By R "Ray" Wang on December 3, 2012
Pace of Innovation Exceeds Ability To Consume Rapid innovation, flexible deployment options, and easy consumption models create favorable conditions for the proliferation of disruptive technology. In fact, convergence in the five pillars of enterprise disruption (i.e. social, mobile, cloud, big data, and unified communications), has led to new innovations and opportunities to apply disruptive technologies [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on April 25, 2012
Acquisition Brings A Proven Multi-Channel Cloud Based Service Offering To The Growing Mid-market Sunnyvale, CA based KANA announced on April 24, 2012 it’s acquisition of Netherlands based Trinicom, a multichannel, customer contact software provider serving over 200 companies in the BeNeLux market. Trinicom’s flagship T5 all-in solutions addresses multichannel customer service through email response management, [...]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Accel-KKR, acquisition, acquisitions, Apps Strategy, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, CMO, CoIT, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, CRM, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, customer relationship management, customer relationship management (CRM), customer service, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, News Analysis, Next Gen Customer, Next Gen Customer Experience, Next Gen CXP, next gen enterprise, Next generation apps, NextGen, NextGenCXP, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS strategies, software as a service, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Trinicom, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on January 18, 2012
Big Data, Cloud Based Performance Apps, Drive Interest In Additional Investment Redwood City, California based Tidemark announced that it raised $24 M in Series C funding from Redpoint Ventures, Greylock Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, and Dave Duffield. Key points include: Redpoint Ventures leads the round and Geoff Yang joins the board. To date Tidemark has raised [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on July 3, 2011
Timing of Google+ Bodes Well For Enterprise Users And Google Lately, one could say Google’s been a bit absent from the social business party. The premature launch of Google Wave exposed a canvas looking for a masterpiece painting. Failing fast and learning from the Google Wave lesson, Google’s latest offering, Google+ shows promise in bringing [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged android, apple, Apps Strategy, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, CoIT, collaboration, collaboration software, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Facebook, Flickr, google, Google Apps Engine, Google Wave, GooglePlus, iPhone, linkedin, MySpace, News Analysis, next gen, next gen apps, next gen enterprise, next gen IT leaders, Next generation apps, Okrut, Ooovoo, PIcassa, Product Review, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, rwang0, skype, slideshare, social business, Social Business Software, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social technologies, vendor strategy, Yahoo |
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 [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on March 3, 2011
SAP’s Sales OnDemand Strategy Reveals A Longer Term Product And Cloud Strategy In an exclusive briefing on February 24th with SAP’s Executive Vice President of Line Of Business Applications, John Wookey, he provided fresh insight into the new product design and Cloud philosophy at SAP. This pre-CeBit announcement coincided with the SAP Analyst Day in [...]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business by Design, Business suite 7, ByD, CeBIT, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Energy and carbon management, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, HR, hybrid deployments, John Wookey, News Analysis, next gen apps, next gen enterprise, next generation, Next generation apps, On Demand, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, sales force automation, SAP Business By Design, SAP Business Suite 7, SAP OnDemand Large Enterprise, sapsod, social business, Social Business Software, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on January 4, 2011
Organizations Seek Measurable Results In Disruptive Tech, Next Gen Business, And Legacy Optimization Projects For 2011 Credits: Hugh MacLeod Enterprise leaders seek pragmatic, creative, and disruptive solutions that achieve both profitability and market differentiation. Cutting through the hype and buzz of the latest consumer tech innovations and disruptive technologies, Constellation Research expects business value to [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 2, 2011
Themes In 2010 Reflected The Buy Side Demand For Both Optimization and Innovation Technology buyers in 2010 focused most of their priorities on finding cost savings through legacy optimization, navigating a flurry of disruptive technologies, and designing/experimenting with new business model innovations. Consequently, the top 25 posts for 2010 reflected these 3 major themes: Legacy [...]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged activity streams, analytics, Apps Strategy, Business Analytics, business intelligence, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, Consumer Tech, contract negotiations, contract strategy, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, Epicor, Epicor 9, Legacy Optimization, license credits to new products, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, master data management, mdm, Mergers And Acquisitions, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Services Platform, Microsoft Business Solutions, Microsoft Dynamics, MIcrosoft Dynamics ERP, Microsoft Dynamics GP, next gen, next gen apps, next gen cio, next gen enterprise, procurement, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, Research Summary, rwang0, SaaS, salesforce.com, Scout Labs, SCRM, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, social technologies, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, Software Ecosystems, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software pricing, thanks, Third Party Maintenance, two-tier ERP, upgrades, user strategy, Vendor Selection, vendor strategy, VMware, Web 2.0, workday |
By R "Ray" Wang on December 28, 2010
This blog was jointly posted by @Chirag_Mehta (Independent Blogger On Cloud Computing) and @rwang0 (Principal Analyst and CEO, Constellation Research, Inc.) Part 1 was featured on Forbes: 2011 Cloud Computing Predictions For CIO’s And Business Technology Leaders As Cloud Leaders Widen The Gap, Legacy Vendors Attempt A Fast Follow Cloud computing leaders have innovated with [...]
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