October 30, 2012
Author: Jim Lundy
October 23, 2012
Tablet Survey: Which one is on your Christmas List?
By Jim Lundy This week has lots of events going on and lots of tablet product announcements. Whether you are at IBM IOD or Gartner Symposium or any other event, the new Tablets, including the highly anticipated iPad M
October 22, 2012
Tablet Era Driving a Transition in Mobility
By Mike Anderson The Tablet Era is here, and the war for tablet leadership is escalating. On the eve of Microsoft’s tablet entry and the highly anticipated iPad Mini from Apple, the focus on devices is at the foref
October 17, 2012
BoxWorks 2012 summarized in Three Words: Customers, Partners, Platform
By Jim Lundy Box held its second annual Boxworks customer event in San Francisco on Oct 8th and 9th, 2012 at the Westin St. Francis. We were at BoxWorks in 2011 and while that was a solid event, this year it felt likeSpigit Makes Innovation Predictable with Crowdcast Purchase
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Social Software Issue: Who are the social software providers and how will they navigate a crowded market? Summary: On Sept 18th, Spigit
October 12, 2012
AT&T and IBM Alliance will mean a more Secure Cloud
By Jim Lundy In a recent post, I asked if your Cloud Vendors were ready to support your enterprise. This week Tech Titans AT&T and IBM responded and announced a joint initiative that signals a response to the growin
October 8, 2012
CEOs, Chief Product Officers on a Collision Course with Idea Engines
By Jim Lundy The art and science of developing new products is as challenging as it ever was, but today, in a digital era, it is getting harder to find that next big idea. Look at any great product and there were always
October 4, 2012
Vendor Wars, Customer Events and Twitter
By Jim Lundy The war between SAP and Oracle just got a little nastier. At Oracle World this week, SAP launched a combined Marketing and Social Media Campaign that Featured its Hana offering in a face off against Oracle
September 30, 2012
Salesforce expands beyond CRM, competes in Social HCM markets
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topics: Knowledge, Social, Content Management Issues: How will enterprises take advantage of new ways to share knowledge and expertise? Who
September 26, 2012
Google’s Blown Call on Maps
By Jim Lundy AllThingsD.com is reporting that Apple wanted Google to add turn by turn directions to the iOS Maps app, which was supplied by Google to Apple. For those that don't know, Google Android has had voice based
September 24, 2012
Dreamforce 2012 Summarized in Four Words: Social, CMO, Marketing, HR
By Jim Lundy Salesforce held it's tenth Dreamforce (#DF12) event last week in San Francisco and we were there. There were a number of product announcements that took place there and we will be analyzing them (Marketin
September 18, 2012
Social HCM is a Journey, Look before you Leap
By Jim Lundy The Social Human Capital Management (Social HCM) market just got more interesting because it is going Social. This week Salesforce is throwing down the gauntlet and announcing its Work.com Social Performanc
September 16, 2012
Amazon Escalates the Tablet Wars
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Mike Anderson Topic: Mobile Issues: What are the best practices for harnessing the power of mobile computing? What are the trends impacting mobile comput
September 14, 2012
BYOD Shifts to Bring your Own Tablet
By Jim Lundy As we put some finishing touches on a Research Note about the coming Tablet Wars, there is one key finding that we've seen with enterprises. Much of the focus of BYOD has been on supporting Smart Phones, su
September 12, 2012
iPhone 5 – Time to Give up your Blackberry
By Jim Lundy Apple announced the iPhone 5 today and we live tweeted the event. We will be covering the updates to Apple's Ecosystem, primarily iOS 6 in some separate First Cuts. Our take on the announcement today is tha
September 11, 2012
Dreamforce before Salesforce went Big
By Jim Lundy Back in 2008, Dreamforce, Salesforce's annual customer and partner event, was not that big. I know because that year, I was begged by the Gartner Account Executive to attend Dreamforce, including a customer
September 10, 2012
iPhone 5 – LIfe before the iPhone
By Jim Lundy The iPhone 5 will be announced this week in San Francisco. The flurry of activity leading up to it is palpable and many Apple competitors have been trying (and failing) to steal the limelight from the nex
September 5, 2012
Celebrating our One Year Anniversary at Aragon Research
By Jim Lundy As we head into the fall of 2012, it has been just over a year since we announced Aragon Research. It was on Friday, August 12th, 2011, that I finished up at Saba, had a great going away party, hugged the E
August 31, 2012
IBM Shifts into HCM Software and Buys Kenexa for $1.26 Billion
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Knowledge, Social Software Issues: How will enterprises take advantage of new ways to share knowledge and expertise? What are the best p
August 30, 2012