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November 15, 2016

IDG Reportedly In Sale Talks with Chinese-Led Buying Group

Future of Work
The long-anticipated sale of tech publishing giant IDG may be near, with a Chinese investment group in talks to purchase the company for more than $1 billion, according to Reuters....
Chris Kanaracus
Insight News
November 14, 2016

GE Buys ServiceMax for $915 Million: What It Means

Data to Decisions
General Electric is plunking down $915 million to acquire field service software vendor ServiceMax, in a move that should strengthen its already robust IoT (Internet of Things) str...
Chris Kanaracus
Insight News
November 08, 2016

HANA 2.0 Represents An Inflection Point for SAP, Customers

Tech Optimization
This week's unveiling of SAP HANA 2.0 is of particular symbolic and practical importance for both SAP and its customer base, as it underscores how much the in-memory computing plat...
Chris Kanaracus
Holger Mueller
Insight News
November 07, 2016

Oracle Closes Its $9.3 Billion NetSuite Accquisition: Now What?

Tech Optimization
Oracle has closed its $9.3 billion acquisition of cloud ERP vendor NetSuite, overcoming resistance from large NetSuite shareholders and gaining a prominent addition to its cloud pr...
Chris Kanaracus
Holger Mueller
R "Ray" Wang
Insight News
November 04, 2016

SAP Ariba Turns 20: A Look at Today and Tomorrow

Matrix Commerce
SAP acquired procurement software vendor Ariba in 2011, but the company's history dates back two decades. This week, SAP Ariba executives briefed analysts in Boston, giving an over...
Chris Kanaracus
Insight News
October 26, 2016

CCE 2016 Day One: How Will Humanity Change In a World of AI?

Future of Work
One could argue that AI and machine learning narrowly outpaced IoT as this year's hottest topic in tech. On the opening day of Constellation Research's Connected Enterprise 2016 co...
Chris Kanaracus
Insight News
October 26, 2016

CCE 2016 Day One: Moving Beyond the Hype of Blockchain

Matrix Commerce
Blockchain was a featured topic of discussion on the opening day of Constellation Research's Connected Enterprise 2016 event, with expert panelists exchanging perspectives on wheth...
Chris Kanaracus
Analyst Blog
October 24, 2016

Qlik Gets Leaner, Meaner, Cloudier

Data to Decisions
Qlik’s acquisition by private equity firm Thoma Bravo is expected to ...
Doug Henschen
Insight News
October 12, 2016

Prominent IoT Standards Bodies Merge: What It Means

Tech Optimization
There's general agreement that when it comes to standards, IoT has some way to go. But the IoT standards effort took a significant step forward this week, with the merger of two pr...
Chris Kanaracus
Andy Mulholland
Steve Wilson