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 R "Ray" Wang on February 4, 2015
Launch Of SAP S/4 Provides Catalyst For Organizations To Update Their Next Gen Apps Strategy The February 3rd, 2015 New York City SAP S/4 launch event brought a positive closure for customers seeking the next generation apps strategy from SAP. At a high level, the SAP S/4 HANA offering offers: a new suite of applications […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 6, 2015
Innovation Is Alive And Well At CES Over 160,000 attendees from around the globe gathered in Las Vegas January 6th to 9th for the annual consumer tech pilgrimage. A few big themes have emerged that have cross over potential to other market segments: Devices move from smart to smarter to smartly connected in an IOT […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on November 4, 2014
Constellation’s Connected Enterprise Brings The World Of Digital Transformation To Life At the 4th annual executive innovation summit, Constellation hosted over 200 early adopters, pioneers, and innovators in digital transformation at the Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay. Digital transformation and business topics include: Consumerizaiton of IT Data to Decisions Digital Marketing Transformation Future of Work […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on September 29, 2014
Oracle Intends To Dominate Cloud From Silicon To Software Amidst a packed standing room only crowd at Moscone North, Founder, Executive Chairman, and CTO, Larry Ellison took to the stage to clarify Oracle’s company and cloud strategy. Key points from his keynote include how Oracle is: Committing to full upward compatibility of all its database, […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on September 28, 2014
Oracle Doubles Down On Cloud Messaging Amidst A World Shifting To Digital Transformation Over 60,000 physical attendees from 145 countries gather in San Francisco for the 2014 Oracle Open World. In addition, Oracle expects 2.1 million online attendees to join the live stream of one of the largest events in enterprise software. Amidst the […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on September 16, 2014
New Enhancements, Products, and Partnerships Delight Attendees Over 1500 customers, partners, and influencers gathered September 8th to 11th, 2014 at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency for the latest US edition of AirWatch Connect. Key announcements from the event include: Launch of Chat for Secure Enterprise Messaging . Chat delivers a containerized and secure instant messaging […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on September 15, 2014
Employer Branding Comes of Age On September 12th, Glassdoor kicked off its Employer Branding Summit in San Francisco at the Hotel Nikko. Social recruiting, employer branding, and talent acquisition pros gathered to hear how branding impacts the recruiting landscape. Robert Hohman, CEO of Glassdoor welcomed the audience to set the stage (see Figure 1). […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on September 9, 2014
Australian Users Concerns About SAP Similar To Other Global Users Over 500 Australian SAP users gathered between September 8th and 9th, 2014 at the Sydney Hilton for the annual user conference. Users came from IT roles, marketing, HR, and finance. In speaking to over 100 attendees, key concerns include: Lack of clarity in future […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on June 19, 2014
Plex Plays A Key Role In The Digitalization Of Manufacturing Over 900 customers, partners, and Plex Systems gathered at the De Savo Conference Center on Michigan’s West Coast of Grand Rapids for the 13th annual Plex Systems user event. New features and a significant funding round book end the major announcements from the June 10th, […]
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