August 28, 2015
Author: Jim Lundy
August 17, 2015
Google Alphabet: I Stands for Innovation
By Jim Lundy Google announced a major restructuring this week when it folded Google into a new parent company called Alphabet, which can be found at the domain name abc.xyz. There has been a lot of mediIntern Update: Videos and Getting to Know Our Drone, AR1
By Jack Buehler It’s been pretty busy here for the last few weeks. After the first week of onboarding, Jim had us jump straight to work. I started working on some of the Hot Vendor reports and Evan started to work on
August 12, 2015
Peoplefluent Video-Based HCM Platform Powers Record Results
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Authors: Jim Lundy, David Mario Smith Topic: Talent Management and Learning Issue: Who are the Talent Management and Learning providers and how will they evolve?
July 24, 2015
Microsoft Retrenches in Mobile: Enterprises Can’t Wait
By Jim Lundy Two weeks ago, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the layoff of 7600 employees in the Microsoft Phone Division so that Microsoft could focus on ‘near term opportunities.’ I would note that the ink
July 22, 2015
IBM Partners with Box to Offer Predictive Content-Enabled Vertical Applications
View a PDF of this First Cut. Authors: David Mario Smith, Jim Lundy Topic: Content Management Issue: Who are the content management providers and how will they evolve? Summary: IBM and Box announced a new
July 14, 2015
Apple Watch 30 Day Test Drive: Better Than You Think
By Jim Lundy There have been many reports in the press lately saying that the Apple Watch is failing. If you don't recall, the same thing was said after the initial iPhone launched - it was only after a year that peopGigJam: Microsoft Attempts to Redo Collaboration
By Jim Lundy At its Worldwide Partner Conference this week, Microsoft gave new details on it’s Project GigJam collaboration app, which represents a fresh approach by the technology titan. GigJam will enable users t
July 2, 2015
IBM Announces Open HR and Open Analytics Platforms; Expands Partner Ecosystem
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Learning and Talent Management Issue: Who are the Learning and Talent Management providers and how will they compete? Summary: On Ju
June 26, 2015
Augmented Reality at E3
By Jim Lundy Last week, thousands of journalists and game enthusiasts spent their time in the Los Angeles convention center at the 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). For those who do not follow the world of gaming
June 5, 2015
Office 365 Groups vs. Yammer: Is Microsoft Pulling the Plug on Yammer?
By Jim Lundy At Microsoft Ignite this year, the discussion or what I’d refer to as the lead pitch was about Office 365 Groups. Microsoft seemed to only want to talk about Office 365 Groups. There were a few sessions o
June 2, 2015
Avaya Acquires Esna to Collaboration-Enable Business Applications
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: Avaya’s acquisition of Esna i
May 27, 2015
Fuze Acquires LiveMinutes: Growing Trend in Collaboration Providers
View a PDF of this First Cut. Author: David Mario Smith Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the Collaboration providers and how will they compete? Summary: Fuze’s acquisition of LiveMinutes is another
May 22, 2015
Cisco Acquires Tropo: Enter Communication & Collaboration PaaS Market
View a PDF of this First Cut. Author: David Mario Smith Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the Collaboration providers and how will they compete? Summary: Cisco’s acquisition of Tropo signals a move t
May 8, 2015
Join Me in Las Vegas for Executive Insights
By Jim Lundy We announced a new strategic partnership with Penton Technologies this week. I could not be more pleased to have Aragon working with such a great firm. Penton has many great IT and business-focused pub
May 7, 2015
Box, Google, IBM, and Microsoft Shift Strategy to Partner and Integrate Clouds, Apps, and Services
By Jim Lundy There is a fundamental and profound shift that is occurring before our eyes in enterprise software. It isn't a fad, it won't go away, and buyers will win in the end. The shift we are talking about is the re
May 5, 2015
IBM and SAP Integrated Talent Management Offerings Will Disrupt the HCM Market
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Learning and Talent Management Issue: Who are the Learning and Talent Management providers and how will they compete? Summary: On Ma
April 30, 2015
Meridian Knowledge Solution’s New Secret Weapon
By Jim Lundy Meridian Knowledge Solutions has been in the Learning market for a long time and recently they made a major move that for some went unnoticed, but not with us. Industry Veteran Jeff Kristick was appointe
April 24, 2015
Aragon Research Hot Vendors for 2015 are Coming
By Jim Lundy It is hard to believe, but this year marks the fourth year we will be selecting and naming our Hot Vendors. In 2012, our very first year of Hot Vendors, many wondered why we were doing it, partly because Ar
April 21, 2015