Chief Digital Officer

Analyst Blog

October 13, 2016

Dreamforce 2016: Einstein to Power the Next Wave of Salesforce Sales and Marketing Advancements

Marketing Transformation

The Constellation Team spent last week in San Francisco for Dreamforce, als...

Cindy Zhou

Insight News

October 13, 2016

MIT Researchers Say They've Developed the Photoshop of 3-D Printing

Matrix Commerce

One of the bigger technical hurdles facing 3-D printing has been how to work multiple types of materials in the same project. Researchers at MIT say they've achieved a major breakt...

Chris Kanaracus

Insight News

October 12, 2016

Prominent IoT Standards Bodies Merge: What It Means

Tech Optimization

There's general agreement that when it comes to standards, IoT has some way to go. But the IoT standards effort took a significant step forward this week, with the merger of two pr...

Chris Kanaracus

Andy Mulholland

Steve Wilson

Analyst Blog

October 12, 2016

New Research: Guidance on Blockchain Technology R&D

Tech Optimization

Over September 26-27 I was a guest speaker at the US Department of Health H...

Steve Wilson

Analyst Blog

October 10, 2016

Salesforce Einstein: Dream Versus Reality

Data to Decisions

Salesforce has introduced Einstein as a set of platform services, but...

Doug Henschen

Insight News

October 04, 2016

Salesforce Acquires Krux for Marketing Cloud

Next-Generation Customer Experience

Salesforce has continued its string of acquisitions with the purchase of data management platform vendor Krux, in a deal worth about $700 million in cash and stock. The Krux acquis...

Chris Kanaracus

Cindy Zhou

Insight News

October 03, 2016

IBM Launches Watson-Powered, Interactive Ads

Marketing Transformation

IBM is betting that online advertisements can actually inform and engage with consumers, rather than irritate them, with the help of its Watson cognitive computing platform. This w...

Chris Kanaracus

Cindy Zhou

Insight News

October 03, 2016

Botnet Source Code Leak Should Sound the Alarm for IoT Security

Digital Safety, Privacy & Cybersecurity

Source code that can be used to create massive, IoT-based distributed denial-of-service attacks is now in the wild, and every end-user and enterprise has cause for serious concern....

Chris Kanaracus

Steve Wilson

Analyst Blog

October 03, 2016

Strata + Hadoop World Highlights Long-Term Bets on Cloud

Data to Decisions

Strata + Hadoop World announcements by Cloudera, IBM, Google and SAP ...

Doug Henschen

Insight News

September 30, 2016

Salesforce's Bid to Block Microsoft-LinkedIn Deal: Much Ado About Nothing?

Future of Work

Salesforce has asked EU antitrust authorities to take a hard look at Microsoft's pending $26.2 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, arguing that it intends to shut off access to the hi...

Chris Kanaracus

Holger Mueller

Analyst Blog

September 30, 2016

Oracle OpenWorld 2016 Event Report - The Intersection of Sales, Marketing, and Data Clouds

Data to Decisions

My Constellation Research colleagues and I had the pleasure of attending Op...

Cindy Zhou

Insight News

September 29, 2016

SAP Places A €2 Billion Bet on IoT

Tech Optimization

SAP has already outlined an IoT strategy, but it hit the accelerator hard on Wednesday with the announcement of a €2 billion investment in IoT over the next five years. Here are th...

Chris Kanaracus

Andy Mulholland

Analyst Blog

September 20, 2016

Oracle Vs. Salesforce on AI: What to Expect When

Data to Decisions

Oracle and Salesforce are both promising artificial intelligence assi...

Doug Henschen

Analyst Blog

September 18, 2016

Oracle OpenWorld 2016 - What to expect, what to watch for in the cloud

Tech Optimization

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Holger Mueller

Analyst Blog

September 17, 2016

SAS Analytics Experience 2016 Event Report - Where Data Scientists and Marketers Converge

Data to Decisions

The ultimate gathering of thousands of data scientists, enthusiasts, and bu...

Cindy Zhou

Insight News

September 14, 2016

Microsoft Claims the Lead In Speech Recognition Arms Race

Future of Work

Researchers at Microsoft say they've made advances in speech recognition that gives the company's technology the lowest error percentage in the industry, at 6.3 percent, edging out...

Chris Kanaracus

Alan Lepofsky

Insight News

September 12, 2016

Verizon Acquisition of Sensity Systems Represents A Sign of the IoT Times

Matrix Commerce

There's been a steady drip of IoT (Internet of Things)-related acquisitions in recent months, and Verizon's purchase of Sensity Systems is one of the latest. Here are the key detai...

Chris Kanaracus

Andy Mulholland

Analyst Blog

September 01, 2016

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Powers Machine Learning Apps, Revs Vertica Database

Data to Decisions

HPE streamlines use of machine learning services with Haven OnDemand ...

Doug Henschen

Insight News

August 30, 2016

Twitter Courting Internet Stars with Generous Ad-Revenue Share: What It Means for CMOs

Marketing Transformation

Twitter rolled out its video ad platform Amplify two years ago, but until now it has focused on cutting deals with publishers such as Sports Illustrated, MTV and BuzzFeed.This week...

Chris Kanaracus

Cindy Zhou

Insight News

August 19, 2016

JDA Will Remain Privately Held As Honeywell Bid Apparently Fails: What It Means

Matrix Commerce

Despite reports to the contrary, Honeywell will not be acquiring supply-chain software vendor JDA. Rather, JDA has decided to accept a sizable infusion of private equity capital in...

Chris Kanaracus

R "Ray" Wang

Analyst Blog

August 15, 2016

News Analysis: Salesforce Inbox Calendar - Sales “Sidekick" Up-levels Productivity

Data to Decisions

CRM usage and adoption by the broader field sales reps has been one of the ...

Cindy Zhou

Insight News

August 15, 2016

The Facebook-AdBlock Plus Flap Is a Wakeup Call for CMOs

Marketing Transformation

Facebook and AdBlock Plus's ongoing battle over the appearance of advertising on the social network has no real end in sight, but in the meantime the flap presents an important les...

Chris Kanaracus

Cindy Zhou

Analyst Blog

August 15, 2016

News Analysis - Workday, IBM Form Strategic Partnership on the IBM Cloud - The IaaS vendor race for SaaS load is on

New C-Suite

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Holger Mueller

Insight News

August 12, 2016

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Scoops Up SGI for High-Performance Computing

Data to Decisions

Hewlett-Packard has acquired SGI at a fire-sale price in a deal the company hopes will boost its hand in the HPC (high-performance computing) market. HPE will pick up SGI for just ...

Chris Kanaracus

Doug Henschen

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