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Software Strategy Consultant & Analyst -- Market Intelligence , Julie Hunt Consulting

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Julie Hunt Consulting: Software industry analyst, providing strategic market and competitive insights for vendors and buyers. Unique perspective of a software industry “hybrid”: extensive experience in the technology, business, and customer/people-oriented aspects of creating, marketing and selling software. B2B ...

Julie Hunt Consulting: Software industry analyst, providing strategic market and competitive insights for vendors and buyers. Unique perspective of a software industry “hybrid”: extensive experience in the technology, business, and customer/people-oriented aspects of creating, marketing and selling software. B2B software industry on the vendor side for more than 20 years in roles from the very technical (developer, SE, solutions consultant) to customer-focused work in strategies for products/solutions, competitive intelligence, and go-to-market initiatives.

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WEB: Business website

Dec. 16, 2011

Julie Hunt recommends this answer by Bob Egan

Will mobile dominate social and local in 2012 and beyond?

My sense is that social engagment will continue its uptrend in 2011 and beyond.
What may evolve is that social interactions may transistion away from various and often disconnected points of activity, like facebook or twitter to more about how I want to interact in my ... more

Information Technology

Dec. 16, 2011

Julie Hunt recommends this answer by Robert Munro

Does big data present fundamental privacy concerns for customers?

Thank you for the reference to my quote:
"Epidemics are the biggest killer of humans in the world, yet nobody tracks the data." - @wwrob of EpidemicIQ #bodpb
As someone at the forefront of big data for good I am also very wary of privacy concerns. Big ... more

Information Technology

Oct. 18, 2011

Julie Hunt recommends this answer by Mitch Lieberman

What are the challenges of mobile CRM adoption?

Possibly for the first time, the sales team is driving the technology that they are going to use for an enterprise application. This is not the company, boss, manager driving the change. Because it is being driven by the user, adoption will be much less ... more

Information Technology

Oct. 12, 2011

Julie Hunt is now following Brielle Nikaido and 4 other people

Sept. 21, 2011

Julie Hunt recommends this answer by Andrew Baker

Since IT professionals tend to be very busy, what's the best way to capture their attention?

I'll only add the following to Gary's excellent answer: Spend the time highlighting your products strengths, and not your competitors weaknesses. A positive presentation is far more compelling than a negative one.
-ASB: http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker more

Information Technology

Aug. 25, 2011

Julie Hunt and 9 other people answered this question

Why should SMBs consider investing in BI and which kinds of SMBs don't need it?

Mid-sized and smaller companies have the same reasons as large enterprises for using BI and analytics: to better understand the performance of the business, to be more competitive, to support decisions for future direction, to identify problem areas. Mid-sized / smaller businesses will have fewer ... more

Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence & Analytics

July 13, 2011

Julie Hunt and 1 other person answered this question at this roundtable

Is BI-SaaS Right for Your Organization? [7/12 @ 9:30 am]

If a company is moving from on premise to SaaS BI, what implications does this have for the IT team?

When considering SaaS BI, the importance and availability of on-demand data integration is a significant factor that cannot be under-estimated. The interplay of these major technologies impacts both IT and Business users. We are now dealing with needs for ready-to-go data which takes IT into ... more

General Management

Information Technology

June 23, 2011

Julie Hunt and 4 other people answered this question

Who are the top analysts and consultants in the business intelligence industry?

The one thing that is marvelous about BI is that there is an abundance globally of very talented and knowledgeable professionals who provide services as analysts and consultants.
Among top-notch professionals for BI & EDW guidance and consulting work are the members of the Boulder ... more

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Analysts

June 14, 2011

Julie Hunt recommends this answer by Michael Krigsman

What is the best back-office software for SMBs?

Great comments from the others, but we need to add offsite backup! Hard drives die, files get deleted, and every possible screwup imaginable conspires to mistakenly delete data.
The best offsite backup programs work over the Internet, charge a flat fee for unlimited data, and make ... more

Business Intelligence

June 6, 2011

Julie Hunt recommends this answer by Barry Devlin

Do you need a data warehouse to have mobile business intelligence?

Jonathan's "It depends on the information that the mobile BI technology will be accessing" is absolutely correct. However, I believe you must focus more on the consistency and reliabilitycharacteristics of that information rather than limitations of specific sources. A data warehouse (or dependent data marts ... more

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

June 3, 2011

Julie Hunt and 2 other people answered this question

What are the primary factors that inhibit companies from adopting mobile business intelligence?

Maurene and Jonathan have pointed out a number of important issues from the company perspective.
Another obstacle is on the flip side: available solutions. Developing BI applications for mobile usage and consumption is quite different from solutions that will be used on standard desktops or ... more

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

June 3, 2011

Julie Hunt and 3 other people answered this question

What does Sharepoint compete with?

First of all, Sharepoint is *not* a great tool for just about everything, whatever that even means. However, Caty, you have tapped into the successful hype machine that Microsoft has generated for promoting Sharepoint for several years. Microsoft provided free desktop Sharepoint licenses to many ... more

Information Technology

Project Management

June 2, 2011

Julie Hunt recommends this answer by Barry Devlin

What are the top 3 pros and cons of data warehouses?

There are many more than 3 pros and cons of data warehouses, and Hrvoje's choice is as good as any - although they seem to focus more on the original justification for data warehouses than current practice. I'd like to approach Gertjan's question from the ... more

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

April 21, 2011

Julie Hunt recommends this answer by Mitch Lieberman

Who currently leads the social CRM market?

Caty,
Full disclosure I work at Sword Ciboodle, we do have a platform which meets specific needs around CRM and customer experience, including what many refer to as Social CRM - But the leaders in the market are the consultants and analysts. The reason is simple, ... more

Customer Service

Customer Experience

Customer Loyalty

Feb. 11, 2011

Julie Hunt answered this question

Why did Rackspace acquire Anso Labs?

Since Rackspace now has majority control of both the board and oversight committee of OpenStack, it would seem that Rackspace wants to tightly govern the direction of the OS project. But Rackspace commitment to the original mission of OpenStack still seems reasonable since Rackspace also ... more

Information Technology

Cloud Computing

Feb. 10, 2011

Julie Hunt answered this question

Are there different types of MDM (Master Data Management) solutions?

There are several ways to segment MDM Solutions:
-- Point Solutions, such as MDM for product (PIM) or customer (CDI), CRM/SCRM), Location, Supplier ,or HR
-- Multi-domain MDM solutions where each domain carries equal weight in Master Data “equation” (cross-enterprise MDM)
-- MDM aligned with ... more

Information Technology

Business Analytics

Data Management

Data Management System

Feb. 10, 2011

Julie Hunt and 1 other person answered this question

I've noticed MDM has become a less and less used term as opposed to a few years ago. Why is that?

I disagree with your statement that the term “MDM” is used less these days. Based on my research and contact with MDM software vendors and practitioners, MDM solutions are gaining more interest (and the term 'MDM' is clearly called out for these solutions). Additionally, industry ... more

Information Technology

Customer Data Integration

Master Data Management

Feb. 5, 2011

Julie Hunt and 4 other people answered this question

How can we transition from treating BI as an IT project to treating BI as a cultural transformation?

Until recently, BI has mostly derived from practices and technology that address structured data and business processes inside the firewall. BI will now have to include unstructured or content sources in analytics, to add in missing subtleties, context, and insight that cannot be pulled from ... more

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence 2.0

Feb. 5, 2011

Julie Hunt and 9 other people answered this question

Top Business Intelligence Thought Leaders and Influencers to Track in 2011?

For those well-versed in the BI / EDW world, Claudia Imhoff should need no introduction. Her co-founding of the Boulder BI Brain Trust truly adds a great deal to her innovative accomplishments for the world of intelligence and analytics, and for supporting emerging solutions.
So ... more

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence Leaders

Feb. 5, 2011

Julie Hunt recommends this answer by Barry Devlin

Can Business Intelligence tools include Customer, Market & Competitor Intelligence?

This question firstly revolves around your definition of "Business Intelligence" and the tools you include in the category. Business intelligence is an expanding concept these days - as evidenced by the use of terms like operational and collaborative BI. In this sense, yes, BI can ... more

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

Jan. 18, 2011

Julie Hunt and 12 other people answered this question

Business Intelligence Trends: What are the top business intelligence trends to track in 2011?

In 2011, we will continue to see the beginnings of better focus on how BI and analytics are utilized in enterprises to start improving approaches to BI and BI outputs. Effective BI going forward is not just about software technology -- it’s about asking the ... more

Information Technology

Business Intelligence

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