By R "Ray" Wang on April 2, 2013
Partnership Announcements Enhance Ultimate Software’s Offerings Amidst a crowd of 1500 customers, partners, and attendees, Ultimate Software held their annual gathering from March 12th to March 15th, 2013 in Las Vegas. Geared towards the medium sized to enterprise markets, Ultimate Software has steadily taken market share from ADP for payroll and expanded out into operational [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on March 20, 2013
Customer Success, Acquisition, And New Features Drive Day 1 Headlines Almost 12,000 Microsoft faithful converged in New Orleans for the flagship Dynamics event. Wayne Morris (@WayneMorrisOz), CVP kicked off the event reiterating the theme of “A World Ahead”. Meanwhile, Kirill Tatarinov (@KirillTatarinov), President of Microsoft Business Solutions Division, led the session with a series of [...]
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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 September 24, 2012
Dreamforce Represents The Mecca For The “Art Of The Possible” In The Enterprise Whether Salesforce.com’s flagship conference at Moscone Center was the most attended conference (~48,000) or the most registered for event (~90,000), matters not. When examined in context of the magnitude of what was accomplished, the impact of this 10th annual event transcends attendance [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on August 7, 2012
15 Years of HR Technology At The Industry’s Premier Event The fifteenth annual HR Technology Conference and Exposition returns to McCormick Place in Chicago October 8th to 10th, 2012. HR Tech is the industry’s longest running event looking at technologies that influence the Future of Work. The Inside View With Bill Kutik – Future of [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 15, 2012
New Product Addresses The Social, Mobile, Cloud, and Big Data World The convergence of social, mobile, cloud, big data (analytics), and video/unified comms changes the playing field from transactional applications to engagement applications. The result – a sea change of new data types from structured and unstructured sources. With greater volumes of data, demand for [...]
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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 9, 2012
Lithium Technologies Shows Continued Customer Momentum And Success In Social Marketing And Support To the tune of 500 customers and prospects, Lithium kicked off LiNC on May 2nd, 2012, at the always stunning Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco. Compared to previous years, the audience was not only bigger, but also more experienced and energized. Rob [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on August 3, 2011
Summit Brings A Cadre Of Thought Leaders To User Group Attendees The SAP Australian User’s Group held their annual summit once again at the Sydney Convention Centre in Darling Harbour from August 2 to August 4th. With a record 650 attendees, the keynotes covered many of the hot topics about SAP ownership, road maps, and [...]
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By R "Ray" Wang on April 10, 2011
Refresh Cycle Reflects Bullish Outlook By Partners and Customers Microsoft Convergence kicked off over the weekend in Atlanta, GA at the Georgia World Congress Center. With an anticipated increase in attendance, many new product announcements, and a technology refresh cycle in play, attendees seemed upbeat. The event kicked off in true tradition including the must [...]
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