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According to the FT in its piece about the latest iPad upgrade (January 30, 2013), Philip Schiller, Apple’s SVP of Worldwide Marketing, said 120m iPad owners were using these “rather than their old PCs” to fulfil both “business and personal needs”. The implication, at least according to Mr Schiller, seems that to be that the [...]
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At IBM Connect, Sametime has barely had any mention on the main stage. Furthermore, as one looks at the show program, there are only a couple of sessions on Sametime.
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The messages at this morning’s IBM Connect keynote event were clear: The future is “Social” and the new language of business is “Analytics”. Welcome to the future.All morning these messages were evangelized and demonstrated, from IBM executives and their demo teams, to clients like Bosch, Caterpillar and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, and even from a Hollywood star-slash-collaborative film development entrepreneur. Each spoke on the transformational role that collaborative, social engagement is having in our business and personal lives, changing how we work, play, create, engage and in some cases even how we’re paid or rewarded for our efforts.
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Today at IBM Connect (the conference formerly known as Lotusphere), IBM unveiled their vision for how businesses can find, attract and hire the best employees; empower those people to get their jobs done as effectively as possible; and motivate them to be happy, productive and successful employees with long and rewarding careers. These three areas combine to deliver what IBM refers to as the Smarter Workforce.
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On August 7th, 2012, CDC Software and Consona Corporation merged to form Aptean. Over the past six months, Monte Ford, the president of Aptean has made key executive hires, committed to new product investments, and rationalized overhead. Key points in the acquisition include:
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The Latest Silicon Valley Disruption Is…A Car?It’s all the rage in the valley. No, it’s not the latest social, mobile, and big data app. No, it’s not some cloud computing break through. No, it’s not even bio tech. It’s actually a car.
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Apply Constellation’s Adoption Framework to Ensure Organizational Success
Disruptive technology powers today’s business strategy. The creation of new business models, the drive toward transformational innovation and the consumerization of technology put pressure on organizations to improve adoption of technology and innovation. This best practices research paper brings to life Constellation’s frameworks and methodologies to help executives improve their adoption success.
Two boutique market research firms across the Pacific collaborate for innovative researchSILICON VALLEY, California., and TOKYO, Japan – January 23, 2013 – Constellation Research, Inc. and Information Technology Research (ITR) of Japan today announced that they have entered into a strategic alliance to bring Constellation Research’s insights about disruptive technologies and business models for creating transformational innovation to the Japanese market.Constellation Research expands its presence into Japan
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Two boutique market research firms across the Pacific collaborate for innovative research
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Next week IBM will be putting on IBM Connect, the conference formerly known as Lotusphere. Leading up to the event, I've been pointed to several websites, so I thought I'd share them all here to make things "easier" for people.
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SAN FRANCISCO – January 22, 2012 Constellation Research, Inc.
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Successful Stakeholder Interactions in the Digital Age
Organizations today have a once-in-a-decade opportunity to use social media channels to improve stakeholder engagement. Transformation of internal engagement on the employee level and external engagement on the customer level, for example, requires a careful interaction strategy. The Nine C's of engagement provide a best practices methodology for crafting the appropriate strategy.
SAN FRANCISCO – January 22, 2012 Constellation Research, Inc. the research and advisory firm focused on disruptive technologies today announced the publication of “Building Your Interaction Strategy with the 9 Cs of Engagement” by Constellation CEO and Principal Analyst, R “Ray” Wang.
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Investment in IP will accelerate Indian IT firms’ growth Buyers want next gen IT services, outcomes from Indian IT vendorsReport criticizes partnerships with mega software vendors
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Why Customers and Vendors Will Shift from Low-Margin IT Services to High-Value, High-Margin Outcomes
Today’s Indian IT services firms have maxed out their current business models. The shift in technology decision-making to the business side, along with buyers’ need for innovation and their move to purchasing business outcomes (rather than just technology), have altered the demand-side environment in the technology space. On the other hand, commoditization of services, vendor consolidation, erosion of the offshore cost advantage, and intense competition from the big multinational providers have all led to declining margins among most Indian IT services providers.
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The future of commerce is Matrix Commerce
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How to Design for Buyer-Centricity in a People- to-People (P2P) World
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Amid the proliferation of new technologies, business models and economic conditions, a new buyer-centric world has emerged. Consumerization of technologies, manifested in trends such as social networking, mobility, cloud services and Big Data, has raised the expectations of buyers as to the art of the possible. The result - a growing digital divide has emerged between organizations that adopt disruptive technologies and those who fail in creating business transformation.
Constellation recommends 10 strategies for sellers to align themselves for buyer-centricity while meeting revenue goals and offsetting margin pressures. The first strategy starts with active listening. The last strategy warns organizations to stay vigilant in managing complexity.
SAN FRANCISCO – January 16, 2013 Constellation Research, Inc. the research and advisory firm focused on disruptive technologies today announced the publication of “Introducing Matrix Commerce” by Constellation Principal Analyst and CEO, R “Ray” Wang.
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SharePoint 2013 will revolutionise how we work. Easily share ideas, automate processes, discover answers and keep track of what your … Read More →
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SAN FRANCISCO – January 16, 2013 Constellation Research, Inc. the research and advisory firm focused on disruptive technologies today announced the publication of “Introducing Matrix Commerce” by Constellation Principal Analyst and CEO, R “Ray” Wang. This Big Idea report, on the heels of NRF 2013, explains and establishes the concept of Matrix Commerce as the force that will shape the future of ecommerce and internet retailing. The report informs decision makers about basic commerce concepts, trends to expect in 2013 and beyond, and provides tips about how to prepare for the impact of Matrix Commerce.
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An impressive number of IT and Business leaders from across EMEA have converged upon Dubai this week to participate in Oracle’s CloudWorld, an executive event focused on the disruptive technologies of social, mobile and, of course, Cloud. One of the common conversations taking place amongst conference delegates is the impact of these technologies on the IT organization – fundamentally, is cloud making IT irrelevant?
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Next Stop On The Road To HANA: SAP Business SuiteIn a global announcement in Palo Alto, New York and Frankfurt, SAP’s top executives Dr. Vishal Sikka, Rob Enselin, Jim Haggeman Snabe, and legendary founder and chairman Dr. Hasso Plattner announced availability of SAP’s Business Suite powered by SAP HANA. SAP has rewritten the Business Suite to work on SAP’s HANA platform and believes that customers will benefit for four reasons:
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