This list celebrates changemakers creating meaningful impact through leadership, innovation, fresh perspectives, transformative mindsets, and lessons that resonate far beyond the workplace.
Why Two-Tier Enterprise Resource Planning Is a Smart Strategy for Growth
This case study examines how Shaw Industries Group, Inc., approached international expansion using a two-tier cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) approach.
Last Friday we had the opportunity to record the 120th episode of DisrupTV, and with we I mean usual host Vala Afshar, and yours truly stepping in for the always on the move Ray R Wang. The show focus was on the Future of Work / HCM research area, so I doubled as moderator and as guest.
Driving Engagement, Micro-Learning, and Enterprise Acceleration | DisrupTV Ep. 120
In this episode of DisrupTV (Episode 120), hosts Vala Afshar and Holger Mueller are joined by David Ossip, Chairman & CEO at Ceridian, and Carol Leaman, CEO at Axonify. The discussion delves into transformative approaches in employee engagement, the evolution of learning methodologies, and strategies for accelerating enterprise performance.
This week Box held their annual conference BoxWorks, with the 2018 theme being "The blueprint for the future of work".
In the two videos below I provide my thoughts on the key themes and product announcements.
Part 1: Three Key Themes in Box's evolution to Cloud Content Management
Reimagining Healthcare Innovation: Insights on Reverse Innovation, Digital Trust & Security | DisrupTV Ep. 119
In Episode 119 of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar speak with three thought leaders:
Slack has raised another $427M bringing their total to $1.2B, yes... with a B. This is their 11th funding round. In the video below, I discuss how I expect Slack's future to involve expansion of native functionality, extending them beyond their roots of group messaging (IRC) to include more core collaboration, coordination and content creation capabilities.
Today, we released 21 new and updated lists from across our coverage areas in the Constellation ShortList™ portfolio. Below is the full list released today:
How AI, Cloud & Human Creativity Converge | DisrupTV Ep. 118
This week's guests:
Bala Rajarama — Fellow and VP, Cloud at IBM
Anurag Harsh — CMO at IPsoft
Naskah Zada — Host & Producer, Zada Show
Hosted by R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar
While the marketing and sales side of customer experience (CX) still receives by far the lion's share of attention and investment today, it's the back end part of the customer journey (support and service) that remains one of the most essential elements, at least as far as the customer is concerned.
We’re excited to announce the latest updates to the Constellation ShortList™ portfolio. Today, we released 18 new and updated lists from across our coverage areas. More to come over the next three weeks!
Below is the full list released today:
From Subscription Models to Customer Centricity | DisrupTV Ep. 117
In Episode 117 of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang (Principal Analyst & Founder of Constellation Research) and Vala Afshar (Chief Digital Evangelist at Salesforce) sit down with three leaders who are reshaping how companies think about growth, customer success, and financial innovation:
Google Cloud Accelerates Movement To Enterprise, Mass Improvements Seen, Much More Required Ahead
Arguably the second or third event for the Google Cloud team brought 25,000 prospects, customers, influencers to Moscone Center for Google Next on July 23rd to 27th, 2018. Customers could see notable improvements in not only the investment made into the event, but also more partner presence at the event. Key takeaways include:
Excellence & Leadership Reimagined: Tom Peters on Soft Skills, Culture & What Lasts | DisrupTV Ep. 116
In Episode 116 of DisrupTV, hosts R “Ray” Wang (Principal Analyst & Founder of Constellation Research) and Vala Afshar (Chief Digital Evangelist at Salesforce) welcome one of the most influential voices in modern management:
It is evident in 2018 now more than ever before that a new breed of executive leader has emerged among the digital ranks of the world's leading organizations.
Google Cloud announcements bring deep learning and big data analytics beyond data scientists, but enterprises will want more.
If last weekâs Google Next 2018 event is any indication, Google Cloud is growing quickly. Registrations for the July 23-26 event topped 25,000, and actual attendance easily doubled the 10,000 at Google Next 2017. Thatâs good, but if this public cloud is going to catch up with also-fast-growing rivals Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure, Google is going to have to play to its strengths.
New deadline August 15, 2018
You now have a few more days to complete your SuperNova Award application! The new deadline to apply for the SuperNova Awards is August 15, 2018.
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The Constellation SuperNova Awards recognize leaders and teams who use disruptive technolgies to transform their organizations.
This week Google held their annual user conference Google Cloud Next. The event covers the entire range of Google offerings, but my focus was primarily on the Gsuite family of collaboration products.
Here are my key takeaways:
After spending time with executives from both IBM and HCL, as well as having discussions with several IBM Business Partners, here are some of my thoughts on the current state of Notes and Domino, and the opportunity available.