Jack Santos

I have to admit that I, like many others, have struggled with Facebook. How much should I participate? Should I friend my boss, co-workers, subordinates?  Should I talk to my kids about their activities on Facebook?  How much should I share, and with whom? Is it a replacement for LinkedIn? If you believe Mark Zuckerberg, [...]

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Today’s Wall Street Journal had an article about he intense scrutiny Comcast is under for its purchase of NBC. An excerpt for Comcast’s filing stated: “Comcast, on the other hand, argues that Internet video won’t be a direct competitor to cable any time soon, removing any incentive for it to cut off online competitors’ access [...]

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Category: Applications Cloud Fun Predictions     Tags: culture, Mergers, network, Predictions, Wireless

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I live on a tiny picturesque street in a small picturesque town (as in “anyone lived in a pretty how town” – e.e.cummings).  The property I live on originally belonged to a sea captain, and was part of the gardens of his house, frequently visited by George Washington. The houses on the street, Victorian in [...]

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Category: Cloud Future Strategic Planning     Tags: consumerization, culture, data management, privacy

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I spent this past week locked in a conference room going over research material.  One of our research approaches is to take client comments, feedback, interview results, and other client input, and try to see patterns that are emerging within our client’s businesses and  in the industry. We do this through a rigorous process of [...]

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A few months back I had a discussion (read: gentlemanly disagreement) with a colleague that was chastising me for having cut the cord – I was, at the time, all wireless all the time.  Cell phone as a primary phone, separate iPhone with a tethered option, 3G card for the laptop, 3G/Wi-Fi router for guest access. [...]

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Category: Wireless     Tags: 3g, mobility, network, Wireless

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One of the things we have to deal with in IT and in management is the prospect of unintended consequences.  We (CIOs, CxOs, etc) try to think through possibilities: new markets, new tactics, new business models.  Be we also are cognizant of (or should be, in many instances) of the potential for things to happen [...]

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This just in: http://www.suasnews.com/2010/08/587/wi-fi-aerial-surveillance-platform-wasp/. Or the (supposed) headline: Hackers create WIFI drone.  A  little further clicking leads to the group’s website: http://www.diydrones.com/. Seems that the media loves the term “hackers” – fear sells.   I suppose that in the current climate I would have been under the same scrutiny as Google street-view, when I was a [...]

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Had a discussion yesterday with a client in a large (30K person) organization about the work at home trend.  Smaller companies (such as Gartner) have gone site-less (most analysts work out of their home).  Larger companies consider work-at-home policy to be, generally, “work from home if you want, but don’t make it a habit”.  Work-at-home [...]

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In today’s Mossberg’s Mailbox (Wall Street Journal, August 11) Walt uses the word “curated” to describe Apple’s app store strategy for iPhone application vetting.  Hence, Android apps are distributed in a “non-curated” environment.  Oh what a tangled web we weave when new word usages we conceive.  And we in technology (especially at Gartner) are particularly [...]

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Category: Applications Cloud Fun     Tags: consumerization, words

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I went to Tom Curran’s funeral yesterday. He was a friend, mentor, supervisor, co-worker, peer, and all around good guy.  Like many of the readers of this blog, Tom had spent his career in IT – mostly in the public sector, or in a company that specialized in public sector privatization.  His most recent role [...]

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