This list celebrates changemakers creating meaningful impact through leadership, innovation, fresh perspectives, transformative mindsets, and lessons that resonate far beyond the workplace.
Digital Transformation Shifts Static Event Marketing to Live Engagement Marketing Event marketing often represents 21 percent to 33 percent of most marketing organization budgets. While success criteria remain murky at worst and sparse at best, organizations have an…
Vendor Profile: ReltioReltio Helps Partners and Customers Build Insight- Driven Applications and Data Services in the Cloud Privately-held Reltio, a Silicon Valley-based firm, offers Reltio Cloud, a modern data-management Platform as a Service (PaaS) that enables…
Understanding Why Data, Analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) Drive Exponential Business Growth Companies continue to harvest and analyze vast amounts of data for growth, competitive advantage and operational efficiency. At the same time, the Internet of Things (IoT)…
How Complementing Capabilities Create Value for IBM and SAP Customers On April 6, 2016, IBM and SAP jointly announced a partnership that spans multiple products and services, with the goal of enabling digital transformation for prospective and existing customers. In a press…
How Changing Retail Best Practices Will Advance Workforce Management, Talent Management, Payroll, HR Core and Benefits Retailing is poised for radical change. Gone are the days when customers had to find their way to the store. Today, consumers have a host of choices,…
Social Listening Helps Provide Better Insights, Customer Service, and ProfitabilityGeneral Motors is one of the world's leading automotive brands, selling 9.8 million cars and trucks annually. GM is passionate about earning customers for life, but when it came to engaging…
Vendor Profile: SAP User Experience-as-a-ServiceBUILD and SAP Splash Improve Usability of Enterprise Software This report focuses on SAP UXaaS, a new category of cloud-based software designed to improve the usability of enterprise software, aiding not only professional user…
Seamless, Personalized Self-Service Should Not Be an Afterthought Organizations are battling each other to deliver the best customer experience for the right customer at the right time in the right channel. Customer service and customer engagement now play key roles in…
Blockchain Surprised the Payments Industry, but Its Usefulness Beyond Digital Money Does’t Match the Hype No new technology since the Internet itself has excited so many pundits as has blockchain. Launched just seven years ago, blockchain is the…
Case Study: Shaw Industries and NetSuite The Cloud and Two-Tier ERP Drove International Expansion by a Leading Manufacturer Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is the world’s largest carpet manufacturer. In 2011 Shaw decided to prioritize international expansion …
Case Study: Arcadia Data and MarketShare MarketShare Taps a Hadoop-Native Analysis Option to Drive Deeper Analysis and Big Data ROI MarketShare, a Neustar solution, helps marketers make better decisions faster and to increase sales and gain market share on a global…
Case Study: SAP and Prescient How SAP HANA Enabled Next-Generation Traveler Safety Applications Prescient Traveler delivers a travel risk monitoring solution to enterprises seeking to monitor the safety of employees traveling abroad. Prescient's modern technology…
How the Internet of Things Connects Supply Chains to Customer ServiceMany retailers struggle to ensure their supply chains and customer-facing endeavors align harmoniously. Ensuring the availability of a product or service when, where and how customers want is…
Innovation in Cloud-Based Financial Management ApplicationsConstellation’s series on innovation in financial management applications in the cloud identifies finance leaders and technology providers seeking to transform the current legacy on-premises market. As…
How food supply chains can satisfy evolving consumer demands and drive profits by embracing disruptive technology
The food supply chain is challenging enough when it comes to the growing, harvesting, processing, transporting and distribution of food…
Proving false the notion that customer care is a cost center
Executives have long thought of customer service or customer care as a cost center. However, executives and managers who understand the value of great customer service can create organizations that…
As Customer Care Applications Become More Agile, Customer Care Becomes Ultra-Responsive and Boosts Productivity of Talent Today’s customers require companies to provide them quickly with help, support and information in any channel they choose to…
Case Study: TeradataTwo Companies Cut Costs, Gain Flexibility and Ease Administration by Adding Cloud Data Warehouse CapacityThis case study examines the implementation process and benefits of Teradata Cloud for two companies, Core Digital Media and a global mining company. …
Case Study: FinancialForce and AshokaFinancialForce HCM Was Implemented in 47 Countries in Less than Three Months This case study chronicles the experience of 2015 SuperNova award winner, Asha Aravindakshan, Operations Director for Global Talent at Ashoka, as she…
Online Communities Provide Value Beyond Call Deflection The expectation of the value of an online community is often associated with cost savings – just as call deflections can reduce the costs of customer service. While many cost savings are possible,…
Best practices for generating quality IoT initiatives As smart services begin and continue to disrupt the market, it’s time for enterprises to understand the underlying technologies of IoT and smart services, as well as how to plan and build…
Market Overview: Social Business The Software Vendors Changing How Employees Create, Connect, Communicate and CollaborateIt seems like each year the list of software that people use to get their jobs done grows. The standard employee toolset includes familiar products such as…
Vendor Profile: Facebook at Work Outlining the challenges and opportunitites Facebook faces in the collaboration marketSocial networking has become a standard part of most people’s personal lives. More than 1.5 billion people are using Facebook to…
IoT, 3D printing and wearables will reduce the retail friction during the holiday season and beyondPost Thanksgiving in the United States (after all the turkey has been consumed and the football games watched), consumers focus in on Christmas, Hanukkah and other end-of- year…