By R "Ray" Wang on February 12, 2013
Behance Empowers The Creative Cloud To Make Ideas Happen On December 20th, 2012, Silicon Valley based Adobe Systems announced the $150M USD acquisition of Behance, a digital portfolio and community site for creative professionals. Founded in 2006, the SoHo, New York based company raised 6.5M in May 2012 from Union Square Ventures prior to the […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 3, 2013
The Inside Story On Oracle Fusion Apps At The End of 2012 Constellation sat down with Steve Miranda, Oracle’sExecutive Vice President of Oracle Applications Product Development to discuss the state of Oracle Fusion Apps in a no-holds barred honest conversation about what’s working, what’s not, and what to look forward to in 2013. R “Ray” […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on October 16, 2012
Key Themes Include Mobility, User Experience, and Innovation Over 1100 IFS customers convened October 15th to 17th, 2012 in Gothenburg Sweden for the IFS World Conference. The conference brought together the world of projects, service and asset, manufacturing, and supply chain. The conference highlighted the: Massive move to mobile. IFS continued their push into their […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on October 8, 2012
Ignition Partners Injects $20M in Series C For Hot Cloud Integration Market On September 19th,2012, SnapLogic closed its Series C funding round. The latest funding round: Strengthens product offerings. SnapLogic offers an integration platform, integration server, integration design tool, and integration market place designed for the cloud world. With almost 100 Snaps in its appstore […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on August 14, 2012
CRM Continues To Evolve In A World Of Engagement The CRM industry’s major non-vendor customer focused event kicked off at the Marriott Marquis in New York from August 13th to 15th. Conversations with prospects and practitioners at the event highlighted a few emerging trends: Shift from transaction to engagement. CRM traditionally focused mostly on the […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on August 7, 2012
15 Years of HR Technology At The Industry’s Premier Event The fifteenth annual HR Technology Conference and Exposition returns to McCormick Place in Chicago October 8th to 10th, 2012. HR Tech is the industry’s longest running event looking at technologies that influence the Future of Work. The Inside View With Bill Kutik – Future of […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on July 5, 2012
Used Software Pioneers Gain A Small Victory In A Shrinking On-Premises Software World The surprise July 3rd, 2012 judgment by the Court of Justice of the European Union for UsedSoft GmbH v Oracle International Corp rules that “An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licenses allowing the use of his programs […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 15, 2012
New Product Addresses The Social, Mobile, Cloud, and Big Data World The convergence of social, mobile, cloud, big data (analytics), and video/unified comms changes the playing field from transactional applications to engagement applications. The result – a sea change of new data types from structured and unstructured sources. With greater volumes of data, demand for […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 13, 2012
SAP’s In The Midst Of Massive Transformation Just four years ago, nervous attendees dealt with a tumultuous global market entering financial crisis. SAP’s management team decided to raise maintenance fees to shore up its margins amidst a drought of innovation. Customers revolted en masse. Policies changed due to user group and global influencer pressure. […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 9, 2012
Lithium Technologies Shows Continued Customer Momentum And Success In Social Marketing And Support To the tune of 500 customers and prospects, Lithium kicked off LiNC on May 2nd, 2012, at the always stunning Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco. Compared to previous years, the audience was not only bigger, but also more experienced and energized. Rob […]
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