April 12, 2012
April 11, 2012
Facebook Next: Going Beyond Instagram
By Jim Lundy The next Facebook FB (eg. Facebook Next) is already under development. No one knows what the app will be called or who the lucky innovator will be, but it is clear that there will be a new app t
April 7, 2012
BYOD is not a threat: It is your future workplace
By Mike Anderson The issue of BYOD (bring-your-own-device) is on the radar of nearly every enterprise. IT was historically the leader in identifying, selecting and deploying the best technology for the business, but thTablet Wars are Coming: Lower Prices, Smaller Sizes
By Jim Lundy Will 2012 finally be the year that the Tablet wars get started? So far, not in the first half, but the second half looks promising mainly due to new form factors. Rumor are swirling about smaller 7 inch tab
April 5, 2012
Workplace Train Wreck in the Cloud
By Mike Anderson In each major era of workplace technology evolution there has been a significant discontinuity. The discontinuity tends to be characterized by a period in which multiple competing approaches align towar
April 3, 2012
iPhone as a Remote Control for your Mac
By Jim Lundy iPhones (and Android Phones) can do a lot, thanks to nearly a million apps between them. The last two days Aragon Research was at ITC in Harrisburg, PA and we gave show floor presentations both days in aCloud Trends Panel with Google, IBM, Microsoft and Verizon
By Jim Lundy At the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's 16th annual Intergovernmental Technology Conference (ITC), I moderated the opening panel on Trends in Government Cloud Computing. It featured the biggest names in Clo
April 2, 2012
Consumerization of IT drives disruption, demands balance
By Mike Anderson Consumerization of IT continues to be one of the top priorities confronting business and IT organizations. The promises of reducing costs, driving up productivity and improving employee satisfaction k
March 30, 2012
Social Network Analysis Just Got Better with Saba DNA
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Social Software Issue: How will social software technologies evolve? Summary: Saba announced a robust social network analysis tool that
March 29, 2012
Enterprise Connect in Three Words: IP Phones, UC&C, Video
By Jim Lundy Enterprise Connect was held this week in Orlando, Florida and it was all about IP Phones, UC&C, (Unified Communications and Collaboration) and Video. Mobile enablement of all of this was an undercurren
March 22, 2012
Saba Summit in Three Words: Social, Talent, HD Video
By Jim Lundy Saba held its annual customer user group meeting this week in Miami Beach, Florida and there are three words to summarize what we saw: Social, Talent and HD Video. There were a number of announcements on pr
March 18, 2012
When You Work At Home, Productivity Takes Planning
By Mike Anderson Our research at Aragon centers on work, how it’s changing, and as a result, how dramatically the way work gets done is also changing. One of the top issues directly affecting people, me included, i
March 16, 2012
Social Performance – What is Social Worth?
By Jim Lundy Social Performance was all the rage yesterday at Salesforce's Cloudforce Event in San Francisco. The Salesforce Rypple - Social Performance capability was announced at a price point of $5.00 per user/month
March 5, 2012
iPad 3 Survey: Tablets Appearing at Work, Home and School
By Jim Lundy The iPad 3 gets announced in 2 days and the hype surrounding Tablets keeps getting louder, so we created a Survey to find out what you think. Lots of people are talking about what the iPad 3 will have from
February 29, 2012
iPad 3 versus Windows 8: Speed and Agility
By Jim Lundy iPad 3 Frenzy The announcement of the iPad 3 is only six days away and at the same time, we are now officially in the era of the Windows 8 Preview. Both the iPad 3 and Windows 8 are very popular search t
February 28, 2012
Mobile World Congress: Google, Microsoft, and Mobile Ecosystems
By Mike Anderson The Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona is about to begin its third day. Much of the attention for two days has been on the devices. Both smartphones and tablets have been in the limelight of
February 26, 2012
BYOD: My Journey From Windows To Mac
By Mike Anderson Last year as we were forming Aragon I was a steadfast Windows user. Although we had made the decision early that we would allow user freedom of choice for computing, Jim was all Mac in his home offic
February 25, 2012
HCM -Talent Go Cloud, Windows 8 and iPad 3
By Jim Lundy This week was full of announcements from major HCM players, such as SAP (solidified its Cloud Roadmap based on SuccessFactors) and Oracle (which sought to reassure customers on its pending acquisition of
February 20, 2012
Talent and HCM Part III: Kenexa Buys Learning Provider Outstart
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Knowledge Issue: How will enterprises acquire and distribute knowledge? Summary: On February 6th, Kenexa announced that it was buying Lear
February 17, 2012