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Event Report: Microsoft Convergence 2014 Day 1 Demonstrates Solid Momentum and Mindshare ( #CONV14 )

Event Report: Microsoft Convergence 2014 Day 1 Demonstrates Solid Momentum and Mindshare ( #CONV14 )

By R "Ray" Wang on March 5, 2014

Microsoft Convergence Kicks Off In Atlanta The annual Microsoft Convergence customer event kicked off on March 4th, 2014.  Far from the days of the Stampede in Fargo, North Dakota, the event shows how far the Microsoft Dynamics customers, partners, and products have progressed.  Over 12,000 attendees including customers, partners, staff, and prospects gathered in Atlanta, […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged #conv14, 2014, Apps Strategy, Avanade, business solutions, Capgemini, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief executive officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Sales Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud suites, Cloud Wars, CMO, Constellation Research, CRM, Customer Experience, customer relationship management, customer service, CXP, Delta Airlines, Digital Business, digital marketing, Digital Marketing Transformation, Digital Strategy, DigitalBiz, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, erp, event report, Hitachi Consulting, iaas, Identity, Kirill Tartarinov, Marketing Automation, Microsoft Dynamics, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics Convergence, MIcrosoft Dynamics CRM, MIcrosoft Dynamics ERP, Microsoft Dynamics GP, New Belgium Brewing, partner ecosystems, partners, partnerships, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, social intelligence, social media monitoring, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, System Integrators, user conference, user event, user group event, user group events, user groups, user strategy, vendor strategy, Weight Watchers | 1 Response

News Analysis: HootSuite Acquires uberVU For Analytics And Enterprise Growth

News Analysis: HootSuite Acquires uberVU For Analytics And Enterprise Growth

By R "Ray" Wang on January 23, 2014

HootSuite Prepares For Enterprise Growth On January 22nd, 2014, Hootsuite announced its acquisition of analytics provider uberVU for an undisclosed sum. The Bucharest, Romania and Cambridge, MA based software company brings 42 employees and over 200 customers to HootSuite. Key insights for customers and prospects include: uberVu provides Hootsuite with enterprise class analytics. uberVU’s technology […]

Posted in Business | Tagged acquisitions, analytics, Apps Strategy, Ariad, Business Analytics, Chief Marketing Officer, CMO, Constellation Research, CustExp, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer service, CXP, Dassault Systems, Data to Decisions, DDB, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, fujitsu, Getty Images, Giant Eagle, hootsuite, Indiegogo, JDRF, L'Occitane, Method, NBC, News Analysis, Phillips, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SC Johnson, socbiz, social analytics, social business, social customer insights, social marketing insights, Social Media, social media monitoring, social technologies, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, uberVU, user strategy, vendor strategy, Wolverine Worldwide.

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 […]

Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged adoption, Apps Strategy, business drivers, business impact, business strategy, business technology, business value, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, CHRO, CIO, CMO, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, customer relationship management, disruptive, Disruptive Tech Life Cycle, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, Enterprise Business Apps Vendors, enterprise class, Facebook, google, GooglePlus, Linked In, linkedin, Monday's Musings, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, socbiz, social analytics, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, Social CRM, social customer insights, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social marketing insights, Social Media, social media monitoring, social sales insights, social service, social support, social support insights, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider

Event Report: Lithium Network Conference 2012 #LiNC

Event Report: Lithium Network Conference 2012 #LiNC

By R "Ray" Wang on May 9, 2012

Lithium Technologies Shows Continued Customer Momentum And Success In Social Marketing And Support To the tune of 500 customers and prospects, Lithium kicked off LiNC on May 2nd, 2012, at the always stunning Intercontinental Hotel in San Francisco.  Compared to previous years, the audience was not only bigger, but also more experienced and energized.  Rob […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Chief Customer Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, CMO, Constellation Research, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, customer relationship management, customer relationship management (CRM), customer service, Customer Support, CXP, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise class, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, event report, Intercontinental Hotel, lithium, Lithium Technologies, Lyle Fong, R "Ray" Wang;, Rob Tarkoff, rwang0, SCRM, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, social customer insights, social marketing insights, social media monitoring, social service, social support, Software Vendors, user conference, user event, vendor events | 1 Response

Research Summary: Best Practices – Three Simple Software Maintenance Strategies That Can Save You Millions

Research Summary: Best Practices – Three Simple Software Maintenance Strategies That Can Save You Millions

By R "Ray" Wang on March 19, 2012

Forward And Commentary Software ownership costs continue to escalate as vendors accelerate their efforts to capture support and maintenance revenues. Some vendors have gone to the extreme to eliminate third-party options for their customers. This best practices report examines three strategies to free up unnecessary costs to fund innovation and new projects. A. Introduction On […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged #techoptimization, 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, best practices, Bil of Rights, bill of rights, BMC, budgets, business value, business value framework, BVF, CEO, CFO, Chief Financial Officer, Chief information officer, Chief procurement officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Computing, Cloud options, CMO, Computer Associates, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, contract negotiations, contract strategy, COO, cost reduction, CRM, CTO, Customer Support, deployment options, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, E-Commerce, Emerging Technologies, enterprise, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise architecture, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, Enterprise Irregular, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, Epicor, erp, ibm, Infor, Infor Global Solutions GmbH, Jive, license credits to new products, license fees, license management, license parking, license policy, license returns, lithium, maintenance, maintenance fees, microsoft, oracle, QAD, R "Ray" Wang;, Research Report, Research Summary, rimini street, rwang0, sap, SAS Institute, socbiz, social business, Social Business Software, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social media monitoring, social support insights, socialbusiness, software as a service, software bill of rights, software contract reviews, software escrow, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software mainteance, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, software pricing, software revenue recognition rules, software trends, Spinnaker, technology budgets, Technology Optimization, Third Party Maintenance, user strategy, users, vendor strategy

What Every CMO Needs To Know About The Five C’s Of Customer Engagement

What Every CMO Needs To Know About The Five C’s Of Customer Engagement

By R "Ray" Wang on March 8, 2012

Forward And Commentary CMO’s seeking to avoid the desensitization that comes with the adoption of new media will want to quickly deploy the Five C’s of Customer Engagement. A. Introduction Social media effectiveness for brands and enterprises will rapidly mirror the trends that email and web sites experienced during the late 1990′s to early 2000′s.  […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, B2B, B2B E-commerce, B2C, B2C E-commerce, Chief Marketing Officer, CMO, Constellation Research, CRM, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, CXP, E-Commerce, E-commerce survey, early adoptions, Enterprise apps strategy, marketing, marketing agencies, Next Gen Customer, Next Gen Customer Experience, Next Gen CXP, Next Generation Customer Experience, NextGen, NextGenCXP, Quark Summary, Quarks, R "Ray" Wang;, Research Summary, rwang0, social analytics, social business, Social Business Software, social campaign tracking, social commerce, Social CRM, social customer insights, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social event management, social marketing insights, Social Media, social media monitoring, social sales insights, social service, social support, social support insights, social technologies | 2 Responses

Best Practices: From First To Worst – Continental In A Post United World, Lessons In Next Gen Customer Experience

Best Practices: From First To Worst – Continental In A Post United World, Lessons In Next Gen Customer Experience

By R "Ray" Wang on March 2, 2012

Multiple Respected Research Survey Results Confirm Frequent Flyer Observations It’s official. In multiple respected customer experience research reports that cover the airline industry, the results are in.  Despite the numerous attempts by CEO Jeff Smisek to gloss over the issue with increasingly slicked up, feel good, on board welcome ads, Continental’s customer satisfaction numbers have […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged airlines, Arrogant CEOs, Atmosphere Research, Bruce Temkin, CEO, Constellation Research, Continental, Customer Experience, customer experience management, CXP, Failures, From First To Worst, From Worst To First, Henry Harteveldt, Jeff Smisek, Next Gen Customer Experience, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, social business, Social CRM, Social Enterprise, Social Media, social media monitoring, social service, social technologies, socialytics, Temkin Group, travel, United, United Airlines, United Holdings | 2 Responses

Seven Basic Privacy Rights Users Should Demand For Social Business

Seven Basic Privacy Rights Users Should Demand For Social Business

By R "Ray" Wang on January 16, 2012

Public Outrage Grows Over Lax Privacy Polices At Popular Social Networking Sites Recent actions by social networking leaders in the market place have brought new attention to a user’s privacy rights.  Despite the fact that these sites provide a freemium service to users, abuse and arrogance of a user’s privacy rights combined with user ignorance […]

Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged B2B, B2B E-commerce, B2C, B2C E-commerce, best practices, Big Data, bill of rights, Chief Collaboration Officer, Chief HR Officer, Chief information officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief People Officer, Chief procurement officer, Chief Sales Officer, CHRO, CIO, collaboration software, Constellation Research, COO, customer bill of rights, Digital identity, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, early adopters, Electronic Privacy, Emerging Technologies, Engagement Apps, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, EU, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, future of work, google, GooglePlus, Identity management, linkedin, Matrix Commerce, Monday's Musings, Next Gen Customer, Privacy, Privacy Rights, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, social business, Social Business Software, social business strategist, social campaign tracking, social commerce, Social CRM, social customer insights, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social event management, social marketing insights, Social Media, social media monitoring, social sales insights, social service, social support, social support insights, social technologies, vendor strategy | 1 Response

News Analysis: Lithium Technologies Adds $53M in Financing

News Analysis: Lithium Technologies Adds $53M in Financing

By R "Ray" Wang on January 5, 2012

New Funding Shows Strength In Social Business Market And Lithium’s Business Model Emeryville, California based Lithum Technologies announced today that it raised $53.4M in financing.  The lead round is from New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Other investors include SAP Ventures. NEA leads the round with Peter Sonsini joining the board. Peter‘s been active with ecommerce play […]

Posted in Business | Tagged #socialenterprise, Apps Strategy, Benchmark Capital, CIO, CMO, Constellation Research, Constellation Research Inc., Customer Experience, customer experience management, customer service, Customer Support, DAG ventures, e20, e2conf, Emergence Capital, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Greenspring Associates, innovation, lithium, Lithium Technologies, marketing, Marketing Automation, New Enterprise Associates, Peter Sonsini, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, sales, sales force automation, service, Shasta Ventures, socbiz, social analytics, social business, Social Business Software, social campaign tracking, social commerce, Social CRM, social customer insights, Social Enterprise, social enterprise apps, social event management, social marketing insights, Social Media, social media monitoring, social sales insights, social service, social support, social support insights, social technologies, socialbusiness, Tenava Capital

Twenty-nine Protostars Recognized In The Constellation SuperNova Awards

Twenty-nine Protostars Recognized In The Constellation SuperNova Awards

By R "Ray" Wang on September 20, 2011

First Inaugural Awards Designed to Celebrate the Explorers, Pioneers, and Unsung Heroes Who Successfully Put Technology to Work SAN FRANCISCO, CA, September 20, 2011—Constellation Research, Inc., announces 29 Protostar winners, representing the 2011 SuperNova award semifinalists.  Chosen from a pool of more than 70 applicants, these individuals are recognized as among the few that have […]

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