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Technology Hype Cycle from Gartner

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

and other technologies such as Second Life follows a well established pattern identified by Gartner analysts called " hype cycles " The description is below and this visual showing the hype cycle for consumer technologies. Should all nonprofits wait until Phase 5?

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AI and Nonprofits: Will Bots Make Transition from Functional to Friendship?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The next disruptive technology phase is already upon here and it includes a technology designed to emulate human conversation – chatbots programmed with artificial intelligence. It will have implications for nonprofits way beyond simply setting up a Facebook Messenger bot for your nonprofit’s Facebook Brand Page.

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SaaS leaders: Use customer insights to accelerate growth during a downturn

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Caroline Hogan Contributor Share on Twitter Caroline Hogan is senior director of vendor marketing at Gartner Digital Markets , where she helps software providers accelerate growth. But businesses are changing where, how and why they invest in technology.

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2021 Tableau Ambassador nominations and applications now open

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Gartner describes this customer enthusiasm as one of the key Tableau differentiators. For anyone applying or nominated to be an ambassador: This year’s application and nomination process will have two phases. The first phase, starting today, will allow anyone to nominate someone they know to be an ambassador or apply themselves.

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True ‘shift left and extend right’ security requires empowered developers

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. — Neil MacDonald, Gartner. Developers would also have all the information they need to make security-related decisions early in the design phase. If a developer is working on a type of security control they haven’t worked on before, an organization should provide the appropriate training before there is a security issue.

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4 key strategies for succeeding at international expansion

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I recommend research companies such as Frost & Sullivan , Nielsen , Statista and Gartner. Narrow down the markets for the first phase of global growth by determining which is most viable and sizable for what you offer. Help TechCrunch find the best growth marketers for startups. Prioritize international rollout based on ROI.

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Tiger Global backs Nacelle with $50M for its e-commerce infrastructure

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Now, maturing consumer behaviors and expectations are accelerating the current phase. Data already shows that COVID-era trends accelerated e-commerce by roughly five years , and Gartner predicts that 50% of new commerce capabilities will be incorporated as API-centric SaaS services by 2023.

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