August 6, 2020
Author: Adam Pease
August 5, 2020
Increased Remote Work Means You Must Define Your Information Privacy Strategy
by Betsy Burton Defining a privacy strategy is important now more than ever before. I have been having a lot of conversations with vendors, end-users, and consumers about data privacy and ethics. Many are feeling the
August 4, 2020
Alfresco Is for Sale: What We Know
by Jim Lundy When private equity firms invest in a software company, sometimes they hold it for a long time, and sometimes they don't. In this case, Thomas H. Lee has decided to put its enterprise content management
August 3, 2020
Should Microsoft Buy TikTok? The Good, Bad, and Ugly
by Jim Lundy The Wall Street Journal reported over the weekend that Microsoft is in talks to buy ByteDance’s subsidiary TikTok. There are many reasons for Microsoft to buy TikTok and there are many reasons why they
July 27, 2020
Do Something Special for Your Team Today
by Betsy BurtonI was so pleasantly surprised to receive a care package from Aragon Research yesterday.You see, Aragon Research is holding a virtual off-site next week, and the care package included all the things I ne
July 23, 2020
How Is Governance Different for Small Versus Large Organizations?
by Betsy Burton I recently presented a webinar on Aragon Research’s Governance Framework. During this webinar, a client asked how governance was different for small versus large organizations. And specifically, how
July 17, 2020
Google Remakes G Suite Into a Work Hub, Challenges Microsoft for the Future of Work
by Jim LundyView a PDF of this First Cut.Summary: In one of the most complete makeovers of G Suite in years, Google unveiled a new integrated app experience that blends all of the G Suite collaboration and communicati
July 16, 2020
The Great Hack of Twitter Admins: How, Why, and Who?
by Jim Lundy Yesterday, Twitter was attacked in what is called an advanced persistent threat attack. In this case, users were targeted, and their accounts were taken over, including the accounts of many high-profile
Skillsoft’s Planned Bankruptcy—A New Trend in Financing
by Jim Lundy Skillsoft, a provider of online courses and learning management systems, declared bankruptcy on June 13th. I can’t say that the news of Skillsoft filing Chapter 11 was a surprise, but this blog discuss
The Race to Add AI to Marketing Clouds: Salesforce Buys CDP provider Evergage
by Jim Lundy View a PDF of this First Cut. Summary: Salesforce has bought customer data platform provider Evergage to strengthen its overall 1:1 personalization for its marketing platforms. Event: On February 7th,
July 1, 2020
What Every CxO Should Learn From this Small Business About Business Transformation
by Betsy Burton This year I had the opportunity to collaborate with my colleague, Jim Lundy, and several small and medium size organizations that were changing their business model due to impacts of the COVID-19 pand
June 24, 2020
Apple Announces New Apple Watch Features
by Jim Lundy and Adam PeaseAt its recent developer conference event, Apple announced the release of watchOS 7, its new update to the Apple Watch, which comes with an intriguing set of new features. Foremost among thes
Apple Divorces Intel
by Jim Lundy, Ken Dulaney, and Adam Pease Apple's computers have been powered by Intel for 15 years, but on Monday at its Worldwide Developer Conference event, Apple revealed that it would be breaking off its chip de
June 5, 2020
Salesforce Closes the Deal with Vlocity
by Adam Pease Salesforce has finalized its $1.3B acquisition of Vlocity, which began late February. Vlocity is a CRM vendor for industries built natively on the Salesforce CRM platform. Its tailored solutions may hel
May 22, 2020
Microsoft Positions Fluid Framework to Challenge Google
by Jim Lundy and Adam Pease At its Build event on Tuesday, Microsoft announced that Microsoft Fluid Framework, which has been under development, will be going open-source and also be available for MS Outlook and Office.
May 11, 2020
Namirial sells to Ambienta: Demand for Digital Transaction Management continues
by Adam Pease Last week, digital transaction management (DTM) provider Namirial announced that it was being purchased by European investment firm Ambienta. The deal occurs as many enterprises struggle to adapt to the ne
February 5, 2020
4 Ethics Challenges for AI Governance
by Adam Pease and Betsy Burton While the classic “I, Robot,” horror story of an artificial intelligence threat gone berserk has been a media fixture for decades, the ethical challenges that surround AI are often mor
January 30, 2020
Integrate Ethics Into Your Governance Framework
by Betsy Burton and Adam Pease Governance continues to be a critical issue for many business and IT leaders. The challenge is that the discipline of governance is highly dynamic and changes as the business landscape and
January 17, 2020
Why You Need A Sales Coaching and Learning Approach
by Calvin Smith According to a recent study conducted by Showpad, British organizations are failing to equip their sales staff with the proper coaching and training that is required to close more deals. Moreover, many B
January 8, 2020