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Altimeterā€™s Top Digital Trends for 2019

Altimeterā€™s Top Digital Trends for 2019

Each year, the Altimeter analyst team predicts digital trends that will have the biggest impact on businesses. In 2019, my colleagues Charlene Li, Omar Ahktar, Susan Etlinger, along with yours truly, share our take on what we see as most important trends to follow. Digital Transformation, Digital Experience, Brand and Innovation: Brian Solis CIOs Become Cross-Functional Business Partners to Accelerate Enterprise-Wide Digital Transformation The ā€œdigitalā€ in digital transformation is no longer just about investing in the latest disruptive technology trends….

How To Unify Your Sales, Service and Marketing Departments Around Customer Experience

How To Unify Your Sales, Service and Marketing Departments Around Customer Experience

Guest post by Omar Akhtar (@obakhtar), Managing Editor, Altimeter Group, a Prophet company Imagine youā€™re getting ready to drive your car. But when you turn on the engine, you get a mobile notification telling you that your oil needs to be changed, and it gives you a link to the nearest dealership with a 10% discount coupon. Youā€™re left surprised and delighted by the sheer, almost magical convenience of it all. But is that event classified as a sales, service…