October 8, 2015
Blogs
HCM Platforms: IBM Steps on the Gas
By Jim Lundy We attended IBM’s Kenexa Smarter Workforce Summit in Orlando this week and it was a solid event with great buzz. IBM provided a progress report on its products and services and also on their shift to thei
September 24, 2015
AirWatch Connect Summarized in Three Words: Growth, Partners, Security
By Jim Lundy We attended AirWatch's fourth annual AirWatch Connect customer event in Atlanta this week. There are a number of takeaways from the event, including the time that VMWare CEO Pat Gelsinger spent on stage
September 17, 2015
Developing a Collaboration Strategy: Takeaways from Executive Insights
As we wrap up Executive Insights at IT/Dev Connections at the Aria in Las Vegas, there are some key learnings and takeaways I want to share from the sessions on collaboration. During the sessions and workshops, we reallClearSlide and Salesforce Go Predictive
By Jim Lundy There were two conferences this week and both of them focused on predictive. At IT/Dev Connections and Executive Insights, predictive was one of the major themes. At Dreamforce, the battle cry has also b
September 4, 2015
The Race to Mobile Collaboration and Persistent Spaces
By Jim Lundy As I finalize our Tech Spectrum for Mobile Collaboration report, I've been thinking about the underlying theme of persistence and persistent spaces in collaborative interactions. While we move fromBlackberry Buys Good Technology: EMM Consolidation Continues
By Jim Lundy Blackberry announced today that it is buying Good Technology for $425 million in cash. Blackberry and Good Technology have never been close friends, having battled constantly in the market. This deal al
September 3, 2015
Polycom Makeover Continues with New Products and Leadership
By Jim Lundy David Smith and I attended Polycom's Industry Analyst PACE meeting this week and we left with a feeling that the extreme makeover that Peter Leav described earlier this year is well underway. It is always i
August 31, 2015
Summer Intern Wrap Up: 3 Takeaways
By Evan Vuckovic, Marketing Intern I think this is an appropriate time to apply the expression “all good things must come to an end.” I say this because the final days of my internship are forthcoming and I just had
August 28, 2015
Sales Cloud Makeover Will Make Sales Teams More Productive
By Jim Lundy Salesforce announced an extreme makeover for its sales cloud CRM platform earlier this week and it is one of the first redesigns of its flagship service in years. It is clear to us that this has been in pla
August 17, 2015
Google Alphabet: I Stands for Innovation
By Jim Lundy Google announced a major restructuring this week when it folded Google into a new parent company called Alphabet, which can be found at the domain name abc.xyz. There has been a lot of mediIntern Update: Videos and Getting to Know Our Drone, AR1
By Jack Buehler It’s been pretty busy here for the last few weeks. After the first week of onboarding, Jim had us jump straight to work. I started working on some of the Hot Vendor reports and Evan started to work on
July 24, 2015
Microsoft Retrenches in Mobile: Enterprises Can’t Wait
By Jim Lundy Two weeks ago, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the layoff of 7600 employees in the Microsoft Phone Division so that Microsoft could focus on ‘near term opportunities.’ I would note that the ink
July 17, 2015
Aragon Research Announces Part III of its 2015 Hot Vendor Report
July 17, 2014 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 201
July 15, 2015
Aragon Research Announces Part II of its 2015 Hot Vendor Report
July 15, 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
July 14, 2015
Apple Watch 30 Day Test Drive: Better Than You Think
By Jim Lundy There have been many reports in the press lately saying that the Apple Watch is failing. If you don't recall, the same thing was said after the initial iPhone launched - it was only after a year that peopGigJam: Microsoft Attempts to Redo Collaboration
By Jim Lundy At its Worldwide Partner Conference this week, Microsoft gave new details on it’s Project GigJam collaboration app, which represents a fresh approach by the technology titan. GigJam will enable users t
July 2, 2015
Executive Insights Overview Video
Executive Insights is a must-attend, high level track at IT/Dev Connections designed for Business and IT Executives and their teams. It will be held over two days at the 15th annual IT/Dev Connections Conference on Sep
June 26, 2015
Augmented Reality at E3
By Jim Lundy Last week, thousands of journalists and game enthusiasts spent their time in the Los Angeles convention center at the 2015 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). For those who do not follow the world of gaming
June 25, 2015