By R "Ray" Wang on January 19, 2019
Retail Innovation Continues To Improve As Budgets And Margin Grow Over 40,000 attendees gathered at Jacob Javitz convention center in New York City for the annual big show (see Figure 1.) The show kicked off with a keynote from BJ’s Wholesale Club Chairman, President, and CEO Chris Baldwin. Chris conveyed the impact of retail on […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 16, 2019
Apply the Account Categorization Framework to Succeed in Account-Based Strategies An account-based strategy model needs to focus on re-establishing relationships. With a very-well-defined list of business-to-business contacts, the go-to-market strategy requires a disciplined approach to re-engage with customers. Unfortunately, most field organizations are saddled with tech-laden complexity. Constellation Research suggests that clients put human relationships […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 6, 2015
Innovation Is Alive And Well At CES Over 160,000 attendees from around the globe gathered in Las Vegas January 6th to 9th for the annual consumer tech pilgrimage. A few big themes have emerged that have cross over potential to other market segments: Devices move from smart to smarter to smartly connected in an IOT […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on December 23, 2014
Digital Strategy From The Analysts At Constellation Research Constellation’s year end checklist offers suggestions designed to enable you to take control of your digital strategy in 2015. Consider these actions to ensure you dominate digital disruption in the new year. 1. Matrix Commerce: Scrub your data By Guy Courtin When it comes to Matrix Commerce, […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on February 15, 2014
A 10-Minute Preview Video Interview Of The Digital Business Disruption Ahead From The #NASSCOM_ILF Team On January 17th, 2014, the NASSCOM team interviewed Constellation Research about the digital disruption ahead. The short 10 minute video covers key topics including: Convergence of the five pillars of digital business drive the current digital disruption. The end of […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on October 8, 2013
2013 Marks A Change Of Guard In The HR Technology Conference Over 8,000 attendees gathered for the industry’s biggest and baddest event around human resources technology and the future of work at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas. This year marked a few key milestones: Legendary HR icon, Bill Kutik steps down from the […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on March 6, 2013
Shift From CMO to CDO Is In Progress Today’s marketing strategies increasingly depend more on digital and on data than in the past. With more data, marketers can measure against a new set of metrics that matter including: calculating return on promotional investment (ROPI), performing multivariable testing (beyond A/b) driving conversion rates and optimizing efforts, […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on January 27, 2013
The Latest Silicon Valley Disruption Is…A Car? It’s all the rage in the valley. No, it’s not the latest social, mobile, and big data app. No, it’s not some cloud computing break through. No, it’s not even bio tech. It’s actually a car. Source: Tesla Motors, Inc. Whether you are a tree-hugging environmentalist or gas […]
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By R "Ray" Wang on May 8, 2012
Innovative CIO’s Betting On Disruptive Technologies That Impact Enterprise Business Value In the Four Personas of the Next Gen CIO published March 3, 2012, four personas of the CIO were identified: Chief Infrastructure Officer, Chief Integration Officer, Chief Intelligence Officer, and Chief Innovation Officer (see Figure 1). This research of 79 progressive CIO’s identified the […]
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By Michael Fauscette on December 31, 2011
2011 is almost history, but before we start to focus on what will happen in enterprise tech in 2012, let’s take a short look back at some of the events that make it a very big / important year in…
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