By R "Ray" Wang on February 27, 2018
All Eyes On Mobile World Congress and 5G The annual Mobile World Congress #MWC18 kicked off Monday in Barcelona with the 5G standard front and center in all discussions. With the main 5G architectural standards agreed upon by 3GPP in December 2017, the industry gains a service based architecture, common core network, network slicing, […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 16, 2018
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Seeks End To End Coverage Of Business Apps On February 10th to 12th, 2018, industry analysts converged onto Building 92 at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA, for an update on the Microsoft Business Applications. The Business Applications Analyst Forum was hosted by key executives including: Source: © 2018 R Wang […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 12, 2018
State of Arizona Senate Passes Bill To Accept Tax Payments With Blockchain Technologies On February 8th, 2018, the Arizona Senate passed a bill allowing payment of taxes by cryptocurrencies. With a Senate Finance Committee vote of 4-3 on January 24th, and a 16-13 vote in favor by the senate on February 8th, Arizona Senate […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 18, 2018
2018 Davos Focuses On Creating A Shared Future In A Fractured World The World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off January 23rd to 26th in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. This year’s theme is about “Creating a Shared Future In A Fractured World”. From the program notes for this year’s event, WEF sees the following: At the close […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 17, 2018
2018 Davos Focuses On Creating A Shared Future In A Fractured World The World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off January 23rd to 26th in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. This year’s theme is about “Creating a Shared Future In A Fractured World”. From the program notes for this year’s event, WEF sees the following: At the close […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 16, 2018
2018 Davos Focuses On Creating A Shared Future In A Fractured World The World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off January 23rd to 26th in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. This year’s theme is about “Creating a Shared Future In A Fractured World”. From the program notes for this year’s event, WEF sees the following: At the close […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on December 20, 2017
Relevance And Value Lead The Inquiries About SAP From the criticism about indirect access to SAP Leonardo, the 2017 SAP landscape has been both gut-wrenching and transformational for clients. Rounded out by conversations at Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG), SAP Australia User Group (SAUG) and UK and Ireland SAP User Group (UKISUG) events, the top […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on November 6, 2017
Inside the Design Point For All Future AI Driven Apps The quest for mass personalization at scale in an era of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to new models of design for the future of applications. One design point for these new AI driven smart apps is a concept called Infinite Ambient Orchestration. The three […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on September 21, 2017
Six Factors For Powering AI Driven Smart Services Recent client conversations indicate a desire for designing new AI Driven Smart Services. The rush to incorporate artificial intelligence into processes often requires a deeper examination of which services should be AI enabled. Constellation’s latest framework for augmenting humanity encompasses six factors (see Figure 1): Repetitiveness. The […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on September 13, 2017
Learn how to be a kickass boss without losing your humanity We are excited to share that Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor, will deliver the keynote address at Connected Enterprise 2017 in Half Moon Bay. Kim will focus on a management strategy so obvious it’s often overlooked: giving guidance. Delivering practical guidance isn’t as easy as it sounds, […]
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R “Ray” Wang (pronounced WAHNG) is the Principal Analyst, Founder, and Chairman of Silicon Valley based Constellation Research, Inc. He’s the author of the popular business strategy and technology blog “A Software Insider’s Point of View”. Wang has held executive roles in product, marketing, strategy, and consulting at institutions such as Forrester Research, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and Johns Hopkins Hospital. His best selling book, Disrupting Digital Business, published by Harvard Business Review Press provides insights on why 52% of the Fortune 500 have been merged, acquired, gone bankrupt, or fallen off the list since 2000.
Wang is a prominent dynamic keynote speaker, research analyst, and industry commentator working with clients to transform their business models using exponential technologies. He’s spoken around the world at almost every tech related conference including keynotes for tens of thousands of people and intimate executive settings such as Davos. Ray’s clients include a majority of the Fortune 500 and Global 200.
Ray is well quoted in media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, FoxBusiness, CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, CGTN, Tech Crunch, Business Week, and Fortune. He has thrice won the prestigious Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR) Analyst of the Year Award and has repeatedly been in the #1 slot in the AR Power 100 list for over 10 years. Ray resides in Silicon Valley when not traveling 500,000 miles a year in the air. 
