January 11, 2017
Author: Jim Lundy
December 29, 2016
New MacBook Pro 2016 with Touchbar: A Winner
By Jim Lundy We just received two new MacBook Pros for two Aragon employees, including yours truly. Reviews of the new machines have been mixed, partially because expectations were so high. There are tons of articles
December 8, 2016
Informal Learning- Battle of D2L, Degreed, EdCast, & NovoEd
By Jim Lundy This blog could be titled "The End of the LMS" and it wouldn't be far from the truth. The demand by end users for better and faster access to learning content is fueling a new generation of learning pro
November 14, 2016
Microsoft Teams Is the New Slack Killer
By Jim Lundy A funny thing happened in New York a week and a half ago. Microsoft announced Microsoft Teams—based on Microsoft Office, not on Skype for Business. At first glance, Microsoft Teams might seem like a d
November 1, 2016
GM Chairman Announces OnStar Go to be Your Next Digital Assistant
By Jim Lundy The world is going digital and all enterprises will have to evolve to survive. Nowhere is this truer than in the automotive business, where Tesla is in the news nearly every day, but companies like General
October 25, 2016
Polycom’s New CEO and Product Arsenal Promise Digital Success
By Jim Lundy We attended Polycom's PACE Analyst Event last week in New York City with the Polycom Executive Team, including Polycom's New CEO Mary McDowell. She was recently announced after Siris Capital took Polycom p
October 11, 2016
Microsoft Touts Azure, Skype & SharePoint- Ignite Conference
By Jim Lundy Microsoft is all in with Cloud Computing and that was never more evident than at its annual Ignite Conference that was held in Atlanta. While Azure was not the only story, it was the lead one. This blog
September 23, 2016
Salesforce Announces Einstein-Race for Predictive Software
On Monday September 19th, Salesforce announced Salesforce Einstein, a full Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform that includes what appears to be both Machine and Deep Learning Capabilities. They also announced a new Resea
September 19, 2016
OpenText Buys Dell EMC Documentum – The Winners and the Losers
By Jim Lundy Hot off the heels of Dell Technologies officially buying EMC (September 7th), this week OpenText announced it was buying the Enterprise Content Division of Dell Technologies, formerly known as Documentum.
September 9, 2016
Apple, Box, Google, IBM, Microsoft, and Salesforce in the News
By Jim Lundy We haven't yet reached the first half of September but vendors are making waves with multiple, newsworthy announcements. Not all of the products are available, but all are intended to keep the sales pipel
September 8, 2016
Google Partners with Okta to Appeal to the Enterprise
By Jim Lundy While VMworld was going on last week in Las Vegas, so was Oktane, Okta's annual customer event. Mega Cloud provider IBM showed up at VMworld and Google's Diane Green (formerly of VMware) showed up at Okta
August 30, 2016
VMware Embraces Cloud and Expands Partnership with IBM
By Jim Lundy This week, we're attending VMworld in Las Vegas and yesterday, VMware made a series of announcements that are designed to make it easier for enterprises to leverage Public, Private, and Hybrid Clouds. VMw
August 24, 2016
Cisco Gets Smaller – Begins Shift to Software and IOT
By Jim Lundy Cisco announced its second largest round of staff cuts - over 5,500 people on August 17th, the day it announced its quarterly earnings. It also announced a $700 Million Charge against earnings. While Cisc
August 15, 2016
New MacBook Pro: Did Intel Chips Delay the Launch?
By Jim Lundy One of the things I hear about from people all over Silicon Valley is, "I'm ready for a new MacBook." Apple users are very sophisticated and at the recent Apple Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), man
July 27, 2016
LogMeIn Acquires Citrix GoToMeeting Division for $1.8 Billion
by Jim Lundy This First Cut was last updated on August 14th, 2019. Summary: LogMeIn and Citrix jointly announced that LogMeIn would acquire the Citrix GoToMeeting division for U.S. $1.8 billion. Event: On July 26th,
July 12, 2016
Cisco and IBM Join Forces to Offer Intelligent Workplace of the Future
By Jim Lundy On June 30th, Cisco and IBM announced a new partnership that combines both of their Collaboration offerings into what Aragon is referring to as an Intelligent Workplace Platform, powered by IBM Watson. Thi
July 7, 2016
GuideSpark: The Video Platform You Haven’t Met Yet
By Jim Lundy GuideSpark is known for Employee Communications and Engagement via its cool videos that often show up during employee on-boarding or during benefits selection season. Our impression of what GuideSpark is r
July 1, 2016
Fireside Chat with Peter Toth
A brief introduction to Aragon Research's Summer 2016 intern, Peter Toth.
June 23, 2016
Sales Success Begins with Video and Sales Engagement Platforms
By Jim Lundy The race to win in sales starts with Sales Engagement Platforms, a category that Aragon recently unveiled. When it comes to content, video continues to be the number one form of content that has the high
June 16, 2016