January 11, 2017
Blogs
January 3, 2017
7 Predictions to Inform Your 2017 Digital Business Strategy
by Jim Sinur The new year promises opportunities for organizations that are aimed at better business outcomes which leverage digital technologies. 2016 was characterized by significant digital experimentation with inte
December 29, 2016
New MacBook Pro 2016 with Touchbar: A Winner
By Jim Lundy We just received two new MacBook Pros for two Aragon employees, including yours truly. Reviews of the new machines have been mixed, partially because expectations were so high. There are tons of articles
December 20, 2016
Leverage Artificial Intelligence in 2017 to Drive Digital Efforts
by Jim Sinur It's a given that the number of devices are exploding and the signals, events, and patterns coming from these devices are just overwhelming. Responding quickly to all of these devices and their signals isÂ
December 8, 2016
Informal Learning- Battle of D2L, Degreed, EdCast, & NovoEd
By Jim Lundy This blog could be titled "The End of the LMS" and it wouldn't be far from the truth. The demand by end users for better and faster access to learning content is fueling a new generation of learning pro
December 2, 2016
Recap of our 2016 Aragon Hot Vendor and Innovation Award Winners
We celebrated risk taking, innovation, and excellence at our second annual Hot Vendor and Innovation awards ceremony in Redwood City. by Patricia Lundy The night we look forward to each and every year has come and
November 15, 2016
Leverage Cognitive AI to Make Smarter Decisions
by Jim Sinur The amount of data and information flying our way is almost too much to absorb. It's even harder to optimize the understanding of that data and leverage it in the right way to make successful decisions. Th
November 14, 2016
Microsoft Teams Is the New Slack Killer
By Jim Lundy A funny thing happened in New York a week and a half ago. Microsoft announced Microsoft Teams—based on Microsoft Office, not on Skype for Business. At first glance, Microsoft Teams might seem like a d
November 7, 2016
Top Seven Uses of Cognitive AI
by Jim Sinur The world is speeding up and accelerating as you read this article. Big data keeps piling up; new IoT devices are multiplying exponentially; new patterns of threats and opportunities are emerging by the sec
November 1, 2016
GM Chairman Announces OnStar Go to be Your Next Digital Assistant
By Jim Lundy The world is going digital and all enterprises will have to evolve to survive. Nowhere is this truer than in the automotive business, where Tesla is in the news nearly every day, but companies like General
October 27, 2016
An Analyst’s Takeaway: IBM Impresses at World of Watson 2016
by Jim Sinur World of Watson was literally and figuratively a "WOW" for this analyst and probably for many others as well. There were several sub-themes that were on display like "Out Think Possibilities" and "Watson inFacebook Kills Vine; Twitter Reduces Workforce
by Patricia Lundy Twitter nixes Vine after a series of recent events that have spelled trouble for the social media/news platform. At the root of this trouble is Facebook, Twitter’s biggest competitor. While Disney h
October 25, 2016
Polycom’s New CEO and Product Arsenal Promise Digital Success
By Jim Lundy We attended Polycom's PACE Analyst Event last week in New York City with the Polycom Executive Team, including Polycom's New CEO Mary McDowell. She was recently announced after Siris Capital took Polycom p
October 11, 2016
Microsoft Touts Azure, Skype & SharePoint- Ignite Conference
By Jim Lundy Microsoft is all in with Cloud Computing and that was never more evident than at its annual Ignite Conference that was held in Atlanta. While Azure was not the only story, it was the lead one.  This blog
October 4, 2016
How to Convince Management to Embrace Digital Process Efforts
By Jim Sinur There are any number of ways to sell digitally-based process (BPM) efforts to management, but I have found that linking BPM to something management has on its plate as a challenge is the best way. The key i
September 23, 2016
Salesforce Announces Einstein-Race for Predictive Software
On Monday September 19th, Salesforce announced Salesforce Einstein, a full Artificial Intelligence (AI) Platform that includes what appears to be both Machine and Deep Learning Capabilities. They also announced a new ReseaJourney Mapping: It’s Not Just for Customers
by Jim Sinur Customer Journey Mapping is one of the linchpins of digital transformation. If you are a planning organization, you map the journey before designing the customer experience. If you are a measurement focuse
September 19, 2016
OpenText Buys Dell EMC Documentum – The Winners and the Losers
By Jim Lundy Hot off the heels of Dell Technologies officially buying EMC (September 7th), this week OpenText announced it was buying the Enterprise Content Division of Dell Technologies, formerly known as Documentum.
September 16, 2016
What Marketers Need to Know About the Sales Enablement Market
Sales content, when coupled with sales enablement technology, is one of the most effective tools to accelerate lead conversion in the digital selling/marketing arsenal. Marketers need to pay attention to the move toward S
September 13, 2016