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News Analysis: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Acquires Parature For Customer Service Capabilities

News Analysis: Microsoft Dynamics CRM Acquires Parature For Customer Service Capabilities

By R "Ray" Wang on January 7, 2014

Dynamics CRM Gains Key Technology and Team To Take Existing Customer Care Assets To Next Level On January 7th, 2014, The Microsoft Dynamics CRM team announced a definitive agreement to acquire Herndon, VA based Parature for an undisclosed sum.  This acquisition is Microsoft Dynamic’s CRM’s largest to date. Parature is an East Coast software start-up […]

Posted in Business | Tagged #msftdynamics, #msftdynamicscrm, acquisition, acquisitions, Apps Strategy, Bob Stutz, Chief Customer Officer, Chief Marketing Officer, Chief Service Officer, Ching-Ho Fung, CIO, Cloud, Constellation Research, CRM, CustExp, customer care, customer engagement, Customer Experience, customer experience management, customer relationship management, customer service, Customer Support, CXP, Digital Business, Duke Chung, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Jujar Singh, mergers, Mergers And Acquisitions, microsoft, Microsoft Dynamics, MIcrosoft Dynamics CRM, News Analysis, Next Generation Customer Experience, NextGen, NextGenCXP, Parature, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, SaaS, service, social service, social support, Software Insider, Software Vendors, SoftwareInsider, support, User Experience, vendor strategy

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

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

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

Beyond The Three V’s of Big Data – Viscosity and Virality

Beyond The Three V’s of Big Data – Viscosity and Virality

By R "Ray" Wang on February 28, 2012

Revisiting the Three V’s of Big Data It’s time to revisit that original post from July 4th, 2011 post on the the Three V’s of big data.  Here’s the recap: Traditionally, big data describes data that’s too large for existing systems to process.  Over the past three years, experts and gurus in the space have […]

Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged analytics, BI, Big Data, BigData, Business Analytics, business intelligence, business technology, business value, Calpont, colummnar database, columnar database, complex event processing, Constellation Research, Consumerization of IT, content, context, Data deluge, data governance, data quality, data streaming, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, EMC, Emerging Technologies, engagement, Engagement Apps, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Exasol, Geo spatial, hardware data points, HP Vertica, IBM Netezza, in-memory database, Kickfire, Kognitio, location based, log data, machine data, Metrics, mobile, Monday's Musings, Netezza, ParAccel, physical data points, process, R "Ray" Wang;, RFID’s, rwang0, search, sentiment, Social, social service, social support, socialtext, socialytics, streaming data, Teradata, Teradata Kickfire, text, Variety, Velocity, Vertica, Virality, Viscosity, Volume, Web

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

Research Summary: Introducing The 43 Use Cases For Social Business (Social Enterprise)

Research Summary: Introducing The 43 Use Cases For Social Business (Social Enterprise)

By R "Ray" Wang on August 28, 2011

The Social Business (Social Enterprise) Moves Beyond The 18 Use Cases Of Social CRM As social media adoption continues to move from mainstream to pervasive ubiquity, enterprises will begin to benefit from these advancements in the consumerization of IT (CoIT).  Just 18 months ago, early use cases identified 18 Use Cases for Social CRM (SCRM).  […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged #DF11, #socialenterprise, Apps Strategy, CIO, CMO, Customer Experience, customer experience management, customer service, Customer Support, e20, e2conf, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, Enterprise Business Apps, enterprise class, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, HCM, HR, HR Tech, Human Capital Management, Human resources, innovation, marketing, Marketing Automation, Monday's Musings, Monday’s Musings, PLM, product lifecycle, project based solutions, projects, Public relations, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, rwang0, sales, sales force automation, service, 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 | 1 Response

Monday’s Musings: A Working Vendor Landscape For Social Business

Monday’s Musings: A Working Vendor Landscape For Social Business

By R "Ray" Wang on August 15, 2011

Confusion Persists In The Social Business Market As with any new disruptive technology, the social business solution landscape faces a dynamic, confusing, and converging market. As vendors seek to grab mind share and market share, customers and prospects remain confused as to what are the right business problems to address with social business. However, rampant […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged adobe, Adobe Omniture, Angel, Apps Strategy, Art Technology Group, ATG, Attensity, Attensity Group, Avaya, Bazaarvoice, broadvision, Broadvision Clearvale, CEO, CIO, Cisco, Cisco Quad, Clearvale, CMO, collaboration, collaboration software, community platforms, Consumerization of IT, CRM, customer engagement, customer experience management, customer service, disruptive, disruptive technologies, Disruptive technology, e20, e2conf, early adopters, early adoptions, early movers, eGain, Endeca, Enterprise 2.0, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise collaboration, enterprise software, enterprise strategy, Facebook, Genesys, Get Satisfaction, getsatisfaction, google, GooglePlus, ibm, IBM Connections, IBM Lotus, ibm software group, INgage Networks, Jive, Jive Software, KickApps, lithium, Lithium Technologies, microsoft, Microsoft Lync, Microsoft SharePoint, middleware, middleware platforms, Monday's Musings, Monday’s Musings, Moxie, Mzinga, NewsGator, Omniture, oracle, Oracle ATG, Oracle Beehive, R “Ray” Wang;, R "Ray" Wang;, RightNow, RightNow Technologies, rwang0, Saba, Salesforce Chatter, salesforce.com, sap, SAP Streamworks, SCRM, sharepoint, social business, Social Business Software, social commerce, Social CRM, Social Media, social middleware, social service, social support, social technologies, Socialcast, socialtext, Teleperformance, tibbr, Tibco, Tibco Tibbr, VMware, VMware SocialCast, west, yammer | 2 Responses

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