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Event Report: The Evolution And Maturation of @Tibbr at #Tucon2013, the Tibco User Conference

Event Report: The Evolution And Maturation of @Tibbr at #Tucon2013, the Tibco User Conference

By R "Ray" Wang on October 21, 2013

tibbr Continues To Show Momentum In Customer Adoption And Addition Of Key Enterprise Social Features On October 14th to 17th 2013,  the Tibbr enterprise social crowd mingled with the core Tibco faithful at this year’s TUCON 2013 user conference in Las Vegas.  (An analysis of the broader Tibco announcements can be found from my colleague […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged 2013, Apps Strategy, Cathay Pacific, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, Cloud, CMO, collaboration, collaboration software, e20, e2conf, early adopters, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, enterprise social networks, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, ESN, event report, future of work, Google Drive, Interport Police, Jive Software, KPN, Microsoft SharePoint, Moxie, Mzinga, News Analysis, Nielsen Company, partnerships, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, schneider electric, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social technologies, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, t-mobile, The Men's Warehouse, The Nielsen Company, Thomson Reuters, tibbr, Tibco, TIBCO Software, Tibco Tibbr, user conference, user event, users, vendor events, vendor strategy, yammer, Yellow Pages Group

Research Summary: Demystifying Social Business – Optimizing the Lead to Deal Process (Sales)

Research Summary: Demystifying Social Business – Optimizing the Lead to Deal Process (Sales)

By R "Ray" Wang on June 12, 2013

Forward And Commentary Constellation Research pioneered the complete set of front office and back office use cases for social business in 2010. This report provides insight into a key mega-area — lead to deal use cases. This best practices research report offers insight into two of Constellation’s primary research themes, the Next-Generation Customer Experience and […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Revenue Officer, Chief Sales Officer, CIO, Constellation Research, Engage, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise software, Lead to deal, R "Ray" Wang;, Research Report, Research Summary, rwang0, sales, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, social sales insights, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider | 2 Responses

It’s Time To Consolidate Social Business Platforms

It’s Time To Consolidate Social Business Platforms

By R "Ray" Wang on March 6, 2013

Greater Adoption In Social Business Signifies A Move To Consolidate Platforms Constellation’s buy-side clients tend to fit in the market leader or fast follower categories when it comes to organizational personas of disruptive technology adoption.  Since 2010, respondents have progressed through the DEEPR framework and the latest results from 2012 indicate that most survey respondents […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged #adobesummit, #ibmsocial, #ngcollective, #sabasummit, adoption, Apps Strategy, best practices, Business Outcomes, CEO, CFO, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Sales Officer, Chief Service Officer, CHRO, CIO, Cloud options, CMO, CoIT, collaboration, collaboration insights, collaboration software, customer engagement, Customer Experience, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise class, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, innovation, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, Social Media, social technologies, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, sxsw, Tuesday's Tip | 1 Response

News Analysis: Adobe Behances The Creative Class With $150M Community Acquisition

News Analysis: Adobe Behances The Creative Class With $150M Community Acquisition

By R "Ray" Wang on February 12, 2013

Behance Empowers The Creative Cloud To Make Ideas Happen On December 20th, 2012, Silicon Valley based Adobe Systems announced the $150M USD acquisition of Behance, a digital portfolio and community site for creative professionals.  Founded in 2006, the SoHo, New York based company raised 6.5M in May 2012 from Union Square Ventures prior to the […]

Posted in Business | Tagged acquisition, acquisitions, adobe, Behance, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, CMO, Constellation Research, creative class, Customer Experience, customer experience management, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, innovation, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, News Analysis, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, social business, Social Business Software, social technologies, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, vendor strategy

News Analysis: Spigit Buys CrowdCast To Corner Innovation Life Cycle Market

News Analysis: Spigit Buys CrowdCast To Corner Innovation Life Cycle Market

By R "Ray" Wang on October 7, 2012

On September 18, 2012, Pleasanton, CA based Spigit, a social innovation vendor acquired Crowdcast, a San Francisco based social business intelligence pioneer for an undisclosed sum.  Crowdcast Founder/CEO Mat Fogarty and Chief Scientist Leslie Fine will join Spigit’s executive team as part of the acquisition. Crowdcast is backed by Menlo Ventures and Alsop Louie Partners. […]

Posted in Business | Tagged acquisition, acquisitions, collaboration, Constellation Research, crowdcast, crowdsourced R&D, Crowdsourcing, Data to Decisions, Decision Management, Decision Services, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, ideate, ideation, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, News Analysis, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, socbiz, social analytics, social business, Social Business Software, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social intelligence, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Spigit

Trends: The Battle For CMO Mind Share

Trends: The Battle For CMO Mind Share

By R "Ray" Wang on August 2, 2012

Marketing and Advertising Budgets Are The New Land Grab Constellation Research, Inc. predicts that the global advertising market (paid search, display, and classified) will hit $125B by 2015.   While IT budgets continue to stay flat, marketing budgets are up.  Warc’s recent Global Marketing Index (GMI) entered positive territory in March 2012.  Consequently, the heat […]

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Why Context Matters – Forget Real-Time, Achieve Right-Time

Why Context Matters – Forget Real-Time, Achieve Right-Time

By R "Ray" Wang on July 25, 2012

The Real-Time Hype Is Filled With Flaws The hype around big data, social media, and mobility has many folks imagining the real-time enterprise in the future of work, next generation customer experiences, matrix commerce, or the data to decisions journey.  While real-time theoretically leads to quicker information and faster response times, the reality requires closer […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business Analytics, business intelligence, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, Decision Services, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, Engage, engagement, Engagement Apps, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, From Transaction To Engagement, future of work, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, social commerce, Social CRM, social customer insights, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, social support, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tuesday's Tip

Dealing With The Real Problem In Social Business Adoption – The People!

Dealing With The Real Problem In Social Business Adoption – The People!

By R "Ray" Wang on June 17, 2012

Social Business Adoption Dependent On Employee Adoption Social business is more than a technology decision.  Many eager early adopters face challenges in adoption past the initial core team.  As we move from eager early adopters to ubiquitous usage, an examination of some organizations who have failed at internal social business reveals a five common barriers […]

Posted in Business | Tagged activity streams, adoption, Apps Strategy, best practices, change, Change Management, CIO, collaboration, collaboration software, Constellation Research, early adopters, Engage, engagement, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, future of work, gamification, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, social commerce, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, Social Media, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Tuesday's Tip | 2 Responses

Monday’s Musing: Avoiding Social Media Fatigue Through Engagement

Monday’s Musing: Avoiding Social Media Fatigue Through Engagement

By R "Ray" Wang on May 21, 2012

Social Media Moves From Ubiquitous Usage To Relevant Rationalization Have we hit a social media plateau?  In recent client conversations on usage of social media, the trendsetters appear to be “socialed out”.   Most early adopters seem to be overwhelmed with their personal (Facebook, Google+), corporate (Yammer, Jive, Chatter, SharePoint), and professional (LinkedIn) social networks.  In […]

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Event Report: Questions Every #SAPPHIRENOW Attendee Should Be Asking SAP

Event Report: Questions Every #SAPPHIRENOW Attendee Should Be Asking SAP

By R "Ray" Wang on May 13, 2012

SAP’s In The Midst Of Massive Transformation   Just four years ago, nervous attendees dealt with a tumultuous global market entering financial crisis.  SAP’s management team decided to raise maintenance fees to shore up its margins amidst a drought of innovation.  Customers revolted en masse.  Policies changed due to user group and global influencer pressure.  […]

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