After attending the SAPPHIRE conference in Orlando this week, I leave feeling slightly puzzled, but also slightly bullish on SAP’s future in digital experience (DX). Given it is SAP’s flagship conference, SAPPHIRE covers a wide range of technology topics. And, while meaningful to me, DX is hardly the primary topic on most attendees’ minds given… read more >
I recently interviewed Juanita Koilpillai, a cybersecurity expert who is the CEO of Waverley Labs (a cybersecurity software and services firm) and co-founder of the Digital Risk Management (DRM) Institute (a nonprofit seeking to expand knowledge about cybersecurity risks.) She identified two important, nascent trends for 2017: • Cybersecurity collaboration. In forward-looking companies, the lines of… read more >
CEOs Will Double Down on Operational Excellence in Customer Experience Management in 2017 Putting the customer first will remain a top priority for CEOs throughout 2017 as senior executives around the globe continue to transform the enterprise from the outside-in and inside-out. How? By delighting customers and delivering exceptional experiences independent of existing and emerging… read more >
At Digital Clarity Group we’ve been closely tracking developments in content and commerce, and there are signs that these two formerly separate worlds are connecting in multiple ways: WCM software vendors are expanding into e-commerce products and solutions (e.g. Sitecore Commerce and Episerver Digital Commerce) WCM and e-commerce vendors are forging strategic alliances (e.g. Magento and Acquia) Digital… read more >
Doing something over and over again and expecting a different result is EITHER practice or insanity. The difference is simply in how long you’re willing to wait until things start to change. Similarly, treating all customers the same and simply doing the same things over in the new channels, is equally as unproductive. To successfully meet… read more >
Digital Clarity Group Launches a Voice of the Customer Program for Evaluating Service Providers Customer experience management initiatives can be extremely complex or relatively straightforward – ranging from transforming the customer experience and reinventing the strategic business processes that support business initiatives to implementing technologies such as a content management system or digital asset management… read more >
Scott Brinker’s famous marketing technology “super graphic” has charted the explosive growth of that software landscape, from about 100 vendors in 2011 to nearly 1900 in 2015. The stunning increase in vendors and software solutions is evidence of several undeniable trends, including the digitization of marketing and the consumer expectation for improved customer experiences (CX)…. read more >
It’s that time of year where it seems like everyone in the known universe and beyond is either organizing conferences, preparing to exhibit or speak at them, or attending them. Accompanying the raft of conferences are announcements and press releases galore, and one in particular from the #IRCE15 event taking place in Chicago this week caught… read more >
Just slightly overshadowed by DCG’s own AR day and coming out event in New York City last Monday, Oracle announced Oracle Customer Experience (CX). (Press release; YouTube channel.) Oracle’s CX hits all the right buttons By all reports, Oracle’s presentation, with a town hall discussion and self-guided demo kiosks, hit all the right buttons. My… read more >
