Tony Byrne

Mr. Byrne is founder of Real Story Group, an independent analyst firm that evaluates digital workplace and marketing technologies for enterprise customers. He is the original author of Real Story Group's web content management research, a former journalist and a 20-year technology industry veteran. Prior to 2001, he managed an engineering team at a systems integration firm. He now focuses his own research on enterprise community and collaboration software, SharePoint and web content management.
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Fall & Winter Digital Issue 2019
The Rise of Omni-Channel Content Platforms
BY Tony Byrne
Dec. 10 2019
While many industry pundits have focused on traditional enterprise content management (ECM) vendors transitioning from document management to content services platforms, a parallel, and potentially a more...
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Winter Digital Issue 2018
How to Select a Digital Experience Platform
BY Tony Byrne
Feb. 6 2018
A critical precondition for any digital transformation strategy is selecting the right technology. Yet, industry surveys suggest that more than half of all projects fail to identify the best solution for...
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December 2015
Digital Transformation: Mind the Gaps
BY Tony Byrne
Dec. 18 2015
Digital transformation has moved up in the list of enterprise priorities for good reason, but getting beyond the standard pundit exhortations to go “digital first” means answering a practical...
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    AI Is Shaping the Future of Translation in Communications
    By Patrick Kehoe
    Across the globe, organizations are seeking to better cater to increasingly diverse customer populations. In the United States, for example, the number of non-English speakers has tripled over the las
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    Striking a Balance
    By Liz Stephen and Mia Papanicolaou
    A recent article on Chiefmartec asked an interesting question about automation in marketing: Is automation making things more efficient for the company or the customer? The example they gave is someth
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    Intelligent Orchestration
    By Gary Gregg
    Seamless and personalized customer interactions are no longer just a competitive advantage — they’re an expectation. Whether a customer is applying for a credit card, opening a bank account, or on
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    Going To the Cloud for ECM? Know Before You Go
    By Brian DeWyer
    Change is the only constant when it comes to IT applications. Specifically for Enterprise Content Management (ECM) and Robotic Process Automation (RPA), proper knowledge is a necessity before inevitab
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    A Fundamental Shift 
    By Jennifer Raml
    Remember the last time you filled out a mortgage application? If you're like most people, you probably spent hours wrestling with confusing forms, deciphering legal jargon and hunting down supporting