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Brent Kelly applies the Innovator's Dilemma litmus tests to WebRTC to determine if WebRTC is disruptive and truly innovative.
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Jane McGonigal and Chris Meyer to deliver keynote addressesSan Francisco, CA, July 15, 2013 -- Constellation Research, the research and advisory firm focused on how disruptive technologies transform business models today released the preliminary speaker list for the third-annual Connected Enterprise innovation summit. Connected Enterprise is Constellation’s annual innovation-focused executive retreat that is best described as TED for the Enterprise.
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Seeking The Rebels – Pioneers, Early Adopters, and Thought Leaders
Since we started Constellation Research in 2010, we have had a single mission – serve the market leaders and fast followers. Yet, finding these market leaders and fast followers was no easy task. These folks shrugged off the legacy analyst firms as they failed to swiftly recognize and validate trends for good reason. Why, the legacy analyst firms often ignored the needs of the business. These legacy analyst firms would rubber stamp already accepted ideas for their base of IT-centric cautious adopters and laggards years after the business had made key purchases. Just recently, a legacy analyst firm showcased their innovative research around a “nexus of forces” in 2013 that we identified in 2010!
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Jane McGonigal and Chris Meyer to deliver keynote addresses
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There has been a great deal of change in marketing practice over the last decade. There are new channels like social and mobile, new technologies like apps and new ways to measure effectiveness.To take account of the changes, ADMA is kicking off a consultation process to engage marketers with the aim of updating the ADMA Code of Practice by the end of the year. You can participate in a two minute survey on the code here.
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The Internet of Things has expanded in many directions: Smarter Planter, Internet of Everything, Industrial Internet and more, but is in danger of being a passing fancy, unless Sensor Analytics Ecosystems make it relevant.
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Today Oracle announced the availability of Cloud Application Foundation (CAF), and never shy, declared it the #1 Application Foundation across conventional and cloud environments. This is a key step for Oracle to integrate products and make it easier to built applications on the Oracle technology stack. We take a look at the announcement and present our takeaways.
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CEO Steve Ballmer published a long-awaiting memo this morning announcing corporate-wide organizational changes at Microsoft. Although the reorg includes changes across many Microsoft functions, what does it mean specifically for the Dynamics group, which is responsible for Microsoft's business applications?
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Over the last six months or so, I have taken a deep dive into the world of Marketing Automation, Digital Disruption and Mobility and Marketing Trends. And with every report, I see evidence of the situation playing over and over again – there is a growing distance between business and customers. It’s not just a gap anymore – it’s a chasm:
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Deadline for applications July 22, 2013 August 7, 2013The first awards to recognize pioneers, leaders, innovators who use technology to transform businessContinuing the SuperNova Award tradition, we’re searching for the boldest, most transformative technology projects out there. If you or someone you know has what it takes to compete in the SuperNova Awards, fill out the application here: http://www.constellationr.com/content/supernova-awards-application
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HANA in Review: I had the pleasure of being hosted by SAP for a fully loaded day of HANA briefings - and it was an information-rich and very interesting day. Needless to say, I learned a lot - and need to review my position on HANA to be more positive, as more progress has been made by SAP than I previously thought.
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Continuing to explore the new world of Knowledge Management thanks to my sponsored research model, right now with my friends at Coveo, I want to take a moment to focus on an often overused, always misunderstood, and seldom (to the best of my knowledge – no pun intended) related to knowledge metric of FCR (First […]
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As we begin to ramp up our efforts for the second half of 2013, it’s always worth taking a moment to reflect on what has emerged, what is emerging and the gaps that are becoming obvious in our marketing strategy and tactics.My snapshot report on Succeeding in the New Consumerverse reveals four strategies to help marketers win in a state of disruption as usual...
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Constellation Research Awards Ultimate Software Highest Designation for Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights
Third Cloud Based Vendor Certified As “Epic” For Constellation CosmosTM Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights EvaluationsUltimate Software achieved the highest designation, “Epic”, for its performance in the CosmosTM evaluation in the Cloud Apps Suites category.
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Ultimate Achieves Epic Status in Bill of Rights Certification for Cloud Apps Suites
Ultimate Software provides SaaS-based delivery of a Human Resources and Payroll application suite. This application and its contract were evaluated on 61 criteria in the Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights: SaaS Applications. The four main categories include ownership experience, use case support, corporate vision and ecosystem feedback. Constellation rates vendors on a 0- to 5-point scale. Ultimate Software achieved a 4.84 weighted score and achieved the highest certification – Epic - for its achievement in meeting the 61 requirements of the Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights.
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Trends and Opportunities for Digital BusinessConstellation Research often takes a fresh look at the trends affecting digital transformation and the world of business. Rather than starting at the beginning of the calendar year and casting an eye over the following twelve months, our approach is to take our bearings during the full swing of the year.This Quark is a snapshot of the key digital transformation trends that are already evident in 2013 and the opportunities that these represent for business.
Constellation Research Awards Ultimate Software Highest Designation for Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights
Third Cloud Based Vendor Certified As “Epic” For Constellation CosmosTM Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights Evaluations
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With the general availability of the Oracle Database version 12c imminent upon us - it's time to look at what - for now - before more information at the launch webcast tomorrow and real client adoption - is the key feature of 12c.
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Event Report: I was invited by Microsoft to their Build 2013 event in San Francisco this week - and it was an interesting experience, contrasted to the modest events I used to attend in Europe with Microsoft - last century. Microsoft moved the event from Seattle last year to San Francisco and was blessed with unusual and nice warm weather and over 6000 attendees. Supposedly the event sold out in a mere 3 days, attendants were global, we chatted with attendees from 15 different countries, Latin America the most prominent region.
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Just 14 months after announcing the acquisition of Trinicom, Kana has revealed the latest release of its cloud customer service suite for the mid-market, Kana Express. Released on June 27, 2013, the new product reflects the company’s mission “To provide leading customer service solutions that empower our customers to create experiences that count, for their customers wherever they engage”.
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Recap of last week's webinar, "Oracle's Cloud Disruption: is it good or bad for customers?". Slide deck and play-by-play included.
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Recording and tweetstream from the webinar, Oracle's Cloud Disruption: is it good or bad for customers?
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I wish I could get a penny for each time I was asked in the last week or so what I thought of Oracle’s new GTM (go-to-market) strategy. I have said this many times but I finally have some time, 30 minutes or so, to sit down and write it (if you read this before […]
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