July 11, 2013
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February 21, 2013
Innovation Incubating in Emerging Economies
By Mike Anderson I read an interesting blog post by Microsoft exec Fernando de Sousa about technology change in Africa and how it presents investment opportunities. A contention was that Africa is an incubator for inno
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 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
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
November 27, 2012
SharePoint Conference in Three Words: Yammer, Upgrade, Store
By Jim Lundy Microsoft held its annual SharePoint Conference in Las Vegas on October 13-18, 2012 and it was memorable in a number of ways, not the least of which was the intensity of the participants. We will be disc
July 19, 2012
Microsoft Revamps Office For the Cloud and Tablet Era
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Content Management, Mobile and Tablets Issues: What are the best practices for managing content across the enterprise? How will enter
July 9, 2012
Tablet Wars: User Experience Expectations are High
By Jim Lundy In the Tablet Wars that are coming, the expectations of users of how a Tablet behaves are very high. Just ask anyone that has used an iPad and then tried to use something else. This blog post is the result
July 2, 2012
Nokia Contingency Plan: RIM vs Google
By Jim Lundy *Please note, this post was written prior to Microsoft's rebranding of Nokia. Nokia mobile is now Microsoft Mobile.* Nokia's Chairman Risto Siilasmaa was on Finnish TV on June 28th talking about Nokia a
June 29, 2012
Microsoft Buys Yammer for 1.2 Billion- Race for Social Enterprise
Microsoft Buys Yammer for 1.2 Billion; Validates Race for the Social Enterprise To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Note: Aragon Research also conducted a Webinar on this acquisition. To download the slides
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 22, 2012
Apple iOS 6: Siri’s Voice Gets Louder
Apple iOS 6: Siri’s Voice Gets Louder To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Mobile Issues: What are the best practices for managing content across the enterprise? How
June 20, 2012
Mobile Ecosystem Wars About to Claim More Casualties
By Mike Anderson Mobile Ecosystem There is a war taking place in mobile and the battle ground is the Mobile Ecosystem. Mobile ecosystems are the key to success in mobile. Devices grab the headlines, as Microsoft did thi
May 21, 2012
The Consumerization of Voice and Video
By Jim Lundy Consumerization has arrived in the realtime video and voice collaboration space (aka real time collaboration or UC&C). Consumers can do things today that are as good or nearly as good as the features
April 24, 2012
Cloud Collaboration With Google Docs
By Mike Anderson Google docs has been in the stable of my workplace tools for about a year. Having been one of the hundreds of millions of Microsoft Office users, my startup was characterized by a few fits and starts.
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 13, 2012
Box OneCloud will Challenge Google and Microsoft
To view a PDF of this First Cut, click here. Author: Jim Lundy Topic: Content Management, Mobile Issue: What are the best practices for managing content across the enterprise? How will enterprises leverage m
April 3, 2012
Cloud Trends Panel with Google, IBM, Microsoft and Verizon
By Jim Lundy At the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's 16th annual Intergovernmental Technology Conference (ITC), I moderated the opening panel on Trends in Government Cloud Computing. It featured the biggest names in Clo
February 28, 2012
Mobile World Congress: Google, Microsoft, and Mobile Ecosystems
By Mike Anderson The Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona is about to begin its third day. Much of the attention for two days has been on the devices. Both smartphones and tablets have been in the limelight of
February 26, 2012