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Infographic: Six Emerging Markets That Will Rival the US by 2017

IDC/IDG Global Solutions

Join IDC and IDG Global Solutions on June 11, at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara, to explore the opportunities afforded in today’s biggest tech play: Big Data, Mobility and the Cloud. Learn how to craft vertical, tech and segment specific go-to-market strategies, identify the most appropriate partners and the right steps needed to build an optimal channel ecosystem, and gain access to country specific analysts who can provide you with insights into local market opportunities.

To register and for more information on this event, click here.

FINAL Six Emerging Markets to Rival US Infographic: Six Emerging Markets That Will Rival the US by 2017

World Tech Update – 5/16/13

IDG News Service

Coming up on WTU this week sending cash via Gmail and more at Google IO, BBM coming to iOS and Android and Windows Blue to restore some missed features.

IDG Research Survey Exposes Pent-Up Demand For Consumable Big Data To Make It Rapidly Actionable

Manual, time-consuming data aggregation is a fact of life for 81 percent of respondents; Most report only lukewarm success, yet Big Data projects are poised to double in 12 months

News release

PALO ALTO, Calif– Organizations can’t gather business insights from Big Data fast enough. Kapow Software, a leading Big Data solution provider, today announced findings from a survey conducted in partnership with IDG Research Services. The results, which represent over 200 business and IT leaders at large organizations, reveal there’s a perception that Big Data projects require significant time and resources to deliver value and a new enterprise trend emerging: the consumerization of Big Data so workers can act on key insights more quickly.

More than 85 percent of business and IT leaders agree that Big Data offers substantial value in its ability to make more informed business decisions and foster a data-driven organization. Top-ranking business outcomes include staying ahead of market trends, competitive advantage, improved customer satisfaction, increased employee productivity and improved information security or compliance.

Despite the perceived business benefits, more than half of respondents (52 percent) rate Big Data project success so far as lukewarm (somewhat successful), and only 23 percent of them perceive Big Data projects to be a success. The inability to automate structured and unstructured data quickly and effectively is among the biggest challenges with 60 percent of respondents noting that Big Data projects typically take at least 18 months to complete. More than half say these projects typically require consultants and other third-party experts to complete.

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Android and iOS Combine for 92.3% of All Smartphone Operating System Shipments in the First Quarter While Windows Phone Leapfrogs BlackBerry

IDC PMS4colorversion 1  Android and iOS Combine for 92.3% of All Smartphone Operating System Shipments in the First Quarter While Windows Phone Leapfrogs BlackBerry

IDC Press Release

FRAMINGHAM, Mass. May 16, 2013 – Android and iOS, the number one and number two ranked smartphone operating systems (OS) worldwide, combined for 92.3% of all smartphone shipments during the first quarter of 2013 (1Q13) as Windows Phone crept past BlackBerry for 3rd place. According to the International Data Corporation (IDCWorldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, Android smartphone vendors and Apple shipped a total of 199.5 million units worldwide during 1Q13, up 59.1% from the 125.4 million units shipped during 1Q12.

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10 transformation technologies from the 500

Fortune

A look at the chips, devices, and software that will change the way people will live in the decades to come.

#1 Google Glass

For a product that’s not widely available yet, Google Glass has generated an incredible amount of buzz. It’s not hard to see why. The augmented reality eyeglasses, which project images onto a lense, represent a major step forward in computing, much in the same way the iPad made tablets a common household item. When it arrives later this year, users will be able to snap photos, record video, and otherwise enhance their surroundings, from offering on-the-fly directions superimposed onto the road or reviews for a restaurant someone is looking at.

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Vendor consolidation, tech integration drive changes in how B2B marketers acquire leads


Media Business

Lead generation is becoming simpler in practical terms—it’s easier than ever before to find and nurture prospective customers. But the forces driving it are complex, including the integration of marketing and sales tools and continued industry consolidation. “Today, all these tools, including marketing automation, CRM and email, are talking to one another,” said Adam Blitzer, VP-b2b marketing automation at ExactTarget’s Pardot. “Because of API management, every channel I use in marketing communicates with each other.” Blitzer said this new world of interconnectivity is particularly important not just for connecting all the marketing operations dots but also because customers prefer to communicate in different ways.

“Say you collect someone’s data from a Web form,” Blitzer said. “Being able to pass that seamlessly to a direct mail or email system is a powerful thing. Or consider when an email recipient clicks on a link. He then will visit a landing page with more engaging information, which in turn can trigger a direct mail piece.”

These capabilities weren’t possible a few years ago, he said.

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World Tech Update – 5/9/13

IDG News Service

Coming up on WTU this week Sony bounces back, Intel debuts new chip architecture and a solar plane sets off on a historic journey.

CMO/CIO Summit: The Rise of Marketing Technology

Ad Age/BtoB

The May 20 conference in New York City will focus on the rise of marketing technology, how it’s changing organizations, and the impact on CMOs and CIOs. The opening keynote is by Eduardo Conrado, who early this year became senior VP, Marketing and IT at Motorola Solutions. Technology and marketing leaders from Nationwide and InterContinental Hotels Group along with executives from Razorfish and GE will discuss new relationships and a transformation underway.

Attendees will hear how savvy marketers and their partners in the tech suite have:
• Removed internal organizational silos
• Adopted marketing-tech platforms
• Unified the consumer experience across multiple channels
• Harnessed real-time data
• Measured performance and attributed growth to various activities
• Improved effectiveness to drive profit
• Justified increased marketing investment

Put “Marketing Technology: The Rise of CMO-CIO Alignment” on your Internet Week New York calendar. Register now for the afternoon conference sponsored by IDG.

 CMO/CIO Summit: The Rise of Marketing Technology

 

CHI2013: World Tech Update- 5/2/13

IDG News Service

Coming up on WTU this week we check research at the Computer Human Interaction conference in Paris where Microsoft Research shows the future of gaming, electricity zaps muscles for force feedback gaming and more.

CIOs and CMOs Must Collaborate for Business Results

CIO Press Release

Research Conducted by CIO Highlights CIO/CMO Relationship Gaps and Misconceptions to Be Addressed at CIO/CMO Agenda Event

FRAMINGHAM, MA–(Marketwired – Apr 30, 2013) - CIO‘s 2013 CIO/CMO Partnership survey digs into the CIO/CMO relationship from how these executives view each other, to future IT spending. Overall, the results stress that CIOs and CMOs must work together now to ensure investments for automating marketing align with enterprise architecture for maximum business results. The growing need for collaboration and alignment between the CIO and CMO for technology solution adoption — highlighted in the survey — has sparked the launch of the CIO/CMO Agenda event, produced by CIO in partnership with The CMO Club.

CIO and CMO Perceptions
The majority of CIOs and CMOs (82% and 77% respectively) describe their relationship with the other as excellent/good and 40% of CIOs and 27% of CMOs believe that the relationship will continue to improve over the next year. One reason for this positive view of the relationship is that respondents most often characterized each other as a consultant or strategic player in technology decisions. However, 14% of CMOs see CIOs as a road block and an additional 19% view CIOs as a risk assessor. One-quarter of CIOs view CMOs as a rogue player (view chart). Adoption of cloud solutions without IT’s approval was also highlighted in IDG Enterprise’s CITE research, including employee use of consumer services (41%) and file sharing tools (31%). To benefit the enterprise, CIOs and CMOs believe that collaboration, agility, innovation, customer insight and influence with the CEO are key to developing a closer relationship, which is necessary for results.

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