February 11, 2015
First Cuts
November 21, 2014
Microsoft Lync Gets Mainstream Branding As Skype for Business
View a PDF of this First Cut. Author: David Mario Smith Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: Renaming Lync “Skype for Business” puts a f
November 13, 2014
Fuze Entry Into the Video Conferencing Room Signals a New Price War
View a PDF of this First Cut. Author: David Mario Smith Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: The Fuze for Rooms announcement puts pressure on
November 5, 2014
Qumu Extends Market Reach with Kulu Valley Acquisition
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: David Mario Smith Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: Qumu’s acquisition of Kulu Val
October 30, 2014
Unify Launches Circuit, Its New Collaboration Platform
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Authors: David Mario Smith, Jim Lundy Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: Unify launched a ne
October 29, 2014
Salesforce Launches Wave and Lightning; Prepares to Monetize Analytics and Mobile
View a PDF of this First Cut. Authors: Jim Lundy, David Mario Smith Topic: Workplace Issue: Who are the strategic enterprise providers and how will they evolve? Summary: At its 2014 Dreamforce customer e
August 4, 2014
Google Makes Stronger Play for Businesses with Hangouts
View a PDF of this First Cut. Author: David Mario Smith Topics: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: The Google Hangouts announcement is a competi
July 28, 2014
IBM Unleashes Kenexa Talent Suite for a Smarter Workforce
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topics: Social HCM Issue: Who are the social HCM providers and how will they evolve? Summary: IBM released a video-based Social Learning
July 18, 2014
IBM and Apple Partnership Will Give Apple a Boost in the Enterprise
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topics: Mobile Issue: Who are the mobile providers and how will they evolve? Summary: On July 15, 2014, IBM and Apple announced an exclusi
July 16, 2014
Vidyo: On a Mission to Video-Enable the Internet of Things
View a PDF of this First Cut. Author: David Mario Smith Topics: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: In its fifth round of funding, Vidyo takes $20M
July 3, 2014
Cisco Buys Assemblage, Boosting Its Cloud Collaboration Strategy
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: David Mario Smith Topics: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve? Summary: Cisco’s acquisition of Assembl
May 12, 2014
Workday Adds Recruiting; Closes In on Talent Management
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: David Mario Smith Topics: Social HCM Issue: How will social HCM technologies evolve? Summary: Workday’s announcement of its new recruiting module is a
May 2, 2014
Cisco Partners with Jive for ESN, Drops WebEx Social
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Authors: Jim Lundy, David Mario Smith Topics: Social Software, Collaboration Issue: Who are the social software providers and how will they compete? Summary: Ci
April 30, 2014
PeopleFluent Delivers New Video-Based Talent Suite
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Social HCM Issue: Who are the social HCM providers and how will they compete? Summary: PeopleFluent is leveraging technology from recen
April 11, 2014
Fuze: New Brand And Focus on User Engagement and Collaboration
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: David Mario Smith Topics: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they compete? Summary: The Fuze announcement of its new
February 21, 2014
Facebook to Pay $19 Billion for WhatsApp: The Value Is in the Users
View a PDF of this First Cut. Author: David Mario Smith Topics: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they compete? Summary: The acquisition of WhatsApp can make Facebook a w
February 3, 2014
HireVue Improves Scheduling With Reschedge Acquisition
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: David Mario Smith Topics: Collaboration, Social HCM Issue: Who are the social HCM providers and how will they compete? Summary: HireVue fills a gap in t
January 23, 2014
VMware Acquires AirWatch; Dives into Enterprise Mobile Management
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Mobile Issue: Who are the mobile providers and how will they compete? Summary: VMware and AirWatch announced a definitive agreement in
December 24, 2013
Saba Goes Deeper Into Recruiting: The Sound Of A Changing Market
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: David Mario Smith Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they compete? Summary: Saba’s announcement of its new R
December 23, 2013