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Event Report: The Storify #CCE2014 TweetStream On #DigitalTransformation #DigitalBiz
By R "Ray" Wang on November 4, 2014
Constellation’s Connected Enterprise Brings The World Of Digital Transformation To Life At the 4th annual executive innovation summit, Constellation hosted over 200 early adopters, pioneers, and innovators in digital transformation at the Ritz Carlton Half Moon Bay. Digital transformation and business topics include: Consumerizaiton of IT Data to Decisions Digital Marketing Transformation Future of Work […]
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News Analysis: Adobe EchoSign’s Electronic Signatures Goes 100% Mobile
By R "Ray" Wang on September 29, 2014
Frictionless Signatures Key To Matrix Commerce Success On September 16th, 2014, Adobe EchoSign announced native mobile e-signature capability for iOS and Android devices. While EchoSign has been in the cloud for some time, the native capability in mobile allows over 37 million users to send documents for signature, receive e-signatures, e-sign documents, and track documents. […]
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The Week of May 12th, 2014 Is One Of The Busiest In Enterprise Software Conferences
By R "Ray" Wang on May 12, 2014
Ten Enterprise Software Events To Check Out And Follow The Week of May 12th, 2014 The Monday after Mother’s day was traditionally the week of the America’s SAP User Group and SAP’s big show, SAPPHIRENOW. However, this year the 20,000 plus attendee and over 250 partner sponsored show moved to June 2nd in order to […]
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Research Summary: Economic Trends Exacerbate Digital Business Disruption And Digital Transformation (The Futurist Framework Part 3)
By R "Ray" Wang on April 15, 2014
Constellation Applies A Futurist Framework To Guide 2014 Outlook and Beyond Constellation’s research team uses a tried and true futurist framework that looks at the political, economic, societal, technological, environmental and legislative (PESTEL) shifts ahead (see Figure 1). The PESTEL model is used to synthesize the major trends and provides guidance on how Constellation approaches […]
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Event Report: Marketo Moves From Revenue Management To Customer Engagement Platform #MKTGNation14
By R "Ray" Wang on April 13, 2014
Marketo Moves Beyond Revenue To Customer Engagement Platform A growing realization that funnels are dead again (and again) in sales, marketing, service, and commerce drives a big shift in the digital business disruption. In front of 6000 customers, prospects, influencers, and employees, Marketo’s CEO Phil Fernandez put to bed some myths about the mix of […]
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Vertical Solutions Extends Customer Experience And Field Service Footprint With Three Partnerships
By R "Ray" Wang on April 7, 2014
Vertical Solutions Partnerships Showcase Why Complex Field Service Is A Critical Glue Between ERP and CRM In Improving Customer Experience Announced March 4th, 2014 at the Microsoft Convergence event, Vertical Solutions, made three significant partnerships with Blue Horseshoe Solutions, Cincom, and Vidcie. The Cincinatti, Ohio based customer experience software vendor provides cloud contact center […]
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Event Report: #AdobeSummit Celebrates Digital Marketing From Creative To Commerce
By R "Ray" Wang on April 1, 2014
Market Leaders And Fast Followers Celebrate A Decade Of Digital Marketing Vision In 2004, Omniture founder Josh James, an avid skier, held the first Summit atop the Snowbird Ski Resort for 270 early adopters and converted. Fast forward eleven years to 2014, an estimated 7000 customers, partners, influencers, and prospects gathered at the Salt Palace […]
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News Analysis: Gainsight Spring 2014 Release Targets Large Enterprises Making The Transition To #DigitalBiz
By R "Ray" Wang on March 24, 2014
Customer Success Management Pioneer Adds Key Functionality For March 2014 Release On March 18th, Mountain View, CA based Gainsight announced the Spring 2014 release of its customers success management platform. Led by CEO Nick Mehta, the cloud software vendor has received over $29M in funding from key investors such as Bain Capital, Battery Ventures, Capital […]
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Research Summary: Five Societal Shifts Showcase The Digital Divide Ahead (The Futurist Framework Part 2)
By R "Ray" Wang on March 7, 2014
Constellation Applies A Futurist Framework To Guide 2014 Outlook and Beyond Constellation’s research team uses a tried and true futurist framework that looks at the political, economic, societal, technological, environmental and legislative (PESTEL) shifts ahead (see Figure 1). The PESTEL model is used to synthesize the major trends and provides guidance on how Constellation approaches […]
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Sneak Peaks From Constellation’s Futurist Framework And 2014 Outlook On Digital Disruption
By R "Ray" Wang on February 24, 2014
Accelerated Pace of Change Creates the Perfect Storm for Dominating Digital Disruption The 2014 trends are out. The big predictions have been made. Yet what does it all mean as most organizations anticipate another unpredictable year? Since 2000, 52 percent of the companies in the Fortune 500 have either gone bankrupt, been acquired or ceased […]
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