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If there is a standard question asked in any meeting involving Digital Business, or even on current IT, by a CEO, or a CIO, then this is the one! Fortunately there is a clear answer that has not yet failed to arouse interest, as the financial benefits are immediately clear and easy to track, yet at the same time it is low on internal operational disruption. Finally, it doesn’t cause conflict with Sales, Marketing or new Digital Officers activities!
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In late February 2015, IBM held their first global Interconnect event in Las Vegas. All major software brands were bought together (with analytics in a support role) to highlight the future of IBM from a software perspective. Clearly given the … Continue reading →
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This is Part 2 of my coverage of the White House #CyberSecuritySummit; see Part 1 here. It would be naive to expect such an event to make actual progress. But on the other hand, the root causes of our cybersecurity dilemma have been well known for years, and this esteemed gathering seemed oblivious to them.Where's the serious talk of preventing cyber security problems? Where is the attention to making e-business platforms and digital economy infostructure more robust?
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I wrote a lengthy report on the future of data… due to several reasons I never got around to publishing it (yet — I’d like to eventually, but now needs some updating). I would like to share some excerpts from this report – such as the one below. Please let me know your thoughts and … Continue reading The Future of Data – An Ultra Brief Summary →
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Last week my colleague Ray Wang and I ventured to Chicago to visit Capgemini and attend their well-organized analyst day. The theme over the two days was pretty clear – innovation is the future for Capgemini. Easy to proclaim, difficult to execute. So can Capgemini live up to their lofty proclamation? Only time will tell but here are three take-aways that indicate they are on the right path:… Continue reading →
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As they say, you only get one chance to make a first impression. Well, spreadsheet/database vendor Airtable gets a 9/10 for creating an amazing first time user experience that helps guide you through getting started. To help you successfully use their product, they:
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An unpublished letter to the editor of The New Yorker, February 2015.The online version of the article is subtitled "Solving an Unsolvable Problem". The apparent oxymoron belies a wondrous pattern we see in mathematical discovery. Conundrums widely accepted to be impossible are in fact solved quite often, and then frenetic periods of innovation usually follow. The surprise breakthrough is typically inefficient (or, far worse in a mathematician's mind, ugly) but it can inspire fresh thinking and lead to polished methods. We are in one of these intense creative periods right now.
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On the morning of March 2nd 2015 the long rumored acquisition of Aruba Networks by HP came through with the official press release (find it here). Here I dissect the press release News Analysis style.
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Over the past year, I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with 19 billionaires. I took the opportunity to ask them for their life lessons and leadership advice. Because these uber successful individuals came from varied backgrounds and industries, I was expecting many different answers. However, I was proven wrong.
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Enterprise Healthcare Management (EHM) is a new category of software that incorporates analytics into healthcare management, thereby enabling organizations to select, deploy, manage, and influence the outcomes of their healthcare investments to better align with business goals.Constellation expects this category of technology to play a key role in improving the future of work by improving the efficacy of health benefits programs while driving down cost through transparency. And while ‘fixing’ the healthcare system requires systemic change, EHM will provide the technological support to organizations navigating the massive transitions ahead.
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IBM's newest event, IBM InterConnect is the combination of multiple conferences that used to be held separately throughout the year. In its inaugural run, IBM did an excellent job in telling a consistent story to their customers that spanned all of the IBM software brands. No longer is there one message about security, another about social, another about mobile, etc. Instead IBM is now combining the products and services of the entire company to creating solutions that leverage all of what IBM has to offer.
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Next week 86,000 people will attend Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. This conference strives to cater to EVERYONE--thus it's easy to lose your focus in the deluge of information. For those interested in disruptive technologies for the enterprise, Constellation Research's early adopter's guide to MWC will keep you on track. Keep these disruptive trends in mind while you're walking the floor, and have a successful MWC.
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Event Report: IBM InterconnectI had the opportunity to attend IBM InterConnect in Las Vegas this week. We saw a number of medium size announcements, which all point toward steady progress. Here are my top 3 takeaways.
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Your enterprise relies on sophisticated management of its manufacturing processes together with its network of sub contractors to utilize expensive assets. Increasingly you need to improve the cohesive operational management in response to calls for more ‘agility’ in responsiveness to market demands. Q. How do you really get the operational game change needed by using real-time IoT sensing data?
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An updated list of social business and collaboration vendors
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Last week I published a report, Inside the 9 Cloud Trends Every CXO Needs to Know in 2015. This report assesses the state of the cloud market and identifies nine trends influencing cloud technology. Let's take a look at these trends.
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Last week the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) published their rules and regulations for the oversight of drone usage within the United States. Many will and have argued that these these restrictions severely limit the promise of drones for supply chains and deliveries. This does nor mean there are not some use cases that supply chains can take advantage of immediately.
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It is end of February and it is time to make it to Las Vegas for IBM InterConnect, the new mega IBM event, combining three separate previous events. Spanning from Mandalay Bay to MGM Grand it will for sure get those health tracker stats up – but better one mega event than 3 trips…
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My latest report is a best practices guide for sales leaders and teams looking to use social to transform their average-performing sales teams into top performers. This report addresses the social selling concerns of the weary social selling novice to the experienced sales leader seeking to improve the efficiency of their social sales team. Here are four steps to creating a social selling organization.
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How Enterprise Healthcare Management Improves the Health of Enterprises and Their Employees
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Market overview of the EHM market. Constellation expects EHM to influence the future of work by improving the efficacy of health benefits programs while driving down costs via transparency.
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The State of Human Capital Management Technology in 2015
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This report reveals seven trends influencing the future of HCM. Find out how organizations will manage their most valuable resource: their people.
My latest piece of research: How to Create a Social Selling OrganizationIn speaking to many sales leaders and sales reps (especially outside of Silicon Valley) they were wondering, “Would social selling make a difference to my sales organization and our sales results?” Having been in the “social media / digital world” for a while I found that an interesting question. But often if you are in the mix of something you can’t see what others can’t see. So I did some research on social selling to back up what my gut what was telling me, i.e., “Yes, social selling makes a tremendous difference to a sales organization’s bottomline.”...
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Enterprise healthcare management (EHM) technology is a category of software that incorporates analytics into the typical employer-provided healthcare solution. EHM enables employers to maximize their healthcare investments by improving the delivery of healthcare for employees, and identifying previously unknown opportunities uncovered by data.
My latest report provides a market overview of the EHM market. The report will be published February 23, 2015. Check back soon for more details.
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