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Infor, A Company in Transition

Infor, A Company in Transition

By Michael Fauscette on September 19, 2014

I just returned from New Orleans last evening after attending Infor’s user conference Inforum (disclosure: Infor paid my travel expenses to the event, and is an IDC client). On the flight back I was thinking about what I saw, and what I’ve learned about Infor from my last several interactions with them, and wanted to […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Business, data, design, enterprise, erp, financials, HCM, Infor, Inforum 2014, innovation, Science, Technology / Software, ux | 1 Response

Smarter Innovation: Road Map to the Future

Smarter Innovation: Road Map to the Future

By Susan Scrupski on September 18, 2014

Last spring, we were approached by the Academic Director of Columbia University’s Graduate Information and Strategy program, Katrina Pugh.  She had received word about the innovative way our Change Agents work out loud in the cloud.  We were asked to contribute to a management book published recently by ARK Group, “Smarter Innovation: Using Interactive Processes to Drive […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged change, change agents, Change Agents Worldwide, Digital Workplace, future of work, innovation, Leadership, Management consulting, Organizational Change, strategy, Working Out Loud | 1 Response

Additional Considerations for Corporate Incubators and Accelerators

Additional Considerations for Corporate Incubators and Accelerators

By Evangelos Simoudis on September 8, 2014

In my last post I wrote about corporate incubation/acceleration models, presenting four distinct ones, discussed how to start one of these organizations, and how to increase the value derived from them. In this blog I provide additional details on the topic by: Presenting the criteria and guidelines a corporation should use to start an incubator […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged accelerator, Business incubator, corporate innovation, disruptive innovation, Entrepreneurship, GE Capital, google, incubator, innovation, intrapreneurship, startup, Venture Capital

Using Corporate Incubators and Accelerators To Drive Disruptive Innovation

Using Corporate Incubators and Accelerators To Drive Disruptive Innovation

By Evangelos Simoudis on August 13, 2014

Corporations are establishing incubators, e.g., Samsung, and accelerators, e.g., Orange, in order to advance their disruptive innovation initiatives. They are doing so on their own, e.g., Samsung, Swisscom, or in partnership with independent accelerators, e.g., Disney, Microsoft, and Barclays have partnered with Techstars. Many corporate incubators and accelerators are established in Silicon Valley, but not […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged accelerator, Allianz, corporate innovation, disruptive innovation, Entrepreneurship, incubator, innovation, intrapreneurship, linkedin, Pitney Bowes, samsung, startup, swisscom

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IBM-Apple Deal: Mobile Enterprise Applications

By Evangelos Simoudis on July 21, 2014

On July 15 IBM and Apple announced an exclusive partnership.  There are several components to this partnership that have been addressed elsewhere (here and here) but of most interest was the commitment to develop 100 industry-specific mobile analytic applications.  As I had written, the broad adoption of smartphones and tablets by employees, customers and partners, […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged analytic application, apple, Big Data, corporate innovation, enterprise applications, ibm, innovation, Insight as a Service, mobile applications, mobile-first applications, mobility, startup

Acquiring Innovation

Acquiring Innovation

By Evangelos Simoudis on July 7, 2014

In 2001 Apple introduced iTunes based on the IP of a company it had acquired in 2000. By 2003, after the introduction of the iPod and of the iTunes Store, iTunes had become the de facto disruptive innovator of digital music. More recently Apple itself started being disrupted by Pandora and Spotify.  These streaming music […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged acquisition, android, apple, google, ibm, innovation, SoftLayer, WhatsApp

Ten Classic Business Books for Entrepreneurs / Startup Founders

Ten Classic Business Books for Entrepreneurs / Startup Founders

By Dave Kellogg on June 18, 2014

I often get asked by technical founders what business / marketing / strategy books they should read.  While there are many excellent relatively new books (e.g., The Lean Startup), the primary purpose of this post is to list a set of classic business books that most (older) business people have read — and that I think […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged innovation, Management, marketing, strategy | 2 Responses

Five Steps To Starting Your Digital Transformation Initiative

Five Steps To Starting Your Digital Transformation Initiative

By R "Ray" Wang on May 28, 2014

  Cut Through The Hype and Get Started Over the past 12 months, Constellation has interviewed, researched, or assisted more than 50 market leaders and fast followers crafting a digital transformation strategy.  Regardless of industry, size of company, or geography, these early adopters share five common steps to success.  In each case, these steps provide […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged #CDOSummit, #cxotalk, 2014, Apps Strategy, best practices, Big Data, Big Data Business Models, Business Outcomes, CDO, CEO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Technology Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud, CMO, CoIT, Constellation Research, context, COO, Customer Experience, CXM, CXO, Data to Decisions, Digital Business, Digital Disruption, Digital Divide, Digital DNA, Digital Strategy, Digital Transformation, DigitalBiz, digitaltransformation, disruptive, disruptive business models, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, future of work, innovation, mass personalization, Mass Personalization At Scale, Matrix Commerce, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tuesday's Tip, user strategy, vendor strategy | 1 Response

Software Firms Now 42% Of Venture Capital Invested In 2014

Software Firms Now 42% Of Venture Capital Invested In 2014

By Louis Columbus on May 5, 2014

Just over $4B was invested in software deals by venture capitalists (VCs) during Q1, 2014, four times as much as biotechnology. Software deals netted out 42% of all dollars invested in the first quarter of 2014, with biotechnology receiving 11%.  VCs invested $816M in IT Services or 9% of all dollars, making this the third largest […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged biotechnology, Cloud Computing, cloud computing landscape, enterprise software, enterprise software vendors, innovation, Louis Columbus' blog, National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), PriceWaterhouseCoopers, software as a service, Venture Capital, Venture Capital Analysis

Measuring the Performance of Corporate Innovation Initiatives

Measuring the Performance of Corporate Innovation Initiatives

By Evangelos Simoudis on April 30, 2014

The business models of large corporations are being disrupted faster than ever before, e.g., Netflix is disrupting the video distribution industry, while new lucrative markets being created by innovative startups, e.g., Uber, Nest, and SpaceX. As a result of these developments, corporations are starting to realize they will need to re-invent their disruptive innovation model.  […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged corporate innovation, disruptive innovation, Entrepreneurship, innovation, intrapreneurship, KPI, Silicon Valley, vc | 1 Response

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