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News Analysis: Rimini Street Vs Oracle Ruling Has No Negative Impact on Third Party Maintenance Rights

News Analysis: Rimini Street Vs Oracle Ruling Has No Negative Impact on Third Party Maintenance Rights

By R "Ray" Wang on February 18, 2014

Recent Oracle vs Rimini Street Ruling Is About Customer Software License Rights Not Third Party Maintenance On February 13th, 2014, the United States District Court , District of Nevada Judge Larry Hicks issued a partial summary judgment in the Oracle vs Rimini Street Case. Here’s the executive summary to key questions about the ruling*: Is […]

Posted in Business | Tagged 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, best practices, BPO, Business process, business process outsourcing, Chief information officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Bill of Rights, Cloud BPO, Constellation Research, customer bill of rights, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, IT budgets, IT Strategy, license policy, maintenance, maintenance fees, News Analysis, next gen CIO's, oracle, Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft, procurement, R "Ray" Wang;, rimini street, rwang0, sap, Seth Ravin, siebel, Siebel Systems, software bill of rights, Software Insider, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, SoftwareInsider, Third Party Maintenance, user strategy, vendor strategy, vendor threats

Monday’s Musings: Understand The Four Personas Of Disruptive Tech Adoption

Monday’s Musings: Understand The Four Personas Of Disruptive Tech Adoption

By R "Ray" Wang on December 3, 2012

Pace of Innovation Exceeds Ability To Consume Rapid innovation, flexible deployment options, and easy consumption models create favorable conditions for the proliferation of disruptive technology.  In fact, convergence in the five pillars of enterprise disruption (i.e. social, mobile, cloud, big data, and unified communications), has led to new innovations and opportunities to apply disruptive technologies […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged #techoptimization, adoption, analytics, Apps Strategy, best practices, Big Data, BigData, Business Analytics, Business Outcomes, business strategy, change, Change Management, Cloud, Cloud Computing, CoIT, CoIT and the New CSuite, Constellation Research, Constellation SuperNova Awards, Consumer Tech, Consumerization of IT, Corporate Digital Divide, Corporate Strategy, Corporate Vision, Corporate Vision And Strategy, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, Data to Decisions, Data2Decisions, Digital Divide, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, disruptive, Disruptive Tech Life Cycle, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, enterprise, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise class, enterprise software, future, future of business, future of work, innovation, innovation insights, innovation labs, management strategy, Monday's Musings, next gen cio, next gen CIO's, Next Gen Customer, Next Gen Customer Experience, Next Gen CXP, next gen enterprise, next gen IT leaders, next generation, Next generation apps, organizational strategy, outcome focused, People to People, public cloud, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, socbiz, social business, Social Enterprise, Social Media, social technologies, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, technology adoption, technology budgets, Technology Optimization, User Experience, ux | 2 Responses

Why Are Innovative CIO’s Betting Less On Cloud And Virtualization?

Why Are Innovative CIO’s Betting Less On Cloud And Virtualization?

By R "Ray" Wang on May 8, 2012

Innovative CIO’s Betting On Disruptive Technologies That Impact Enterprise Business Value In the Four Personas of the Next Gen CIO published March 3, 2012, four personas of the CIO were identified: Chief Infrastructure Officer, Chief Integration Officer, Chief Intelligence Officer, and Chief Innovation Officer (see Figure 1).  This research of 79 progressive CIO’s identified the […]

Posted in Business | Tagged 2012, analytics, Apps Strategy, Big Data, BigData, Business Analytics, business intelligence, business technology, business value, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, Cloud Wars, collaboration, collaboration software, Constellation Research, Corporate Digital Divide, Data deluge, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, enterprise, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, innovation, innovation insights, Monday's Musings, next gen cio, next gen CIO's, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, social analytics, social business, Social Business Software, Social Enterprise, social technologies, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, trends | 1 Response

Event Report: The Sentiment At Microsoft Convergence 2011

Event Report: The Sentiment At Microsoft Convergence 2011

By R "Ray" Wang on April 10, 2011

Refresh Cycle Reflects Bullish Outlook By Partners and Customers Microsoft Convergence kicked off over the weekend in Atlanta, GA at the Georgia World Congress Center.  With an anticipated increase in attendance, many new product announcements, and a technology refresh cycle in play, attendees seemed upbeat.  The event kicked off in true tradition including the must […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Apps Strategy, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, CRM, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, erp, event report, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft BPOS, Microsoft Business Solutions, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics Convergence, MIcrosoft Dynamics CRM, MIcrosoft Dynamics ERP, Microsoft Dynamics GP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics SL, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Partners, Microsoft Windows Phone 7, next gen apps, next gen CIO's, next gen CIO’s, Next generation apps, partner ecosystems, partners, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS strategies, user conference, user event, User Experience, vendor events | 2 Responses

The Race For Enteprise Class Consumer Tech

The Race For Enteprise Class Consumer Tech

By R "Ray" Wang on March 8, 2011

Start Ups Chase Enterprise Dollars As Freemium Model Plays Out I’ve been spending time with emerging technology start ups over the past 3 months.  The good news – innovation in the valley is alive and well.  Most of these ventures start with solving a consumer problem and hope for massive viral success in the freemium […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged Apps Strategy, business technology, business value, Constellation Research, Consumer Tech, early adopters, Emerging Technologies, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Five Elements Of Enterprise Class, Five Phases Of Enterprise Acceptance, Monday's Musings, Monday’s Musings, next gen, next gen apps, next gen cio, next gen CIO's, next gen CIO’s, next generation, Next generation apps, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, Tags Comments Date Analytics Title Author Categories Tags Comments Date Analytics Monday’s Musings: The Race For Enteprise Class Consumer Tech - Draft Edit | Quick Edit | Trash | Preview Monday's Musi, vendor strategy

Research Report: 2011 Cloud Computing Predictions For Vendors And Solution Providers

Research Report: 2011 Cloud Computing Predictions For Vendors And Solution Providers

By R "Ray" Wang on December 28, 2010

This blog was jointly posted by @Chirag_Mehta (Independent Blogger On Cloud Computing) and @rwang0 (Principal Analyst and CEO, Constellation Research, Inc.) Part 1 was featured on Forbes: 2011 Cloud Computing Predictions For CIO’s And Business Technology Leaders As Cloud Leaders Widen The Gap, Legacy Vendors Attempt A Fast Follow Cloud computing leaders have innovated with […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged 2011 Predictions, BPO, Business Analytics, business technology, business value, CFO, Chirag Mehta, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, cloud integration, Cloud options, cloud security, Cloud Wars, CTO, DaaS, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, iaas, information broker, integration, IT Strategy, next gen apps, next gen cio, next gen CIO's, next gen CIO’s, next gen enterprise, next gen IT leaders, next generation, Next generation apps, PaaS, Platform as a service, Private Cloud, Private Clouds, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, Research Report, rwang0, SaaS, SaaS Integration, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, social business, Social Business Software, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, software as a service, trends, vendor strategy | 9 Responses

Research Report: How The Five Pillars Of Consumer Tech Influence Enterprise Innovation

Research Report: How The Five Pillars Of Consumer Tech Influence Enterprise Innovation

By R "Ray" Wang on October 4, 2010

Most Enterprise Software Vendors Fail To Deliver Innovation Despite hundreds of billions wasted on failed research and development projects, most market influencers would agree that enterprise software vendors have produced a dearth of innovation over the past decade.  Vendors often cite UI re-skins, major functionality additions, integration of acquisitions, technology re-platforms, and weak attempts at […]

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Event Report: Top 10 Questions To Ask At The Microsoft TechEd/STB Analyst Summit

Event Report: Top 10 Questions To Ask At The Microsoft TechEd/STB Analyst Summit

By R "Ray" Wang on June 6, 2010

Clients Now See Microsoft As The Neutral Vendor, Hence All The Questions
Just less than 3 years ago, Microsoft was still perceived as part of the “evil” empire.  Business leaders worried about the complicated and expensive licensing and pricing structures.  IT leaders bemoaned the lock-in and proprietary and often buggy software.  But in a reversal […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged application development, Apps Strategy, Azure, Cloud, Cloud Computing, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, enterprise software, event report, ibm, Internet Explorer, JBoss, microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Silverlight, middleware, next gen cio, next gen CIO's, next gen IT leaders, oracle, salesforce.com, sap, SQL Server, STB Analyst Summit, TechEd, technology platforms, tools and technology, UC, Unified Communications, vmforce, VMware, W3C, windows mobile, Windows Phone 7 | 1 Response

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