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Every month, one of our featured Constellation analysts discusses what trends in disruptive technologies that forward-thinking business leaders need to pay attention to during exclusive monthly conversations open to Constellation Executive Network members. Think of it as non-fiction storytelling, the Constellation Research way.
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Product launches are always supported with marketing messaging, but that’s for immediate sales prospects, and not necessarily a guide to the strategic direction of the vendor. Examining new partnering agreements and acquisitions usually gives a much clearer strategic insight, as both usually require investment with Board approval. That kind of justification normally makes the move part of an agreed strategic direction. Viewed in this way 2016 was an interesting year and offers some clues to the various market positions of the major IT vendors.
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We had the opportunity to attend Acumatica Summit, held in San Diego from January 29th and going till February 2nd 2017, in lovely San Diego. The event was well attended, with substantial growth of attendees and partners. [For the record – on the Mueller / Reed / Sommer (MRS) scale the conference was even “exceptionally well attended” as we all were there (see here).
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Vendor Profile and Buyer's Guide: C3 IoT
Cindy Zhou, Constellation Research VP & Principal Analyst, covers digital marketing and sales effectiveness and the key market trends. She discusses where the lines between sales and marketing are blurring and the increasing power of the customer.
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It’s been four years since I attended the National Retail Federation’s (NRF) annual conference, Retail’s Big Show. With over 35,000 attendees this year, the sector is going strong albeit the overall mood seemed more serious compared to the last time I attended. With a disappointing holiday season for Macy’s, Sears, and The Limited (all announcing store closings and shifting investments online) and the rising success of Amazon, what is the retailer of the future supposed to do?
Throughout the show, the infusion of tech and retail dominated the sessions, exhibitor
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Last Tuesday, I had the pleasure of offering the welcome at the Santa Clara University screening
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Blockchain is an algorithm and distributed data structure designed to manage electronic cash without any central administrator. The original blockchain was invented in 2008 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto to support Bitcoin, the first large-scale peer-to-peer crypto-currency, completely free of government and institutions.
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The Future of AI, Martech Evolution & Digital Strategy in Motion | DisrupTV Ep. 46
In DisrupTV Episode 46, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar talk with:
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Author: Michelle Zhang
Michelle, a high school junior and one of my research assistants for the last three years, is helping me think about the future of education. Very interesting to see the perspective of students heading to college in the next year or two. These are not the issues I would have guessed -- and that's the point. Great to see how she and her colleagues are crafting their best learning environments. Great to see their counselors giving them the freedom to do so. Michelle's bio is below - TG.
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SAP is one of the enterprise software industry's biggest bellwethers, and as a result, its financial results provide insight not just into its own execution but also the broader trends and attitudes among customers.
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One of the main topics I’ve been discussing ever since I became an analyst is the struggles people face at work caused by the use of too many tools. We use email, calendar, contacts, tasks, files, chat, audio, video, social networks, and several more applications as we connect and communicate with our colleagues. This complex cornucopia of applications results in content and people that are rarely connected, leading to a lack of context which makes it difficult to work effectively.
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One of the most talked-about announcements from last year's Google I/O developer conference, Android Instant Apps, are getting closer to production-ready status and they hold big potential for both consumer and internally-facing applications.
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Cisco is taking application performance management startup AppDynamics off the table for $3.7 billion on the eve of its long-awaited IPO. AppDynamics was most recently valued at $1.9 billion, making Cisco's move seem like a bold one indeed.
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New research report, Nintex: Creating Workflows that Enable Digital Transformation, provides a vendor profile and buyer's guide of Nintex
As companies take on digital transformation, they need to consider the people (their skills and backgrounds), the processes (have they made them digital or they still doing things on spreadsheets?) and the technology (to enable the company to be more digitally oriented.)
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The direction of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise's cloud strategy is coming into sharper focus with its acquisition of Cloud Cruiser, maker of analytics software for managing and metering private and hybrid cloud deployments.
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New research report, Nintex: Creating Workflows that Enable Digital Transformation, provides a vendor profile and buyer's guide of Nintex
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Microsoft has quietly made some significant changes to the way it licenses Azure, positioning. Here are the key details from a blog post by Richard Smith, general manager of commercial licensing.
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OpenText has completed the acquisition of Documentum and other assets from Dell EMC, in a $1.62 billion deal that gives the widely used content management software a new home at a vendor with a much narrower focus.
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