By R "Ray" Wang on September 18, 2014
The Importance of Addressing the Unknown Here’s a question: why, with the growing number of IoT “experts” in the field, are there unanswered fundamental questions about IoT? It seems that in the excitement over the potential of IoT, industry experts and their audiences have glossed over some basic details regarding how, exactly, IoT will work. […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Apps Strategy, Big Data, Big Data Business Models, BigData, Data to Decisions, Data2Decisions, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, Internet of Things, IoT, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Sensor and Analytic Ecosystems, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy, VMware, Webinar
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 […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged #AWConnect, airwatch, apple, Apps Strategy, bring-your-own-device, BYOD, Capgemini, Chief information officer, CIO, CoIT, CoIT and the New CSuite, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, Digital Business, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Mobile Management, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, event report, iOS, IT Strategy, Macintosh, mobile, Mobile Biz, mobile device management, mobile enterprise, Mobile Management, Mobile strategy, mobility, News Analysis, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, user conference, vendor strategy, VMware
By Louis Columbus on February 17, 2014
The five highest performing cloud computing stocks year-to-date in the Cloud Computing Index are Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), F5 Networks (NASDAQ: FFIV), Juniper Networks (NYSE:JNPR), Fusion-IO (NYSE:FIO), Qualys (NASDAQ:QYLS) and Workday (NYSE:WDAY). A $10K investment in Akamai on January 2nd of this year is worth $12,901 and $10K invested in F5 Networks is worth $12,509 as of market close yesterday. IBM, Microsoft, Oracle and SAP share […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Akamai Technologies, Amazon.com, Cisco Systems, Citrix Systems, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Stock Index, Earnings Per Share, EMC Corporation, enterprise software, F5 Networks, Fusion-IO, ibm, Intuit, Juniper Networks, Louis Columbus' blog, microsoft, netsuite, oracle, Qualys, Rackspace Hosting, Red Hat, Riverbed Technology, SaaS, saas economics, salesforce.com, sap, software as a service, Symantec, VMware, workday |
By R "Ray" Wang on January 22, 2014
Mobile Management Consolidation Continues And VMware Accelerates Mobile Efforts On January 22nd, 2014, VMware (NYSE: VMW) announced the intent to acquire Atlanta, GA based Airwatch for $1.54B. More than just an acquisition of a leading enterprise mobile management (EMM) vendor, the acquisition represents a cornerstone for VMware’s mobile strategy for end user computing. Should the […]
Posted in Business | Tagged acquisition, acquisitions, airwatch, API, API Framework, App Wrapping/SDK, Apps Strategy, bring-your-own-device, Business Workflow, BYOD, Chief Digital Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Security Officer, CIO, CoIT, CoIT and the New CSuite, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, Content Repositories, Device Usage, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, DigitalBiz, Directory Services, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, DLP, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Mobile Management, enterprise software, Enterprise Workspaces, Event Management, future of work, Internet of Things, IoT, last mile solutions, M2M, MAM, MCM, mdm, MEM, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, mobile, mobile device management, mobile enterprise, Mobile Management, mobility, NAC, News Analysis, OS Container, PKI, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Sanjay Poonen, SIEM, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, SSO, Systems Management, user strategy, vendor strategy, vitualization, vmforce, VMware
By R "Ray" Wang on November 25, 2013
IBM Acquires Fiberlink (MaaS360) For Mobile Management And Security On November 13th, Blue Bell, PA based Fiberlink Communications signed a definitive agreement to be acquired by Armonk, NY based IBM for an undisclosed sum. Fiberlink has over 3500 clients in key verticals such as financial, retail, public sector, education, and healthcare. IBM expects to close […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged @ibmmobilefirst, acquisition, acquisitions, airwatch, Amazon, app dev, apple, application development, Apps Strategy, BYOD, CDO, Chief Digital Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Security Officer, CIO, citrix, Cloud, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, CTO, custom apps, custom development, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Fiberlink, future of work, google, ibm, IBM Mobile First, intel, MaaS 360, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, microsoft, mobile, mobile device management, mobile enterprise, Mobile Management, MobileIron, mobility, News Analysis, oracle, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, salesforce.com, sap, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Symantec, vendor strategy, VMware, Zenprise
By Louis Columbus on August 26, 2013
One of the most common questions I get from students is where they can find free cloud computing and enterprise software research. Few if any of my students work for companies who have subscriptions with the top analyst firms however. A small group of students are working on a start-up on the side and want […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Big Data, BMC Software, byline=Louis Columbus, Cloud Computing, customer relationship management, Data Driven, Enterprise resource planning, enterprise software, gartner, Infonetics Research, Louis Columbus' blog, Magic Quadrant, microsoft, software as a service, Symantec, Tech, VMware, Yankee Group |
By R "Ray" Wang on August 12, 2013
Non-US Based Organizations And Even Some US Organizations Will Not Tolerate Snooping In A Post PRISM World Since the Edward Snowden PRISM revelations, Constellation has received a steady stream of inquiries on cloud strategy. In fact, nervousness runs high among many non-US based companies using services from US based cloud companies across the cloud stack. […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Amazon, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, Apps Strategy, best practices, Box, Box.net, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital 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, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, cloud security, Cloud Wars, CMO, CoIT, Constellation Research, COO, Corporate Strategy, CTO, data privacy, Edward Snowden, EMC, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, hp, HP Enterprise Services, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Services Platform, Monday's Musings, nsa, oracle, PRISM, R "Ray" Wang;, Rackspace, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS strategies, Software Insider, software trends, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider, user strategy, vendor strategy, VMware |
By Louis Columbus on July 15, 2013
Comparing the latest Price Waterhouse Coopers (PwC) List Of Top 100 Global Software Leaders published in May of this year with current Glassdoor ratings based on employee feedback provides valuable insights into the best software companies to work for in 2013. The Glassdoor ratings of the percentage of employees who would recommend their employer to […]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Aart J. de Geus, ACI Worldwide, Acision, adobe, ADP, Amdocs, Ansys, apple, Ariba (Acquired by SAP), Aspect Software, autodesk, Avaya, Bentley Systems, BMC Software, byline=Louis Columbus, CA Technologies, Cadence Design Systems, Cegedim, Cerner, Cisco, Citrix Systems, Cloud Computing, CommVault, Compuware, Concur Technologies, Dassault Systèmes, Data Driven, EMC (excluding Vmware), enterprise software, Epicor, Ericsson, ESRI, FICO (formerly Fair Isaac), Fidelity National Information Services, Fidessa, Fiserv, fujitsu, Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories, Glassdoor, google, Greg Bentley, GXS, Hitachi, Hitachi Data Systems, hp, ibm, Infor, Informatica, intel, Intergraph, InterSystems, Intuit, invensys, JDA Software Group, Jim Hagemann Snabe, Kaspersky Lab, Kronos Inc., Louis Columbus' blog, McKesson, MEDITECH, Mentor Graphics, Micro Focus, Micros Systems, microsoft, MIcroStrategy, Misys, mobile, NEC Corporation of America, NetApp, Neusoft, NICE Systems, Northgate Information Solutions, Nuance Communications, OpenText, oracle, Pitney Bowes Software, PTC, Quest Software (Dell), Red Hat, Sage North America, salesforce.com, sap, SAS, Siemens Enterprise Communications, Software AG, Sophos, Sungard, SWIFT, Symantec, Synopsis, Synopsys, Tech, Teradata, Tibco, Trend Micro, unisys, Unit4, Verint Systems, VMware, Wincor Nixdorf, Wolters Kluwer
By R "Ray" Wang on June 25, 2013
At the end of the day two veterans of the enterprise software industry, Hasso Plattner and Larry Ellison are re-inventing their companies through database innovations…
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Amazon, Amazon EC2, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, Apps Strategy, BigData, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, cloud security, Cloud Wars, colummnar database, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, Database, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, google, hybrid deployments, iaas, Larry's Kids, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Services Platform, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft STB, Microsoft Windows, News Analysis, oracle, Oracle 12C, PaaS, partners, partnerships, Partnerware, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, software bill of rights, Software Insider, Software Insider Index, software licensing, software ownership, SoftwareInsider, Steve Ballmer, vendor strategy, VMware
By Vinnie Mirchandani on June 24, 2013
Last week at a GE sponsored event, Paul Maritz, ex VMWare, now CEO of Pivotal said: Historically much of the innovation in information technology has originated in the financial services industry. In the last decade it moved to “Consumer Internet giants.” Now, we are seeing it move to the industrial space, which is taking data […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Big Data, General Electric, Paul Maritz, VMware
