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Today the Institute of Industry Analyst Relations named Constellation Research Independent Analyst Firm of the Year! The Constellation team is humbled by this great honor. This is the second IIAR award bestowed upon Constellation since our founding in 2011 when we were named New Firm of the Year.
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Another week - another recap done (late, soory). So here is the content:
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This week has not been a good for the Russian currency, as it has dropped close to 20% versus the US Dollar. Some analyst fear that the Putin and Russia will default on their debt and this might throw the … Continue reading →
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This year end checklist offers suggestions designed to enable you to take control of your digital strategy in 2015. Consider these actions and ensure you dominate digital disruption in the new year.
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Understand How Your Supply Chain Can Benefit from Influx of New Data to Prepare for the Internet of Things
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IoT receives major hype, but ROI depends on industry, product. Learn how to make a smart investment in IoT.
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Case Study: Rackspace
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Rackspace chose to implement a global online community powered by Zimbra to provide its customers with a central place to share questions, discuss challenges, rate content and provide feedback about Rackspace's products.
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How Trends in Human Capital Management (HCM) Will Transform the Employee Journey This research report identifies the emerging trends in Human Capital Management (HCM) and analyzes how they matter to enterprises and Chief People Officers.
Each year at our conference, Constellation’s Connected Enterprise, companies submit case studies in several categories, including next generation customer experiences. This post is about how Rackspace, who was a SuperNova Award Winner for Next Gen Customer Experiences, used a Zimbra Community, along with Rackspaces’s Knowgedge Center and Support Drawer to provide a global online community that […]
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Enterprises are going to need any large scale deployment of IoT sensors not only grouped into standalone IoT functional Services, but in turn those IoT Services will need to be integrated into the Enterprises overall existing operations. However valuable IOT driven functional Services might be, if they are standalone, then all the lessons of the last twenty years of IT in creating automated end to end operational business efficiency through integration are being ignored.
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Boardrooms In Market Leader And Fast Follower Organizations Rapidly Take Action To Address the Digital Chasm AheadConstellation Research surveyed over 200 CXO’s and identified 10 board room priorities for 2015. As anticipated, digital transformation has emerged as a significant board room topic and market leaders and fast followers seek guidance on what elements are required in the design to support digital business.
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Boardrooms In Market Leader And Fast Follower Organizations Rapidly Take Action To Address the Digital Chasm Ahead
Constellation Research surveyed over 200 CXO’s and identified 10 board room priorities for 2015. As anticipated, digital transformation has emerged as a significant board room topic and market leaders and fast followers seek guidance on what elements are required in the design to support digital business.
Digital Transformation is defined as methodology in which organizations transform and create new business models and culture with digital technologies. The driver for digital transformation stems from the fact that since 2000, 52 percent of companies in the Fortune 500 have either gone bankrupt, been acquired or ceased to exist.
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Case Study: University of California Office of the President
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The University of California system, a decentralized network of universities, hospitals, and labs, introduced an e-procurement platform to consolidate the procurement activities of the complex system resulting in greater transparency, collaboration, and waste reduction.
McKinsey & Company recently published How Big Data Can Improve Manufacturing which provides insightful analysis of how big data and advanced analytics can streamline biopharmaceutical, chemical and discrete manufacturing. The article highlights how manufacturers in process-based industries are using advanced analytics to increase yields and reduce costs. Manufacturers have an abundance of operational and shop […]
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I’ve had the opportunity to do a couple of workshops on the value of data in support of leadership -- especially leadership without formal authority. A key issue is that the environment is changing such that we have less face-to-face time for leadership. This increases the value of complements to interpersonal leadership, things like training, tools, and feedback from the work itself. A culture of data can also be an excellent complement to leadership.
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R "Ray" Wang, chairman of Constellation Research and bestselling author of Disrupting Digital Business, shares what you can gain by joining our innovative leaders community, the Constellation Executive Network. If you are not a member yet, we'd love to help you get started. You'd join our analysts in this private community to talk shop and solve business problems in real time. < 90 second video
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Get the gist of the Constellation Executive Network in less time than it takes to brew a cup of coffee. More importantly, figure out what joining the community can do to help you accelerate your business growth. 3.5 minute video
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My last post here on Sensei blogs shared some statistics that demonstrate the disruptive effect of smart phones on the photography habits of consumers. Mobile technology and devices have had a disruptive influence on many aspects of our lives beyond digital photography, which, in turn, has disrupted how businesses must engage consumers. Mobile is Disrupting Traditional Loyalty Read More
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Understanding customer taste and their buying patterns remains a tricky exercise. The story of L.L. Bean and their snow boots is a great example of how challenging it is to accurately predict demand. The Maine clothing and outdoor company is already sold out of their iconic boot. According to the Yahoo report, click here, there is already a 100,000 name long waiting list for the boot. Wow. Talk about a good problem to have, well maybe....
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Here are my takeaways of the two weeks:And here is the content:
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An Engadget report today, "Hangouts eavesdrops on your chats to offer 'smart suggestions'" describes a new "spy/valet" feature being added to Google's popular video chat tool.
"Google's Hangouts is gaining a handy, but slightly creepy new feature today. The popular chat app will now act as a digital spy-slash-valet by eavesdropping on your conversations to offer 'smart suggestions.' For instance, if a pal asks 'where are you?' it'll immediately prompt you to share your location, then open a map so you can pin it precisely."
It's sad that this sort of thing still gets meekly labeled as "creepy". The privacy implications are serious and pretty easy to see.
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New Industry Apps Demonstrate Proficiency of Third-Generation Enterprise Mobile Apps
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This report analyzes the first wave of industry-specific enterprise solutions produced by the IBM MobileFirst for iOS applications partnership.
Here is something to tickle your retail supply chain – we are under 15 days until Christmas. Avoiding the debate over the mass commercialization of the holidays, the reality is that consumers will, or already have, started their shopping engines. … Continue reading →
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Learn about the 9 C's of Customer Engagement, the basic building blocks of customer engagement optimization.
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