Consumer Tech

Monday’s Musings: Real Time Versus Right Time And The Dawn Of Engagement Apps
By R "Ray" Wang on June 20, 2011
Different Flavors Of Real-Time Result In Significant Implications. Many pundits, research insight folks, bloggers, and hand wavers keep talking about the need for real time in social business, analytics, mobile, and other disruptive technologies. Given the volume of data, bandwidth constraints, and magnitude of business processes to be supported, is the notion of real time […]
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Best Practices: Applying The Seven Deadly Sins To Successful Gamification
By R "Ray" Wang on February 23, 2011
The Seven Deadly Sins Draws On The Dark Arts Conversations with game designers and gamification experts over the past month highlight how important design should appeal to the human spirit. Intrigue, reward, status, community, and challenge drive 5 key areas of engagement. However, some of the masters of gamfication have revealed some dark arts that […]
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Trends: 5 Engagement Factors For Gamification And The Enterprise
By R "Ray" Wang on January 20, 2011
Gamification Will Drive Future Enterprise Software User Experiences The Gamification Summit kicks off in San Francisco today. Gamification represents another consumer tech innovation entering the enterprise. Game-like mechanisms can improve engagement and participation in the enterprise for all stakeholders (i.e. employees, customers, partners, and suppliers). A few key areas with immediate potential for enterprises considering […]
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Research Report: Constellation’s Research Outlook For 2011
By R "Ray" Wang on January 4, 2011
Organizations Seek Measurable Results In Disruptive Tech, Next Gen Business, And Legacy Optimization Projects For 2011 Credits: Hugh MacLeod Enterprise leaders seek pragmatic, creative, and disruptive solutions that achieve both profitability and market differentiation. Cutting through the hype and buzz of the latest consumer tech innovations and disruptive technologies, Constellation Research expects business value to […]
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Research Summary: Software Insider’s Top 25 Posts For 2010
By R "Ray" Wang on January 2, 2011
Themes In 2010 Reflected The Buy Side Demand For Both Optimization and Innovation Technology buyers in 2010 focused most of their priorities on finding cost savings through legacy optimization, navigating a flurry of disruptive technologies, and designing/experimenting with new business model innovations. Consequently, the top 25 posts for 2010 reflected these 3 major themes: Legacy […]
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Research Report: How The Five Pillars Of Consumer Tech Influence Enterprise Innovation
By R "Ray" Wang on October 4, 2010
Most Enterprise Software Vendors Fail To Deliver Innovation Despite hundreds of billions wasted on failed research and development projects, most market influencers would agree that enterprise software vendors have produced a dearth of innovation over the past decade. Vendors often cite UI re-skins, major functionality additions, integration of acquisitions, technology re-platforms, and weak attempts at […]
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The Race For Enteprise Class Consumer Tech
By R "Ray" Wang on March 8, 2011
Start Ups Chase Enterprise Dollars As Freemium Model Plays Out I’ve been spending time with emerging technology start ups over the past 3 months. The good news – innovation in the valley is alive and well. Most of these ventures start with solving a consumer problem and hope for massive viral success in the freemium […]
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