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Destination Reached: Google Buys Social Navigation App Waze

Jun 2013 | Doc #lcIL24183313 | IDC Link
Oren Raviv

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On June 11th, Google confirmed it has bought social navigation app maker Waze. Terms of the deal were not disclosed but reports place it between $1.1 billion and 1.3 billion, which makes it the largest acquisition ever for a mobile application.The ...

Observations from Cornerstone Convergence 2013

Jun 2013 | Doc #lcUS24179813 | IDC Link
Lisa Rowan

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Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD), a leading talent management provider, hosted 1,000 or so customers, partners, and influencers for their annual Convergence client conference in San Diego June 3–5, 2013. With striking market momentum, CSOD now reports ...

Perspective: Intralinks VIA Secures File Sharing for Collaboration

Jun 2013 | Doc #MI241644 | Perspective
Heather Ashton

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This IDC Manufacturing Insights Perspective offers a closer look at how one social business tool, Intralinks VIA, supports some of the essential capabilities of social collaboration in the enterprise.

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Inforum 2013: Social and Beautiful Enterprise Applications with a Sharp Focus on Industry Verticals

Jun 2013 | Doc #241646 | Insight
Christine Dover, Lisa Rowan, Simon Ellis, Lynne A. Dunbrack, Pierfrancesco Manenti

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This IDC Insight reviews announcements and strategies discussed at Inforum 2013, Infor's annual customer conference, held April 21–24, 2013, in Orlando, Florida.

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Enterprise Gamification: Creating a Leader's Edge

Jun 2013 | Doc #241562 | Industry Development and Models
Michael Fauscette

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This IDC study explores enterprise gamification, a business strategy enabled by technology, which applies game theory and game mechanics to nongame situations in order to drive or change specific behaviors. Gamification is already being ...

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Worldwide Collaborative Applications 2013–2017 Forecast and 2012 Vendor Shares

Jun 2013 | Doc #241424 | Market Analysis
Vanessa Thompson

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This IDC study examines vendor revenue performance in the collaborative applications market for 2010–2012 and presents a forecast of the market for 2013–2017.

"Companies must have a clear picture of how collaboration solutions will ...

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Perspective: Canadian Federal Strategic Priorities, FY13–FY14

Jun 2013 | Doc #GI1CAG13 | Perspective
Alison Brooks, Ph.D.

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This IDC Government Insights Perspective presents the FY13–FY14 top strategic priorities for the Canadian federal government. IDC Government Insights annually surveys government organizations with respect to their business and technology ...

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Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE Unified Communications and Collaboration 2013–2017 Market Forecast

Jun 2013 | Doc #CEMA19752 | Market Analysis
Hasan Sandila, Michael Vorisek, Paul Black

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This IDC study provides IDC's views of the Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE UC&C market for the forecast period of 2013–2017.

"IDC believes that UC&C in the Middle East will record double-digit growth over the next five years owing to ...

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Worldwide Email Applications 2012 Vendor Shares

Jun 2013 | Doc #241422 | Competitive Analysis
Vanessa Thompson

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This IDC study examines the email applications market from 2010 to 2012. Revenue and market share of the leading vendors are provided for 2012.

"While the core function of email applications remains critical, the nature of email communication ...

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Worldwide Team Collaborative Applications 2012 Vendor Shares

Jun 2013 | Doc #241427 | Competitive Analysis
Vanessa Thompson

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This IDC study examines the team collaborative applications market from 2010 to 2012. Revenue and market share of the leading vendors are provided for 2012.

"Ultimately, users will choose the combination of applications and tools to ...

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Worldwide Enterprise Social Software 2013–2017 Forecast and 2012 Vendor Shares: From ESS to ESN

Jun 2013 | Doc #241323 | Market Analysis
Vanessa Thompson

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This IDC study examines vendor revenue performance in the enterprise social software market for 2010–2012 and presents a forecast of the market for 2013–2017.

"Connecting people to people and people to information and supporting users ...

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Worldwide Instant Communications Applications 2012 Vendor Shares

Jun 2013 | Doc #241423 | Competitive Analysis
Vanessa Thompson

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This IDC study examines the instant communications applications market from 2010 to 2012. Revenue and market share of the leading vendors are provided for 2012.

"The standalone instant messaging market is undergoing deep-seated convergence ...

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Informatica Announces Vibe and PowerCenter Express – Expanding the Data Integration Market for the Third Platform

Jun 2013 | Doc #lcUK24145613 | IDC Link
Alys Woodward, Carl W. Olofson

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Data integration platform provider Informatica has made two announcements: Vibe, an embeddable virtual data foundation (Informatica uses the term "machine", and two mid market offerings — PowerCenter Express Professional and Personal Editions.Vibe, ...

Interactions 2013: Interactive Intelligence Bets Big on Cloud

May 2013 | Doc #AP3056114V | Event Flash
Sherrie Huang, Dustin Kehoe

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This IDC Event Flash provides a summary of Interactions 2013, the annual global conference of Interactive Intelligence (Interactive) for customers, partners, prospects, and media held on May 13–16, 2013, in Indianapolis, Indiana, United ...

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Citrix Synergy; Where Does Citrix Play in the Collaborative Enterprise?

May 2013 | Doc #lcUS24132113 | IDC Link
Vanessa Thompson

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Citrix Synergy is the annual customer conference, held this year in Anaheim, Los Angeles, on May 22–24, 2013. According to Citrix, this year's conference drew 6,200 attendees and the event kicked off in high gear, with CEO Mark Templeton clearly ...

Worldwide Software Market Forecast to Continue on Modest Growth Trajectory Through 2017, According to IDC

May 2013 | Doc #prUS24127113 | Tracker Press Release

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According to the IDC Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker, the forecast growth rate for the worldwide software market is 5.7% in 2013 while the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for the 2012-2017 forecast period is 6.3%.

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Asian Banks Raise Stakes in Social Business Tools; IDC Financial Insights Shares Adoption Success Tips

May 2013 | Doc #prSG24127413 | Research Press Release

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IDC Examines the Impact of the 3rd Platform on Software Business Models and the Building Customer Revolution

May 2013 | Doc #prUS24123513 | Research Press Release

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The 3rd Platform, with cloud at its core, will serve as the primary growth driver of the information and communications technology (ICT) industry over the next decade, responsible for 75% of new growth as worldwide ICT spending moves from $3.7 ...

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Japan Social Business System Enterprise Usage Analysis 2013

May 2013 | Doc #JP3073908V | Industry Development and Models
Takashi Manabe

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This IDC study, which is a translation of the Japanese document IDC #J13380105, analyzes the user trends in the Japan social business market, It presents IDC's definition of enterprise ...

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IT Organization Skills: Increasing Importance of High-Skilled Technology Workers

May 2013 | Doc #241056 | Customer Needs and Strategies
Cushing Anderson, Marianne Kolding

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This IDC study is the second part of a three-part series of documents that examines changes to IT organization staffing and explores the current trends with the biggest impact on the IT employment picture. Should CIOs hire the best talent ...

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New IDC MarketScape Shows a Growing Need and Acceptance of Innovation Management Solutions Worldwide

May 2013 | Doc #prUS24113813 | Research Press Release

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IDC today published a new MarketScape report profiling and ranking the ten leading worldwide providers of innovation management solutions.

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IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Innovation Management Solutions 2013 Vendor Analysis

May 2013 | Doc #240823 | Competitive Analysis
Vanessa Thompson

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This IDC study uses the IDC MarketScape model to provide an assessment of a number of vendors participating in the innovation management solutions market. The IDC MarketScape is an evaluation based on a comprehensive framework and a set ...

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New Paths to Industry Growth: Key Trends and Developments in the Nordic ICT Market, 2013 and Beyond

May 2013 | Doc #NCCS51V | Update
Bianca Bruhn, Jason Andersson, Anders Ebbesen, Anders Elbak, Annsofie Petersson

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This IDC Update is published in relation with the IDC Directions 2013 conferences in Copenhagen and Stockholm in January 2013. It captures the key arguments from the presentations and adds data and forecasts to substantiate conclusions.

The ...

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Yotpo Private Vendor Watchlist Profile: Powering Social Reviews for Online Sellers

May 2013 | Doc #240955 | Vendor Profile
Oren Raviv

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This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes Yotpo, a company playing in the ecommerce market, and reviews key success factors: market potential, technology/solution, corporate strategy, force multipliers, and customers. Leveraging IDC's expert understanding ...

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Vendor Assessment: Specialist Enterprise Social Software Players — Making the Financial Enterprises Social

May 2013 | Doc #FIN240896 | Vendor Assessment
Li-May Chew

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This IDC Financial Insights report analyzes niche enterprise social software (ESS) vendors that have presence in Asia/Pacific, focusing on their Enterprise 2.0 technology tools and capabilities, expansion strategies, deployment options, ...

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