Weekly Recap - Week ending October 10th 2014

October 12, 2014

Here is my weekly video recap of the week ending October 10th 2014 - enjoy:
 
 
Here is what I am talking about in the recap:
  • HP splits in two - Enterprise and PCs & Printer
  • My Event Report of IBM's Enterprise conference (read here)
  • Attending Couchbase Connect and presenting about the future of Enterprise Application Development
  • Cornerstone acquires Evolv
  • Briefings at HR Tech Conference
  • The panel we had with Brian Sommer (TechVantive), Narinder Singh (Appirio) and Mike Krupa (Mercer) - where we unfortunately missed Naomi Bloom
  • Lumesse decides to develop on Salesforce1 for its next generation applications
  • Ray's Friday keynote at HR Tech Conference

Other key events / I missed:
  • HP splits into two - Enterprise and PCs & Printers 
  • Progress Software user conference in Orlando
And two press clippings
  • IBM debuts Watson powered apps in the cloud - read here
  • HP Enterprise - what to watch - read here

Next week I will be in San Francisco for Salesforce.com Dreamforce 2014. Stay tuned for interesting announcements beyond this event - in the cloud and BigData space. 
 

 

Holger Mueller
Vice President and Principal Analyst Constellation Research
Holger Mueller is VP and Principal Analyst for Constellation Research for the fundamental enablers of the&nbsp;cloud, IaaS, PaaS and next generation Applications, with forays up the tech stack into BigData and Analytics, HR Tech, and sometimes SaaS. Holger provides strategy and counsel to key clients, including Chief Information Officers, Chief Technology Officers, Chief Product Officers, Chief HR Officers, investment analysts, venture capitalists, sell-side firms, and technology buyers.<br>&nbsp; Coverage Areas: Future of Work Tech Optimization &amp; Innovation<br>&nbsp; Background: Before joining Constellation Research, Mueller was VP of Products for NorthgateArinso, a KKR company. There, he led the transformation of products to the cloud and laid the foundation for new Business… Read more
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