The Year of On-demand, Personalized Shopping: The Cloud and IOT Abound

The Year of On-demand, Personalized Shopping: The Cloud and IOT Abound

What’s Happening in the World of Shopping and Customer Experiences? At the National Retail Federation Annual Convention in New York City, Microsoft made announcements with GameStop, Hardee’s, TGI Fridays, Panasonic, HP and FreedomPay, and NCR on efforts to...
Capgemini Acquires Innovation and Design Consultancy Fahrenheit 212 to Drive Digital Innovation Offerings

Capgemini Acquires Innovation and Design Consultancy Fahrenheit 212 to Drive Digital Innovation Offerings

Capgemini Turns Up the Heat: Based in New York City and London, Fahrenheit 212 will contribute its specialized capabilities for innovation strategy and consumer-centric design to the broader offerings of Capgemini Consulting. The move opens growth opportunities for...
Cloud-Based Customer Service and Customer Experience: Verint’s Acquisition of Contact Solutions

Cloud-Based Customer Service and Customer Experience: Verint’s Acquisition of Contact Solutions

Cloud-Based Customer Service and Customer Experience. Verint® Systems Inc. announced its acquisition of Contact Solutions, a leading provider of real-time, contextual customer care solutions. The combination of Contact Solutions advances the Verint Customer Engagement...
Adobe’s Marketing Cloud Shows How Super Bowl Can Be a Gamble in New Campaign

Adobe’s Marketing Cloud Shows How Super Bowl Can Be a Gamble in New Campaign

Yes, the Superbowl has passed, but I couldn’t pass up this story. In a new campaign called “The Gambler,” Adobe’s Marketing Cloud showed how advertising in the Super Bowl can be a big bet for CMOs. You can watch the clip here:...
Doing Something Really Interesting in IOT Customer Experience or Cloud Customer Service? Apply for a SuperNova Award!

Doing Something Really Interesting in IOT Customer Experience or Cloud Customer Service? Apply for a SuperNova Award!

The SuperNova Awards honor leaders that demonstrate excellence in the application and adoption of new and emerging technologies. This is the sixth year of the Constellation SuperNova Awards. Are you using IoT to create great, new customer experiences. Has the move to...
ROI of Online Cloud Communities

ROI of Online Cloud Communities

I remember back in 2008-2009 being asked whether social / digital / communities had any business value. To me it was instinctively obvious, but I got that it was not obvious to others. In wanting others to see what I saw, I started down the road of creating ROI models...