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 Jason Corsello on August 14, 2014
Your mobile device is generally an extension of you. It’s a tough reality many of us still hesitate to admit, but, if we’re honest, these pocket-sized computers are a huge part of the way we live and, similarly, the way we work. In fact, as tablet sales are set to outpace laptops this year, it’s also […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on August 14, 2014
Infor Acquires SalesLogix To Expand Vertical CRM Footprint On August 14th, New York City headquartered, enterprise software giant, Infor, announced the intent to acquire the assets of Scottsdale AZ, Saleslogix for an undisclosed sum. For those keeping track of CRM history, Saleslogix was last owned by Sage Group and sold off to Swiftpage, an […]
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By Bob Warfield on July 28, 2014
I recently tried and failed for the fifth time to buy a Microsoft Surface Pro 3. It’s been a real comedy of errors, but the latest attempt has been by far the most spectacular failure. Let me start out by saying I really like the Microsoft Surface Pro 3. I am a perfect candidate for […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Amazon, apple, customer service, Gadgets, marketing, Microsoft Surface, mobile, strategy
By R "Ray" Wang on July 23, 2014
Global Partnership Signals Expansive View Of Digital Business Disruption On July 15th, 2014 IBM’s Ginni Rometty and Apple’s Tim Cook announced in Cupertino, CA a strategic partnership to transform enterprise mobility (see Figure 1). IBM has committed up to 100,000 employees to the initiative. Apple has not disclosed its investment effort. The announcement, made at […]
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By Bob Warfield on July 14, 2014
Authentication as a Service solves a problem every Cloud Developer, mobile or desktop, has to solve. As one player in the space, AuthRocket, puts it: Do you really want to write code for users, forgotten passwords, permissions, and admin panels again? To that I would add, “Do you really want to have to be a world class […]
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By Michael Fauscette on July 7, 2014
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By Michael Fauscette on May 7, 2014
Mobile technology is playing a key role in the current change and disruption that many businesses are facing. The fact that we carry such powerful computing devices in our pockets, devices that are always on and always connected to the Internet, has created a growing population of consumers and employees that shop, interact and work […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 5, 2014
Management Team Changes Provide A Breath Of Fresh Air To Culture, Customer, and Products Over 4000 customers, prospects, and partners gathered April 27th to 30th for the flagship Epicor customer conference, Insights 14, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event provided the $968M revenue, 20,000 customer, Austin based software company […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 4, 2014
Departure of CTO Signals Change In Long Term Direction In a press release this morning, SAP announced a management reorganization and the departure of Vishal Sikka, SAP’s executive board member of products and innovation and CTO (see Figure 1). The reorganization puts Bernd Leukert as Vishal’s immediate replacement to lead global development. The role of […]
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