February 21, 2013
Blogs
February 15, 2013
Social Content: Is your Content integrated with your Social Network?
By Jim Lundy I spend my days talking with clients about Social Software and some of the critical success factors. Content is one of them. Social Content is the term I use to describe if content is integrated into an Ent
February 13, 2013
App Stores Are Not A Build Your Own Proposition
By Mike Anderson Mobile apps in 2013 are poised for a rapid and accelerating growth. Mobile has taken root in the heart of business strategy for a growing number of enterprises, and most are working on multiple mobile
February 11, 2013
GE is Social: The Battle to be Friends with GE
By Jim Lundy This is a post about marketing and the battle for the right to talk about Customer Brands. General Electric (GE) is one of the most revered brands in the world. The battle to be able to say that "GE is a
February 6, 2013
Dell in Transition, What Did IBM Know
By Mike Anderson As Dell races to transition from a Public to a Private company, it is clear that the Tablet Era is claiming its victims. Once the leader, Dell joins others like HP and IBM facing the reality that the
February 5, 2013
Spigit Innovation Summit in Three Words: Innovate, Collaborate, Learn
By Jim Lundy I attended Spigit's third annual SIS summit in Dana Point two weeks ago and it was one of the more memorable customer summits I have attended in a long time. The biggest reason was that it was almost more o
February 4, 2013
Learning Content is Helping to Revive the Learning Market
By Jim Lundy Learning Content is hot. A number of twitter and live discussions at #IBMConnect last week, combined with the completion of some of our new research, prompted this blog post. While some proclaim that learni
January 31, 2013
IBM Connect: IBM Gets Smarter about Software, Services and Partners
By Jim Lundy At IBM Connect 2013, the IBM Software Group demonstrated that it has begun to execute a transformation strategy away from its former Lotus brand to focus on social business, a smarter workforce (a
January 28, 2013
Apple’s Focus on the iPad Gave Samsung an Opening
By Jim Lundy It is all over the press. Apple isn't cool, Samsung is. It is amazing to see the power of advertising, because that is what is going on today. Three things have happened in the last twelve months that are d
January 25, 2013
Mobile Madness Heats Up In January
By Mike Anderson This week has been a hot start to the mobile ecosystem battles expected in 2013. Apple has seen its glow begin to dim. Samsung’s earnings shine to record levels because of smartphones. Microsoft hits
January 18, 2013
Huddle Lands in San Francisco, Preps for Battle with Box and Microsoft
By Jim Lundy The battle of the Content and Collaboration Start-ups just got more interesting. Huddle, which is mainly known for its UK heritage, just landed in San Francisco with a brand new Chief Marketing Officer Chri
January 17, 2013
Mobile Ecosystem 2013: Change and Big Questions
By Mike Anderson The Mobile Ecosystem conflict in 2013 will be characterized by a tumultuous and exciting year. Significant changes are under way as the mobile ecosystem players must confront growing pressures and big
January 9, 2013
Bersin Sale to Deloitte Consulting: One Word Says it All
By Jim Lundy Consulting firms are different than Research and Advisory Services (Analyst) firms. Last week Josh Bersin announced that he had sold his firm to Deloitte Consulting. We are happy for Josh and the Bersin Ass
December 31, 2012
2012 in Review: The year the Tablet Era kicked into Gear
By Jim Lundy As we wrap-up 2012, it will be remembered as the year that the Tablet Computer went to work, in many places and in many occupations. Tablets are showing up in large numbers in K-12 schools, and at work: Pil
December 28, 2012
Hot Vendor 2013 Nominations
By Jim Lundy Is your firm or a firm you know a Hot Vendor? We are always on the hunt for emerging vendors in a number of categories. Our Hot Vendors for 2012 included 18 vendors across 4 categories. Of those, th
December 23, 2012
Mobile Upgrades – Apple iOS and Microsoft Windows Phone Trump Android
By Jim Lundy Mobile Upgrades is the new evaluation criteria. The Smartphone or Tablet that you buy for your friends and family for Christmas might not be as upgradable as you think. There is a war raging on Android supp
December 21, 2012
Oracle/Eloqua Deal Will Fuel a Bidding War for Marketo
By Jim Lundy This blog post is about the rise of the marketing suite because what has been missing all along has been marketing automation. In one step, what Oracle did in buying Eloqua is to validate the growing imp
December 19, 2012
Content is the next Mobile Management Battleground
By Mike Anderson The mobility movement has taken root in the enterprise, and is shifting gears from control to empowerment. Enterprise mobile strategies increasingly aim at transformational change, and demand new appro
December 18, 2012
Lynda.com poised to Shake-up Learning Content Market
By Jim Lundy Lynda.com is a name to remember in Learning Content and this is a short post about my visit with them. For those who have spent anytime in learning and development, you know that quality learning content is
December 17, 2012