August 2, 2012
Author: Jim Lundy
July 27, 2012
Tablet Wars Ignite Users versus IT
By Mike Anderson The Tablet Wars are a highly visible force in the rapidly evolving mobile world, and they are heating up. The phenomenal success of Apple’s iPad has resulted in massive wave of competition as users fl
July 26, 2012
Mountain Lion Consensus: Smooth Operator
By Jim Lundy Mountain Lion, the new Apple Operating System version released by Apple today, is a hot topic and upgrades are underway by many users as we speak. I upgraded a Mac in our inventory earlier to
July 24, 2012
Office 2013 Preview Sum in 3 Words: Tablet, Windows 8, SharePoint
By Jim Lundy Microsoft unveiled a preview of its latest versions of Microsoft Office 2013 and Office 365 at a Press Conference in San Francisco on Monday, July 16th, 2012. We just published an Aragon Research First Cut
July 19, 2012
Microsoft Revamps Office For the Cloud and Tablet Era
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Content Management, Mobile and Tablets Issues: What are the best practices for managing content across the enterprise? How will enter
July 18, 2012
BoxTone Declares MDM Price War
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Mike Anderson Topic: Mobile and Tablets Issue: What are the best practices for harnessing the power of mobile computing? What are the trends impacting
July 17, 2012
Marissa Mayer: Sheryl Sandberg Set Stage for Her Move to Yahoo
by Jim Lundy Last year I was at a Silicon Valley conference where Marissa Mayer gave the closing keynote, about performance management at Google. It was a straightforward, highly effective speech, and she delivered it w
July 13, 2012
The iPad as a video and web conferencing device
By Jim Lundy The last two days at our Aragon Research offsite, we had a need for video sharing with a remote colleague and we did not have a room based or dedicated video conferencing system. To make a long story short,
July 10, 2012
Google Fortifies its Mobile Ecosystem, Prepares for Tablet Wars
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Mobile and Tablets Issue: How will enterprises leverage mobile ecosystems to gain a competitive advantage? Summary: At Google I/O June
July 9, 2012
Tablet Wars: User Experience Expectations are High
By Jim Lundy In the Tablet Wars that are coming, the expectations of users of how a Tablet behaves are very high. Just ask anyone that has used an iPad and then tried to use something else. This blog post is the result
July 5, 2012
Diesel Generators, Amazon and Cloud Computing
By Jim Lundy There have been numerous accounts of what went wrong in Amazon's Virgina Cloud Data Center last week. Diesel Generators, always important, are emerging as a vital part of the Cloud Computing story. It is
July 2, 2012
Kaizen at AragonResearch.com
By Jim Lundy We have a culture at Aragon Research of Kaizen (Japanese word for continuous improvement). Over the weekend, we updated our website with a new look and feel. So far, we have gotten great feedback, but we woNokia Contingency Plan: RIM vs Google
By Jim Lundy *Please note, this post was written prior to Microsoft's rebranding of Nokia. Nokia mobile is now Microsoft Mobile.* Nokia's Chairman Risto Siilasmaa was on Finnish TV on June 28th talking about Nokia a
June 29, 2012
RIM: Time to plan your Enterprise Exit Strategy
By Jim Lundy RIM (Research in Motion) reported poor earnings this week, but more importantly, they announced a slip of the new QNX powered Blackberry 10 Phones until 2013. Technology markets can be brutal and today, aAirWatch Brings BYOD Support to OS X
AirWatch Brings BYOD Support to OS X 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? WhMicrosoft 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