Chief Analytics Officer

Orbits Blog

January 27, 2026

Scaling Resilience Through Strategic Partnerships: How Boards Build Pivotable Ecosystems Amid Tech Tectonics

Board Strategy

Boards that simply approve partnership agreements and wait for quarterly reports are governing for compliance, not resilience, and this distinction will determine which companies s...

Dr. David Bray

Analyst Blog

January 20, 2026

What's Agentic Commerce Without Infrastructure? (Distillation Aftershots)

Board Strategy

In this issue, we have to talk about agentic commerce, given how much it was discussed at NRF this past week. The last time we addressed it was an intro to the topic; this time, we...

Esteban Kolsky

Insight News

January 20, 2026

Agentic AI experiences will determine enterprise winners

Data to Decisions

Agentic AI to date has revolved around architecture, standards, use cases, process automation and productivity, but customer experiences and visions of reinventing categories are m...

Larry Dignan

Insight News

January 20, 2026

ServiceNow expands OpenAI partnership

Data to Decisions

ServiceNow said that it has expanded its multi-year partnership with OpenAI in a move that will revolve around computer-use automation, expanded AI tools and workflows using techno...

Larry Dignan

Insight News

January 20, 2026

OpenAI’s 2026 focus on practical AI points to enterprise

Data to Decisions

OpenAI has $20 billion in annual recurring revenue, but perhaps the bigger news is that the company's 2026 focus revolves around quot;practical adoptionquot; in health, science and...

Larry Dignan

Orbits Blog

January 19, 2026

From Boardroom to Operations: Building Human-Machine Partnerships That Balance Speed with Wisdom

Board Strategy

Bad actors are deploying AI to exploit vulnerabilities faster than human defenders can detect them, creating a speed-wisdom paradox: organizations need machine-speed responses but ...

Dr. David Bray

Analyst Blog

January 15, 2026

How Should Executives Think of AI in 2026?

Board Strategy

Plenty has been said about how AI should be done over the next 10+ years. What about today's concerns for the next 12 months? How should executives discuss AI in the enterprise for...

Esteban Kolsky

Insight News

January 13, 2026

Walmart's agentic commerce vision: Practical, personalized, immersive and less scrolling

Data to Decisions

Walmart's head of AI acceleration, product and design riffed on OpenAI ChatGPT and Google Gemini for agentic commerce, transformation, the retailer's role in the AI economy and the...

Larry Dignan

Orbits Blog

January 12, 2026

Fiduciary Duty in the Gray Zone: What Boards Must Know About Converging Geopolitical and Technology Risks

Board Strategy

While Davos leaders debate cooperation, corporate Boards face immediate, high-stakes threats: hardware vulnerabilities exploited by 15-year-long systematic campaigns, fragmented AI...

Dr. David Bray

Insight News

January 11, 2026

Google launches agentic commerce tools, Universal Commerce Protocol, Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience

Data to Decisions

Google is making its play to lead agentic AI commerce across its units as it combines AI Mode commerce features and agents with a new end-to-end commerce protocol and Google Cloud'...

Larry Dignan

Insight News

January 09, 2026

NRF 2026: Agentic AI commerce, frontline workers, customer experiences

Data to Decisions

Retailers are busy trying to figure out agentic AI driven commerce and keep frontline workers engaged so they can drive customer experience. Those are the key themes from the Natio...

Larry Dignan

Insight News

January 09, 2026

OpenAI doubles down on health, targets providers and patients

Data to Decisions

OpenAI is planning on being a healthcare industry AI player with the launch of OpenAI for Healthcare, a HIPAA-compliant version of ChatGPT for clinicians, just days after debuting ...

Larry Dignan

Analyst Blog

January 05, 2026

Monday's Musings: Davos 2026 - In A Spirt of Dialogue, Conversation Starters For Debate (Part 1)

Data to Decisions

Another year, another Davos. With 3000 official and 5000 unofficial attendees at UnDavos and a host of amazing side events, the beginning of the year marks a rite of passage for th...

R "Ray" Wang

Insight News

December 30, 2025

Meta hopes to accelerate its AI agent plans with Manus acquisition

Data to Decisions

Meta acquired Manus in a deal that aims to give the company a rare win in artificial intelligence after a year of revamping. Manus is critical to fleshing out Meta CEO Mark Zuckerb...

Larry Dignan

Analyst Blog

December 29, 2025

News Analysis: Why 2025 Became The Age of AI

Data to Decisions

lt;pgt;From AI breakthroughs to infrastructure investments, 2025 reshaped the tech landscape. CGTN's Sally Ayhan spoke to Ray Wang, Principal Analyst at Constellation Research, abo...

R "Ray" Wang

Analyst Blog

December 24, 2025

News Analysis: ServiceNow Buys Armis, Top 5 Trends For 2026

Data to Decisions

lt;pgt;Five Market Trends for 2026 and the ServiceNow Armis Deallt;/pgt; lt;pgt;Today on Fox Business Network with Ashley Webster on Varney and Co, 5 Market Trends for 2026 were...

R "Ray" Wang

Analyst Blog

December 18, 2025

HOT TAKE: Salesforce Solidifies Agentic Sales Engagement with Qualified Pickup

Next-Generation Customer Experience

lt;pgt;Salesforce has made some big MA investments to make its agentic vision a reality. But sometimes, the smaller deals that actually play into core go-to-market motions can have...

Martin Schneider

ConstellationTV

December 17, 2025

2025 Enterprise Awards | CRTV's Best & Worst in Enterprise Technology

Future of Work

The results are in! We are excited to announce the 2025 Enterprise Awards, recognizing the standout leaders, innovations, breakthroughs, and yes, a few unforgettable flops that sha...

Chirag Mehta

Esteban Kolsky

Holger Mueller

Larry Dignan

Martin Schneider

Michael Ni

R "Ray" Wang

Analyst Blog

December 17, 2025

Constellation 2025 Enterprise Awards

Data to Decisions

lt;pgt;This year’s Enterprise Awards honor the trailblazers driving this next chapter of enterprise transformation. After a spirited debate across our analyst team, we’re proud to ...

Liz Miller

Larry Dignan

R "Ray" Wang

Holger Mueller

Martin Schneider

Chirag Mehta

Michael Ni

Esteban Kolsky

Insight News

December 15, 2025

Nvidia launches Nemotron 3 open models to enable multi-agent systems

Data to Decisions

Nvidia launched its Nemotron 3 family of open models as it aims to provide an efficient set of large language models that can be used by enterprises to customize and deploy in mult...

Larry Dignan

Insight News

December 14, 2025

Rimini Street’s second act will include heavy dose of agentic AI, UX

Data to Decisions

Rimini Street's first act took 20 years, but the second one will move much faster as the company aims to layer agentic AI over legacy enterprise research planning systems. The stra...

Larry Dignan

Analyst Blog

December 10, 2025

Elevating the Value of Speaking Up with Voice

Future of Work

lt;pgt;The rise of voice-first experiences and what it means for modern CX.lt;/pgt; ...

Liz Miller

Insights

December 10, 2025

Live from AWS re:Invent: Partner Award Interviews

Larry Dignan sat down with this year's AWS Partner Award winners, each offering a unique POV on how AWS partnerships are transforming cloud, AI, and customer outcomes on a global s...

Larry Dignan

Analyst Blog

December 09, 2025

How AWS is Shaping the Future of AI and Data | Insights from re:Invent 2025

Data to Decisions

lt;pgt;Breakdown of the consequential themes from AWS re:Invent 2025, what they signal for the future, and how to prepare your organization for this shift.lt;/pgt; ...

Michael Ni

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