November 28, 2012
November 27, 2012
SharePoint Conference in Three Words: Yammer, Upgrade, Store
By Jim Lundy Microsoft held its annual SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas on October 13-18, 2012 and it was memorable in a number of ways, not the least of which was the intensity of the participants. We will be disc
November 20, 2012
iPad Mini is just the Beginning of the Tablet Explosion
By Jim Lundy It was just a year ago and the only serious Tablet on the market was the iPad 2. Apple sold 15.43 million iPad 2s in the fourth quarter of 2011. Jump ahead to the holiday season for 2012 and the iPad Mini
November 13, 2012
SharePoint 2013 and Yammer at SPC12
By Jim Lundy At a session here at the SharePoint 2012 Conference (#SPC12), Yammer and Microsoft clarified the direction they are taking for where enterprises should look for deploying Social Networking. Given the major
November 8, 2012
Building the Aragon Research Globe for Learning
By Jim Lundy For many of you that I've worked with over the years, you know that for nearly the entire time I was at Gartner, Corporate Learning was one of the topics I covered (aka, LMS, LCMS Virtual Classroom, Learnin
November 5, 2012
The MacBook that went to Work
By Jim Lundy For most of my working career, I was a card carrying member of the Device you got from IT and for most of that time, it was a Windows Laptop. That all changed in 2008, when we moved from Upstate New York ba
November 2, 2012
Cisco Collaboration Summit in 4 Words: H.265, Customers, Webex, Files
By Jim Lundy Cisco held its annual Collaboration Summit in Los Angeles on October 13-15, 2012 and partners, customers and analysts were in attendance. To us it was all about Video (H.265), Customers, Webex and Content (
October 30, 2012
YamJam and HRTECH: The Rise of Social Recognition
By Jim Lundy This blog post is about the rise of Social Recognition, but it could be titled the coming war between Badgeville and Globoforce (Badging vs Corporate Recognition), but we'll leave vendor wars for future dis
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