March 7, 2016
February 29, 2016
IBM InterConnect in Four Words: Cloud, IoT, Swift, & Watson
By Jim Lundy We attended IBM's annual InterConnect Customer Event in Las Vegas this week. The event had over 25,000 attendees and twelve different announcements in a number of Cloud related product areas. One of the mo
February 22, 2016
Alfresco Drives Transformation with ECM & BPM Platform
Summary: Alfresco announced its new 2016 Winter Release for ECM and BPM – both of which are helping it to win numerous new customer accounts. To download a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Ev
February 15, 2016
Salesforce Spring ’16: Lightning, Pricing, IoT, and John Hernandez
By Jim Lundy Salesforce held a live event on February 2nd, 2016 to celebrate the launch of its spring 2016 release that is the full instantiation of its new user interface it calls Lightning. Lightning was introduc
February 9, 2016
Fuze Adds $112M in Funding to Prepare for UCC Battle
by Jim Lundy Summary: UCC Provider ThinkingPhones announced it has rebranded itself as Fuze and that it has received an additional $112M investment from Summit Partners. To download a pdf of this First
February 1, 2016
Unify Analyst Summit: The Future Is Circuit Collaboration PaaS
We attended the Unify Analyst Summit in Bermuda, January 19-22, 2016, and got a chance to spend time with the leadership team. With the Atos acquisition of Unify now closed, the focus is execution on the core strategy whic
January 28, 2016
NFL and Surface Pro vs. United Airlines and iPad
By Jim Lundy Anyone watching the NFL championship games over the weekend could not miss the commentary by the sportscasters about the Surface Pros and the New England Patriots. The comment during the Patriot-Broncos
January 27, 2016
RealPresence Clariti – Polycom’s Move to Software and Services
At the TEAM Polycom event held in Nashville, TN, January 12-14, Polycom unveiled its RealPresence Clariti cloud collaboration platform and its cloud bursting capabilities. Essentially, with Clariti, Polycom has the maki
January 21, 2016
Why People Should Be at the Center of Your Collaboration Strategy
This blog was originally posted on DOCUMENT Strategy. by David Mario Smith The state of collaboration has forever been changed—no longer is the technology provider determining what capabilities people need. People
January 19, 2016
Appcelerator Sold to Axway: Mobile Consolidation Continues
By Jim Lundy One of our predictions for 2016 stated that the mobile market would begin to mature. We have already begun to see this play out, as evidenced by Axway's acquisition of mobile app development provider App
January 8, 2016
Sales: Winning in 2016
By Jim Lundy We are already at the end of the first week of 2016 and the question is this: Is your sales team ready for 2016? Are you falling back on business as usual, or have you developed a winning plan for this year
December 24, 2015
The 2015 Aragon Research Innovation Awards Recap
By Jim Lundy When you watch markets, you get briefed on and evaluate lots of products and services from startups and established technology providers. At our recent 5th annual Aragon Research Holiday Party, we presen
December 10, 2015
Cisco Spark Poised to Compete with Microsoft Skype for Business
By Jim Lundy Cisco unveiled what it has been working on for the last several years—the Cisco Spark platform, which is designed to blend messaging, meetings, and calls into one integrated offering that works seamlessly
December 3, 2015
Cisco Acquires Acano: Accelerating UCC Consolidation
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Authors: David Mario Smith, Jim Lundy Topic: Collaboration, UCC Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: Cisco’s intend
December 1, 2015
Microsoft Pricing Surge for Office 365 E5
By Jim Lundy Microsoft has seen what Salesforce has done with pricing - and realized it needs to go higher. On November 30th, Microsoft announced pricing for its newest E5 SKU for Office 365, and while many will call
November 24, 2015
Collaboration: Where It Matters
David Mario Smith video blogs about an interesting shift in Collaboration. Get a glimpse of what matters:
November 6, 2015
Atos Acquires Unify for Greater Stake in Collaboration Platforms
View a PDF of this First Cut. Authors: David Mario Smith, Jim Lundy Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: Atos’ acquisition of Unify signals
November 5, 2015
Dropbox Pushes for a Seat at the Enterprise Table
By Jim Lundy Dropbox is pushing hard to be taken more seriously with enterprises and it is having success. At its first customer event being held this week in San Francisco, it announced enhanced capabilities for its Dr
November 4, 2015
IBM Insight 2015 – A Hint of Something New
Jim Lundy video blogs on his experience from IBM's Data and Analytics Conference, IBM Insight 2015. Get a glimpse inside the new IBM:
October 13, 2015