This list celebrates changemakers creating meaningful impact through leadership, innovation, fresh perspectives, transformative mindsets, and lessons that resonate far beyond the workplace.
The 2017 World Economic Forum focused on dynamic leadership as its theme, which sparked plenty of healthy dialogues and discussions. R "Ray" Wang, Constellation Research Chairman and Principal Analyst, spent time with global leaders in Davos, Switzerland discussing the essential characteristics that embody dynamic leaders and is now sharing with our ecosystem of global leaders who drive digital transformation across diverse, multi-faceted industries.
If you want to sound remotely informed on the latest disruptive technology trends as a business leader, you can start by mentioning blockchain. People's eyes either glaze over or light up. You have probably noticed that there is a lot of speculation by self-appointed thought leaders. Blockchain hype has been rampant when you consider the widespread implications of removing "middlemen" from transactions.
The Digital Business model with its dynamic adaptive capabilities to react to events with intelligently orchestrated responses forms from Services requires a very different enabling infrastructure to that of current Enterprise IT systems. As the Enterprise itself decentralizes into fast moving agile operating entities operating under an OpEx (costs allocated to actual use) management model so must the Infrastructure support with similar functional structure.
IBM has claimed it has the lead in the increasingly competitive blockchain and distributed ledger technology market, saying the new release of its IBM Blockchain service is the first "enterprise-ready" one of its kind.
We had the opportunity to attend ADP’s Meeting of the Mind (MOTM) conference in San Diego, held March 19th till 22nd 2017, and the Manchester Grand Hyatt. The conference was well attended with over 1000 attendees, good partner representation and influencer selection.
The Flow State, Growth Marketing & Disruption in Tech Media | DisrupTV Ep. 53
In DisrupTV Episode 53, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar are joined by:
I am always interested to see how different lenses on the same subject reveal insights. For example, B2B marketers have a particular skew when it comes to digital and social media – it is hard edged, data driven and technology enabled. This is particularly true for large scale tech companies – but is an approach […]
Come out on May 4th and network with other sports business professionals that work or live in the New York area. All backgrounds are welcome, from those just starting out to industry veterans.
Microsoft first introduced their new collaboration tool Microsoft Teams (they call it a chat-based workspace) back in Nov 2016 as a preview release. Four months and over 100 product enhancements later, this week they made the first official version available to Office 365 business subscribers.
Oracle has quietly added what appears to be a very powerful big data tool to its arsenal. The company is acquiring the technology assets of Infinity, a big-data platform developed by web analytics pioneer Webtrends, and plans to add it to its Marketing Cloud suite.
We had the opportunity to attend the Workforce Software Vision 2017 user conference held in New Orleans from March 13th till 15th 2017. The even was well attended with over 260 attendees, managing a collective 500k workers.
SAP's Concur subsidiary is expanding its play in traveler risk management, a key area of innovation in a world increasingly marked by political unrest, extreme weather and terrorism. Here are the details from its announcement:
R "Ray" Wang, founder of Constellation Research, shares his views on what it takes to be a dynamic leader and explains why it's valuable. For those who want regular access to content like this, consider joining the Constellation Executive Network.
Intel has already been a key player in the IoT (Internet of Things) market but is looking to significantly strengthen its hand by plunking down $15.3 billion for MobilEye, maker of software, specialized chips and cameras for self-driving cars.
Working with various organizations worldwide, I’ve had the great opportunity to help facilitate sustainable Office 365 adoption. On March 22, I’m excited to host a […]
Google Cloud is adding must-have enterprise features and scaling the business to meet data platform, machine learning and AI demand. Here’s a progress report.
The Cloud / IaaS industry has grown rapidly in the last years, and providers have been solidifying their systems over the years. Outages are always unfortunate and by large the cloud has shown that it is more resilient than pretty much any on premises computing setup.
Google Cloud is adding must-have enterprise features and scaling the business to meet data platform, machine learning and AI demand. Here’s a progress report. Google’s reputation for big data, machine … Continue reading →
March 8-10 Google held their Google Next conference, where they shared news about Google Cloud, G Suite and more. My primary focus for the conference was G Suite (formerly known as Google Apps), Google's personal productivity and team collaboration platform.
Disrupt Yourself, Digital Purpose & Leading with Authenticity | DisrupTV Ep. 52
On DisrupTV Episode 52, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar are joined by three thinkers who bring unique perspectives on personal disruption, digital leadership, and change:
Salesforce this week detailed progress on Einstein artificial intelligence. Less clear was how a new IBM partnership will change Salesforce AI plans. Here’s what's behind the headlines.
What’s the state of Salesforce Einstein, the portfolio of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities announced last fall? Salesforce generated plenty of media coverage this week with two big announcements. Here’s my take on the realities of a partnership with IBM and what we have yet to understand about the packaging and pricing of Einstein.