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Jim Lundy
June 25, 2012
Yammer sold to Microsoft for $1.2 Billion in Cash
By Jim Lundy Yammer is no longer an independent company, as it was announced today that it is being bought by Tech Titan Microsoft. Yammer will land in the Office division, where Microsoft Office President Kurt Delbene
June 15, 2012
Cisco Live Summarized in Four Words: Execution, Network, Cloud, Jabber
By Jim Lundy Cisco held its annual Cisco Live Networking Education Event this week and we were in attendance at the San Diego Convention Center. Cisco had over 17,000 customers and partners in attendance as well as a n
May 16, 2012
Crowdsourcing Market Forecasting: The Open Forecast Project
By Jim Lundy Anyone who buys or sells technology products or services is always keen to know how the market for those goods is going to behave. It is a great business for forecasters, but as many that focus on market va
May 8, 2012
Tablets and TVs: why your next Television might be from Apple
By Jim Lundy Tablets were not on most peoples' radar when Apple introduced the iPad in 2010. Apple is very clever in how it prepares to enter established markets. It caught the PC industry completely off guard when
May 3, 2012
Social Software Consolidation – 2012 is just the beginning
By Jim Lundy Everywhere you turn there are new Social Software vendors popping up. New VC funding is flowing, but for every new firm that appears, there others who are hurting. In 2012, we are entering a new era of Soc
April 27, 2012
Enterprise Social Networking – Moving at Cloud Speed
By Jim Lundy Enterprise Social Networking was a hot topic this week as I was out and about in Silicon Valley. The conversation with many users was about picking up the pace of business. Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs)
April 17, 2012
Patent Wars are not new, the Battle for Mobile is
By Jim Lundy Editors Note: This blog on Patent Wars was originally posted on August 17, 2011. Patent battles among tech giants are not new. What is new is the realization that mobile is the new battle ground and th
April 11, 2012
Facebook Next: Going Beyond Instagram
By Jim Lundy The next Facebook FB (eg. Facebook Next) is already under development. No one knows what the app will be called or who the lucky innovator will be, but it is clear that there will be a new app t
April 3, 2012
iPhone as a Remote Control for your Mac
By Jim Lundy iPhones (and Android Phones) can do a lot, thanks to nearly a million apps between them. The last two days Aragon Research was at ITC in Harrisburg, PA and we gave show floor presentations both days in a
February 20, 2012
Talent and HCM Part III: Kenexa Buys Learning Provider Outstart
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Knowledge Issue: How will enterprises acquire and distribute knowledge? Summary: On February 6th, Kenexa announced that it was buying Lear
February 17, 2012
Voice Assistants will change the way you work
By Jim Lundy Last night, as myself and our VP of Sales Don Kibler were preparing for an evening meal, we were using mobile apps to find a decent restaurant. We fiddled with the apps for ten minutes looking for decent pl
February 14, 2012
Learning Content – Shifting to Advanced Simulations and Gaming
By Jim Lundy I gave a talk recently to some major enterprises who do Learning Content development. The discussion was around the shift from static learning content to an evolution of more advanced simulations and eventu
February 9, 2012
HCM and Talent Merger Wars Claim More Victims
By Jim Lundy With the announcement today that Oracle is in the process of buying Taleo less than 60 days after SAP announced it was buying SuccessFactors, the race is on to offer the most complete talent/HCM suite. T
February 6, 2012
How Apple Ushered in a New Era of Computing
By Jim Lundy A new era of computing is upon us. It involves touch and voice, simplicity and apps that let people do amazing things. It is one in which the operating system stays in the background and doesn't get in the
February 3, 2012
Countdown to the First Aragon Globe on Enterprise Social Software
The first Aragon Research Globe Report is underway and Enterprise Social Software is the market we are evaluating. We will be evaluating over 25 providers of Enterprise Social Software. There are vendors that you know and
February 2, 2012
Cisco focuses on Collaboration
Editors Note: This Blog Post was originally published on November 18th, 2011. By Jim Lundy I've covered Cisco for years and this week attended their Collaboration Analyst and Partner Summit in Miami. We published anYour Life, For Sale on Facebook
Editors Note, This Blog post was originally posted on Sept 22, 2011 By Jim Lundy If 2011 was the year of the Like button for Facebook, 2012 could be called the return of the app. Today at their annual Developer Conf
January 31, 2012
Changing of the Guard at OpenText
By Jim Lundy There isn't much coverage in the press about OpenText as we wrap up the first month of 2012, but there is change afoot in the executive ranks there. OpenText is one of the largest remaining Enterprise Conte
January 30, 2012