{"id":1734,"date":"2010-02-25T11:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-25T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/ray-wang\/"},"modified":"2010-02-25T11:49:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-25T11:49:00","slug":"ray-wang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/ray-wang\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Wang, VP and Principal Analyst, Constellation Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"ray\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5271\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.constellationrg.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5271\" title=\"Ray Wang\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Ray-Wang2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"171\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">R &quot;Ray&quot; Wang<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/em><em> <\/em><em>We are delighted to have R &#8220;Ray&#8221; Wang an a\u00a0contributing\u00a0analyst in the areas of software and\u00a0disruptive\u00a0technologies.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>R \u201cRay\u201d Wang&#8217;s \u00a0dynamic presentation style brings life and energy to technology and business topics such as business process transformation, next generation software, SaaS\/Cloud solutions, social CRM, analytics, and ERP. He is the author of the popular enterprise software blog \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.softwareinsider.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Software Insider\u2019s Point of View<\/a>.\u201d  With viewership in the millions of page views a year, his blog provides insight into how disruptive technologies and business models impact the CXO, enterprise apps strategy, and emerging business and technology trends.<\/p>\n<p>Ray works with organizations to provide strategic guidance in a variety of business scenarios including designing go-to-market strategies; reviewing and designing software licensing, pricing, support, and maintenance policies; delivering competitive assessments; evaluating software partner ecosystems, and researching business processes such as the perfect order and continuous customer management for the enterprise and SMB markets.<\/p>\n<p>News outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Fortune, Inc., CIO Magazine, Information Week, ComputerWorld, Financial Times, eWeek, IDG News, ZDNet, and CNBC frequently seek his point of view.<\/p>\n<p>Ray is currently founder and principal analyst of his new research organization, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.constellationrg.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constellation Research<\/a>, which serves the needs of buyers and end users who seek insight, guidance, and advice  in dealing with a dizzying array of disruptive business models and technologies. \u00a0Prior to Constellation, he was\u00a0a founding partner for Enterprise Strategy at Altimeter Group. Prior career roles included VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester, where he was recognized in both 2008 and 2009 by the prestigious Institute of Industry Analyst Relations (IIAR) as the Analyst of the Year and in 2009 he was recognized as one of the most important analysts for Enterprise, SMB, and Software.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ray can be reached at r dot wang at constellationrg.com.\u00a0\u00a0 He can also  be found on twitter: <span style=\"color: #000000;\"> @rwang0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>R &quot;Ray&quot; Wang We are delighted to have R &#8220;Ray&#8221; Wang an a\u00a0contributing\u00a0analyst in the areas of software and\u00a0disruptive\u00a0technologies. 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