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On March 10th 2014 SAP and Accenture announced the formation of a Business Solutions Group to be formed in San Jose. Enterprise application vendors like SAP have a long history to form partnerships with system integrators (Sis). So is there something different in this announcement?
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I'll be hosting a core conversation today at 5 pm in Hilton 616AB.
What is a core conversation?
"The informal discussions that take place in the hallways between sessions have traditionally been one of the most productive parts of the SXSW Interactive Festival. In 2008 we formalized this process by adding our Core Conversation program, sessions in which a single moderator leads an open discussion with attendees around a specific topic for an hour's time."
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[Event Report] We had the chance to learn from Oracle executives about the company’s progress in all things cloud, at a recent event in Palm Springs. It was good to see that Oracle communicated openly and with candor where the company stands in regards getting ready for and taking advantage of the cloud era. Oracle is and remains committed to the cloud. Thomas Kurian who kicked of the day of briefings was crystal clear on that. All prior irritations of the past are history and there can be no question that the product development executives we spoke to are fully committed to cloud. Maybe even a little too much – as in my view too many products got the as a Service suffix – not sure how many ‘aaS’ products customer will really want to deal with.
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I’m thrilled to be attending the Marketo Marketing Nation Summit 2014. Here is more information if you’re interested in joining me:
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In his On Demand Education blog, Richard Napier looks at where in the world Siebel is most popular.
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In his Siebel Essentials blog, Alexander Hansal continues his exploration of the world's favorite on premise CRM system by describing some helpful upgrade utilities.
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Constellation Applies A Futurist Framework To Guide 2014 Outlook and Beyond
Constellation’s research team uses a tried and true futurist framework that looks at the political, economic, societal, technological, environmental and legislative (PESTEL) shifts ahead. The strategic assumptions from Constellation’s 2014 PESTEL framework form the basis for the business theme-led research. Over the next 36 months, research from each business theme will factor these trends into the overall research agenda. The goal in 2014 is to help clients not only navigate, but also dominate digital disruption.
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Insights from Constellation's Annual Next-Generation CIO Survey
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This report delivers the results of the annual next-generation CIO survey conducted by Constellation Research.Survey results showed that while CIOs prefer to spend more time on innovation projects, most CIOs must spend their time battling to achieve reduction of cost in IT delivery. Using Constellation's organizational DNA framework, CIOs can understand how much change they can expect their organization to consume and they can gauge their ability to affect the thought process and culture.
Constellation Orbits member, Chris Meyer, discusses how the spread of capitalism will change business everywhere.
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Get ready for the future. Chris Meyer elaborates on the elements of our society that will change as a result of the proliferation of the internet.
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As an analyst, I've always valued the perspective of firsthand experience. So next week I'll be an active participant in the collaborative economy during SXSW in Austin: I've registered as an uberX driver.
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In a virtual press conference SAP’s Vishal Sikka in conversation with Jonathan Becher went through two press releases that the company just published.Let’s look first at the key statements in the cloud press release:
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Richie Etwaru and John Nosta discuss AI, implantables, and more in this fast-paced interview.
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Tiffany Parker and Sheniya Brown of Wilmington, Delaware, exchanged heated messages on Facebook over a mutual love interest, and the conflict escalated considerably when they subsequently encountered each other in public and became embroiled in a physical altercation. The Parker court ultimately concluded that social media evidence was no different from any other evidence and that it was thus subject to the same authentication test as any other exhibit.
While the prosecution in the Parker case achieved a favorable result, it faced a concerted challenge on the authenticity of the evidence, and as we have seen in other cases, relying on simple printouts of social media site pages is a very risky value proposition. This highlights the importance of utilizing best practices technology such as X1 Social Discovery to ensure all supporting metadata and other key circumstantial evidence is properly and comprehensively collected to ensure proper authentication of social media and other website evidence.
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Event Report: Microsoft Convergence 2014 Day 1 Demonstrates Solid Momentum and Mindshare ( #CONV14 )
Microsoft Convergence Kicks Off In AtlantaThe annual Microsoft Convergence customer event kicked off on March 4th, 2014. Far from the days of the Stampede in Fargo, North Dakota, the event shows how far the Microsoft Dynamics customers, partners, and products have progressed. Analysis from four key announcements on Day 1 include:...
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One of the most common questions and requests I receive from readers is who the best companies are to work for. I’ve put together the following analysis based on the latest Computer Reseller News list The 100 Coolest Cloud Computing Vendors Of 2014.
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If I can go back to high school and pick my own teacher, it would be Mr. Louis Zulli Jr. – a teacher from Centre of Advanced Technologies in Tampa, Florida. He spearheaded a fantastic magnet program that lets high school students develop SharePoint solutions for the school. Examples of these impressive solutions:...
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Constellation Research announced today the appointment of Peter Kim as Chief Strategy Officer and Principal Analyst. Kim, whose research focuses on Digital Marketing Transformation, expands Constellation’s ability to provide marketing leadership research/solutions to its early adopter clients worldwide. The addition of Kim, a leading analyst in digital marketing and social business, signals Constellation's growing momentum in bringing together the brightest, innovation-minded analysts to serve its early adopter clients.
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Siebel veteran Doug Laird has joined Couchbase as its Chief Marketing Officer. Laird will lead marketing world wide and is charged with establishing the company as the market leader for enterprise NoSQL databases.
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Today at the SharePoint Conference 2014 (#SPC14) Microsoft unveiled Office Graph, a new architecture layer that maps the connections between people and content across the Office 365 family of products. Office Graph is not something people will see directly, instead it is a "behind the scenes layer" that will be used by developers to create user experiences that surface the information in various ways. Think of it more like the electrical wiring running through your house. You don't interact with the wires themselves, but they do provide a way for devices to connect to plugs to get power.
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[Video] I had the pleasure of speaking with the always charismatic Dux Raymond Sy last night about collaboration, social business, SharePoint and other enterprise software topics. Below is the 6 min video and if you want to hear more about this, please come to my SharePoint conference session at 10:45am on Tuesday.
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How Technology Disruptions Affect Your System Integrator SelectionDownload the Quark snapshot
This Quark provides enterprises with an eight-step guide to selecting a system integrator. The report also shows system integrators how to change their positioning and services in order to remain successful players in a rapidly shifting market.
Constellation Research announced today the appointment of Peter Kim as Chief Strategy Officer and Principal Analyst.
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In 2012, California generated more than 25% of the patents granted by the United States Patent Office (USPO) with almost 35,000 patents granted to citizens or organizations from California; the USPO granted a meek approximate 8,500 patents to citizens and organizations from New York, and as few as 32 from Alaska.
Startling? Not so much, but hold your horses, in 2012 Japan filed almost twice the amount of patents filed by citizens and organizations from California with the USPO granting almost 53,000 patents to citizens and organizations from Japan, Germany at approximately 15,000 (about half that of California), and the United Kingdom at approximately 6,000 (around the amount form New York).
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