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Digital transformation: CIO / CMO and the crisis of confidence

Digital transformation: CIO / CMO and the crisis of confidence

By Michael Krigsman on July 15, 2014

A few years ago, Gartner analysts predicted, “by 2017, the CMO will spend more on IT than the CIO.” As you can see from the opening slide on their presentation (registration required) about the topic, Gartner trumpeted this prediction loudly: Although Gartner phrased its prediction to gain attention, the detailed explanatory presentation offers vague and rather inconclusive data to support the core […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Avanade, Chief information officer, CMO, gartner, prediction

Why HfS cancelled its 2013 predictions

Why HfS cancelled its 2013 predictions

By Phil Fersht on December 26, 2012

For all of you waiting on tenterhooks for our 2013 predictions, I am afraid we have some bad news: today, we took the unprecedented step of canceling them. But why?

Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Absolutely Meaningless Comedy, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Enterprise Irregulars, Humor, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, prediction, The Future of Outsourcing

Monday’s Musing: The Hidden Value In SaaS Deployments

Monday’s Musing: The Hidden Value In SaaS Deployments

By R "Ray" Wang on January 25, 2010

Gains In SaaS Adoption Driven By Speed And Cost Savings
Preliminary data from Q4 earnings data show continued traction among SaaS solutions.  Expect SaaS deployments to gain steam in 2010 as organizations finalize their SaaS apps strategies to take advantage of 7 key benefits:

Richer user experience – SaaS apps bring Web 2.0 usability to the enterprise […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Adobe Air, Apps Strategy, benchmark performance, benchmarking, bill of rights, business impact, contract negotiations, contract strategy, cost reduction, CRM, customer bill of rights, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise software, HTML 5, implementation, information broker, Information On Demand, Information Week, innovation, Microsoft Silverlight, prediction, rapid implementation, SaaS, SaaS Bill of Rights, SaaS offensive, SaaS strategies, scalability, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, Software Vendors, strategy, subscription pricing, trending, upgrade, usability, User Experience, ux, vendor strategy

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