by Brian Prentice | September 26, 2008 | Comments Off
I don’t know what it is about patents that get people so heated up. Then again when a bunch of anal-retentive lawyers start crashing the geek party I guess I can understand. But since patents – or more specifically software and business method patents – are shaping up to be one of the defining trends [...]
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by Brian Prentice | September 19, 2008 | 2 Comments
If you haven’t seen the Microsoft Jerry Seinfeld & Bill Gates ads you definitely should. It’s marketing history in the making. These ads are soon to join the pantheon of spectacular advertising flops, perhaps even eclipsing Apple’s famous “Lemmings” Super Bowl ad of 1985. While the blogosphere has been ripping the ads apart for being [...]
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by Brian Prentice | September 17, 2008 | Comments Off
by Brian Prentice | September 17, 2008 | Comments Off
I’m here in Sao Paolo at Gartner’s Future of IT Summit and have had the privilege to speak to a number of Brazilian CIOs. While the unfolding of the crisis in the financial markets is being carefully watched and is certainly seen as a cause for concern it doesn’t appear to be having any negative [...]
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by Brian Prentice | September 17, 2008 | Comments Off
…one giant leap for me! Now, I think this might be something like the 193,846,963rd blog in the world. Luckily for me the Gartner branding affords me the luxury of being able to cut through a little bit of the noise your average blogger might face. So, I think I owe you a little perspective [...]
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