April 14, 2014
Author: Jim Lundy
April 11, 2014
Fuze: New Brand And Focus on User Engagement and Collaboration
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: David Mario Smith Topics: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they compete? Summary: The Fuze announcement of its new
April 8, 2014
Interactive Research is the Future
By Jim Lundy Yesterday we announced our new Interactive Research at Aragon and at the same time, changed the research business. Research content has been traditionally text based, but business and IT Professionals want
March 28, 2014
Enterprise Connect In Four Words: Cloud, WebRTC, Video, Business
There were some major announcements at the Enterprise Connect conference, which was held at the Gaylord Hotel and Convention Center in Orlando,FL. Having gone to this show since back when it was called VoiceCon, I am seein
March 27, 2014
Office on the iPad: Nadella Ushers in New Mobile Era at Microsoft
By Jim Lundy In one simple move, Microsoft changed. It admitted that the iPad matters, but more importantly, that Microsoft Office is a business that can make lots of money for Microsoft. As we predicted last week, toda
March 21, 2014
Office on the iPad signals the start of the Nadella Era at Microsoft
By Jim Lundy Microsoft Office on the iPad is coming. With one of the applications that is part of Microsoft Office, OneNote, being released on nearly every Apple platform, Microsoft has signaled that it is ready to eat
March 14, 2014
Video Blog – Friday Recap with Jim Lundy
By Jim Lundy My recap of our Sales and Marketing presentation at the beginning of the week and what we are expecting next week at Enterprise Connect. Download the Your Marketing is Doomed without a Sales Strategy slides
March 13, 2014
Video Goes Mobile: Enabling The Mobile Workforce
As I’m finalizing our Aragon Research Globe on the Video Content Management market, I’ve been going over the impact of video on Digital Business, business processes and the impact of video on the new mobile worker. In
March 11, 2014
Sell me this Pen – Your Marketing is Doomed without a Sales Strategy
By Jim Lundy The closing line of my presentation last night at the SV Marketing Forum was "sell me this pen." It's also the closing line in the movie The Wolf of Wall Street. It's a great line, but many don't know wher
February 27, 2014
Google’s Android Problem and the Opportunity for Microsoft
By Jim Lundy Mobile World Congress was the talk of Twitter this week, as the annual event in Barcelona featured lots of announcements including ones from major hardware providers, such as Lenovo, Huawei and Samsung. Mic
February 21, 2014
Facebook to Pay $19 Billion for WhatsApp: The Value Is in the Users
View a PDF of this First Cut. Author: David Mario Smith Topics: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they compete? Summary: The acquisition of WhatsApp can make Facebook a w
February 19, 2014
Lync Isn’t Free
So this is Microsoft Lync week with Lync Conference 2014 fully in progress. However, despite all the press and hype - there is one thing I need to call out - actually, scream out - Lync isn't free! Ok there I said it.
February 12, 2014
Aragon at 2.5 Years; Growth, Clients, Thought Leadership
By Jim Lundy It has been a busy time here at Aragon Research. This weekend (February 16th, 2014) marks our 2.5 year anniversary. There is much to tell, but in a word - we have been growing, mainly because we have been exec
February 5, 2014
IBM Connect 2014: Recasting Mail and Connections
While there were some interesting announcements at IBM Connect 2014, a couple things that stood out to me were the rebranding of IBM’s collaboration capabilities under Connections and the new social email capabilities of
February 3, 2014
HireVue Improves Scheduling With Reschedge Acquisition
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: David Mario Smith Topics: Collaboration, Social HCM Issue: Who are the social HCM providers and how will they compete? Summary: HireVue fills a gap in t
January 23, 2014
VMware Acquires AirWatch; Dives into Enterprise Mobile Management
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Mobile Issue: Who are the mobile providers and how will they compete? Summary: VMware and AirWatch announced a definitive agreement in
December 24, 2013
Saba Goes Deeper Into Recruiting: The Sound Of A Changing Market
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: David Mario Smith Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they compete? Summary: Saba’s announcement of its new R
December 23, 2013
Cisco Acquires Collaborate.com For Stake In Mobile Collaboration
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: David Mario Smith Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they compete? Summary: Cisco has acquired Collaborate.com
December 20, 2013
CMOs of Silicon Valley – Ten you can’t Miss
By Jim Lundy In the five and a half years I've lived back in Silicon Valley, the one thing that has jumped out at me is how demanding the role of the CMO has become. In fact, with the tech boom is moving at a furious
December 9, 2013