August 30, 2013
Author: Jim Lundy
August 20, 2013
Is UC Old School, Going Through Growing Pains Or About To Graduate?
UC (Unified Communications) has been declared a maturing market by many industry experts. However, is what we are calling a maturing market really UC? I’ve been following communications and collaboration for over 15
August 14, 2013
Apple and Microsoft face similar Innovation Challenges
By Jim Lundy Oracle CEO Larry Ellison did a Television interview with CBS News earlier this week and besides revealing his 25 year friendship with Steve Jobs, he offered an opinion that Apple will not do as well without
August 7, 2013
Silicon Valley: The Movers and Shakers in Marketing
By Jim Lundy When it comes to technology executives, the focus is often on the C-Level, but they have a ton of people that make them look good. There are new movers and shakers in Silicon Valley, particularly at the ma
August 2, 2013
Social Business Is Here: Jive and HootSuite Make the Wall of Fame
By Jim Lundy In 2013, social is shifting away from a cobbled together bunch of features to a set of offerings that allow people to get work done. We call it social business and to net it out, it is the desire to get wo
July 30, 2013
Security Bug Could Affect Nearly Every Android Device
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Lou Latham Topic: Mobile Issue: What are the trends impacting mobile computing? Summary: A security research firm has found a flaw in the Android operatin
July 26, 2013
Microsoft Kills Skype Desktop APIs; Leaves Developers Scrambling
View a PDF of this First Cut. Author: Jim Lundy Topics: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: Microsoft will terminate its Skype Desktop API and Skype K
July 19, 2013
Telligent acquires Zimbra from VMWare
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: Telligent acquires Zimbra from VMWare to r
July 18, 2013
Business Managers want better Training: Learning from Xerox
By Jim Lundy This isn’t a new story about Corporate Learning, but it is one that is repeated time and time again. The Learning and Development (L&D) department may miss the mark or may be out of touch with whaSiemens Makes Move To People-Centric Collaboration
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: Siemens Enterprise Communications broadens
July 13, 2013
Google Adds Voice to Hangouts, Steps Back On Interoperability
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topics: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: Google, by adding phone calls but reducin
July 11, 2013
Microsoft Reorg 2013: The End of the Microsoft Office Division
By Jim Lundy Microsoft announced its 2013 restructuring today and with it came a few departures, namely the President of the Microsoft Office Division, Kurt DelBene. Very little mention was made of Kurt's departure, e
July 10, 2013
The Oracle and Salesforce Alliance: A Partnership of Convenience
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topics: Collaboration, Social HCM, Social CRM Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Issue: How will the social HCM mar
July 4, 2013
Cloud Computing – Making Money got harder thanks to Oracle and Salesforce
By Jim Lundy Oracle and Salesforce just made Cloud Computing harder for everyone else. What? Yes, Oracle, by giving some incredible pricing to Salesforce for its Oracle Database offering, just made the business of Cloud
June 28, 2013
Biba Aims To Disrupt With New Mobile Communications App
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: Biba Systems' release of its new mobile c
June 21, 2013
The Journey Beyond UC: Social, Real-time, and Business Processes
Siemens Enterprise Communications announced at its analyst summit this week in Denver, Colorado, a new direction for the company in real-time and Social collaboration, with a new initiative code named Project Ansible. The
June 19, 2013
MacBook Air 2013 – Three Reasons it is the new Laptop Standard
By Jim Lundy Last week at Apple's WWDC, Apple announced new models of its pioneering MacBook Air laptop computer. There was so much focus on iOS 7 at that event that most seem to have missed what we feel may be a new
June 14, 2013
Video Recruiting Gets a Boost from Cornerstone and HireVue
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topics: Collaboration, Social HCM Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Issue: How will the social HCM market e
June 12, 2013
Cisco Collaboration US in Three Words: Cloud, Collaboration, Mobile
By Jim Lundy For four weeks in April and May, I was on the road sharing Aragon's views of Collaboration at the Cisco Collaboration US Tour. Lane Cooper of Network World moderated the events and they spanned eight
June 11, 2013