By R "Ray" Wang on March 22, 2020
Cognitive Apps Power The Future Of Autonomous Enterprises Cognitive applications run mission-critical business systems in a continuous, self-driving, self-learning, auto-compliant, self-securing, and self-healing approach. These AI driven systems intelligently automate transactional systems and processes such as campaign to lead, order to cash, procure to pay, incident to resolution, concept to market, and hire to retire. […]
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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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By R "Ray" Wang on June 12, 2014
With heavy contributions from Sachin Gosavi, VP of South Asia Infosys’ First Outsider CEO Lands From Silicon Valley On June 12th, 2014, Infosys announced that Dr. Vishal Sikka as the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director (CEO & MD) of the company effective August 1, 2014. Dr. Sikka will be inducted as a whole-time […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 15, 2014
A 10-Minute Preview Video Interview Of The Digital Business Disruption Ahead From The #NASSCOM_ILF Team On January 17th, 2014, the NASSCOM team interviewed Constellation Research about the digital disruption ahead. The short 10 minute video covers key topics including: Convergence of the five pillars of digital business drive the current digital disruption. The end of […]
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By Phil Fersht on September 24, 2013
With a quarter-of-a-trillion dollars a year being plowed into integrating and managing SAP and Oracle, are the SaaS upstarts truly ready to integrate multiple cloud apps at this type of scale to challenge the status quo?
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By R "Ray" Wang on August 5, 2013
Infosys Puts Its Best Foot Forward Constellation attended Infosys’ 2013 Global Analyst Summit from July 29th to July 30th in Boston. Despite the below industry average growth of the previous year, conversations with key executives and top customers indicate an imminent shift. In fact, Infosys has added 100+clients not including customers from Lodestone. Retention is […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on September 10, 2012
Global outsourcing and Bangalore Infotech bellwether Infosys (NASDAQ:INFY), announced its agreement to purchase Zurich-based Lodestone Management Consultancy for $350M. A quick analysis of the news reveals: Infosys strengthens its EMEA and SAP presence. Lodestone brings 850 employees which 750 are front line delivery personnel. 200 clients. Lodestone’s 200 clients span industries such as life […]
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By Phil Fersht on June 13, 2011
HfS Research’s “State of Outsourcing 2011” study of 1335 industry stakeholders, conducted with the Outsourcing Unit at the London School of Economics, points to a marked turnaround in outsourcing intentions as global economies reach a period of sustained (albeit limping) recovery. For many organizations today, clearly the short-term counter-recessionary measures have been executed through to fruition, leaving business function leaders under renewed pressure to seek out new operational strategies for driving out cost and improving global effectiveness.
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By R "Ray" Wang on March 28, 2011
Many Services Firms Seek Unfair Advantages With Market Makers Service providers continue to battle it out in the über competitive market for large annual multi-million dollar contracts. Market makers who serve as sourcing advisors, (i.e. management consultants, analysts, or vendor specialists) often influence the outcome of large sourcing contracts and system integration projects. Consequently, more […]
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By Michael Krigsman on March 18, 2011
Packaged solutions are a direct response to customers demanding faster, lower cost, and higher value software implementations. This post explains why.
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