A CIO’s guide to the future of work
Today’s digital workplace is constantly inundated with new applications and devices, as tech investment also decentralizes. Top technology leaders are seeking an orderly path to improvement, yet the the way forward remains more turbulent than ever. Fortunately, there are perspectives that can help.
Social Business Maturity Model, The Next Generation
Way back in 2011 we published a maturity model for the adoption of social technologies and the resulting cultural and process changes that those technologies could enable. Quite a lot has happened since then of course but happily some of the fundamental business impacts from the use of social technologies hasn’t. We do understand them […]
Microsoft Office for iPad: One More Thought on Application Silos
As I was re-reading my post on application silos I realized I forgot to include one additional example of the current problem. Recently Microsoft released Office for iPad. Now going beyond whatever I think of Office in general, I am in a situation where I have to use Office so having it (finally!) available on […]
Successful Networks Require a Cross-Disciplinary Team
It should come as no surprise that a one-dimensional approach to network “deployment” will yield lackluster results. In the heyday of the Enterprise 2.0 movement, it was largely IT that introduced social networks to the workforce. The mistake that many customers made in those early days was viewing social networks as a technology platform vs. […]
Social Business: Pining for the Fjords!
“I’ll tell you what’s wrong with it… It’s dead!” So, which is it dead or not dead? There is so much confusion in the market about what “Social Business” is, it might as well be a dead parrot (too). And there is no shortage of people who come at this conversation with a perspective […]
Research Summary: Demystifying Social Business – Optimizing the Lead to Deal Process (Sales)
Forward And Commentary Constellation Research pioneered the complete set of front office and back office use cases for social business in 2010. This report provides insight into a key mega-area — lead to deal use cases. This best practices research report offers insight into two of Constellation’s primary research themes, the Next-Generation Customer Experience and […]
Social media’s rocky road in business
Those who track the online discourse on enterprise social media are surely aware that the trough of disillusionment is likely at hand. Yet the dreaded industry trough, brought about by the over-heated promises and inflated expectations bandied about from just about every quarter — including thought leaders, journalists, vendors, and yes, even end-users themselves — […]
CRM Watchlist 2013: and now, the Winners!
Today, I’m announcing the 2013 winners of the CRM Watchlist, including the vendors, the consulting/systems integrators, and the Ones to Watch.
2012: The Year in Enterprise Software
As we move into 2013 it’s time to take a look back and see what major events shaped and changed enterprise software in 2012. It was an active year, particularly from the standpoint of continued consolidation in the enterprise software…
