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In this Microsoft Ignite 2015 session that I presented, I share practical steps and effective techniques to manage your multi-device and multi-generational workforce.
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In the early hours before its yearly user conference Convergence in downtown Los Angeles, Cornerstone announced Cornerstone Edge, a PaaS, which represents an important announcement in product capability.
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Today, IT departments have an unprecedented opportunity to transform their business by providing solutions that help people get things done more efficiently, from anywhere and […]
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Below is the presentation Microsoft Senior Director Bryan Goode and I gave at Microsoft Ignite 2015 about the state of collaboration and the rise of more dynamic and automated tools and teams.
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Over the course of the next 10 weeks, I’ll be sharing one lesson per week. For traditional businesses to succeed, they will have to apply all 10 lessons from Disrupting Digital Business in order to not only survive, but also relearn how to thrive.
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Netsuite comes of age and appeals to five types of buyers. Here's my analysis of the major announcements.
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SAP invited me to attend Sapphire and I gladly attended the conference in Orlando. I missed the attendance number, but I’d say it was the same like last year. The exhibitor area of the show floor was even more dense, so more partner interest, spend and investment than last year (my guestimate).
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It’s time for another edition of Infographic Friday. Today’s content comes to us from Nikolai Vetter and the SAP Community Network who takes us through a hypothetical match day experience of a modern fan, showing the logical connections between traditional actions (ordering tickets, meeting up with friends, buying merchandise) with digital enhancements (sharing via social, mobile replays and geolocation).
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The marketing skills gap is a hot topic right now. No matter how many clients, colleagues or competitors that I speak with, it’s clear that the marketing industry is facing a skills crisis. And the questions and discussions are often the same: Do we have the right people? How do we understand data and put […]
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The SuperNova Awards honor leaders that demonstrate excellence in the application and adoption of new and emerging technologies. If you or someone you know has what it takes to compete in the SuperNova Awards, fill out the application today!
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Constellation is on a mission to profile all disruptive technology vendors. These profiles will help buyers understand and evaluate technology companies before entering into contract. Each vendor profile contains a company overview, identifies key differentiators, product offerings, and provides a short list guide for buyers.
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My latest report, Customer Data: The Missing Link to Customer Success explains how successful organizations will utilize customer data to power their business initiatives in the digital era. Customer data is your organization's most strategic asset. Use it the right way to rise above your competitors, delight your customers, and create a sustainable digital business. Constellation's seven-step customer data framework will show you how.
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Many brands have been coming to me for years to try and figure out what to do about customer frustration. At the end of the day, it might be that a brand has to completely rethink of the customer experience, from the customer’s point of view. Often what happens if a company looks at the customer journey from the company’s point of view is that they miss why customers are frustrated. It’s often that, even during the experience between a customer and a company, that the company can’t see why a customer is frustrated.
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SAP signaled a deeper embrace of big data platforms on Wednesday at SAPPHIRE with the announcement that it will create a deeper integration with Hadoop using Apache Spark as a low-latency, in-memory connector and data-filtering mechanism. The announcement, signals that SAP is counting on Hadoop as a high-scale storage container in Internet-of-Things (IoT) deployments and other scenarios where data-collection and data-processing needs are geographically distributed. SAP’s announcement shows that it has thought through the workloads and bottlenecks likely to be encountered in real-world IoT deployments.
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Constellation's Seven Step Framework for Customer Data This technology trends report addresses why organizations must embrace master data as an asset.
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Vendor Profile: Syncsort This vendor profile provides an overview of Syncsort and identifies key differentiators, product offerings, and a short list guide for buyers.
Oracle HCM shares its roadmap at the Oracle HCM Analyst Summit in Redwood Shores. Here are my top three takeaways from the event.
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Fresh off the first of the Digital Disruption Tour events, I am reflecting on the wonderful conversation that Ray Wang lead with his keynote speech, really defining this new era of business. If you want to really understand what he’s talking about, you not only must see him speak — he draws such a clear […]
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IBM CEO Ginni Rometty cited evidence that the Watson business is quickly scaling up, attracting “tens of thousands” of developers, hundreds of partners, and growing list of companies deploying Waston apps. She cited Development Bank of Singapore (DBS), which put an investment-advisor application into production in March.IBM Watson is at the nexus of companies and industries overwhelmed with information and human decision makers struggling to make smart decisions and to offer well-informed advice to customers. If that description fits your company, you might consider cogntive computing even if you’re not looking to “change the world.”
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My three takeaways from day 2 at Sapphire in Orlando: Decision support for manufacturing, HANA cloud platform for IoT, Hadoop/Spark to coexist with HANA. I am worried that SAP overstated the scope and capability of S/4HANA – I'm left wondering how all 25 industry codes can be available just three months after launch.
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Today's Microsoft is vastly different from just a few years ago. Collaboration is now central to their OS, applications and even devices.Download The State of Collaboration in 2015
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A recap of some of the interesting partnerships and campaigns in the sports business.
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Join my colleagues Ray Wang and Alan Lepofsky in Atlanta on May 14th as we discuss how digital is impacting business. Ray will highlight and delve into his recent book – Disrupting Digital Business. While Alan will lead discussions on how the intersection of analytics and collaboration tools will power the next generation of productivity software.
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It is spring and the partnership announcements are blossoming… In April it was NetSuite and Ultimate, and in May it is IBM and SAP partnering in the HCM market. Here I dissect the news and identify implications for partners, competitors, and customers.
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