June 25, 2015
June 5, 2015
Office 365 Groups vs. Yammer: Is Microsoft Pulling the Plug on Yammer?
By Jim Lundy At Microsoft Ignite this year, the discussion or what I’d refer to as the lead pitch was about Office 365 Groups. Microsoft seemed to only want to talk about Office 365 Groups. There were a few sessions o
June 2, 2015
Avaya Acquires Esna to Collaboration-Enable Business Applications
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: David Mario Smith Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the Collaboration providers and how will they compete? Summary: Avaya’s acquisition of Esna i
May 28, 2015
Aragon Research Announces Part I of its 2015 Hot Vendors
May 29, 2015 Palo Alto, California – Aragon Research, a technology focused research and advisory firm committed to providing thought leading strategic research and trusted advisory services, announced its Hot Vendors 20
May 27, 2015
Fuze Acquires LiveMinutes: Growing Trend in Collaboration Providers
View a PDF of this First Cut. Author: David Mario Smith Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the Collaboration providers and how will they compete? Summary: Fuze’s acquisition of LiveMinutes is another
May 22, 2015
Cisco Acquires Tropo: Enter Communication & Collaboration PaaS Market
View a PDF of this First Cut. Author: David Mario Smith Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the Collaboration providers and how will they compete? Summary: Cisco’s acquisition of Tropo signals a move t
May 8, 2015
Join Me in Las Vegas for Executive Insights
By Jim Lundy We announced a new strategic partnership with Penton Technologies this week. I could not be more pleased to have Aragon working with such a great firm. Penton has many great IT and business-focused pub
May 7, 2015
Box, Google, IBM, and Microsoft Shift Strategy to Partner and Integrate Clouds, Apps, and Services
By Jim Lundy There is a fundamental and profound shift that is occurring before our eyes in enterprise software. It isn't a fad, it won't go away, and buyers will win in the end. The shift we are talking about is the re
May 6, 2015
Aragon and Penton Technology Join Forces for Executive Insights
Aragon Research and Penton Technology announced a new joint event that will take place this fall at the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas. 06-May-2015 – Palo Alto, California – Aragon Research, a technology-focused research aAragon Research Announces Strategic Partnership with Penton Technology
06-May-2015 – Palo Alto, California – Aragon Research, a technology-focused research and advisory firm committed to providing thought-leading research and trusted advisory services, announced a strategic partnership
May 5, 2015
IBM and SAP Integrated Talent Management Offerings Will Disrupt the HCM Market
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Learning and Talent Management Issue: Who are the Learning and Talent Management providers and how will they compete? Summary: On Ma
April 30, 2015
Meridian Knowledge Solution’s New Secret Weapon
By Jim Lundy Meridian Knowledge Solutions has been in the Learning market for a long time and recently they made a major move that for some went unnoticed, but not with us. Industry Veteran Jeff Kristick was appointe
April 24, 2015
Aragon Research Hot Vendors for 2015 are Coming
By Jim Lundy It is hard to believe, but this year marks the fourth year we will be selecting and naming our Hot Vendors. In 2012, our very first year of Hot Vendors, many wondered why we were doing it, partly because Ar
April 21, 2015
Saba @Work Summit: Empowering Leaders Through Intelligence
By Jim Lundy There is definitely a close link between leadership and employee engagement. In other words, employee engagement depends on strong leadership. Strong leadership depends on having keen insights into empl
April 14, 2015
Fireeye and Verizon Confirm the Rise of the Cyber Espionage Era
By Jim Lundy Fireeye and Verizon both confirmed this week via separate reports that cyber espionage is becoming one of the dominant attack methods on enterprises. This blog post discusses some of the findings and reinfo
April 9, 2015
Linkedin buys Lynda.com – It is all about Video Content
By Jim Lundy LinkedIn announced they were buying the off-the-shelf Training Content Provider Lynda.com for US $ 1.5 Billion. We have already been on the phone talking to clients about this - many want to know about the
April 8, 2015
Apple Watch Will Pressure Google and Microsoft
By Jim Lundy The march toward the April 24th shipment of the Apple Watch is on and with it, comes tons of speculation on whether the Apple Watch will be successful or not. To me, there is no question that the Apple
March 19, 2015
Skype, Polycom, and the Collaborative Workplace
By Jim Lundy The future of the collaborative workplace is all about making it easier to connect with others, particularly those who are not in the same location. As we all know, people are constantly looking for easier
March 15, 2015
Twitter Buys Periscope: A Video Is Worth a Thousand Words
As if YouTube has not made everyone a rich media publisher, new live streaming video apps are set to democratize content publishing even more at the touch of a button on your smartphone. What’s intersting about apps like
March 4, 2015