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Insights From GE’s Global Innovation Barometer Show Executives Need To Be Disruption Ready

Insights From GE’s Global Innovation Barometer Show Executives Need To Be Disruption Ready

By R "Ray" Wang on June 23, 2014

Disruption, Collaboration, and The Future Of Work Highlighted In Latest Edition Last week, June 16, 2014, GE unveiled the 2014 results for its “Global Innovation Barometer“. In the 4th annual survey, the GE team commissioned Edelman Berland to phone interview 3209 senior business executives between April 2, 2014 and May 30, 2014.  Interviewees represented VP […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged analytics, Apps Strategy, Big Data, Big Data Business Models, BigData, business disruption, business impact, Business Transformation, business value, CDO, CEO, CFO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, CMO, co creation, co-innovation, collaboration, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, COO, Corporate Strategy, CTO, CustExp, customer engagement, Customer Experience, CXO, Data to Decisions, Design thinking, Digital Business, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adopters, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, future of business, future of work, GE, General Electric, Industial Internet, Internet of Things, IoT, Monday's Musings, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy | 1 Response

News Analysis: New #IBMWatson Business Group Heralds The Commercialization Of Cognitive Computing. Ready For Augmented Mentality?

News Analysis: New #IBMWatson Business Group Heralds The Commercialization Of Cognitive Computing. Ready For Augmented Mentality?

By R "Ray" Wang on January 13, 2014

IBM Launches New Business Group In New York’s Silicon Alley On January 9th, 2014, on top of 51 Astor Place (i.e. World Trade Center Building 4), IBM CEO Ginny Rommety and long time veteran, but newly minted, IBM Watson Group Senior Vice President Michael Rhodin, announced IBM’s commitment to putting an entire business unit around […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, Augmented Mentality, Business Analytics, business intelligence, business technology, CDO, CEO, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, Cognitive Computing, CoIT, Constellation Research, Data to Decisions, data visualization, Data2Decisions, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Strategy, DigitalBiz, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adopters, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Ginny Rommety, Healthcare, ibm, IBM Watson, mike rhodin, News Analysis, R "Ray" Wang Apps Strategy, R "Ray" Wang;, Retail, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy

The Chief Digital Officer In The Age Of Digital Business

The Chief Digital Officer In The Age Of Digital Business

By R "Ray" Wang on November 6, 2013

Market Leaders and Fast Followers Prepare for Digital Business In 2014 Conversations at Constellation’s Connected Enterprise last week validate a larger trend in the market place.  The audience of 220+ early adopters with 75% representing line of business and 25% in IT highlighted the convergence of the five forces of consumerization described in 2009 and […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, B2B, B2C, Big Data, BigData, Business Analytics, Business Outcomes, business strategy, Business Transformation, CDO, CEO, CFO, Chief Digital Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, Cloud, CMO, CoIT, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, context, Corporate Strategy, CTO, CustExp, Customer Experience, Data to Decisions, Data2Decisions, Design thinking, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, Digital Strategy, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adopters, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, future of business, innovation, Leadership, mobile, mobile enterprise, mobility, Monday's Musings, p2p, People to People, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, social business, Social Media, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Video | 2 Responses

Event Report: The Evolution And Maturation of @Tibbr at #Tucon2013, the Tibco User Conference

Event Report: The Evolution And Maturation of @Tibbr at #Tucon2013, the Tibco User Conference

By R "Ray" Wang on October 21, 2013

tibbr Continues To Show Momentum In Customer Adoption And Addition Of Key Enterprise Social Features On October 14th to 17th 2013,  the Tibbr enterprise social crowd mingled with the core Tibco faithful at this year’s TUCON 2013 user conference in Las Vegas.  (An analysis of the broader Tibco announcements can be found from my colleague […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged 2013, Apps Strategy, Cathay Pacific, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, Cloud, CMO, collaboration, collaboration software, e20, e2conf, early adopters, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, enterprise social networks, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, ESN, event report, future of work, Google Drive, Interport Police, Jive Software, KPN, Microsoft SharePoint, Moxie, Mzinga, News Analysis, Nielsen Company, partnerships, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, schneider electric, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social technologies, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, t-mobile, The Men's Warehouse, The Nielsen Company, Thomson Reuters, tibbr, Tibco, TIBCO Software, Tibco Tibbr, user conference, user event, users, vendor events, vendor strategy, yammer, Yellow Pages Group

Dealing With The Real Problem In Social Business Adoption – The People!

Dealing With The Real Problem In Social Business Adoption – The People!

By R "Ray" Wang on June 17, 2012

Social Business Adoption Dependent On Employee Adoption Social business is more than a technology decision.  Many eager early adopters face challenges in adoption past the initial core team.  As we move from eager early adopters to ubiquitous usage, an examination of some organizations who have failed at internal social business reveals a five common barriers […]

Posted in Business | Tagged activity streams, adoption, Apps Strategy, best practices, change, Change Management, CIO, collaboration, collaboration software, Constellation Research, early adopters, Engage, engagement, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, future of work, gamification, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, social commerce, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tuesday's Tip | 2 Responses

Seven Basic Privacy Rights Users Should Demand For Social Business

Seven Basic Privacy Rights Users Should Demand For Social Business

By R "Ray" Wang on January 16, 2012

Public Outrage Grows Over Lax Privacy Polices At Popular Social Networking Sites Recent actions by social networking leaders in the market place have brought new attention to a user’s privacy rights.  Despite the fact that these sites provide a freemium service to users, abuse and arrogance of a user’s privacy rights combined with user ignorance […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged B2B, B2B E-commerce, B2C, B2C E-commerce, best practices, Big Data, bill of rights, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Sales Officer, CHRO, CIO, collaboration software, Constellation Research, COO, customer bill of rights, Digital identity, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adopters, Electronic Privacy, Emerging Technologies, Engagement Apps, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, EU, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, future of work, google, GooglePlus, Identity management, linkedin, Matrix Commerce, Monday's Musings, Next Gen Customer, Privacy, Privacy Rights, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, social campaign tracking, social commerce, Social CRM, social customer insights, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social event management, social marketing insights, Social Media, social media monitoring, social sales insights, social service, social support, social support insights, social technologies, vendor strategy | 1 Response

Research Summary: Demystifying Enterprise Gamification For Business

Research Summary: Demystifying Enterprise Gamification For Business

By R "Ray" Wang on December 7, 2011

Purpose and Intent Much hype surrounds the topic of gamification. Often seen as a technique to add engagement to existing tasks, projects, marketing campaigns, and initiatives, the term gamification unfortunately lacks the seriousness it deserves. This report seeks to change the point of view and demonstrate where gamification plays a role in the enterprise. More […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Badgeville, Big Door, BunchBall, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Constellation Research, Constellation Research Inc., ConstellationRG, Consumerization of IT, CRM, CrowdTwist, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, Design thinking, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adopters, Engage, engagement, Engagement Apps, Enterprise Gamification, gamification, iActionable, NextGenCXP, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, Research Report, Research Summary, rwang0, SaaS, social business, Social Business Software, social commerce, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, social technologies | 1 Response

News Analysis: Bunchball Gamifies Salesforce.com And Delivers Simplified Applets

News Analysis: Bunchball Gamifies Salesforce.com And Delivers Simplified Applets

By R "Ray" Wang on August 24, 2011

Two New Products Improve Entry Points for Gamification Adoption Bunchball, a leading gamification vendor in the Silicon Valley, is best known for its Nitro gamification platform which organizations use to implement game mechanics across social networks, mobile applications, and websites.  Today the solution reaches more than 70 million unique users and creates 2.3 billion actions […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged #DF11, BunchBall, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Consumerization of IT, CRM, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, Design thinking, early adopters, gamification, News Analysis, Nitro elements, Nitro for salesforce, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, salesforce.com, social business, Social Business Software, social commerce, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, social technologies

Monday’s Musings: A Working Vendor Landscape For Social Business

Monday’s Musings: A Working Vendor Landscape For Social Business

By R "Ray" Wang on August 15, 2011

Confusion Persists In The Social Business Market As with any new disruptive technology, the social business solution landscape faces a dynamic, confusing, and converging market. As vendors seek to grab mind share and market share, customers and prospects remain confused as to what are the right business problems to address with social business. However, rampant […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged adobe, Adobe Omniture, Angel, Apps Strategy, Art Technology Group, ATG, Attensity, Attensity Group, Avaya, Bazaarvoice, broadvision, Broadvision Clearvale, CEO, CIO, Cisco, Cisco Quad, Clearvale, CMO, collaboration, collaboration software, community platforms, Consumerization of IT, CRM, customer engagement, customer experience management, customer service, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, e20, e2conf, early adopters, early adoptions, early movers, eGain, Endeca, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Facebook, Genesys, Get Satisfaction, getsatisfaction, google, GooglePlus, ibm, IBM Connections, IBM Lotus, ibm software group, INgage Networks, Jive, Jive Software, KickApps, lithium, Lithium Technologies, microsoft, Microsoft Lync, Microsoft SharePoint, middleware, middleware platforms, Monday's Musings, Monday’s Musings, Moxie, Mzinga, NewsGator, Omniture, oracle, Oracle ATG, Oracle Beehive, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, RightNow, RightNow Technologies, rwang0, Saba, Salesforce Chatter, salesforce.com, sap, SAP Streamworks, SCRM, sharepoint, social business, Social Business Software, social commerce, Social CRM, Social Media, social middleware, social service, social support, social technologies, Socialcast, socialtext, Teleperformance, tibbr, Tibco, Tibco Tibbr, VMware, VMware SocialCast, west, yammer | 2 Responses

Monday’s Musings: Real Time Versus Right Time And The Dawn Of Engagement Apps

Monday’s Musings: Real Time Versus Right Time And The Dawn Of Engagement Apps

By R "Ray" Wang on June 20, 2011

Different Flavors Of Real-Time Result In Significant Implications. Many pundits, research insight folks, bloggers, and hand wavers keep talking about the need for real time in social business, analytics, mobile, and other disruptive technologies.  Given the volume of data, bandwidth constraints, and magnitude of business processes to be supported, is the notion of real time […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged application development, Apps Strategy, Big Data, Business Analytics, business value, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, collaboration, collaboration software, Consumer Tech, CRM, custom apps, customer engagement, Design thinking, early adopters, Emerging Technologies, Engagement Apps, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise strategy, mobile, mobile enterprise, Monday's Musings, Monday’s Musings, next gen, next gen apps, next gen enterprise, next generation, Next generation apps, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, social analytics, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social technologies | 2 Responses

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