February 14, 2012
February 9, 2012
HCM and Talent Merger Wars Claim More Victims
By Jim Lundy With the announcement today that Oracle is in the process of buying Taleo less than 60 days after SAP announced it was buying SuccessFactors, the race is on to offer the most complete talent/HCM suite. T
February 6, 2012
How Apple Ushered in a New Era of Computing
By Jim Lundy A new era of computing is upon us. It involves touch and voice, simplicity and apps that let people do amazing things. It is one in which the operating system stays in the background and doesn't get in the
February 3, 2012
Countdown to the First Aragon Globe on Enterprise Social Software
The first Aragon Research Globe Report is underway and Enterprise Social Software is the market we are evaluating. We will be evaluating over 25 providers of Enterprise Social Software. There are vendors that you know and
February 2, 2012
Cisco focuses on Collaboration
Editors Note: This Blog Post was originally published on November 18th, 2011. By Jim Lundy I've covered Cisco for years and this week attended their Collaboration Analyst and Partner Summit in Miami. We published anYour Life, For Sale on Facebook
Editors Note, This Blog post was originally posted on Sept 22, 2011 By Jim Lundy If 2011 was the year of the Like button for Facebook, 2012 could be called the return of the app. Today at their annual Developer Conf
January 31, 2012
Changing of the Guard at OpenText
By Jim Lundy There isn't much coverage in the press about OpenText as we wrap up the first month of 2012, but there is change afoot in the executive ranks there. OpenText is one of the largest remaining Enterprise Conte
January 30, 2012
CIOs: Buy a Private App Store for Mobile
By Jim Lundy In conversations we have been having with end-user clients lately, one of the hot topics for the CIOs is Mobile, specifically Tablet Computers. They all have to support them, starting with the Executive SuiPreventing Data Loss in Microsoft Word 2011 on your Mac
By Jim Lundy Over the weekend, I had a few problems with Microsoft Word 2011 running on OS X Lion that prompted me to check the settings for Word. Surprise, I found that Word 2011 is not set to automatically create a ba
January 27, 2012
Aragon Research’s Workplace Scenario Steals The Show With Dallas CIOs
By Mike Anderson Two weeks ago in Dallas, I presented our Workplace Scenario to more than 100 CIOs who were at a SIM dinner event the night of the BCS football championship. I had the opportunity to meet many of the C
January 20, 2012
Summarizing Lotusphere 2012 in Three Words: Social, Mobile, Watson
By Jim Lundy It seems that one of the trends over the last five months is that the major tech titans are honing their messaging and upping the quality of their events. That was certainly true this year at IBM’s Lotusp
January 17, 2012
A Tale of Two Tech Titans, IBM and Kodak
Editors Note: This Blog Post was originally published on October 12, 2011. Since then, Kodak has restructured and on January 19th, they filed for bankruptcy after 131 years in business. By Jim Lundy The tale of two 1
January 6, 2012
New Facebook Attack – Act Now to Protect Your Enterprise
By Jim Lundy Enterprises that allow their users to access Facebook via their work PC are now vulnerable, given the huge Ramnit attack that just took place. Enterprises in the UK should be worried, but no one is immune fMy Lunch with Jacob Morgan
Yesterday, I had lunch with someone who I predict is on a fast track to becoming a rock star analyst. His name was Jacob Morgan of Chess Media Group. We had met on Twitter a while back and had agreed that it would be great
January 4, 2012
Spigit’s FaceOff Makes Crowdsourcing of Ideas Easy
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Social Software Issue: How will Social Software technologies evolve? Summary: Spigit is launching a new ideation application called Face
January 1, 2012
Telligent Buys Leverage To Speed Its Cloud And Mobile Future
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Mike Anderson Topics: Social Software Issue: How will Social Software technologies evolve? Summary: Telligent acquired Leverage Software, and has accel
December 27, 2011
Printer Ink and Toner Costs Can Impact your Bottomline: Who Cares?
It is a fact that some of the ink you put in an inkjet printer at your office costs more than perfume. More importantly, managing your output fleet can impact your enterprises bottom-line. Who cares? The CIO and his or her
December 21, 2011