Five Technologies that are Changing CRM, Comments on CRM’s Next 5 in 5
The other day I was pointed to an interesting post on the Software Advice web site called CRM’s Next 5 in 5, 5 technologies that will change CRM over the next 5 years. The post was written by CRM analyst…
Business Model Disruption and Dealing with Change
A couple of recent events and some commentary around them got me thinking about the current state of business, the pressure to change and how companies respond to the need to change. Change impacts people and organizations in many different…
A Look Back at Our 2011 Predictions
We’re putting the finishing touches on our 2012 predictions, so look for that post in the next week or so, but in the mean time, and in the spirit of accountability and openness, I decided to take a few minutes…
The Social Revolution Has Just Begun
Depending on whom you ask, 2011 was either the year of the iPad or the year of social. The truth is that they were and are equally weighted because they are catalysts for each other, and while each can exist without the other, imagining such a thing is like trying to imagine a world where [...]
One More Post for 2011
2011 is almost history, but before we start to focus on what will happen in enterprise tech in 2012, let’s take a short look back at some of the events that make it a very big / important year in…
Playing With Fire
I’ve had the Kindle Fire for a few days now and here are my impressions: The software layer that Amazon built on top of Android is smart and efficient. Not only does the interface hide the icon laden desktop that default Android features, but it serves the higher function goal of nicely integrating Amazon services [...]
Consumerization of IT, Well…
This topic has been coming up a lot over the last couple of weeks, and I’ve just been asked to speak on it at two conferences in Latin America next year, so I thought it was time to write down…
The Next Generation Enterprise Platform
Now that I’ve had a a few weeks since Salesforce.com’s Dreamforce conference to think more about Salesforce’s new positioning around social enterprise I’m starting to put something together around enterprise platforms that hadn’t occurred to me. Taking some of the…
Twenty-nine Protostars Recognized In The Constellation SuperNova Awards
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 [...]
Momentum for Enterprise Mobile Apps – Workday, Salesforce.com and Box.net
Mobile is fast becoming one of the key ways that many employees choose to do work. Tablet computing devices are proving to be very flexible and functional for mobile workers and open up a much broader set of capabilities that could be accessed on the larger form factor. The limiting factor, at least from the [...]
