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Over 20 analysts received a comprehensive briefing starting with CEO Carlos Rordriquez all the way to an update on ADP’s Research activity. Here are my top 3 takeaways.
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At the recent INBOUND2014 conference, HubSpot announced a bold new offering – HubSpot CRM. Now, HubSpot, along with many other marketing automation platforms have long provided a simple CRM-style database – or tight integration to dedicated customer relationship management platforms such as Salesforce. But this feels different. It is different. It is FREE – as part of your HubSpot subscription.
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Another week, another security collaboration launch!
"Simply Secure" calls itself "a small but growing organization [with] expertise in usability research, design, software development, and product management". Their mission has to do with improving the security functions that built-in so badly in most software today. Simply Secure is backed by Google and Dropbox, and supported by a diverse advisory board.
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Top 3 event highlights from Inforum 2014.
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A good move by Cisco, who has realized that there are not only benefits using OpenStack, but serious complexities in implementing and operating OpenStack clouds. If my speculation is right, the Metacloud capabilities will give Cisco the opportunity to run more customer data centers as a service for them.
This all ties back to the crux of the overall cloud game – who spends the CAPEX for the servers and data centers.
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This week enterprise software vendor Infor held their annual customer conference in New Orleans. While Infor may not be a household name the way Microsoft, Google, SAP or Oracle are, they are a massive multibillion dollar company that focuses on solving specific business needs of over 73,000 customers. Rather than simply making CRM or ERP software, Infor focuses on tailoring solutions for specific industries. For example, 95% of the largest aerospace companies use Infor. As do 80% of the major teaching hospitals in the US.
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I have a new academic paper due to be published in October, in the Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy. Here is an extract. Update, Jan 2015: The paper is also available at the Social Science Research Network (SSRN). The collision between Big Data and privacy lawAbstract
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Demands for CDOs across all industries reached fever pitch five minutes ago, but that's old news to you, isn't it?
You were on board years ago. Other C-suite residents may argue that a CDO should be assisted by the patronage of a more established department; however, you know the organization needs an unencumbered leader to drive a digital-first mindset into your organization's DNA.
It's time for you to attend Constellation's Connected Enterprise.
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It’s time to revisit what is happening at SAP a few weeks before TechEd / dcode around HANA Cloud Platform (HCP) and SAP was gracious enough to recently brief me on progress, upcoming new features and latest uptake.
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Master Class: How to Protect Your Customer's Digital Identity and Personal DataA Social Media Week Sydney event #SMWSydneyLaw Lounge, Sydney University Law SchoolNew Law School BuildingEastern Ave, CamperdownFri, Sep 26 - 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
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Earlier this week Foot Locker announced it was going to start testing same day delivery for consumer purchases. This is an excellent case study of what we at Constellation Research are discussing with Matrix Commerce. It is a prime example of where the consumer voice and needs have converged with the retailer’s supply chain.
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We have the opportunity to attend Infor’s user conference Inforum in New Orleans - which is well attended with over 6000 participants.
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We did it! Finally, we reached peak of the hype cycle for Digital Transformation.Now I would like to take the next few minutes of your attention (about 15-20 if you believe Wikipedia) to help you understand where we are, where we are going, and what’s going on right now in the world of Organizations in regards to Digital Transformation.
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Connected Enterprise is not for every CIO.
Connected Enterprise is for the forward-thinking CIO. CIOs who attend Connected Enterprise are not interested in simply maintaining IT systems. CIOs who attend Connected Enterprise are interested in challenging the status quo, breaking down silos, and experiementing with new business models in order to introduce emerging technologies to their organizations.
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SAP SuccessFactor’s yearly North America user conference, SuccessConnect concluded this week in Las Vegas. It was the largest SuccessConnect ever, with over 2200 attendees, a good indicator that the acquisition and integration of SuccessFactors by SAP is on a good track. That was not a guaranteed outcome a year ago – my takeaways of SuccessConnect 2013 as reference are here – and of the Day 1 keynote are here.
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Top 3 takeaways from SuccessConnect 2014.
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Over 1500 customers, partners, and influencers gathered September 8th to 11th, 2014 at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency for the latest US edition of AirWatch Connect. Key announcements from the event include:
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Employer Branding Comes of Age
On September 12th, Glassdoor kicked off its Employer Branding Summit in San Francisco at the Hotel Nikko. Social recruiting, employer branding, and talent acquisition pros gathered to hear how branding impacts the recruiting landscape. Robert Hohman, CEO of Glassdoor welcomed the audience to set the stage (see Figure 1).
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< img alt="Future of Work " src="/system/files/uploads/u2/18CCE2013_ImageThink_day2_HEATON_9o12.jpg" style="width: 150px; height: 101px; float: right;" />You already know the big picture--Constellation's Connected Enterprise is the innovation summit for the enterprise. Now you want to know how attending Connected Enterprise will benefit you as an HR professional.
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I had the opportunity to attend the yearly STG (Server Technology Group) analyst meeting in Greenwich earlier this week. STG is the 4th division in Steve Mills responsibility area of IBM – which by itself is larger than many of the large players in the information technology industry (the other 3 are Cloud and Solutions, Database Solutions and of course Watson).
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Quite a surprise this morning when news was out that HP acquired Eucalyptus. A surprise because HP had previously firmly committed to OpenStack and its related benefits, and become the largest OpenStack contributor.
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