First Cuts

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, Disrupts HCM Market

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

Cisco Acquires Collaborate.com For Stake In Mobile Collaboration

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: Cisco has acquired Collaborate.com

December 9, 2013

PGi Expands Market Reach with Powwownow 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 compete?Summary: PGi's acquisition of Powwownow is another e

November 14, 2013

IBM To Buy Fiberlink in Bid For EMM Leadership

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: IBM's planned acquisition of Fiberlink signals a major t

October 31, 2013

JiveWorld 2013: The Future of Collaboration Ain’t What It Used To Be

To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here.Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve?Summary: Jive Software unveiled its vision for unified s

October 30, 2013

Cisco Open-Sources H.264 Codec, Trumps Google In Race To Control WebRTC

To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here.Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve?Summary: Cisco announced it would open-source the H.264

October 8, 2013

Mindjet Merges with Spigit, Moves Toward Social Business via Innovation Management

To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here.Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Innovation Issue: Who are the innovation management providers and how will they evolve?Summary: Within two weeks of merging with Spig

September 26, 2013

Box Notes And The Ongoing Convergence In Collaboration

To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here.Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve?Summary: Box's announcement of Box Notes moves the co

September 11, 2013

Microsoft Buys Nokia’s Phone Business; Signals the Start of its Mobile Expansion

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 evolve?Summary: Just two weeks after announcing that Steve Ballmer would

August 30, 2013

Video Codec Wars Heat Up: Google And Vidyo Dance Together On WebRTC

To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here.Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Collaboration Issue: What are the trends impacting collaboration in the enterprise?Summary: Vidyo's partnership with Google to develop

July 30, 2013

Security Bug Could Affect Nearly Every Android Device

To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here.Author: Lou Latham Topic: Mobile Issue: What are the trends impacting mobile computing?Summary: A security research firm has found a flaw in the Android operatin

July 26, 2013

Microsoft Kills Skype Desktop APIs; Leaves Developers Scrambling

View a PDF of this First Cut.Author: Jim Lundy Topics: Collaboration Issue: Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve?Summary: Microsoft will terminate its Skype Desktop API and Skype K

July 19, 2013

Telligent’s Acquisition of Zimbra Shows a Transition in the Enterprise Collaboration Market

To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here.Author:  Jim LundyTopic: CollaborationIssue:  Who are the collaboration providers and how will they evolve?Summary: Telligent acquires Zimbra from VMWare to r