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Is it possible to explain IoT and AI in a 30 minute video?I was challenged to do this for the Constellation Executive Network, also known as CEN, members under the title Industry sector transformation is about smart business - lessons learned and techniques for success. Normally, briefing materials and videos created especially for our CEN members are not shared widely, but on this occasion, given the level of interest in IoT, it has been posted for general public access here.
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One of the bigger technical hurdles facing 3-D printing has been how to work multiple types of materials in the same project. Researchers at MIT say they've achieved a major breakthrough that's the equivalent of Photoshop for 3-D printing. Here are the details from MIT's website:
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Andy Mulholland, Constellation VP & Principal Analyst, shares lesson learned and tips for success in tackling industry sector transformation. He covers John Deere, Honeywell, Uber, and GM. Our Constellation Insights editor also shares what's hot.
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Last week marked the launch of The Constellation ShortList™, an open research initiative by our team of analysts to help guide organizations on their technology stack selections. My first ShortList on Configure Price Quote (CPQ) technologies was released last week, and today marks the launch of my Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Consumer (B2C) Marketing Automation ShortLists. Today’s customer is facing more noise in this digital age than ever before and marketers have the tough job of competing for their time and attention.
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In the digital era, companies are competing for buyer time and attention. The multitude of campaign channels - ranging from social media, Web programs, content marketing, advertising and events - requires companies to consider systems that can orchestrate across channels to ensure quality buyer engagement. Marketing automation provides B2B companies with an efficient way to attract, capture, engage and nurture customers, enabling marketers to deliver qualified, sales-ready leads and provide post-sale nurture for upsell and cross-sell opportunities.
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The Customer Experience (CX) Services Global List acknowledges leaders in driving customer experience excellence in organizations. The Constellation ShortList™ presents vendors in different categories of the market relevant to early adopters. In addition, products included in this document meet the threshold criteria for this category as determined by Constellation Research. This Constellation ShortList of vendors for a market category is compiled […]
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Digital Performance Management provides companies with the analytics to determine if their customer experience is optimized. The Constellation ShortList™ presents vendors in different categories of the market relevant to early adopters. In addition, products included in this document meet the threshold criteria for this category as determined by Constellation Research. This Constellation ShortList of vendors for a market category is compiled through conversations with early […]
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My new report, How to Secure Blockchain Technologies, examines the tension between Blockchain's founding ideology and enterprise requirements. The report explains what these tensions mean for public and private blockchain systems, and provides some detailed guidance for blockchain technology security.
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Over September 26-27 I was a guest speaker at the US Department of Health & Human Services blockchain for healthcare workshop. It was a fascinating and worthwhile exercise, as I reported in more detail here. However, I have to say most of the presentations confirmed my view that blockchain application development leaves a lot to be desired.
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One of the things I love about Constellation Research is how the firm practices what it preaches. Everything we talk about of course relates to innovation, but we are ourselves innovating all the time. For example, internally, our production process is constantly trying new ways to streamline how research gets converted into high grade publications.
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Oracle has made a significant change to its go-to-market strategy for Oracle Database Appliance engineered system in hopes of shoring up hardware sales and having broader appeal to smaller and medium-sized enterprises.
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Oracle and Verizon have inked a partnership that speaks to the continuing evolution of hybrid cloud deployments. Here are the key details from the companies' announcement:
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Customer Experience (CX): IOT Platforms are the platforms that make IoT come to life. The Constellation ShortList™ presents vendors in different categories of the market relevant to early adopters. In addition, products included in this document meet the threshold criteria for this category as determined by Constellation Research. This Constellation ShortList of vendors for a market category is compiled through conversations with early […]
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Most blockchain for healthcare projects will discover, sooner or later, that once the necessary key management arrangements are taken care of, their choice of distributed ledger technology is inconsequential.
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Today Facebook officially launched Workplace by Facebook, their enterprise version of the Facebook social network.
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Salesforce has introduced Einstein as a set of platform services, but it seems more like a collection of acquired parts. Here’s a look at what’s real and what’s coming. … Continue reading →
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I had the opportunity to attend the Dreamforce 2016, held in San Francisco, from October 4th till 7th 2016. As usual, it was a massive affair, Salesforce claims over 160k attendees. Noticeable from last year, our conversation with exhibiting partners was more positive than last year, so Salesforce has done something right.
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The purpose of this blog post is not to provide answers, but to help spark the questions we should all be asking about the potential of blockchain technology and the benefits it can create for businesses, organizations and governments worldwide. The hope is that we start to look past bitcoin, which I believe may be a distraction to the true value here.
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In this honeymoon period of pilots and small-scale enterprise IoT deployments it is easy to underestimate the impact of IoT at a ubiquitous global level similar to the World Wide Web. Without the use of Open Source software the Web could not exist, individual software licensing in a traditional manner, as with commercially differentiated products, is simply impossible. The Internet of Things requires the same level of ubiquitous common access in its core functions, and, as with the Web, successful use is dependent on the successful creation of Open Source based shared accessibility.
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There was something different about this year's Dreamforce conference. Sure, it was massive, with 170,000 people in attendance and reportedly millions more online. And yes, Salesforce announced a number of new products, chief among them its Einstein AI technology, which over time will be weaved into its sales, service and marketing applications.
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In Standing on the Sun and (more briefly!) the HBR, Julia Kirby and I argued that sensors of all kinds—from Copenhagen Wheels to Kenyans with Ushahidi on their phones to body cameras—would bring information about negative externalities such as pollution, civil violence, and abuse of authority to the attention of consumers/citizens, who would consequently care more about the behaviors that caused them.
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IBM says its Watson IoT business is growing fast and as a result, it's pumping $200 million into the division's global headquarters in Munich:
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SAP is getting serious about IoT. Event report from Trenitalia / SAP Digital Summit, held last in Rome, Pietrarsa, September 29th 2016. Though not formally labelled as a launch event, it felt like SAP bringing together messaging, executive, an early adopting customer with Trenitalia and products in a single event.
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