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Let’s be frank. The past five years at Oracle Open World have disappointed even the faithful. The over emphasis on hardware marketing and revisionist history on cloud adoption bored audiences. The $1M paid advertorial keynotes had people walking out on the presenters 15 minutes into the speech. Larry Ellison’s insistence on re-educating the crowd on his points subsumed the announcements on Fusion apps. Even the cab drivers found the audience tired, the show even more tiring.
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Different Strategies for Moving Ahead with Siebel Implementations and Methods to Assess Your CareerDownload the report snapshotOracle Siebel is a mature application showing signs of both robustness and age. With Oracle sending mixed messages about the product’s future, this market overview helps current customers determine where they stand with Siebel and the different directions in which they can take their implementation. The report also includes a section with career advice for people with Siebel skills. The intent of this paper is to provide readers with both objective and subjective methods of evaluating the information they receive so they can make the right decision for their business and influence the direction of their careers.
I had the opportunity to attend Twiliocon this week, and what I saw there convinced me that the way organizations reach out and communicate with their customers or constituents has changed forever.
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While it was in June that Oracle surprised the ecosystem with the surprising partnerships with Microsoft, NetSuite and Salesforce.com. It was today Salesforce.com and Workday's time to announce a strategic partnership. Of course it was mere coincidence that the announcement fell on the same day as Oracle’s Q1 FY 2014 earnings announcements and equally happens 2 workdays before Oracle Openworld starts. Hony soit qui mal
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The state of Siebel in 2013 J. Bruce Daley discusses options for your siebel implementation, how to evaluate your stance with siebel, & steps you can take with your siebel career. Download slides.
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"Where Do You Stand with Siebel" webinar recording, slides, and Siebel implementation evaluation survey now available.
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I can still remember the first time I heard about this little startup called Box.net who decided to play David to Microsoft's SharePoint Goliath by providing a simple web based file sharing service. Fast forward a few years and not only has that startup renamed themselves to Box.com, but they have evolved far beyond their "file manager in the cloud" roots to become a powerful content centric platform that straddles (and blurs) the lines between file-sharing, enterprise content management, collaboration and more.
Today in front of approximately 3000 people at their 3rd annual BoxWorks conference in San Francisco, Box made several important announcements:
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With one of the largest - if not the largest - user conference dawning on us in the less than a week - Oracle OpenWorld - starting September 22nd in Moscone Center in San Francisco, I thought it would be good to get the topics sorted that we all would like to know more when returning from the event.
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When I first started blogging I voraciously read Darren Rowse’s Problogger website. It seemed like every conceivable issue I was facing had already been tackled and fixed by Darren. Similarly, I followed Yaro Starak’s advice, thinking I’d tread the entrepreneurial path. And when it came to marketing, I’d look to Olivier Blanchard’s insightful Brand Builder blog.But I wasn’t really looking for a “how to guide” – I was seeking to learn the ropes. To understand the ways of this new, digital world.
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During the last election, I was constantly amazed by the way that politicians of all persuasions bored us to death with FACTS. It was as if they were following a mantra which was to wheel out fact after fact as though they would eventually convince us through the weight of their overburdened arguments alone.
We would hear about HOW many jobs had been created. Or HOW much debt had been accumulated. But hardly, if ever, would anyone dive below the facts to discover anything deeper. Once upon a time, journalists would have done the hard work of contextualising the facts – connecting the dots, explaining the WHYs and WHEREFOREs – and otherwise telling the story that the facts alone never reveal.
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Constellation Research to Hold Webinar on Where You Stand with Siebel September 18, 2013
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The past decade has seen a dramatic expansion of countries legislating data protection laws in response to citizens’ insistence that their privacy is as precious as ever. Consumerized cryptography promises absolute secrecy. Privacy has long stood in opposition to the march of invasive technology: it is the classical immovable object met by an irresistible force.
So how robust is privacy? And will the latest technological revolution finally change privacy forever?
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The Workday Rising conference has concluded and - fair to say - it was a very good event for Workday. There is something naturally exhilarating for customers, partners and vendor when their is significant growth - everything gets bigger and better including a user conference like Rising. And customer and partners are invigorated to see more companies being on board, doing the same as them.
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With this mornings announcement of SAP announcing it's intention to acquire San Francisco based analytics vendor KXEN, we may be witnessing the beginning of the fall season of acquisitions by the usual suspects.
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Not much I can add, just read this tweet. The brain receives about 40,000,000 pieces of information every second – Only 40 of those are actually consciously processed. — UberFacts (@UberFacts) September 10, 2013
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How to Attack or Defend an Installed Base by Understanding How to Qualify the Success of Legacy ApplicationsDownload the report snapshot
This report helps sales representatives determine how likely a legacy implementation is to be converted so they can qualify opportunities and threats more quickly.
SaaS Adoption Gains Ground, Based on Outstanding Economic CharacteristicsReport snapshot available for downloadIrvine, CA – September 10, 2013. Constellation Research, Inc. announced today the publication of "SaaS Adoption Trends and Customer Experience” by Constellation Vice President and Principal Analyst, Frank Scavo. Based on survey results from Computer Economics, this report documents the increasing adoption levels and investment rates for SaaS applications across all categories and recommends best practices for buyers in evaluating and contracting with SaaS providers.
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As Software-as-a-Service Gains Market Share, Buyers Must Follow Best Practices in Evaluating and Contracting with SaaS ProvidersDownload the report snapshotBased on the Computer Economics annual survey of technology trends, this report quantifies the current adoption and investment trends for software as a service (SaaS) as well as the benefits that are driving companies to expand their SaaS implementations. We assess these trends by organization size, sector and geography. In terms of economics, we look at the ROI and TCO experience of those that have adopted SaaS solutions. We conclude with practical advice for those considering deployment of software as a service.
General Catalyst, Summit, and Yuchun Lee To Take Clarabridge To Next Phase Of GrowthRapidly growing Reston, VA based Clarabridge, announced on September 10, 2013 a $80 million round of capital. Founded in 2006, Clarabridge is a leading provider of customer experience solutions. The funding announcement is significant as Clarabridge:...
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SaaS Adoption Gains Ground, Based on Outstanding Economic Characteristics
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Data-to-Decisions [D2D] is one of the broadest business research themes that Constellation Research covers, touching every area of governmental, personal and business decision making. I want to congratulate the 11 finalists in D2D and introduce you to them. For it's you, the reader of this blog, those who are interested in disruptive, innovative decision making, the public who find this page, who will decide the winner from these finalists. And now it's up to you, the public, and to the judges to make the final decisions.
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The polls are now open for the 2013 SuperNova Awards!Polls close on October 9, 2013 at midnight, PT. The 2013 SuperNova Award winners will be announced on October 30, 2013 at the SuperNova Awards Gala Dinner which is held on the first night of Constellation's Connected Enterprise.
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The yearly Workday Rising conference is coming upon us - a key event for Workday, customers and the overall HCM market... All eyes in the HCM world will be on Moscone Center from September 9th to 12th, and with that Workday has earned the attention of a whole industry and market.After this week I'd like to have insight to the following...
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Industry veteran joins Constellation Research to extend coverage of enterprise software by publishing first report and holding first webinar.Download the report snapshot
Constellation Research, Inc., the award-winning research and advisory firm focused on disruptive technologies today announced the addition of J. Bruce Daley to the research team as Vice President and Principal Analyst covering mobility, sales force automation, and front office professional services. Daley’s research will focus on those trends driving the adoption, implementation, and modernization of enterprise class technology. Daley will also cover sales force automation (SFA) for Constellation with an emphasis on mobile technology. The addition of Daley bolsters Constellation’s ability to provide its clients with the most comprehensive analysis of disruptive technologies.
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