This list celebrates changemakers creating meaningful impact through leadership, innovation, fresh perspectives, transformative mindsets, and lessons that resonate far beyond the workplace.
Apple is a famously secretive company but last year, its head of AI research made a public pledge that on that front, things would be different going forward. Now Apple has made good on its promise by releasing its first publicly accessible paper on AI research.
IBM Bolsters Blockchain Ecosystem in Preparation for Next-Generation Applications
IBM announced in December 2016 that it would help create, foster and support an ecosystem around Hyperledger Fabric v1.0, an open source collaborative effort to advance blockchain technologies.1
By now you will be familiar with my year end development and trends shootout, this one is about Future of Work trends and developments in Q2 2016. If you missed the Q1 Future of Work post - it can be found here.
Case Study: Persistent Systems and Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech
How the Biocomplexity Institute of Virginia Tech Fights Ebola and Zika with High-Performance Analytics
This was a banner year for enterprise software that saw mega-vendors continue shifting their on-premises license business to the cloud, many major acquisitions and the continued emergence of IoT and AI as factors driving next-generation applications. Here's a look back at three key stories that exemplify the year in enterprise software and which will have resonance in 2017.
Sometimes my year in review is a summary of my year's book reviews. Last year it was a looking forward piece about books I planned to read (and I'm happy to say I enjoyed and gained value from them all). This year it is a "top picks" offering, with the Organizational Health theme coming from a chance meeting this Fall.
Integrating ERP, CRM, and legacy systems lead to greater manufacturing innovation, setting the foundation to move beyond business models that don’t stay in step with customers’ fast-changing needs. Bringing contextual intelligence into manufacturing that centers on customers’ unique, fast-changing requirements is a must-have to keep growing sales profitably. By integrating ERP, CRM, SCM, pricing and legacy systems together, manufacturers can provide customers what they want most, and that’s accurate, fast responses to their questions and perfect orders delivered.
There is always time to try something new - and instead of writing one more year review on what happened in my research areas, I thought I make this more entertaining, and provider a 'playoff' of the news in each quarter. I started with NextGen Apps for Q1 2016 - take a look here.
There is always time to try something new - and instead of writing one more year review on what happened in my research areas, I thought I make this more entertaining, and provider a 'playoff' of the news in each quarter.
It has been stated that IoT is the killer App for Cloud Computing, but given that the definition of Cloud Computing itself is often difficult, this seems to add to the difficulty of defining Cloud based IoT Services.
Twitter has been making the news lately for not-so-happy reasons, such as its plummeting stock price and failure—so far—to find an acquirer. The company has also seen a series of top executives leave the company in recent months and the most significant is CTO Adam Messinger, a former Oracle development executive who logged five years at Twitter.
Constellation Research hopes you all have a great holiday season this year with friends and family. In the spirit of recognizing memorable achievements in the tech industry, we also want to use this occasion to announce the winners of Constellation’s first annual Enterprise Awards.
2016 in Review & The Subscription Economy | DisrupTV Ep. 42
In DisrupTV Episode 42, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar welcome Tien Tzuo, Founder and CEO of Zuora, alongside Esteban Kolsky for a year-end technology recap.
Oracle may still have some ways to go in surpassing the likes of Salesforce for cloud software sales, but nonetheless remains a key bellwether for the state of enterprise software in general. This week, Oracle reported second-quarter results that slightly topped analyst expectations but also saw revenue growth slow.
Cloud Success Prompts Leading HCM Vendor to Adopt Leading IaaS Vendor for Production Loads
During AWS reInvent 2016, Workday announced it selected Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred public cloud platform for customer workloads. This Quark analyzes the implications of the announcement for Workday customers and partners.
Smartphones have been declared a device that people “can’t live without”. With over two billion smartphones in use globally, mobile marketing presents an effective and personal way for companies to engage with their customers.
A CMO’s Guide to Mobile Marketing Opportunities in 2017 and 2018
Advancements in the world of mobile technology continue to develop rapidly. Mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets have become an integral part of people’s daily life. Mobile has become an essential channel for Chief Marketing Officers (CMOs) to reach their customers.
This Quark describes five mobile marketing trends which CMOs should capitalize on over the next 12 to 24 months.
The five mobile marketing trends to watch:
The growth of enterprise technology continues to fascinate us because of the sheer potential of its scalability and power to transform businesses. When we look at what’s on the horizon with both technology startups and big businesses, the possibilities seem limitless.