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Cloud Bill of Rights for SaaS apps
Constellation certifies vendors on how well they perform to the Cloud Bill Of Rights: Actian and Netsuite achieve Epic status
The Enterprise Cloud Buyer’s Bill of Rights provides a tool for clients and vendors to change the tenor of contract negotiations from user subservience to an equal and collaborative long-term partnership. This Constellation CosmosCertification for the Cloud Buyer’s Bill of...
April 19, 2013 7:44 AM Read Full Post
Seven priorities in the shift from CMO to Chief Digital Officer
Business and IT must stay aligned but not tethered
Today’s marketing strategies increasingly depend more on digital and on data than in the past. With more data, marketers can measure against a new set of metrics that matter including: calculating return on promotional investment (ROPI), performing multivariable testing (beyond...
March 18, 2013 11:52 AM Read Full Post
Analysis: New SAP customers face maintenance hike
SAP plans a Standard Support maintenance fees hike of 5.5%for new customers
For new customers, SAP announced its intent to raise its standard support maintenance fee from 18% to 19% effective July 15, 2013. The standard support option was reintroduced in January 14, 2010, after much pressure from user groups. A few...
February 8, 2013 3:41 PM Read Full Post
News analysis: SAP Business Suite on HANA
Next stop on the road to HANA: SAP Business Suite
In a global announcement in Palo Alto, New York and Frankfurt, SAP’s top executives Dr. Vishal Sikka, Rob Enselin, Jim Haggeman Snabe, and legendary founder and chairman Dr. Hasso Plattner announced availability of SAP’s Business Suite powered by SAP HANA....
January 18, 2013 11:00 AM Read Full Post
Oracle Fusion Applications Update - The Inside Story
Market Maker 1:1 with Steve Miranda, Executive Vice President of Oracle Applications Product Development
Constellation sat down with Steve Miranda, Oracle’s Executive Vice President of Oracle Applications Product Development to discuss the state of Oracle Fusion Apps in a no-holds barred honest conversation about what’s working, what’s not, and what to look forward to...
January 3, 2013 4:20 PM Read Full Post
Event Report: Dreamforce X emerges as the South by Southwest for the enterprise
Where aspiration meets innovation
Dreamforce represents the Mecca for the “art of the possible” in the enterprise Whether Salesforce.com’s flagship conference at Moscone Centre was the most attended conference (~48,000) or the most registered for event (~90,000), matters not. When examined in context of...
September 24, 2012 2:12 PM Read Full Post
Infosys buys Lodestone for $350M
Warning to traditional outsourcers - change or suffer
Global outsourcing and Bangalore Infotech bellwether Infosys (NASDAQ:INFY), announced its agreement to purchase Zurich-based Lodestone Management Consultancy for $350M. A quick analysis of the news reveals: Infosys strengthens its EMEA and SAP vertical presence. Lodestone brings 850 employees which 750...
September 10, 2012 10:10 AM Read Full Post
The new engagement platform drives the shift from transactions
Convergence in the five forces of consumerisation of technology drives the next big thing
Social has given us the tools to connect. Mobile has given us the ability to interact any time and anywhere. Cloud delivers access points to us with a rich array of content and information. Big data provides us with the...
September 7, 2012 3:10 PM Read Full Post
Trends - The battle for CMO mind share
Marketing and advertising budgets are the new land grab
Constellation Research, Inc. predicts that the global advertising market (paid search, display, and classified) will hit $125B by 2015. While IT budgets continue to stay flat, marketing budgets are up. Warc’s recent Global Marketing Index (GMI) entered positive territory...
August 7, 2012 5:16 PM Read Full Post
Why context matters - forget real-time, achieve right-time
The real-time hype is filled with flaws
The hype around big data, social media, and mobility has many folks imagining the real-time enterprise in the future of work, next generation customer experiences, matrix commerce, or the data to decisions journey. While real-time theoretically leads to quicker information...
July 25, 2012 12:48 PM Read Full Post
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