By R "Ray" Wang on January 22, 2019
Globalization 4.0 Attempts To Address Populist Revolt Global leaders gathered in the icy cold confines of Davos Switzerland for the 2019 edition of the World Economic Forum (WEF). This 49th annual gathering’s theme focuses on Globalization 4.0 in the fourth industrial revolution. Though most have not encountered the third industrial revolution, let alone the fourth, […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 19, 2019
Retail Innovation Continues To Improve As Budgets And Margin Grow Over 40,000 attendees gathered at Jacob Javitz convention center in New York City for the annual big show (see Figure 1.) The show kicked off with a keynote from BJ’s Wholesale Club Chairman, President, and CEO Chris Baldwin. Chris conveyed the impact of retail on […]
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By Louis Columbus on January 7, 2019
82% of enterprises are prioritizing analytics and BI as part of their budgets for new technologies and cloud-based services. 54% say AI, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP) are also a high investment priority. 50% of enterprises say their stronger focus on metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) company-wide are a major driver of […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 3, 2019
Awards Recognize Mostly The Pinnacle and A Tinge Of Nadir For Enterprise Tech In 2018, enterprise tech remained fast-paced, innovative, and action-packed. The Constellation Research team attended over 250 enterprise tech events, handled 1000’s of inquiries and briefings, dealt with 1000’s of media inquiries, and reached 100’s of millions in the social sphere. With that […]
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By Louis Columbus on November 21, 2018
According to recent research by Gartner, Marketing analytics continues to be hot for marketing leaders, who now see it as a key business requirement and a source of competitive differentiation Artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive technologies are of high interest across all four CRM functional areas, and mobile remains in the top 10 in marketing, […]
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By Vinnie Mirchandani on October 29, 2018
I have certain core IT values. I like customers to buy versus build systems . Have long been a buy cheerleader. But in return, I expect vendors to build not buy. So, I have never been a fan of big acquisitions. Certainly not at massive multiples. So my initial reaction to IBM’s $ 34 billion play for Red […]
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By Louis Columbus on October 14, 2018
Cloud computing platforms and applications are proliferating across enterprises today, serving as the IT infrastructure driving new digital businesses. The following roundup of cloud computing forecasts and market estimates reflect a maturing global market for cloud services, with proven scale, speed and security to support new business models. CIOs who are creating compelling business cases […]
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By Vinnie Mirchandani on September 27, 2018
I am not at the Salesforce event this week but changed my travel plans to make sure I could watch yesterday’s streaming of the 2 hour keynote. Some of it was predictable. Marc Benioff has an admirable loyalty to Hawaii, friends in the music industry, Monastic monks and Deepak Chopra and as far back as […]
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By Vinnie Mirchandani on September 24, 2018
Five years ago, I wrote a note titled Infor: a grown-up sleath startup. I wrote about investments Charles Phillips and his team were making including those in ION middleware and in beautification its captive design agency Hook and Loop was bringing to the product, to its events and real estate. But I was particularly excited about […]
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By Vinnie Mirchandani on September 18, 2018
Vegas has way of making people, how do you say it, exuberant. On one day there was the CHRO of SAP, Stefan Reis presenting to the press corps about moving his workforce systems to the cloud to manage the giant 90,000+ global employee base. The next day he is in god-awful trousers with planet Mars […]
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Dreamforce Keynote – the good and not-so-good
By Vinnie Mirchandani on September 27, 2018
I am not at the Salesforce event this week but changed my travel plans to make sure I could watch yesterday’s streaming of the 2 hour keynote. Some of it was predictable. Marc Benioff has an admirable loyalty to Hawaii, friends in the music industry, Monastic monks and Deepak Chopra and as far back as […]
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