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You probably read my piece earlier this year where I described where and how to do Social Business in five easy steps; it was called “Social Business is a Snap”. I put together a deck with that and more information and presented it at Inbound Marketing Summit 2013 yesterday. Here is the deck in case […]
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Tips for a competitive SuperNova Award application.
Also included in this post, an explanation of the SuperNova Award categories and a sample application may be found below.
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I wanted to write this post for a while - and as summer vacations are coming up for me and family as well as fellow readers - I wanted to start a summer series... keeping it with Mark Twain's famous - sorry I wrote you a long letter - I did not have time to write a short one - this could well backfire - but it's worth a try. Shouldn't take more than 2 minutes to read.There seems to be a lot of interest around recruiting functionality in the HR enterprise software space these days... So let's understand why that is...
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The Fast Food Giant Used Social Analytics to Bolster Customer Engagement and Execute the Brand's Most Successful Product LaunchThis is the first in a series of posts highlighting the winners of the 2012 SuperNova Awards for innovators in disrutptive technology. Doritos Locos Tacos: unless you were living under a rock last year the buzz surrounding the crunchy Taco Bell taco with a Dorito shell was inescapable...
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This post was overdue by now - but today's (July 24th 2013) events triggered it into existence, as I wanted to write a post on the OpenStack dynamics as we see them unfolding in the coming quarters since a long time. Cloudscaling's Randy Bias' unbiased (pun intended) open letter to the OpenStack community was just the spark that was needed.
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When I began researching the marketing automation market late last year, it seemed like a crowded market. It seemed clear at the time that the competitive fog produced by the various marketing platforms was obscuring the very real benefits that technology delivers to marketers, and that the end result would be consolidation.Yesterday, Adobe helped clear some of this fog by completing its acquisition of privately held marketing automation vendor, Neolane. What impact will this have? My news analysis can be found here – and the official release here.
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Constellation Research keynoted at Ping Identity’s Cloud Identity Summit 2013 in July. Gathered in front of the Identerati, an Identity Manifesto was presented. The research behind that manifesto has been summarized here in this summary. The final big idea research report will offer insight into four of Constellation’s primary research themes, the Next-Generation Customer Experience, The Future of Work, Matrix Commerce, and the Consumerization of IT and the new C-Suite.
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Is knowledge really power? People are struggling with privacy in this new age of sharing, but sharing could be the only way to the top. Interview with BBC's Kate Russell at Oracle CloudWorld 2013 in London.
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Over the weekend we learned that SAP is making more changes at the top - with Hagemann-Snabe giving up the co-CEO role in May 2014 and likely moving to the supervisory board then.
Questions and scenarios arise: Did Hagemann-Snabe surprise Plattner? Why not co-CEO with Sikka? The German Angle. The Pros and Cons of Co-CEOs.
My analysis.
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The following video is part 2 of 3 of my conversation with BBC Click tech reporter Kate Russell on the BizCouch while at Oracle CloudWorld in London
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Constellation Research, Inc. the research and advisory firm focused how disruptive technologies transform business models announced the publication of ”The Cloud Changes Everything” by Constellation Vice President and Principal Analyst, Holger Mueller. This research report recaps the events of June 20 through June 27 in which Oracle entered into several strategic relationships with Microsoft, Salesforce, and Netsuite, and examines the implications of the Oracle alliances for the market, customers, partners and competitors.Download the report snapshot
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Constellation Research, Inc. the research and advisory firm focused how disruptive technologies transform business models announced the publication of ”The Cloud Changes Everything” by Constellation Vice President and Principal Analyst, Holger Mueller.
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Cloud and HANA saved SAP's Q2 - almostOn July 18th SAP released their 2nd quarter 2013 results. Here's my take on the results.
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[NEWS ANALYSIS] Why Oracle’s Alliances with Microsoft, Salesforce.com and NetSuite Will Change the MarketIn late June 2013, Oracle Corp. released a new version of its flagship database software, Oracle Database 12c, and announced a series of alliances with key software vendors aimed at strengthening Oracle’s presence in the cloud. We analyze how these alliances will change the positioning and usage of these products going forward. Download report snapshot
Constellation recaps the events of June 20 through June 27 and looks into the implications of the Oracle alliances for the market, customers, partners and competitors.
On the last Friday of every month, Vibewire in partnership with the Powerhouse Museum, hosts fastBREAK. Now in its third year, fastBREAK has become an essential part of the Australian creative industries scene – providing a vital showcase for young innovators, artists, creatives and entrepreneurs. The event attracts an eclectic audience, with artists mixing with business people, ballerinas rubbing shoulders with bankers and social entrepreneurs sharing breakfast with venture capitalists and investors. And most importantly of all, it is an event that encourages cross-generational conversations – where people of all ages are inspired to network and engage, fuelled by powerful ideas, great coffee and a creative breakfast from the Black Star Pastry.
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NGA (NorthgateArinso) had their analyst day on July 16th, and it was well attended and provided an update where the company stands and where it plans to go in the coming years. Read on...
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Earlier today IBM announced Q2 2013 financial results. The number of most interest to me is a 22% year over year increase in revenue in the Social Workforce Solutions (formerly Lotus ) division.
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[VIDEO] The rapid pace in which new technologies develop combined with the speed of change of the technology market makes determining the 'disruptiveness' of a technology difficult. I'd like to share with you my methodology for determining if a technology is truly disruptive or merely a sustaining innovation.
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Orange is the New Black, the latest in its offering of original programming, will be renewed for a second season. This really isn't extraordinary news, except that the decision and announcement were made before the premiere of season one was aired.
Commissioning the second season of a television series in advance of the airing of a season one premiere is the latest in a slew of industry-altering decisions made by Netflix (NFLX), turning ripples into waves throughout media and investor communities. Netflix has emerged from a somewhat troubled startup to become the unconventional bellwether for what is to come in the digital media world. In fact, I'd go so far as to draw parallels between Netflix Inc. and Apple Inc.
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[VIDEO] While at Oracle CloudWorld in London, I had the honour of speaking with BBC Click tech reporter Kate Russell on the BizCouch. The first of our three part interview is now available.
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Aaron Levie talks about innovation in enterprise tech, the difficulties he faced securing funding for an enterprise startup, and how Box maintains agility. Interview conducted at Constellation's Connected Enterprise 2012.
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It's been a long time I have looked at Ceridian - and being part of the vendor's yearly user conference Insights in Orlando was a great opportunity to take a fresh look.
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