By Louis Columbus on May 26, 2021
Apple, Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft, and Tesla are considered the five most innovative companies, according to BCG’s analysis of the 50 most innovative companies of 2021. Abbott Labs, AstraZeneca, Comcast, Mitsubishi, and Moderna join the top 50 most innovative companies for the first time this year. The fastest movers include Toyota, who jumped from 41st to […]
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By Louis Columbus on April 28, 2021
Four of LinkedIn’s top ten companies to grow your career in 2021 are tech leaders. Amazon is the highest rated company, followed by Alphabet (2nd), IBM (6th), and Apple (8th). 15 of the 50 top companies in the U.S. are in the tech industry, including Oracle, Salesforce, and SAP. These and many other insights are […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on December 23, 2020
By The Constellation Research Team The 2020 Awards Demonstrate The Power Of Humanity Amidst A Global Pandemic And Mass Digitization What started out as an amazing beginning to a new decade ended with one of the worst economies and global health crises in history. Cultural, technological, and business model changes that would have taken a […]
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By Louis Columbus on August 5, 2019
Since 2010 Amazon has grown its patent portfolio from less than 1,000 active patents in 2010 to nearly 10,000 in 2019, a ten-fold increase in less than a decade. Amazon heavily cites Microsoft, IBM, and Alphabet, with 39%, 32% and 28% of Amazon’s total Patent Asset Index Amazon’s patent portfolio is dominated by Cloud Computing, […]
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By Louis Columbus on February 27, 2019
Bottom Line: AI and machine learning are enabling omnichannel strategies to scale by providing insights into the changing needs and preferences of customers, creating customer journeys that scale, delivering consistent experiences. For any omnichannel strategy to succeed, each customer touchpoint needs to be orchestrated as part of an overarching customer journey. That’s the only way to […]
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By Louis Columbus on December 5, 2018
$146,350 is the median salary for cloud computing professionals in 2018. There are 50,248 cloud computing positions available in the U.S. today available from 3,701 employers and 101,913 open positions worldwide today. Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), Deloitte and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) have the most open cloud computing jobs today. Java, Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Software […]
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By Louis Columbus on March 19, 2018
70% of Americans with incomes of $150,000 or more who shop online have Amazon Prime memberships. Amazon Prime international customers will grow at a 56% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2016 to 2018. Amazon shipped more than 5 billion items in 2017 with Prime worldwide. By 2022 there will be 56 million Amazon Prime […]
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By Louis Columbus on January 13, 2018
Digitally transforming enterprises (63%) is the leading factor driving greater public cloud computing engagement or adoption today. 66% of IT professionals say security is their most significant concern in adopting an enterprise cloud computing strategy. 50% of IT professionals believe artificial intelligence and machine learning are playing a role in cloud computing adoption today, growing […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on August 14, 2014
Infor Acquires SalesLogix To Expand Vertical CRM Footprint On August 14th, New York City headquartered, enterprise software giant, Infor, announced the intent to acquire the assets of Scottsdale AZ, Saleslogix for an undisclosed sum. For those keeping track of CRM history, Saleslogix was last owned by Sage Group and sold off to Swiftpage, an […]
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By Bob Warfield on July 28, 2014
I recently tried and failed for the fifth time to buy a Microsoft Surface Pro 3. It’s been a real comedy of errors, but the latest attempt has been by far the most spectacular failure. Let me start out by saying I really like the Microsoft Surface Pro 3. I am a perfect candidate for […]
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