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News Analysis: Going Deeper Into The Apple And IBM New Business Model Alliance

By R "Ray" Wang on July 23, 2014

Global Partnership Signals Expansive View Of Digital Business Disruption On July 15th, 2014 IBM’s Ginni Rometty and Apple’s Tim Cook announced in Cupertino, CA a strategic partnership to transform enterprise mobility (see Figure 1). IBM has committed up to 100,000 employees to the initiative. Apple has not disclosed its investment effort. The announcement, made at […]

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The New Engagement Platform Drives The Shift From Transactions

By R "Ray" Wang on August 28, 2012

Convergence In The Five Forces Of Consumerization Of Technology Drives The Next Big Thing Social has given us the tools to connect. Mobile has given us the ability to interact any time and anywhere. Cloud delivers access points to us with a rich array of content and information. Big data provides us with the context […]

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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 […]

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Executive Profiles: Disruptive Tech Leaders In Social Business – Alistair Rennie, IBM

By R "Ray" Wang on June 20, 2011

Welcome to an on-going series of interviews with the people behind the technologies in Social Business. The interviews provide insightful points of view from a customer, industry, and vendor perspective. A full list of interviewees can be found here. Alistair Rennie – General Manager IBM Collaboration Solutions, IBM Software Group Biography Alistair Rennie is General […]

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News Analysis: IBM Acquires MDM Leader Initiate Systems For Public Sector and Healthcare Prowess

By R "Ray" Wang on February 3, 2010

IBM Adds A Leading Customer Data Integration/MDM Pioneer To Its Master Information Management Arsenal With arguably 10 master information management acquisitions since 2003, IBM continues to push towards its goal of adaptive master data management (MDM) (see Figure 1). The recent acquisition of Initiate Systems comes after the heals of Oracle’s purchase of SilverCreek Systems […]

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