June 29, 2012
Author: Jim Lundy
Microsoft Buys Yammer for 1.2 Billion- Race for Social Enterprise
Microsoft Buys Yammer for 1.2 Billion; Validates Race for the Social Enterprise To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Note: Aragon Research also conducted a Webinar on this acquisition. To download the slides
June 25, 2012
Yammer sold to Microsoft for $1.2 Billion in Cash
By Jim Lundy Yammer is no longer an independent company, as it was announced today that it is being bought by Tech Titan Microsoft. Yammer will land in the Office division, where Microsoft Office President Kurt Delbene
June 22, 2012
Apple iOS 6: Siri’s Voice Gets Louder
Apple iOS 6: Siri’s Voice Gets Louder To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Mobile Issues: What are the best practices for managing content across the enterprise? How
June 20, 2012
Mobile Ecosystem Wars About to Claim More Casualties
By Mike Anderson Mobile Ecosystem There is a war taking place in mobile and the battle ground is the Mobile Ecosystem. Mobile ecosystems are the key to success in mobile. Devices grab the headlines, as Microsoft did thi
June 15, 2012
Oracle Takes its Public Cloud Live
Oracle Takes its Public Cloud Live To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Mike Anderson Topic: Workplace Issues: What technologies and architectures should enterprises leverage in the workplCisco Live Summarized in Four Words: Execution, Network, Cloud, Jabber
By Jim Lundy Cisco held its annual Cisco Live Networking Education Event this week and we were in attendance at the San Diego Convention Center. Cisco had over 17,000 customers and partners in attendance as well as a n
June 7, 2012
LinkedIn Security Breach: Need to Secure Social Networks and Content
LinkedIn Security Breach Reinforces Need to Secure Social Networks and Content To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy, Mike Anderson Topics: Workplace, Social Software Issues: What t
June 6, 2012
SuccessFactors Analyst Day Summary
By Jim Lundy SuccessFactors held an analyst day on June 5th as part of its SuccessConnect customer event in San Francisco. Events like this are a preamble to messages delivered to customers. I walked away with a good se
June 4, 2012
BYOD and Mobile App Personality
By Mike Anderson BYOD Movement BYOD (bring your own device) promises more personalized approaches to business computing as people engage with tools that suit them best. One factor behind this movement is how well new m
May 30, 2012
WWDC 2012: iOS 6, iPhone 5 and Mountain Lion
By Jim Lundy Apple's annual World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC 2012) is nearly here. There are many people that make a business of following Apple and with their resurgence there is daily speculation about new produc
May 22, 2012
BYOD and the Aragon Globe on Enterprise Mobile Management
By Mike Anderson Our Aragon Research Globe Report on mobile management is in the works. We will be evaluating more than 25 providers of Enterprise Mobile Management (EMM) software. This remains an embryonic market, wit
May 21, 2012
The Consumerization of Voice and Video
By Jim Lundy Consumerization has arrived in the realtime video and voice collaboration space (aka real time collaboration or UC&C). Consumers can do things today that are as good or nearly as good as the features
May 16, 2012
Crowdsourcing Market Forecasting: The Open Forecast Project
By Jim Lundy Anyone who buys or sells technology products or services is always keen to know how the market for those goods is going to behave. It is a great business for forecasters, but as many that focus on market va
May 15, 2012
Siri: Putting it to Work
By Jim Lundy While on a flight today I was doing some last minute texting (via Apple Siri) before the doors closed. I sat next to an executive who put her Blackberry down next to me. I asked her how long she planned to
May 11, 2012
Interop 2012 Hot Topics
By Mike Anderson Interop 2012 was held May 6 through 10 in Las Vegas this year, and BYOD was with me again throughout the show. Interop had a broad agenda including cloud computing, networking, wireless and mobility, vi
May 8, 2012
Tablets and TVs: why your next Television might be from Apple
By Jim Lundy Tablets were not on most peoples' radar when Apple introduced the iPad in 2010. Apple is very clever in how it prepares to enter established markets. It caught the PC industry completely off guard when
May 3, 2012
Social Software Consolidation – 2012 is just the beginning
By Jim Lundy Everywhere you turn there are new Social Software vendors popping up. New VC funding is flowing, but for every new firm that appears, there others who are hurting. In 2012, we are entering a new era of Soc
April 27, 2012
Enterprise Social Networking – Moving at Cloud Speed
By Jim Lundy Enterprise Social Networking was a hot topic this week as I was out and about in Silicon Valley. The conversation with many users was about picking up the pace of business. Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs)
April 25, 2012