By R "Ray" Wang on May 12, 2015
The Content, Network, And, Arms Dealer Come Together With Merger The planned acquisition of AOL by Verizon for $4.4B is more than just the acquisition of the programmatic ad platform. Verizon is making the big shift to disrupting digital businesses for a few reasons: Shift from selling products and services to delivering brand promises. In […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on April 14, 2015
Latest Earnings Reflect Macro Trends In PC Shipments, Data Center Growth, and IOT Industry bellwether, Intel, reported earnings per share of 41 cents versus 38 cents per share year over year. Revenue came in flat at $12.78 billion versus $12.76 billion. The continued secular PC slump and late entry into mobile chips still drives into […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, data center, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, intel, mobile, Mobile Biz, mobile enterprise, Mobile strategy, News Analysis, Quips, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy
By R "Ray" Wang on February 28, 2015
Insights Remain Consistent Among The Uber Successful Over the past year, I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with 19 billionaires. I took the opportunity to ask them for their life lessons and leadership advice. Because these uber successful individuals came from varied backgrounds and industries, I was expecting many different answers. However, I was proven […]
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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, […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged #oow14, analytics, Apps Strategy, Big Data, Big Data Business Models, BigData, bring-your-own-device, Business Analytics, CDO, CEO, CFO, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Service Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, Cloud BPO, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, CMO, CoIT, CoIT and the New CSuite, Constellation Research, Customer Experience, customer experience management, CXM, CXO, data streaming, Data to Decisions, Database, DBaaS, Digital Transformation, digitaltransformation, Engineered systems, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, erp, event report, future of work, middleware, nalytics, Next Gen CXP, NextGenCXP, OOW, Oracle Fusion Apps, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Open World, Oracle Partner Network, Quips, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider, user conference, user event, vendor strategy
By R "Ray" Wang on February 18, 2014
Apple Grows In Net Activations In Q4 As Well As Overall The February 12th, 2014 Good Technology Mobility Index report validates what many enterprises know – Apple iOS is dominating Google Android inside the enterprise. While this data is limited to the Good Technology customer base, anecdotal inquires and formal polling by Constellation Research, Inc. […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged android, apple, Apps Strategy, BYOD, CDO, Chief Digital Officer, Chief information officer, CIO, CoIT, CoIT and the New CSuite, Constellation Research, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise class, enterprise software, GoodTechnology, iOS, IoT, Microsoft Windows, mobile, Mobile Biz, mobile enterprise, Mobile OS, Quips, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, user strategy, vendor strategy |
By R "Ray" Wang on February 7, 2014
Google Enters China Via Lenovo While Counter Balancing Samsung On January 29th, 2014, Mountain View based Google announced it would sell it’s Motorola Mobility unit to Chinese based Lenovo for $2.91 in cash and stock. The deal cuts across many spectrum including mobile OS, computing wars, and search. Here’s 12 talking points: Source: Not sure, […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 12, 2014
Retails Big Show Transformed For 2014 Over 29,000 people are expected to gather at the National Retail Federation’s big show (NRF) this Sunday, January 11th, 2014, in New York City. #NRF14 brings the intersection of new retail business models, products, store concepts, technology, society, and culture together! A few big trends emerge based on conversations […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 5, 2014
Consumer Trends Often Lead The Enterprise Space The Consumer Electronics Show begins Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 in Las Vegas. Dubbed consumer tech’s largest event, Constellation expects to see a few big things for #CES14. In fact, digital disruption is alive and well. The five forces of consumer tech: social, mobile, cloud, big data and video […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged #CES14, #CES2014, 3D printing, Apps Strategy, CES, Constellation Research, Consumer Tech, Consumerization of IT, context, context marketing, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Divide, digital goods, Digital Strategy, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, Internet of Things, M2M, Maker movement, mass personalization, personalization, personalization at scale, Quips, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tech Ecosystem, TV
By R "Ray" Wang on August 14, 2013
There’s Always More To The Obvious Source: Bloomberg/Getty Images Over the past few weeks many have discussed the state of old media. Since Jeff Bezos announcement to buy the Washington Post, the theories have run wild. I thought I’d add to the analysis with a different point of view. A few facts: The Washington Post […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Amazon, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos, Matrix Commerce, Quips, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Washington Post
