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Designing Five Pillars For Level 1 Artificial Intelligence Ethics

Designing Five Pillars For Level 1 Artificial Intelligence Ethics

By R "Ray" Wang on March 26, 2018

Focus On Humanizing AI As organizations begin their journey into artificial intelligence (AI), ethics often enter the design process.  While achieving a uniform set of ethics may seem insurmountable, some design points will help facilitate the humanization of artificial intelligence and provide appropriate checks and balances.  Constellation has identified design pillars for Level 1 AI.  […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged 2018, AI, anticipatory analytics, Apps Strategy, Artificial intelligence, Augmented Humanity, Big Ideas, BigData, Business Transformation, cadence, CDO, CEO, CEP, channels, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, Cognitive Computing, cognitive reckoning, collaboration, Constellation Research, content, context, CTO, CustExp, Customer Experience, customer experience management, CX, Data Driven, data governance, data stewardship, Data to Decisions, digital, Digital Business, digital commerce, Digital Disruption, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, disrputing digital, E-Commerce, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise resource planning, enterprise software, ethics, machine learning, Mass Personalization At Scale, Matrix Commerce, Monday's Musings, personalization, personalization at scale, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tuesday's Tip, value exchange

Monday’s Musing: Infinite Ambient Orchestration

Monday’s Musing: Infinite Ambient Orchestration

By R "Ray" Wang on November 6, 2017

Inside the Design Point For All Future AI Driven Apps The quest for mass personalization at scale in an era of artificial intelligence (AI) has led to new models of design for the future of applications.  One design point for these new AI driven smart apps is a concept called Infinite Ambient Orchestration.  The three […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged 2017, AI, anticipatory analytics, Apps Strategy, Artificial intelligence, Augmented Humanity, Big Ideas, BigData, Business Transformation, cadence, CDO, CEO, CEP, channels, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, Cognitive Computing, cognitive reckoning, collaboration, Constellation Research, content, context, CTO, CustExp, Customer Experience, customer experience management, CX, Data Driven, data governance, data stewardship, Data to Decisions, digital, Digital Business, digital commerce, Digital Disruption, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, disrputing digital, E-Commerce, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise resource planning, enterprise software, Infinite Ambient Orchestration, machine learning, Mass Personalization At Scale, Matrix Commerce, personalization, personalization at scale, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tuesday's Tip, value exchange

Tip: Know When To Automate With Artificial Intelligence

Tip: Know When To Automate With Artificial Intelligence

By R "Ray" Wang on September 21, 2017

Six Factors For Powering AI Driven Smart Services Recent client conversations indicate a desire for designing new AI Driven Smart Services.   The rush to incorporate artificial intelligence into processes often requires a deeper examination of which services should be AI enabled.  Constellation’s latest framework for augmenting humanity encompasses six factors (see Figure 1): Repetitiveness.  The […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged 2017, AI, anticipatory analytics, Apps Strategy, Artificial intelligence, Augmented Humanity, Big Ideas, BigData, Business Transformation, cadence, CDO, CEO, CEP, channels, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, Cognitive Computing, cognitive reckoning, collaboration, Constellation Research, content, context, CTO, CustExp, Customer Experience, customer experience management, CX, Data Driven, data governance, data stewardship, Data to Decisions, digital, Digital Business, digital commerce, Digital Disruption, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, disrputing digital, E-Commerce, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise resource planning, enterprise software, machine learning, Mass Personalization At Scale, Matrix Commerce, personalization, personalization at scale, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tuesday's Tip, value exchange

Seven Universal Factors Why Technology Firms Fail

Seven Universal Factors Why Technology Firms Fail

By R "Ray" Wang on January 13, 2017

Hubris Drives Most Tech Firm Failures After observing the technology industry for two decades, one can’t help but identify a recurring theme – the beginning of the end of a technology vendor.   While most firms do not endure a mass failure and come back to life like Apple did with Steve Jobs or transform business […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2017, adoption, Apps Strategy, cause, CDO, CEO, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CIO, CMO, CTO, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, innovation, meritocracy, partner ecosystems, partners, partnerships, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Ecosystems, Software Insider, software trends, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider, strategy, technology adoption, technology budgets, Technology Optimization, technology vendors, Tuesday's Tip, user strategy, value, Vendor Selection, vendor strategy, VICEMAP

Seven Factors For Precision Decisions In Artificial Intelligence

Seven Factors For Precision Decisions In Artificial Intelligence

By R "Ray" Wang on August 25, 2016

The Rush To Artificial Intelligence Will Enable Augmented Humanity While market leaders and fast followers have not yet achieved mass personalization, the next rush is focused on investments in artificial intelligence (see Figure 1).  Searching for a competitive advantage and fearful of disruption, board rooms and CXO’s have rushed to artificial intelligence as the next […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged 2016, AI, Alibaba, Amazon, apple, Apps Strategy, Artificial intelligence, Augmented Humanity, Baidu, Big Data, Big Data Business Models, Business Transformation, CDO, CEO, CFO, Chief Creative Officer, Chief Data Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Service Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, CMO, CoIT, Constellation Research, COO, CTO, data, Data to Decisions, Data2Decisions, digital, digital artisans, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, disrputing digital, Disrupting Digital Business, disruptive, disruptive business models, Disruptive technology, economics, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, Facebook, Fourth Industrial Revolution, google, microsoft, oracle, QQ, R "Ray" Wang;, recommendation engines, rwang0, sina, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, tabao, Tuesday's Tip, Yahoo, Yandex

IOT and The Death Of OmniChannel Non-sense In Customer Experience

IOT and The Death Of OmniChannel Non-sense In Customer Experience

By R "Ray" Wang on September 22, 2015

Stop Thinking In Channels And Start Thinking In Settings and Scenes As organizations realize they are no longer selling products and services but delivering on experiences and outcomes, the shift to delivering on a brand promise requires the ability to deliver mass personalization at scale. This is the heart of delivering digital business value.  However, […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Apps Strategy, Brand Promises, Business Outcomes, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, CMO, CoIT, commerce, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, Continuity, continuous customer management, CRM Magazine, Cross Channel Commerce, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, CXM, Data to Decisions, digital, Digital Business, digital commerce, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, E-Commerce, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, Internet of Things, IoT, IT Strategy, mass personalization, Mass Personalization At Scale, Matrix Commerce, Mobile Biz, mobile enterprise, mobile experience, Mobile Management, Mobile strategy, mobility, Next Gen Customer, Next Gen Customer Experience, Next Gen CXP, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, scenarios, settings, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tuesday's Tip, vendor strategy

Five Steps To Starting Your Digital Transformation Initiative

Five Steps To Starting Your Digital Transformation Initiative

By R "Ray" Wang on May 28, 2014

  Cut Through The Hype and Get Started Over the past 12 months, Constellation has interviewed, researched, or assisted more than 50 market leaders and fast followers crafting a digital transformation strategy.  Regardless of industry, size of company, or geography, these early adopters share five common steps to success.  In each case, these steps provide […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged #CDOSummit, #cxotalk, 2014, Apps Strategy, best practices, Big Data, Big Data Business Models, Business Outcomes, CDO, CEO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, CMO, CoIT, Constellation Research, context, COO, Customer Experience, CXM, CXO, Data to Decisions, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Divide, Digital DNA, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, future of work, innovation, mass personalization, Mass Personalization At Scale, Matrix Commerce, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tuesday's Tip, user strategy, vendor strategy | 1 Response

Putting the Kibosh On ERP Vendor Sales Reps Who Troll For Indirect Access

Putting the Kibosh On ERP Vendor Sales Reps Who Troll For Indirect Access

By R "Ray" Wang on May 28, 2013

Constellation Sees An Alarming Increase In Inquiries Constellation has received an alarming increase in inquiries about an unethical vendor sales practice coined as “trolling for indirect access”. Indirect access is when a vendor claims that a client is accessing their perpetually licensed software in an unintentional manner or inappropriately licensed manner. One vendor uses a […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 3rd party maintenance, analyst relations, Apps Strategy, back maintenance fees, CFO, Chief information officer, Chief procurement officer, CIO, contract negotiations, contract strategy, cost reduction, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise class, Enterprise resource planning, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, erp, OOW, oracle, Oracle EBS, Oracle ERP, Oracle Open World, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, sap, SAP Business Suite 7, SAP Enterprise Support, SAP ERP, SAPPHIRE, sapphirenow, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, Software Insider, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software mainteance, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider, Tuesday's Tip, user groups, user strategy

It’s Time To Consolidate Social Business Platforms

It’s Time To Consolidate Social Business Platforms

By R "Ray" Wang on March 6, 2013

Greater Adoption In Social Business Signifies A Move To Consolidate Platforms Constellation’s buy-side clients tend to fit in the market leader or fast follower categories when it comes to organizational personas of disruptive technology adoption.  Since 2010, respondents have progressed through the DEEPR framework and the latest results from 2012 indicate that most survey respondents […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged #adobesummit, #ibmsocial, #ngcollective, #sabasummit, adoption, Apps Strategy, best practices, Business Outcomes, CEO, CFO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Service Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud options, CMO, CoIT, collaboration, collaboration insights, collaboration software, customer engagement, Customer Experience, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise class, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, innovation, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, Social Media, social technologies, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, sxsw, Tuesday's Tip | 1 Response

Focus On The Business Outcomes, Not Technology With Big Data

Focus On The Business Outcomes, Not Technology With Big Data

By R "Ray" Wang on February 28, 2013

The Why Behind Big Data Starts By Asking What’s The Business Outcome So organizations have lots of data.  New techniques have emerged to correlate big data.  Enamored by the potential of big data, leaders are now reinvesting in technologies to find hidden nuggets of insights with the business goals of: Mitigating regulatory risks Identifying operational […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #infaanalyst, #strataconf, Apps Strategy, Big Data, BigData, business activity monitoring, Business Analytics, Business Hiearchy of Needs, business intelligence, Business Outcomes, business strategy, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Sales Officer, CIO, Data deluge, data integration, Data to Decisions, Data2Decisions, Decision Management, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, information management, information supply chain, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tuesday's Tip

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