March 20, 2018
Author: Jim Lundy
IBM Launches Watson Workspace Plus, Partners with Zoom
by Jim Lundy On March 13th, 2018, IBM announced the availability of Watson Workspace Plus, its mobile collaboration offering powered by Watson. This update includes new features and a new video meeting capability backed
March 9, 2018
The Rise of WCA and Why CCM Is Dead
by Jim Lundy Workflow and Content Automation (WCA) is a vital asset to the digital transformation of any business, especially those that want to maintain a competitive edge within their market. WCA is taking over CustomHighfive Adds Dolby Voice Room to Its Portfolio
by Jim Lundy Highfive recently announced the addition of the new huddle room offering from Dolby—Dolby Voice Rooms—which now supports both voice and video. The huddle room inclusion will help Highfive compete mor
March 2, 2018
Five9 Revenue Growth Milestone – Cloud at the Center
by Jim Lundy Five9 had their earnings call last week and it was a record quarter. To us, this symbolizes the focus of the company, the flexibility of the offering, and the growing demand for cloud. The 2017 Five9 rev
February 20, 2018
The Digital Workplace DealBook – Alfresco, LogMeIn, Nintex, and SAP
by Jim Lundy We are only in the second month of 2018 and the acquisition fever is here. Many deals have gone down in the last two weeks, and this blog highlights the most noteworthy in the digital workplace landscape.
February 16, 2018
Thoma Bravo Invests Big in Nintex, Eric Johnson to Become Company’s CEO
by Jim Lundy View a PDF of this First Cut. Summary: The Bellevue-based, privately held Workflow and Content Automation provider announced that Thoma Bravo will become the company’s majority investor. The deal is
February 7, 2018
Waymo v. Uber and Technology Theft in Silicon Valley
by Jim Lundy The Waymo v. Uber self-driving technology lawsuit is underway, and front and center is the debate over ownership. The two key actors are Uber Chairman Travis Kalanick, and Anthony Levandowski, a former emp
February 2, 2018
The End of Xerox as an American Icon
by Jim Lundy On January 31, 2018, Xerox announced that it gave up control of its ownership to Fuji Xerox, its long-term partner and occasional nemesis, to prevent activist shareholders from selling the company. Xerox so
January 30, 2018
Avaya Buys Spoken Communications and Dives Into Cloud
by Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – Yesterday at Avaya ENGAGE®, Avaya’s annual customer conference held this year in New Orleans, Avaya announced that it was acquiring Seattle-based Spoken Communications, a cloud co
January 29, 2018
Driving Sales Success with Tablets and Sales Engagement Platforms
by Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – In 2017, Apple launched its long awaited iPad Pro 10.5 device, a smaller version of the iPad Pro 12" inch unit it launched in 2016. We reviewed the launch last June in our WWDC recap
January 26, 2018
AI vs. Blockchain: Two Innovative Approaches to DTM
by Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – Two technology areas have recently been in the news: AI/machine learning and blockchain. Partly due to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin in fintech, blockchain is grabbing the spot
January 15, 2018
Can Blockchain-Based KODAKOne Help Kodak Get Its Groove Back?
by Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – Kodak's stock went up last week because it announced a new blockchain currency called KODAKCoin. KODAKCoin is part of the company's bigger news: a new Digital Rights Management platf
December 19, 2017
Salesforce myTrailhead Will Challenge Allego and MindTickle
by Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – There are times when markets become split or more vertically-focused. As I mentioned last week, the learning market is in the midst of a bifurcation. Sales learning and development i
December 11, 2017
Rise of Sales Learning–Different Than Your Corporate LMS
by Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – One of the most vital, must-do activities in sales is training. Not just training bootcamps, but continuous training. Having covered corporate training for the last 15 years, all of
December 4, 2017
Amazon Makes a Major Move Into Content Analytics
by Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – At AWS re:Invent 2017, Amazon's event last week in Las Vegas, it announced new capabilities that will make it more of a serious player in AI-based cloud computing. Even more impor
November 21, 2017
Aragon Disrupts Gartner and Forrester with Visual Research
by Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – In 2013, Aragon coined the tagline "Video is the new document" as a way to signify and communicate the importance of video for both consumers and enterprises. It struck a chord as
November 14, 2017
Dreamforce #DF17: Salesforce and Google Partner to Thwart Microsoft
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – At Dreamforce 2017, also referred to as #DF17, Salesforce announced a major partnership with Google that is more than just Cloud. Diane Green, SVP of Google Cloud, made an appearance
November 6, 2017
BroadSoft, Nextiva, and RingCentral: The Conference Recap
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – BroadSoft, Nextiva, and RingCentral all held their annual Partner and Customer Conferences last week. I attended all three and all were designed to entice current partners and cus
October 26, 2017