By Louis Columbus on February 17, 2014
The five highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date in the Cloud Computing Index are Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR), Fusion-IO (NYSE:FIO), Qualys (NASDAQ:QYLS) and Workday (NYSE:WDAY). A $10K investment in Akamai on January 2nd of this year is worth $12,901 and $10K invested in F5 Networks is worth $12,509 as of market close yesterday. IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP share […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Akamai Technologies, Amazon.com, Cisco Systems, Citrix Systems, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Stock Index, Earnings Per Share, EMC Corporation, enterprise software, F5 Networks, Fusion-IO, ibm, Intuit, Juniper Networks, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, netsuite, oracle, Qualys, Rackspace Hosting, Red Hat, Riverbed Technology, SaaS, saas economics, salesforce.com, sap, software as a service, Symantec, VMware, workday |
By R "Ray" Wang on February 15, 2014
A 10-Minute Preview Video Interview Of The Digital Business Disruption Ahead From The #NASSCOM_ILF Team On January 17th, 2014, the NASSCOM team interviewed Constellation Research about the digital disruption ahead. The short 10 minute video covers key topics including: Convergence of the five pillars of digital business drive the current digital disruption. The end of […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged #Nasscom_ILF, 2014, 3D printing, Amazon, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, Apps Strategy, Business Transformation, CDO, CEO, CFO, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief Sales Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, Cognitive Computing, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, CTO, Customer Experience, customer relationship management (CRM), Data to Decisions, Design thinking, digital, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Divide, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, Digital Strategy, DigitalBiz, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Fast Followers, future of work, Futurist, Futurist framework, GE, India Leadership Forum, Industial Internet, Internet of Things, IoT, it Services, IT services firms, Market Leaders, Mass Personalization At Scale, mobile, Mobile Biz, NASSCOM, Next Gen Customer, Next Gen Customer Experience, pace of change, Peer to Peer, PESTEL, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, socbiz, social business, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, trends, vendor strategy, Video
By R "Ray" Wang on February 7, 2014
Google Enters China Via Lenovo While Counter Balancing Samsung On January 29th, 2014, Mountain View based Google announced it would sell it’s Motorola Mobility unit to Chinese based Lenovo for $2.91 in cash and stock. The deal cuts across many spectrum including mobile OS, computing wars, and search. Here’s 12 talking points: Source: Not sure, […]
Posted in Business | Tagged #mobilebiz, #mobileOS, acquisition, acquisitions, Amazon, Amazon.com, apple, Apps Strategy, BYOD, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, CoIT, CoIT and the New CSuite, Dell, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, ibm, Lenovo, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, microsoft, mobile, Mobile Biz, mobile enterprise, Mobile OS, mobility, motorola, News Analysis, Quips, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, search, Search Engines, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy
By Paul Greenberg on January 22, 2014
“As long as they keep making it easier and faster to get my stuff, that’s all the customer service I need.” Paul Greenberg and Brent Leary explain why Amazon.com wins CRM Watchlist’s Lifetime Achievement Award.
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Amazon, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, Brent Leary, Consumerization, CRM Watchlist, CRM Watchlist 2014, customer service, E-Commerce, Jeff Bezos, Mayday, Social Enterprise |
By R "Ray" Wang on August 14, 2013
There’s Always More To The Obvious Source: Bloomberg/Getty Images Over the past few weeks many have discussed the state of old media. Since Jeff Bezos announcement to buy the Washington Post, the theories have run wild. I thought I’d add to the analysis with a different point of view. A few facts: The Washington Post […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Amazon, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, Matrix Commerce, Quips, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Washington Post
By R "Ray" Wang on August 12, 2013
Non-US Based Organizations And Even Some US Organizations Will Not Tolerate Snooping In A Post PRISM World Since the Edward Snowden PRISM revelations, Constellation has received a steady stream of inquiries on cloud strategy. In fact, nervousness runs high among many non-US based companies using services from US based cloud companies across the cloud stack. […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Amazon, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, Apps Strategy, best practices, Box, Box.net, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Service Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, cloud security, Cloud Wars, CMO, CoIT, Constellation Research, COO, Corporate Strategy, CTO, data privacy, Edward Snowden, EMC, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, hp, HP Enterprise Services, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Services Platform, Monday's Musings, nsa, oracle, PRISM, R "Ray" Wang;, Rackspace, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS strategies, Software Insider, software trends, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider, user strategy, vendor strategy, VMware |
By Louis Columbus on July 10, 2013
Cloud computing stocks continue to show wide variation in performance throughout the first half of this year. Ten of the twenty companies in the Cloud Computing Stock Index delivered returns to shareholders with NetSuite leading with a 37.30% share gain, delivering $13,730 on $10,000 invested on January 2, 2013. To more fully define the stock […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Amazon.com, Cisco Systems, Cloud Computing, Data Driven, Earnings Per Share, Enterprise resource planning, Louis Columbus' blog, netsuite, Plex Systems, SaaS, software as a service, Tech, Total Gain |
By R "Ray" Wang on June 25, 2013
At the end of the day two veterans of the enterprise software industry, Hasso Plattner and Larry Ellison are re-inventing their companies through database innovations…
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, Apps Strategy, BigData, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, cloud security, Cloud Wars, colummnar database, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, Database, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, google, hybrid deployments, iaas, Larry's Kids, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Services Platform, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft STB, Microsoft Windows, News Analysis, oracle, Oracle 12C, PaaS, partners, partnerships, Partnerware, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, software bill of rights, Software Insider, Software Insider Index, software licensing, software ownership, SoftwareInsider, Steve Ballmer, vendor strategy, VMware
By Bob Warfield on February 25, 2013
My CNCCookbook blog is experiencing it’s second outage so far this month. That’s a cause for visitor unhappiness and potentially lost business. I use Page.ly, because I believe in SaaS services. CNCCookbook is bootstrapped, and I try not to spend any of my time at all doing something that I can easily have done for […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon.com, Cloud, Firehost, Page.ly, wordpress, WPEngine |
