SAP Influencer Summit: a qualified success
I have been quiet about SAP Influencer Summit 2011 for several reasons:Despite the disruption the recent SuccessFactors acquisition announcement has caused, there’s still plenty to chew upon and that...
View ArticleSalesforce snubs SAP with Rypple flip
As I was boarding a transatlantic from Boston my Tweetstream went crazy with the news Salesforce.com is acquiring Rypple and rebranding it Successforce. Larry Dignan thinks it’s a ’splash’ into HR.In...
View ArticlePodio’s Integration With Google Apps Makes Collaboration Easy
Podio differentiates itself from the sea of various "2.0" collaboration startups, by focusing on structured content rather than just generic collaboration tools like blogs, wikis, forums and status...
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Enterprise IT Buyers: Don’t Listen to Financial Analysts
When it comes to enterprise IT decisions, I have come to the conclusion that buyers shouldn’t read the financial press. There are industry analysts and there are financial analysts, and they address...
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What does it mean to be an industry analyst?
When I first joined META Group, it took me a while to understand what it meant to be an industry analyst. Now returning to Constellation Research Group in 2011, with 10 years of META experience behind...
View ArticleRIM’d by disbelief (Updated - after Microsoft/Nokia/RIM discussions disclosure)
RIM is struggling. That is clear. When the WSJ runs headlines like “Crisis mounts at RIM” there have to be problems. Recent Constellation Research confirms this, but from a different angle. Analysis...
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Facilitating Trust & Capacity-Building in 21st Century Organizations
I just got back from co-facilitating my first Fusion, an amazing two day event in Mill Valley, California! (We modeled it after the Fusion retreat I attended a few weeks ago.)The framing was intended...
View ArticleBPO, the cloud and the future of the analyst firm
Last week I took the opportunity to catch up with Phil Fersht, CEO, HfS Research, a Boston based firm that is growing rapidly. Now in its third year, HfS has a total headcount of 47 researchers,...
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Predictions For 2012 From An Employee Perspective
The following is my first "predictions for next year" blog post written as an industry analyst. If you're expecting to read yet another ramble about cloud, mobile, social, location and every other...
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A Look Back At 2011 In Social Software
After writing my 2012 Predictions post I thought it would be appropriate to take a look back at some of the things that happened in the 2011 within enterprise social software. The items below are in...
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