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News Analysis: SAP Buys SuccessFactors for $3.4B Signals SAP’s Commitment To Cloud, HCM, and Social

News Analysis: SAP Buys SuccessFactors for $3.4B Signals SAP’s Commitment To Cloud, HCM, and Social

By R "Ray" Wang on December 3, 2011

SuccessFactors Acquisition Puts SAP In Direct Competition With Workday And Taleo SAP (NYSE:SAP) announced its $3.4B acquisition of SuccessFactors (NYSE: SFSF) as it seeks to bolster its position in the Cloud and more importantly in the rapidly growing strategic HCM market.   Based in San Mateo, CA, USA, SuccessFactors brings over 15 million subscription users […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged acquisition, acquisitions, bill mcdermott, business performance management, Business suite 7, business technology, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, CubeTree, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise class, enterprise software, future of work, HCM, HR, HR Tech, Human Capital Management, Human resources, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, News Analysis, NYSE: SFSF, NYSE:SAP, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, sap, SAP Business By Design, SAP OnDemand Large Enterprise, SAPSFSF, social business, Success Factors, SuccessFactors, vendor strategy | 1 Response

Executive Profiles: Disruptive Tech Leaders In Cloud Computing – Rick Nucci, Dell Boomi

Executive Profiles: Disruptive Tech Leaders In Cloud Computing – Rick Nucci, Dell Boomi

By R "Ray" Wang on December 3, 2011

Welcome to an on-going series of interviews with the people behind the technologies in Cloud Computing.  The interviews  provide insightful points of view from a customer, industry, and vendor perspective.  A full list of interviewees can be found here. Rick Nucci – Co-Founder & CTO, Dell Boomi Biography Rick is the founder and CTO of […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged application development, Apps Strategy, B2B Integration, Big Data, boomi, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, CoIT, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, data integration, Dell, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, Emerging Technologies, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, Executive Profiles, Forbes, integration, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0

Twenty-nine Protostars Recognized In The Constellation SuperNova Awards

Twenty-nine Protostars Recognized In The Constellation SuperNova Awards

By R "Ray" Wang on September 20, 2011

First Inaugural Awards Designed to Celebrate the Explorers, Pioneers, and Unsung Heroes Who Successfully Put Technology to Work SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 20, 2011—Constellation Research, Inc., announces 29 Protostar winners, representing the 2011 SuperNova award semifinalists.  Chosen from a pool of more than 70 applicants, these individuals are recognized as among the few that have […]

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Monday’s Musings: Real Time Versus Right Time And The Dawn Of Engagement Apps

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 […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged application development, Apps Strategy, Big Data, Business Analytics, business value, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, collaboration, collaboration software, Consumer Tech, CRM, custom apps, customer engagement, Design thinking, early adopters, Emerging Technologies, Engagement Apps, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise strategy, mobile, mobile enterprise, Monday's Musings, Monday’s Musings, next gen, next gen apps, next gen enterprise, next generation, Next generation apps, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, social analytics, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social technologies | 2 Responses

Announcing The Constellation SuperNova Awards

Announcing The Constellation SuperNova Awards

By R "Ray" Wang on June 6, 2011

THE GENESIS Today, we announce an award that celebrates and recognizes leaders who have overcome the odds to successfully apply emerging and disruptive technologies for their organizations. In Search of Protostars Most award programs recognize the technology suppliers for their advancements in the market.  Few, if any programs, have recognized individuals for their courage in […]

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The Race For Enteprise Class Consumer Tech

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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Best Practices: Applying Social Business Challenges To Social Business Maturity Models

Best Practices: Applying Social Business Challenges To Social Business Maturity Models

By R "Ray" Wang on January 23, 2011

Early Adopters Cross Through Five Phases Of Social Business Maturity Interviews with over 100 early adopters of social business (i.e. social crm, E2.0, social media marketing, etc.) reveal 5 phases of social business maturity (see Figure 1): Discovery. A few individuals begin the process of discovering new tools.  Individuals identify consumer tech innovations that impact […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged B2B, B2C, best practices, CIO, CMO, collaboration, CRM, customer experience management, discovery, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adopters, early adoptions, Emerging Technologies, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Evangelization, Experimentation, Formalization, future of business, Maturity Models, p2p, Peer to Peer, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, Realization, rwang0, SCRM, social business, Social Business Maturity, Social Business Maturity Models, Social Business Software, social business strategist, social commerce, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social marketing insights, Social Media, social media monitoring, social technologies, State of Social Business | 2 Responses

Research Report: Constellation’s Research Outlook For 2011

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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Cloud : Vision & Tactful Deployment

Cloud : Vision & Tactful Deployment

By Sadagopan on October 22, 2010

I was moderating an informal discussion amongst decision makers on how much resources to allocate to cloud computing efforts inside their respective enterprises. Someone wanted to know if there is a benchmark available as to how much individual enter…

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Cloud Computing, Emerging Models, Emerging Technologies

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Fusion Apps Launch Announced

By Sadagopan on September 19, 2010

What’s the key difference between SaaS VS On Premise. According to Larry Ellison, with SaaS – everything is designed around the plan that everything related to software needs to be managed by business whereas in an on-premise model, technical …

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Emerging Technologies, enterprise software, erp, Fusion Apps, oow10, OOW2010, oracle, Oracle Fusion, PeopleSoft, SaaS, salesforce.com, sap | 3 Responses

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