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Research Report: What's Top Of Mind From SAP Customers

Research Report: What’s Top Of Mind From SAP Customers

By R "Ray" Wang on December 20, 2017

Relevance And Value Lead The Inquiries About SAP From the criticism about indirect access to SAP Leonardo, the 2017 SAP landscape has been both gut-wrenching and transformational for clients. Rounded out by conversations at Americas’ SAP Users’ Group (ASUG), SAP Australia User Group (SAUG) and UK and Ireland SAP User Group (UKISUG) events, the top […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 017, AI, anticipatory analytics, Apps Strategy, Artificial intelligence, Augmented Humanity, Big Ideas, BigData, Business Transformation, cadence, CDO, CEO, CEP, channels, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CMO, Cognitive Computing, cognitive reckoning, collaboration, Constellation Research, content, context, CTO, CustExp, Customer Experience, customer experience management, CX, Data Driven, data governance, data stewardship, Data to Decisions, digital, Digital Business, digital commerce, Digital Disruption, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, disrupting digital, Disrupting Digital Business, E-Commerce, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, machine learning, Mass Personalization At Scale, Matrix Commerce, Monday’s Musings, personalization, personalization at scale, R “Ray” Wang;, Research Report, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, value exchange | 1 Response

Trends: 9 Actions to Consider Before 2015 For Digital Transformation

Trends: 9 Actions to Consider Before 2015 For Digital Transformation

By R "Ray" Wang on December 23, 2014

Digital Strategy From The Analysts At Constellation Research Constellation’s year end checklist offers suggestions designed to enable you to take control of your digital strategy in 2015. Consider these actions to ensure you dominate digital disruption in the new year. 1. Matrix Commerce: Scrub your data By Guy Courtin When it comes to Matrix Commerce, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2015, Apps Strategy, Augmented Humanity, Authentic, Authentic Business, best of breed, best practices, Big Data, Big Data Business Models, BigData, bring-your-own-device, Business Analytics, business strategy, Business Transformation, BYOD, CEO, 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, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, CMO, CoIT, CoIT and the New CSuite, collaboration, collaboration software, Constellation Research, Corporate Strategy, CTO, CustExp, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer service, Customer Support, CXM, CXO, CXP, Data to Decisions, Data2Decisions, digital, Digital Business, digital commerce, Digital Disruption, Digital DNA, Digital identity, digital marketing, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, E-Commerce, e-Signature, early adoptions, engagement, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise class, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, future of work, HR, innovation, IT Strategy, journey maps, marketing, Marketing Automation, Next Gen Customer, Next Gen Customer Experience, Next Gen CXP, Next generation apps, Privacy, Privacy Rights, Private Cloud, Private Clouds, public cloud, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, safety, safety and privacy, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, strategy, supply chain, trends, User Experience, user strategy, vendor strategy

Event Report: Glassdoor Employer Branding Summit

Event Report: Glassdoor Employer Branding Summit

By R "Ray" Wang on September 15, 2014

  Employer Branding Comes of Age On September 12th, Glassdoor kicked off its Employer Branding Summit in San Francisco at the Hotel Nikko.  Social recruiting, employer branding, and talent acquisition pros gathered to hear how branding impacts the recruiting landscape.  Robert Hohman, CEO of Glassdoor welcomed the audience to set the stage (see Figure 1). […]

Posted in Business | Tagged #GDSummit, #hrtechconf, Apps Strategy, brand, branding, customer engagement, Customer Experience, employee branding, employer branding, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, event report, future of work, Glassdoor, HR, HR Tech, Human Capital Management, Human resources, marketing, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Smashfly, social recruiting, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, talent acquisition, talent management, vendor strategy

Engagement or Experience?

Engagement or Experience?

By Michael Fauscette on August 6, 2014

This may sound a bit like a rant, and I suppose it is really, but I’m tired of having this conversation so thought it would be easier to just point to a post. It’s semantics but being clear on what…

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Customer, CX, employee, engagement, experience, future of work, Productivity, Social, technology

Social Business Maturity Model, The Next Generation

Social Business Maturity Model, The Next Generation

By Michael Fauscette on May 29, 2014

Way back in 2011 we published a maturity model for the adoption of social technologies and the resulting cultural and process changes that those technologies could enable. Quite a lot has happened since then of course but happily some of the fundamental business impacts from the use of social technologies hasn’t. We do understand them […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business Models, custoemr, CX, employee, engagement, Enterprise 2.0, EX, experience, future of work, idc, maturity, model, networked business, partners, socbiz, Social, social business, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social web, technology, Web/Tech | 1 Response

Event Report: #AdobeSummit Celebrates Digital Marketing From Creative To Commerce

Event Report: #AdobeSummit Celebrates Digital Marketing From Creative To Commerce

By R "Ray" Wang on April 1, 2014

Market Leaders And Fast Followers Celebrate A Decade Of Digital Marketing Vision In 2004, Omniture founder Josh James, an avid skier, held the first Summit atop the Snowbird Ski Resort for 270 early adopters and converted.  Fast forward eleven years to 2014, an estimated 7000 customers, partners, influencers, and prospects gathered at the Salt Palace […]

Posted in Business | Tagged 2014, adobe, Adobe Summit, analytics, Apps Strategy, B2B, B2B E-commerce, B2C, B2C E-commerce, Big Data, BigData, Business Transformation, CDO, CEO, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, Cloud, CMO, community platforms, Constellation Research, CRM, CustExp, customer engagement, Customer Experience, CXO, Design thinking, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, ECommerce, Elastic Path, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, event report, Identity, Intershop, marketing, Marketing Automation, Marketing strategy, mass personalization, Mass Personalization At Scale, Matrix Commerce, Next Gen Customer, Next Gen Customer Experience, Next Gen CXP, NextGen, NextGenCXP, personalization, personalization at scale, R "Ray" Wang;, real-time, Right time, rwang0, sap, SAP Hybris, Software Insider, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider, user group event, user strategy, vendor strategy, Vishal Sikka | 3 Responses

Seven Lessons Learned In Customer Experience Strategies During A Data Breach (such as Target’s)

Seven Lessons Learned In Customer Experience Strategies During A Data Breach (such as Target’s)

By R "Ray" Wang on December 27, 2013

Every Brand Should Have A Plan For A Data Breach The confluence of centralized personally identifiable information, reliance on digital channels, ease of hacking of magnetic stripes, and the application of the Willy Sutton rule ( a.k.a. you rob banks because that’s where the money is) improve the odds that many organizations will face a […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Apps Strategy, best practices, Big Data, BigData, business strategy, Business Transformation, Chief Customer Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CMO, Crisis Communications, CRM, CustExp, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, customer relationship management, customer service, customer service; -business, CXP, Cyber security, data breach, data privacy, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Divide, Digital identity, digital marketing, Digital Strategy, engagement, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, Identity, Identity management, Infosecurity, Leadership, marketing, Marketing strategy, Marshall's, Next Gen Customer Experience, Next Gen CXP, Privacy, Privacy Rights, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, security, social business, Social Media, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Target, TJ Maxx, TJX, vendor strategy | 2 Responses

Understand The Five Generation Of Digital Workers

Understand The Five Generation Of Digital Workers

By R "Ray" Wang on November 12, 2013

Age Is Not The Deciding Factor In Five Generations Of Workers When discussing the future of work, most folks immediately jump to the discussion of millennials, generation Y, generation X, baby boomers, post war, etc.  However, the shift to digital business finds a different type of five generations.  This segmentation describes how digitally proficient people […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged #digitalsummit, Apps Strategy, Big Data, BigData, Business Analytics, business disruption, business intelligence, Business Models, Business Transformation, CDO, CEO, Chief Digital Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief People Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, CTO, Data to Decisions, df13, Digital Business, Digital identity, digital marketing, Digital Strategy, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise class, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, future of work, gov20, journey maps, mobile, mobile enterprise, mobility, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, socbiz, social business, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy | 1 Response

News Analysis: Clarabridge Raises $80M in Funding For Expansion

News Analysis: Clarabridge Raises $80M in Funding For Expansion

By R "Ray" Wang on September 11, 2013

General Catalyst, Summit, and Yuchun Lee To Take Clarabridge To Next Phase Of Growth Rapidly growing Reston, VA based Clarabridge, announced on September 10, 2013 a $80 million round of capital.  Founded in 2006, Clarabridge is a leading provider of customer experience solutions.  The funding announcement is significant as Clarabridge: Invests into global expansion and […]

Posted in Business | Tagged analytics, Apps Strategy, Big Data, BigData, CDO, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Service Officer, CIO, Clarabridge, CMO, Constellation Research, CRM Magazine, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, customer relationship management, customer relationship management (CRM), customer service, Customer Support, CXP, digital marketing, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, funding, Funding announcement, General Catalyst Partners, News Analysis, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Summit Partners, text analytics, vendor strategy

News Analysis: Kana Express 13 Addresses Omni-Channel Customer Service for Mid-Market

News Analysis: Kana Express 13 Addresses Omni-Channel Customer Service for Mid-Market

By R "Ray" Wang on July 1, 2013

Just 14 months after announcing the acquisition of Trinicom, Kana has revealed the latest release of its cloud customer service suite for the mid-market, Kana Express.   Released on June 27, 2013, the new product reflects the company’s mission “To provide leading customer service solutions that empower our customers to create experiences that count, for their […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged #custserv, $KANA, Accel-KKR, Apps Strategy, best of breed, Business Analytics, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Service Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, CMO, Constellation Research, context, CRM, CustExp, Customer Experience, customer experience management, customer relationship management, customer relationship management (CRM), customer service, Customer Support, CXP, Engage, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Kana Express, Kana Software, News Analysis, Next Gen Customer, Next Gen Customer Experience, Next Gen CXP, Omnichannel, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, software as a service, Software Insider, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy

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