June 16, 2016
Blogs
Bold: The Beginning of Digital Writing Assistants
Bold is the new "Medium for businesses," complete with digital assistants. This blog examines the publishing platform's impact on the future of writing. A New Publishing Platform for Long-Form Content Founded by David
June 15, 2016
Microsoft’s Sprightly App Targets Mobile for Creating Content
Microsoft recently introduced a mobile app it calls Sprightly. The Microsoft Sprightly App enables marketers of all levels to quickly design and market their catalogs, e-cards, price lists, and flyers - all on a mobile dev
June 14, 2016
Microsoft Buys LinkedIn – Targets Facebook and Salesforce
by Jim LundyMicrosoft announced its $26.2 Billion plan to acquire LinkedIn yesterday. This blog focuses on Microsoft’s acquisition of LinkedIn and its need to focus on Facebook and Salesforce.Microsoft's Acq
June 9, 2016
Digital Transformation: How to Become a Game Changer
by Jim SinurAre you a game changer?Maybe you'd like to become one. My new book on Digital Transformation can be read in a long plane ride, and is filled with helpful strategic and tactical gems for those that wa
June 8, 2016
Pegaworld 2016: It’s a Benefits Buffet
Pegasystems has been strategic in leveraging it's Digital Business Platform (DBP) in many agility rich applications that are built for change and digital transformation. It's been very apparent, at the conference, that th
Pegaworld 2016: Hitting on All Cylinders
The growth of the crowd over last year is impressive at over 20%. It should surprise anyone as Pega has over 420 solid clients including their original two clients. Pega continues to expand and desires to be 800M by the en
Sales Engagement Platforms – What and Why
By Jim LundySales Engagement Platforms are here. We have been tracking the trends in Sales and Marketing for years, going all the way back to 2008, when I went to Dreamforce, in part because many at Gartner did not bel
Microsoft Planner to Challenge Asana, Wrike, and Bolste
By Jim LundyMicrosoft has always been quick to spot winners and two Aragon Hot Vendors in Structured Collaboration, Asana and Wrike, are in Microsoft's gunsights. The reason is simple: Microsoft wants to own the Offi
June 6, 2016
Instagram Business Tools Keep UX Top of Mind
This blog post is a follow-up to one I did a few weeks ago, when Instagram’s Business Profiles were generating buzz but were only available in a limited beta launch. Different outlets were speculating about what features
June 2, 2016
What You Need to Know About Our New Digital Maturity Model
by Jim SinurMost digital maturity models are aimed at the technologies used. While this is important, technology alone doesn't buy an organization digital maturity. There are many other aspects to digital maturity that
June 1, 2016
Will Modeling Play a Role in Digital Transformation?
by Jim SinurMy answer would be yes.Organizations will likely use a business or a technology model to guide the digital journey, in the same way maps help to guide on a hike or long journey. For a
May 24, 2016
Lessons from Pixar and Moment: Creative Marketing
Today’s digital workplace requires marketers to be a hybrid of copywriters, designers, and photographers, along with their normal marketing responsibilities. As business roles continue to shift and overl
EMC World Summarized in Three Words: Dell, Cloud, LEAP
By Jim LundyI attended EMC World in Las Vegas the first week of May. It marked a turning point for EMC - as the merger approval with Dell is on the horizon. What struck us about the event was the amount of innovation t
May 18, 2016
TIBCO NOW Reveals New Goals and Improvements
By Jim SinurThere are 2000+ at the TIBCO NOW conference as we speak. It's been over 18 months since we have heard from the TIBCO brain trust on their plans for moving forward. After going private, there were rumblings
Google Allo – a Predictive Chat App
By Jim LundyNever say never. Google IO16 is happening today and tomorrow in Mountain View, and Aragon Research will be there for some of the deep dive sessions.That said, the news is already out about Allo and
May 17, 2016
Benefits of Optimizing Manual Operations
You don't hear much about organizations tackling the glut of manual processes that they have. While one can be attracted by the digital efforts that are in the headlines today, there is also great opportunity in optimizin
May 13, 2016
Instagram Introduces Business Profiles, Takes Business Users Seriously
Instagram’s announcement about additional features to Business Profiles follows on the heels of the many changes that the platform has unveiled this past year, including its recent logo makeover. This blog overviews why
May 12, 2016
Modeling Wars: 5 Areas of Friction
While we might all agree there are great benefits to modeling processes, decisions, goals, or data, there are major disagreements on modeling methods, including method standards and which object is the most important to
May 10, 2016