By Vinnie Mirchandani on March 13, 2019
Congrats to Marc Benioff and team for twenty glorious years. $1 billion in annual revenues by end of first decade, $ 16 billion forecast bt the end of the second – what a rocket ship! He is also one heck of a generous, big hug kind of leader. I have enjoyed cataloging him and the […]
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By Vinnie Mirchandani on February 27, 2019
In interviewing SAP customers for the upcoming book, I ended up classifying them broadly into four groups. I termed the first three: a) Risk-takers who are trying out new Leonardo ML or IoT projects, developing new functionality with its Cloud Platform, moving to S/4HANA in the cloud; b) Modernizers who are moving to S/4 on […]
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By Denis Pombriant on February 25, 2019
NetSuite announced a study at the National Retail Federation show in New York that it sponsored into technology adoption in a retail setting. The study suggests that merchants are either not doing what customers would want and that they have a misguided perception of the situation. Confusion abounds. Some of the findings indicate that merchants […]
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By Vinnie Mirchandani on February 4, 2019
The country is seeing a welcome break from the polar vortex. Temperatures remind us of Spring. Well, may not quite – winter is not done, but there is clear hope. It’s easy when you look at Wall Street’s reaction to Workday or ServiceNow results to forget reality. The reality is that there are over a […]
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By Jason Corsello on January 28, 2019
Nearly 15 years ago I stumbled into the world of “HR Tech.” I was newly married and decided to uproot my life in Silicon Valley and embark on a new adventure in Boston to research and analyze technology companies. I quickly gravitated towards the emerging “HR Tech” space and was excited to learn everything I […]
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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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Signs of Spring in Enterprise Software
By Vinnie Mirchandani on February 4, 2019
The country is seeing a welcome break from the polar vortex. Temperatures remind us of Spring. Well, may not quite – winter is not done, but there is clear hope. It’s easy when you look at Wall Street’s reaction to Workday or ServiceNow results to forget reality. The reality is that there are over a […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software (IBM, Industry Commentary, microsoft, oracle, SaaS, sap