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Stop Talking About Digital Transformation

Stop Talking About Digital Transformation

By Esteban Kolsky on February 3, 2015

What? I mean, what???? Seriously?  Just last year two of my seven posts (yeah, didn’t do that well writing in my blog last year – but been working to remedy that by posting links to my other writings around the world – but I digress) were about digital transformation. I have been talking about digital […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Big Data, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technologies, gartner, Hype Cycle

Event Report: The Storify  #CCE2014 TweetStream On #DigitalTransformation #DigitalBiz

Event Report: The Storify #CCE2014 TweetStream On #DigitalTransformation #DigitalBiz

By R "Ray" Wang on November 4, 2014

Constellation’s Connected Enterprise Brings The World Of Digital Transformation To Life At the 4th annual executive innovation summit, Constellation hosted over 200 early adopters, pioneers, and innovators in digital transformation at the Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay.  Digital transformation and business topics include: Consumerizaiton of IT Data to Decisions Digital Marketing Transformation Future of Work […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, Big Data Business Models, bring-your-own-device, business strategy, business technology, Business Transformation, BYOD, CDO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Creative Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Information Security Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Security Officer, Chief Service Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, CMO, CoIT, CoIT and the New CSuite, Constellation Research, Data to Decisions, digital, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Marketing Transformation, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, Emerging Technologies, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, event report, future of work, innovation, Matrix Commerce, Next Gen Customer, Next Gen Customer Experience, Next Gen CXP, Next Generation Customer Experience, NextGen, NextGenCXP, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Technology Optimization, vendor strategy

Coming soon! Disrupting Digital Business – The Book

Coming soon! Disrupting Digital Business – The Book

By R "Ray" Wang on October 12, 2014

The Wait Is Over! I am excited to announce Disrupting Digital Business will be published by Harvard Business Review Press for world wide availability in Q2 2015.  As many of you know, I started this journey to write a book almost 4 years ago.  It was around the time I had decided to leave Altimeter […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged @harvardbiz, Apps Strategy, Big Data, Big Data Business Models, business technology, Business Transformation, CDO, CEO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, Consumerization of IT, CTO, CXO, Design thinking, digital, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Divide, Digital DNA, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, Disrupting Digital Business, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, Emerging Technologies, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, Fast Followers, Harvard Business Review Press, Leadership, management strategy, Market Leaders, Organizational Design, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy

Monday’s Musings: Who Gets To Be A Chief Digital Officer?

Monday’s Musings: Who Gets To Be A Chief Digital Officer?

By R "Ray" Wang on August 4, 2014

 The Chief Digital Officer Navigates Digital Disruption… Chief Digital Officers serve as a leader who is wholly responsible and ultimately accountable for driving digital business transformation.  As identified by Constellation in its’ recent report on the “Case For the Chief Digital Officer”, Constellation expects this executive to report directly to the CEO and bridge the gap […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Apps Strategy, Big Data, Big Data Business Models, business technology, Business Transformation, CDO, CEO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, Consumerization of IT, CTO, CXO, Design thinking, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Divide, Digital DNA, Digital Transformation, digitaltransformation, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, Emerging Technologies, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, Fast Followers, Leadership, management strategy, Market Leaders, Organizational Design, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy

Event Report: Washington Ideas Forum (#IdeasForum) Highlights America’s Current Challenges

Event Report: Washington Ideas Forum (#IdeasForum) Highlights America’s Current Challenges

By R "Ray" Wang on November 15, 2012

The Disruptive Technology Perspective At The Washington Ideas Forum Influencers in politics, academia, and business converge once a year at the Washington Ideas Forum to discuss the challenges and potential solutions America faces.  This event held November 14th to November 15th pulled together over 1200 attendees and was sponsored by The Atlantic in partnership with […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged @AspenInstitute, @Atlantic_LIVE, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Aspen Institute, Barney Frank, Bill Burton, Bill Gates, David Drummond, David Leonhardt, David Maraniss, disruptive, Disruptive Tech Life Cycle, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Emerging Technologies, enterprise strategy, event report, Henry Crumpton, Ideas Forum, James Bennet, Jennifer Psaki, John Dickerson, Jonathan Alter, Julius Genachowski, Katty Kay, Kevin Madden, Michael Porter, Newseum, R "Ray" Wang;, Robert Kimmitt, Ron Suskind, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Steve Case, Steve Clemmons, The Atlantic, Trevor Potter, Walt Mossberg, Walter Isaacson, Washington Ideas Forum

News Analysis: IFS Acquires Metrix To Boost Mobility And Service Management

News Analysis: IFS Acquires Metrix To Boost Mobility And Service Management

By R "Ray" Wang on June 15, 2012

Mobility and Scheduling Play A Key Role In IFS Service Management Strategy On May 23rd, IFS acquired Metrix, a service management and mobility vendor headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin.  IFS adds 90 customers with Metrix.  Key highlights of the acquisition include: Expansion into new markets. Metrix Service Management provides a field service management and depot repair […]

Posted in Business | Tagged #techoptimization, acquisition, acquisitions, Apps Strategy, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Service Officer, CIO, CustExp, Customer Experience, customer relationship management, customer service, Customer Support, Emerging Technologies, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Field service, IFS, IFS North America, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, Metrix, mobile, mobile enterprise, News Analysis, Next Gen Customer, Next Gen Customer Experience, Next Gen CXP, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, scheduling, service, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, support

Research Summary: Best Practices – Three Simple Software Maintenance Strategies That Can Save You Millions

Research Summary: Best Practices – Three Simple Software Maintenance Strategies That Can Save You Millions

By R "Ray" Wang on March 19, 2012

Forward And Commentary Software ownership costs continue to escalate as vendors accelerate their efforts to capture support and maintenance revenues. Some vendors have gone to the extreme to eliminate third-party options for their customers. This best practices report examines three strategies to free up unnecessary costs to fund innovation and new projects. A. Introduction On […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #techoptimization, 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, best practices, Bil of Rights, bill of rights, BMC, budgets, business value, business value framework, BVF, CEO, CFO, Chief Financial Officer, Chief information officer, Chief procurement officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, CMO, Computer Associates, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, contract negotiations, contract strategy, COO, cost reduction, CRM, CTO, Customer Support, deployment options, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, E-Commerce, Emerging Technologies, enterprise, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, Enterprise Irregular, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, Epicor, erp, ibm, Infor, Infor Global Solutions GmbH, Jive, license credits to new products, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, license returns, lithium, maintenance, maintenance fees, microsoft, oracle, QAD, R "Ray" Wang;, Research Report, Research Summary, rimini street, rwang0, sap, SAS Institute, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social media monitoring, social support insights, socialbusiness, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software mainteance, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, software revenue recognition rules, software trends, Spinnaker, technology budgets, Technology Optimization, Third Party Maintenance, user strategy, users, vendor strategy

Beyond The Three V’s of Big Data – Viscosity and Virality

Beyond The Three V’s of Big Data – Viscosity and Virality

By R "Ray" Wang on February 28, 2012

Revisiting the Three V’s of Big Data It’s time to revisit that original post from July 4th, 2011 post on the the Three V’s of big data.  Here’s the recap: Traditionally, big data describes data that’s too large for existing systems to process.  Over the past three years, experts and gurus in the space have […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged analytics, BI, Big Data, BigData, Business Analytics, business intelligence, business technology, business value, Calpont, colummnar database, columnar database, complex event processing, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, content, context, Data deluge, data governance, data quality, data streaming, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, EMC, Emerging Technologies, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Exasol, Geo spatial, hardware data points, HP Vertica, IBM Netezza, in-memory database, Kickfire, Kognitio, location based, log data, machine data, Metrics, mobile, Monday's Musings, Netezza, ParAccel, physical data points, process, R "Ray" Wang;, RFID’s, rwang0, search, sentiment, Social, social service, social support, socialtext, socialytics, streaming data, Teradata, Teradata Kickfire, text, Variety, Velocity, Vertica, Virality, Viscosity, Volume, Web

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

Monday’s Musings: 10 Mega Business Trends To Watch For In 2012

Monday’s Musings: 10 Mega Business Trends To Watch For In 2012

By R "Ray" Wang on December 26, 2011

The Shift From Transaction To Engagement Ushers A New Era For Businesses. As organizations enter the evolution from transactional systems to engagement systems, a shift is happening in business (see Figure 1).  Engagement requires a different design point and business model for success.  Engagement must account for sense and response, massive social scale, conversation, new […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Big Data, Business Analytics, business strategy, CoIT, Constellation Research, Constellation Research Inc., Consumerization of IT, Corporate Digital Divide, Corporate Strategy, Cross Channel Commerce, data visualization, Digital Divide, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Emerging Technologies, enterprise class, Global customers, innovation, Ownership Experience, Ownership lifecycle, p2p, People to People, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, regulation, rwang0, Visualization tools, Worsening regulation | 1 Response

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