification vendor in the Silicon Valley, is best known for its Nitro gamification platform which organizations use to implement game mechanics across social networks, mobile applications, and websites.  Today the solution reaches more than 70 million unique users and creates 2.3 billion actions [...]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged #DF11, BunchBall, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Consumerization of IT, CRM, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, Design thinking, early adopters, gamification, News Analysis, Nitro elements, Nitro for salesforce, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, salesforce.com, social business, Social Business Software, social commerce, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, social technologies | Leave a response

Monday’s Musings: A Working Vendor Landscape For Social Business

Monday’s Musings: A Working Vendor Landscape For Social Business

By R "Ray" Wang on August 15, 2011

Confusion Persists In The Social Business Market As with any new disruptive technology, the social business solution landscape faces a dynamic, confusing, and converging market. As vendors seek to grab mind share and market share, customers and prospects remain confused as to what are the right business problems to address with social business. However, rampant [...]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged adobe, Adobe Omniture, Angel, Apps Strategy, Art Technology Group, ATG, Attensity, Attensity Group, Avaya, Bazaarvoice, broadvision, Broadvision Clearvale, CEO, CIO, Cisco, Cisco Quad, Clearvale, CMO, collaboration, collaboration software, community platforms, Consumerization of IT, CRM, customer engagement, customer experience management, customer service, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, e20, e2conf, early adopters, early adoptions, early movers, eGain, Endeca, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Facebook, Genesys, Get Satisfaction, getsatisfaction, google, GooglePlus, ibm, IBM Connections, IBM Lotus, ibm software group, INgage Networks, Jive, Jive Software, KickApps, lithium, Lithium Technologies, microsoft, Microsoft Lync, Microsoft SharePoint, middleware, middleware platforms, Monday's Musings, Monday’s Musings, Moxie, Mzinga, NewsGator, Omniture, oracle, Oracle ATG, Oracle Beehive, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, RightNow, RightNow Technologies, rwang0, Saba, Salesforce Chatter, salesforce.com, sap, SAP Streamworks, SCRM, sharepoint, social business, Social Business Software, social commerce, Social CRM, Social Media, social middleware, social service, social support, social technologies, Socialcast, socialtext, Teleperformance, tibbr, Tibco, Tibco Tibbr, VMware, VMware SocialCast, west, yammer | 2 Responses

Monday’s Musings: Real Time Versus Right Time And The Dawn Of Engagement Apps

Monday’s Musings: Real Time Versus Right Time And The Dawn Of Engagement Apps

By R "Ray" Wang on June 20, 2011

Different Flavors Of Real-Time Result In Significant Implications. Many pundits, research insight folks, bloggers, and hand wavers keep talking about the need for real time in social business, analytics, mobile, and other disruptive technologies.  Given the volume of data, bandwidth constraints, and magnitude of business processes to be supported, is the notion of real time [...]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged application development, Apps Strategy, Big Data, Business Analytics, business value, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, collaboration, collaboration software, Consumer Tech, CRM, custom apps, customer engagement, Design thinking, early adopters, Emerging Technologies, Engagement Apps, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise strategy, mobile, mobile enterprise, Monday's Musings, Monday’s Musings, next gen, next gen apps, next gen enterprise, next generation, Next generation apps, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, rwang0, social analytics, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social technologies | 2 Responses

The Race For Enteprise Class Consumer Tech

The Race For Enteprise Class Consumer Tech

By R "Ray" Wang on March 8, 2011

Start Ups Chase Enterprise Dollars As Freemium Model Plays Out I’ve been spending time with emerging technology start ups over the past 3 months.  The good news – innovation in the valley is alive and well.  Most of these ventures start with solving a consumer problem and hope for massive viral success in the freemium [...]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Apps Strategy, business technology, business value, Constellation Research, Consumer Tech, early adopters, Emerging Technologies, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Five Elements Of Enterprise Class, Five Phases Of Enterprise Acceptance, Monday's Musings, Monday’s Musings, next gen, next gen apps, next gen cio, next gen CIO's, next gen CIO’s, next generation, Next generation apps, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, rwang0, Tags Comments Date Analytics Title Author Categories Tags Comments Date Analytics Monday’s Musings: The Race For Enteprise Class Consumer Tech - Draft Edit | Quick Edit | Trash | Preview Monday's Musi, vendor strategy | Leave a response

Best Practices: Applying Social Business Challenges To Social Business Maturity Models

Best Practices: Applying Social Business Challenges To Social Business Maturity Models

By R "Ray" Wang on January 23, 2011

Early Adopters Cross Through Five Phases Of Social Business Maturity Interviews with over 100 early adopters of social business (i.e. social crm, E2.0, social media marketing, etc.) reveal 5 phases of social business maturity (see Figure 1): Discovery. A few individuals begin the process of discovering new tools.  Individuals identify consumer tech innovations that impact [...]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged B2B, B2C, best practices, CIO, CMO, collaboration, CRM, customer experience management, discovery, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adopters, early adoptions, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Evangelization, Experimentation, Formalization, future of business, Maturity Models, p2p, Peer to Peer, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, Realization, rwang0, SCRM, social business, Social Business Maturity, Social Business Maturity Models, Social Business Software, social business strategist, social commerce, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social marketing insights, Social Media, social media monitoring, social technologies, State of Social Business | 2 Responses

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