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The IoT (Internet of Things) is without question one of the most discussed tech trends in recent times, and the industry is only scratching the surface of its potential today. One oft-cited benefit of developing an enterprise IoT strategy is the ability to collect and analyze massive amounts of data.
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#DisrupTV went on the road to Sales Machine this week. We met up with Mark Hunter, CEO & Founder of The Sales Hunter. He speaks to thousands of sales leaders each year, sharing insights and strategies from his book, “High Profit Selling: Win the Sale Without Compromising on Price.”
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.
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This Monday morning - besting out some headlines for Apple’s WWDC (hony soit…) - Microsoft announced the intent to acquire LinkedIn.
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Hello,Your friendly neighboring analyst (who apparently never writes anything anymore). I had to dust off the cobwebs for this one… I had such a busy day with calls and messages and emails and such – I figured it was a good time to break the streak and write something. First off, won’t comment on the price… OK, maybe just one tiny one. One of the people who was in the team who setup the Yammer deal (the one that was done for $1.2 billion, ‘member?) called me today to get my thoughts… This person was very happy because they no longer own the title of worst buy at Microsoft… <rim shot>
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You might have heard: Microsoft is buying LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in one of the most significant enterprise software acquisitions in some time. There will be plenty more to parse about the deal in coming months, but here are five key, immediate takeways about what it means.
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This morning Microsoft announced they are acquiring LinkedIn for $26.2B. Microsoft is one of the largest providers of business and productivity software and LinkedIn is one of the largest professional networks. The combination of the two, bringing LinkedIn data and connections (social graph) to Office365 and Dynamics could have major impacts on personal productivity, team collaboration, social selling, human resources, marketing and customer experience. Here are my thoughts on what this deal means for daily users and developers.
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How CEOs & CMOs Shape Digital Transformation | DisrupTV Ep. 20
In DisrupTV Episode 20, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar interview:
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On June 6, Slack added the ability to place voice calls directly from Slack, without needing to add a 3rd party integration. 1:1 calls are available to everyone, and team calls of up to 15 people are available for paid plans. This is just voice calls, video chat and screen sharing are not yet available.
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Constellation’s Series on Innovation in Cloud Financial Management Applications This report reviews the latest offering in financial management applications in the cloud and related Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) trends.
After 18 years with roles across the spectrum of Marketing and Sales Operations at companies with sizes ranging from start-ups to Fortune 500, people asked me why join an analyst firm? My passion for marketing transformation and sales effectiveness allowed me the privilege of being able to share ideas and expertise with other executives through many groups. I enjoy helping other marketers and sales professionals by sharing my real-life battle scars from building, growing, or turning around brands, demand generation programs and sales enablement initiatives.
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Oracle partners with Pinterest on ad measurement, adds Crosswise for cross-device tracking. Here’s why CMO spend trumps tech synergies – for now.
Oracle’s ambitions for the Oracle Data Cloud extend beyond marketing, but for now it’s focused on growing its share of chief marketing officer spend. That much was clear at this week’s Oracle Cloud Data Summit in New York, where all the announcements and panel discussions were geared to marketing and media types.
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Rethinking Organizational Design | DisrupTV Ep. 19
In this enlightening episode of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar engage in a compelling discussion with three distinguished guests:
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Constellation’s Series on Innovation in Cloud Financial Management Applications This report reviews the latest offering in financial management applications in the cloud and related Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) trends. Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and finance leaders seeking advice about the cloud can take advantage of Constellation’s ERP user survey and cloud adoption trends to understand how peer organizations have advanced their usage of ERP and financial management applications.
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Oracle partners with Pinterest on ad measurement, adds Crosswise for cross-device tracking. Here’s why CMO spend trumps tech synergies – for now. Oracle’s ambitions for the Oracle Data Cloud extend … Continue reading →
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What is your favorite loyalty program? Is your first thought “I don’t know”?On #DisrupTV last week, we had the opportunity to interview Kevin Nix, CEO of Stellar Loyalty, a company with a mission to “bring delight and value to every consumer experience.” He explained, and we all see it, that we are inundated with too many emails, terrible marketing campaigns, spam and bad loyalty programs.
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Is social CRM dead? Depends on what you consider social CRM to be. With the partnering of Lithium Technologies and Microsoft Dynamics, we will see yet a new and more extensive version of intelligent customer engagements. The partnership includes Microsoft Dynamics and Lithium’s community data, social customer intelligence and analytics. The expectation of the value of an online […]
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When it comes to technology advancements and disruption, what better place to start than in college? The face of the student is changing, and with technology impacting nearly every job and every individual, it’s time to rethink the traditional learning curriculum.
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We had the opportunity to attend NGA HR’s analyst summit held in Chicago, on June 8th 2016. The summit was well attended with over a dozen analysts there, check out my Storify below for more details. Also good to see that NGA HR (in contrast to 2015) flew out UK based executives, starting with CEO Al-Saleh.
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Walmart's story of reinvention has been unfolding over the past couple years, and recent financial results show that it's still a company to watch. In April, I mentioned that Walmart's CEO, Doug McMillon, had been revamping this established retailer in How To Become a Reinventor Like Walmart's CEO. He's been doubling down on Walmart's digital efforts among other key initiatives, and it looks like that choice is paying off, although he clearly has some ground to cover before Walmart shows that it's taking a serious run against Amazon, one of America's most popular digital darlings.CEO McMillon's hard-fought reinvention shows progress, according to the latest first quarter financial results where Walmart is up 16% this year. Find out what McMillon shared yesterday in his video interview with CNN Money, Walmart Investors Are Smiling Once Again, where he talked about what his team's doing to focus on learning, listening to the customer, and being inventive.
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We have the opportunity to attend Alteryx Inspire 2016 in San Diego, held from June 6th till 10th 2016. The conference is well attended with over 1200 participants, coming from customers, prospects and the ecosystem, a significant growth over the same event a year ago in Boston.
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SAP has settled a long-running dispute with the California State Controller's office over a failed payroll system upgrade. Under the terms of the agreement, SAP will pay California $59 million and drop a $29 million breach-of-contract lawsuit, as the Sacramento Bee reports:
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