The National Retail Federation's 2016 Big Show conference has wound down, and in its wake three major retail trends are clearly emerging, says Constellation VP and principal analys...
Infor is hoping to differentiate its recently announced CloudSuite Retail offering through a strategic partnership with Predictix, which develops big data analytics technology focu...
Pitney Bowes has taken another step in a transition beyond its roots as a mailing and printing products provider with the acquisition of Seattle company Enroute, which makes a clou...
IBM has made its first acquisition of the new year, buying German vendor IRIS Analytics for its anti-payment fraud technology. Despite the heightened awareness of payment fraud in...
Oracle is planning to hire 1,400 new inside salespeople to push its cloud software portfolio in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Before we get into what this means, here are the...
A provocative story in the Washington Post suggests that retailers are under increasing assault not just from their direct competitors, but companies and industries that offer expe...
The fallout from Chipotle's recent norovirus outbreak at some of its stores continues to mount, with sales plummeting and a federal criminal investigation underway, as NPR reports:...
After several years of minimal merger and acquisition activity in the 3PL (third-party logistics) market, last year was one of the deal-heaviest in quite a while, as DC Velocity re...
PTC recently made another step in its reinvention as an Internet of Things (IoT) vendor with the acquisition of Kepware, which develops software that ties together a wide variety o...
Editor's note: It was a busy 2015 in the enterprise applications world, marked by major trend shifts, product launches and potential mega-mergers. The following is the first instal...
Editor's note: As we wind down to the end of 2015, Constellation Research Insights is taking a look back at the year's highlights with perspective from each member of the analyst t...
Editor's note: As we wind down to the end of 2015, Constellation Research Insights is taking a look back at the year's highlights with perspective from each member of the analyst t...
Salesforce is reportedly negotiating to pay up to $600 million for CPQ (configure, price, quote) vendor Steelbrick, in a move that—if it happens—underscores the growing importance ...
Oracle's second-quarter results are in and you guessed it—the company made a lot of money. What's always more interesting to dig into than the raw numbers is what's said by executi...
Adobe and Accenture have expanded their partnership, in a move that speaks to the industry changes involved in large-scale digital transformation projects. Here are the key details...
Chipotle Mexican Grill is going through a seriously rough public-relations patch of late due to a rash of food-borne illnesses linked to some of the chain's 2,000 stores, in a situ...
The Americas' SAP Users' Group has released its second member survey on SAP's HANA platform, providing a series of detailed insights on how customers are adopting it. (Disclosure: ...
Black Friday, the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season, will soon arrive and some shoppers will get started even earlier thanks to the likes of Walmart opening on the U....
