By Dion Hinchcliffe on February 26, 2012
Why is it that so many traditional companies with an enormous wealth of assets largely fail to transform them for the digital era? By assets here, I mean established customer base, closely held relationships with trading partners, mountains of data and IP, as well as their bread and butter, the actual products and services they […]
Posted in Business | Tagged Analysis, Enterprise architecture, Network effects, peer production, strategy, The Enterprise
By Dion Hinchcliffe on December 18, 2011
It was just over a decade ago that businesses were still wondering why it was necessary to have a Web site. Now it’s a foregone conclusion that they are one of the most important touchpoints for any organization to possess….
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Application programming interface, Cloud Computing, CxO Issues, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Computing, google, Google Analytics, Open APIs, Open Business Models, open supply chains, REST, SOA, Web-Oriented Architecture (WOA) |
By R "Ray" Wang on December 3, 2011
Title: Workday Predict And Prepare 2011 Start Date: 2011-12-07 11:00 am PST End Date: 2011-12-07 12:00 pm PST Location: Webinar Link For the fourth year in a row, join the country’s top IT, HR and Talent Management analysts and consultants for their predictions of next year’s critical trends, plus their advice on how you […]
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By Dion Hinchcliffe on November 18, 2011
The title of this post is almost right. The workplace of tomorrow will look like a lot of things actually, including the Internet; just not a whole lot like the way our organizations look today. For one, the workplace itself has steadily begun to disappear as teleworking becomes more and more prevalent, though the latest […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Analysis, CoIT, Enterprise architecture, Next-Gen Mobility, social business, strategy, The Enterprise, The Web |
By Dion Hinchcliffe on August 3, 2011
While social networks are still just getting their sea legs in most organizations, the next big leap forward — in addition to social analytics — is likely to be the integration of our productivity and line of business apps into our activity streams. Will this unleash significant new value? Very probably. But it’s also possibly the big integration […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Computing, Industry Trends, mashups, SOA, social business, social computing |
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 |
By R "Ray" Wang on May 17, 2011
Organizations Must Overcome Four Fears To Master Social Customer Data Over the past few weeks, I’ve been criss-crossing the country on a multi-city speaking tour talking about the strategic value of customer data. (In full discloure, the tour is sponsored by Informatica). As we talk about the implications of social media and customer data, inevitably […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Apps Strategy, CIO, CMO, CRM, customer data integration, Customer Hubs, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, master data management, mdm, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, social commerce, Social CRM, social customer insights, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, social media monitoring, social sales insights, social service, social support, social support insights, social technologies, socialytics, Tuesday's Tip, Tuesday’s Tip
By R "Ray" Wang on May 9, 2011
Customers Have Evolved… Has Your Organization? Right now customers and prospects probably ignore your organization’s marketing messages because mass marketing campaigns lack relevancy. Right now most customers answer each other’s questions because your customer service and support agents lack the authority or knowledge to resolve issues. Right now prospects ask each other what they think […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 23, 2011
The Seven Deadly Sins Draws On The Dark Arts Conversations with game designers and gamification experts over the past month highlight how important design should appeal to the human spirit. Intrigue, reward, status, community, and challenge drive 5 key areas of engagement. However, some of the masters of gamfication have revealed some dark arts that […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Consumer Tech, disruptive, disruptive tech, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, envy, gamification, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, sloth, social business, Social Business Software, vendor strategy, wrath |
By R "Ray" Wang on January 20, 2011
Gamification Will Drive Future Enterprise Software User Experiences The Gamification Summit kicks off in San Francisco today. Gamification represents another consumer tech innovation entering the enterprise. Game-like mechanisms can improve engagement and participation in the enterprise for all stakeholders (i.e. employees, customers, partners, and suppliers). A few key areas with immediate potential for enterprises considering […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Consumer Tech, disruptive, disruptive technologies, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, enterprise software, gamification, gsummit, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, zynga |