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Gain 5 pointers on enterprise trends in digital transformation from R "Ray" Wang and what it means for your business. If you are not a Constellation Executive Network member yet, join our analysts in this private community to talk shop and solve business problems in real time.
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Amid a mounting tide of concerns over the implications of AI (artificial intelligence) on society, a new fund backed by well-known tech industry figures along with Harvard and MIT has been formed. The Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence fund will start out with $27 million to fund work that "advances the development of ethical AI in the public interest."
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As organizations become "more social" and employees create and share information more openly, it's easy for people to get overwhelmed not only with the amount of information, but also the number of sources. To help alleviate some of this chaos, many organizations are using Social Task Management tools which help people organize tasks around projects and events.
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We have all heard about the vast network of fake news sites that spread disinformation during the recent US Presidential Campaign. These sites use the same clickbait strategies that propelled sites like Upworthy to the top of the digital media scrapheap – inflammatory headlines, sensationalist stories and catchy hooks that tempt you to click just once more.
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SAP has spent the last 18 months or so developing its IoT (Internet of Things) strategy and is now looking to ramp up sales and customer projects with a new "jump-start" program. Here are the key details from its announcement:
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As most acquisitions start out with the “ideal” that the product will remain pristine and nothing will change – it will be interesting to see if the acquisition of Trello by Atlassian will be the norm or the exception. From a business point of view Atlassian paid $425M, so they will want their investment to pay off.
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I attended Salesforce's Analyst Event in San Francisco last week and beyond learning about their various cloud strategies, I had some takeaways on the broader theme of corporate culture in branding. Salesforce as a company has been known as much for their culture and philanthropic initiatives as their business success.
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Atlassian is acquiring collaboration and project management software vendor Trello in a bid to improve its family of tools for application development teams. The deal's price tag is $425 million, a sum that reflects Trello's popularity—some 19 million users already work with its digital whiteboarding software, which lets teams working remotely manage projects and share content.
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Salesforce promises artificial intelligence applications that ‘just work’ out of the box. It’s a contrast to public cloud AI offerings and a lesson learned from Salesforce Wave. There aren’t enough … Continue reading →
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In a Huffington Post blog "Why the Blockchain Still Lacks Mass Understanding" William Mougayar describes the blockchain as "philosophically inclined technology". It's one of his rare instances of understatement. Like most blockchain visionaries, Mougayar massively exaggerates what this thing does, overlooking what it was designed for, and stretching it to irrelevance.
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We had the opportunity to attend the analyst meeting of Salesforce, held January 3rd till 5th nicely located at the Four Seasons in San Francisco. Despite the early time, Salesforce got an impressive range of influencers to the event, even travelling as far as Europe. And it was well worth it, as it was the most comprehensive insight into Salesforce I have experienced in my 3.5+ years covering the vendor.
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Storytelling, Brand Narrative & Marketing Innovation | DisrupTV Ep. 43
In DisrupTV Episode 43, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar welcome:
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Why Digital Transformation Requires Constellation’s New Leadership Framework
With the variety of common products available, often customers want to learn how a product or service works before purchasing. With more and more buyers using mobile devices to shop, 4 out of 5 shoppers say a video showing how a product or service works is important in their decision to purchase or not purchase a product or service. In fact, shoppers report research on mobile devices with visual content helps inform their product selection. As a result, Marketers who use video grow revenue ~49% faster than non-video users.
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IoT security—or the relative lack thereof—was a big story in 2016, with vulnerabilities in connected devices leading to major cyberattacks, such as the Mirai botnet that crippled some of the world's busiest websites.
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Gartner has agreed to buy consulting firm CEB for $2.6 billion in cash and stock in a deal that will broaden Gartner's departmental reach within enterprises. Gartner will also assume $700 million in CEB net debt, for a total enterprise value of $3.3 million.
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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's famous exhortation that "developers, developers, developers" are key to a software company's long-term growth is something that's ever more resonant in today's market, with the "big four" cloud platform providers—Amazon, Microsoft, IBM and Google—locked in pitched battle for market share.
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When briefing Analysts Microsoft illustrate their potential IoT market with a slide showing four major Industry sectors with up to fifteen different Line of Business Management roles in each. Every role is regarded as an actual, or potential, buyer of IoT solutions. Whilst this is undoubtedly true, for reasons covered later, it does imply having to be able to position and sell fifteen different IoT business solutions in any single Enterprise.
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Last year, Apple issued a mandate calling for all iOS apps to incorporate App Transport Security, which requires apps to use HTTPS rather than HTTP, by Dec. 31. HTTPS encrypts data in transit and provides an obvious security benefit for applications.
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I’m preparing for the 50th Hawai’i International Conference on Systems Sciences and have taken the title of my contribution in a workshop there as the title for this post. As individuals, we need to “race with the machines.” However, at the organizational level, we need to create human partnerships as scaffolds for our broader digital relationships.
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