April 12, 2017
Author: Jim Lundy
April 4, 2017
Creating a Better Digital Experience with a Modern Intranet
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – If your approach to modern work and user experience is outdated, you’re at risk of losing your customers and partners, and at risk of disengaging your workforce. This blog post is abo
March 9, 2017
Google Cloud Next 2017: Doubling Down on Machine Learning
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – Google held its annual Google Enterprise event called Google Cloud Next 2017 and with it, came a flurry of announcements and partnerships, including a significant one that allows SAP
March 6, 2017
IBM Connect 2017 and the Promise of Watson Workspace
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – I've been attending IBM Connect Events since about 2001 and this year marked a change in venue and in focus. IBM Connect 2017 was held in San Francisco instead of Orlando and wh
February 6, 2017
Google, LogMeIn, Polycom, and Slack Make Major Collaboration Moves
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – 2017 is starting out fast as Collaboration providers make moves to position themselves to buyers. During the first week of February 2017, Google, LogMeIn, Polycom, and Slack all made an
January 31, 2017
Google and Microsoft Face New Challenges from Facebook and Slack
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – I'm heading to a Slack Event today where it is widely anticipated that Slack will make some announcements that some have speculated will put it more front and center in the enterprise. F
January 25, 2017
Cisco Redefines Meetings and Workspaces
By Jim Lundy View a PDF of this First Cut. Summary: On January 24th, 2017, Cisco announced the Cisco Spark Board, a new Interactive Meeting Device that integrates with its Cisco Spark Application and UCC Services.
January 24, 2017
Zoom Gets $100m from Sequoia
By Jim Lundy (Aragon Research) – The race to own web and video conferencing just got harder. Zoom had jumped into a leadership position before Sequoia doubled down with a $100 million Series D investment. Now with
January 11, 2017
The Future of Work Is About Business Leaders
By Jim Lundy I gave a talk at our December Briefing on the future of work and said that the future is messy—this is because multiple roles within the enterprise are clamoring for the ability to make the call on wha
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