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Microsoft has made significant pricing cuts for Azure virtual machines and blob storage, in a move that suggests 2017 will see competition heat back up among cloud providers on the basis of cost and not just functionality. Redmond announced the cuts in a blog post:
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Digitally savvy customers are in control now more than ever before. The companies that earn their business know how to gain their attention and keep it by creating seamless customer experiences, regardless of the communication channels and even if those channels switch midstream. One of ways to ensure seamless customer experiences is to align marketing and sales functions closely.
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Siemens' longtime chairman is stepping down at the end of this year, and the massive German industrial conglomerate has made a telling choice in the man who will replace him: Former SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe. In a statement, current chairman Gerhard Cromme laid out the rationale:
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We had the opportunity to attend ADP’s ReThink conference, held in Barcelona January 31st till February 2nd 2017. The event is for global customers and prospects of GlobalView, ADP’s global HCM product with a strong foundation in payroll. It was a record event in attendance, the combined companies have a total of 3.5T US$ in revenue… that’s almost the GDP of Germany.
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Radical Candor, Gamified Engagement & Purpose-Led Marketing | DisrupTV Ep. 47
In DisrupTV Episode 47, hosts R "Ray" Wang and Vala Afshar welcome three distinguished guests:
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Hewlett-Packard Enterprise has already made three acquisitions in 2017, and the rationale for all of them ties back to December 2015, when HPE unveiled its Composable Infrastructure strategy.
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Mozilla has abandoned its effort to create an open-source IoT (internet of things) platform with the dissolution of its Connected Devices group, a move that has resulted in about 50 layoffs and provides a lesson about the competitive stakes already present in the IoT market.
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I'm honoured to be moderating next week's #FutureOfWork Think Tank hosted by Adobe. This event is part of the NewCo Bay Area technology festival.
My incredible panelists are:
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The demise of Microsoft's venerable Visual Basic programming language has been predicted for years—arguably, as far back as 2002 when Redmond introduced the .NET framework—yet it has continued to survive and maintain a sizable developer base to this day.
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On Jan 12, WalkMe acquired Abbi. WalkMe is one of the leading vendors in the growing Digital Adoption Platform (DAP) market. DAP tools help guide employees though proper use of their business applications, and help assist customers while navigating a brand's website. Think of DAP tools as the modern evolution of the help file.
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Cisco's strong position in networking technology puts it in an ideal place for smart building and IoT innovation. This is embodied by Cisco's new Catalyst Digital Building Series switch. Here are the key details from a company blog post:
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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 suppose
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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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