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Best Practices: Seven Steps To Success In Enterprise Blockchain
Enterprise Adoption of Blockchain Nascent For Now, But Rapidly Growing Recent Constellation Research surveys from Q4 2017 show that less than 20% of our market leading and fast follower clients have either acquired and implemented blockchain or undergoing a proof of concept (see Figure 1). One-third of survey respondents still mull the implications as they […]

Event Report: @ServiceNow Transforms From #ITSM To Experience Orchestration #know18
It’s The Experience, Stupid! Over 18,000 customers, partners, prospects, and influencers gathered at the Sands Convention Center and Expo in Las Vegas for the annual ServiceNow Knowledge Event (see Figure 1). The vendor best known for its success in IT Service Management has been on a growth tear. In March 2017, CEO Frank Slootman handed […]

Monday's Musings: Seven Common Failures Plague Board Room Strategy In Digital Transformation
Boardroom Failures Reflect Years Of Focus On EBIDTA and Return On Capital Faced with massive pressure to embark on their digital journey, boards and CEOs have sought case studies and examples of success to avail without realizing that each journey remains unique. While there are many proof of concepts in play, much of the innovation […]

Digital Transformation Digest: Amazon AR View For Android, SAP Leonardo In Telecom and Cars, MIT AI Chip Makes Neural Networks Mobile
Amazon AR View Targets Android Amazon has added its AR View augmented reality (AR) offering to Android devices on Google’s ARCore. Developers can create AR experiences in applications, games, and other apps. The feature runs from Amazon’s app icon. The offering was launched on Apple iOS in November for customers using ARKit. Amazon AR View […]

Digital Transformation Digest: Mobile World Congress and 5G, Samsung Galaxy S9 and Google Assistant Gets A Boost
All Eyes On Mobile World Congress and 5G The annual Mobile World Congress #MWC18 kicked off Monday in Barcelona with the 5G standard front and center in all discussions. With the main 5G architectural standards agreed upon by 3GPP in December 2017, the industry gains a service based architecture, common core network, network slicing, and […]
Event Report: Microsoft Biz Apps Analyst Day Highlights Strategic Transformation #MSBizApps
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Seeks End To End Coverage Of Business Apps On February 10th to 12th, 2018, industry analysts converged onto Building 92 at the Microsoft Campus in Redmond, WA, for an update on the Microsoft Business Applications. The Business Applications Analyst Forum was hosted by key executives including: Source: © 2018 R Wang and […]

Digital Transformation Digest: Oracle Bets Big On Cloud, Eye On Amazon Domination, and New Investments In Enterprise Tech
Oracle Bets Big On Cloud With New Data Centers, SLA, And Autonomous Cloud Oracle Corporation announced this week plans to add 12 new data-center “regions” as it ramps up competition with Amazon, Microsoft, Alibaba, and Google. Critical to the delivery of cloud infrastructure services and eventually artificial intelligence, the capital spending to quadruple Oracle’s current […]

Digital Transformation Digest: Arizona Accepts Crypto For Tax, Google Rumored With iMessage Competitor, HomePods Sound Good
State of Arizona Senate Passes Bill To Accept Tax Payments With Blockchain Technologies On February 8th, 2018, the Arizona Senate passed a bill allowing payment of taxes by cryptocurrencies. With a Senate Finance Committee vote of 4-3 on January 24th, and a 16-13 vote in favor by the senate on February 8th, Arizona Senate Bill […]

Research Report: Constellation's Futurist Framework (PESTEL) – The Societal Outlook Pre @Davos #WEF18
2018 Davos Focuses On Creating A Shared Future In A Fractured World The World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off January 23rd to 26th in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. This year’s theme is about “Creating a Shared Future In A Fractured World”. From the program notes for this year’s event, WEF sees the following: At the close of […]

Research Report: Constellation's Futurist Framework (PESTEL) – The Economic Outlook Pre @Davos #WEF18
2018 Davos Focuses On Creating A Shared Future In A Fractured World The World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off January 23rd to 26th in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. This year’s theme is about “Creating a Shared Future In A Fractured World”. From the program notes for this year’s event, WEF sees the following: At the close of […]

Research Report: Constellation's Futurist Framework (PESTEL) – The Political Outlook Pre @Davos #WEF18
2018 Davos Focuses On Creating A Shared Future In A Fractured World The World Economic Forum (WEF) kicks off January 23rd to 26th in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. This year’s theme is about “Creating a Shared Future In A Fractured World”. From the program notes for this year’s event, WEF sees the following: At the close of […]

Personal Log: Congratulations To Constellation's BT-150 Winners #BT150
Recognize The Change Agents In Business Transformation I’m excited to announce the launch of the Business Transformation 150. Constellation’s elite list recognizes the top global executives leading innovative business transformation efforts in their organizations. Nominations from peers, industry influencers, technology vendors, and analysts powered the exhaustive, six-month selection process for the BT-150. Analyzing The BT-150 […]

Event Invitation: Radical Candor Author Kim Scott Delivering Keynote at Connected Enterprise 2017
Radical Candor Author Kim Scott Delivering Keynote at Connected Enterprise 2017 Learn how to be a kickass boss without losing your humanity We are excited to share that Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor, will deliver the keynote address at Connected Enterprise 2017 in Half Moon Bay. Kim will focus on a management strategy so obvious it’s often overlooked: giving […]

Monday's Musings: Part 1 of 4 – What Top CMO's Care About (Demand Gen Persona)
Top Trends for 2018 Highlight Greater Orchestration In March 2016, Constellation introduced four personas of the modern CMO (see Figure 1). This framework provided CMO’s with a model to think about the role of strategy versus execution and audience development versus audience acquisition. Over the past eight weeks, conversations with demand generation focused CMO’s […]

Research Summary: The Future of Customer Experience (CX) is Orchestrated Engagement
Learn How To Overcome Functional Fiefdoms and Legacy Technologies In One Full Swoop Customer Experience (CX) software suites from technology providers aim to provide businesses with a seamless experience across marketing, sales and service, offering a single view of the customer. On the other hand, customers must deal with a fragmented CX technology stack that […]