by Jack Santos | February 28, 2012 | 1 Comment
A group of us has been sharing a great doc by one of our editors (Vince Earl) that is a quick and extensive guide to Windows keyboard shortcuts. KEYBOARD shortcuts? Oh that is so 90s. Who needs them on an iPad? I have some analyst side bets in the works over how much longer the [...]
Category: Fun Predictions Uncategorized Tags: mobility, UI
by Jack Santos | February 21, 2012 | Comments Off
Ronald Reagan’s shadow looms big in the American political scene, and a favorite saying of his was: doveryai, no proveryai; in English: “Trust but Verify” – relating to the START arms agreements that he signed with the then USSR. I think that in IT we have a similar stance on many fronts of security, integrity, [...]
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Category: Externalization governance practitioner security Vendor Contracts Tags: Externalization, security, Strategy, vendor
by Jack Santos | February 14, 2012 | Comments Off
This in from the local news rag: http://www.newburyportnews.com/local/x2053729702/Google-exec-brings-Port-up-to-speed In particular, this part of the article caught my eye: After replying to a question about how much Google’s revenue comes from ad receipts (98 percent), he said, “Online ad commerce is a major force. Let’s see a show of hands on how many of you use [...]
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Category: Applications economy Future Tags: consumerization, economy, mobility, vendor
by Jack Santos | February 1, 2012 | Comments Off
I keep getting interesting stories from folks about the “Find My iPhone” app, so I thought I would add mine, and maybe extrapolate what I think the moral of the story is for Enterprise “Bring Your Own Device” strategies, and Mobile Device Management (MDM). Recently my wife and I were dining at a restaurant. We [...]
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Category: IT Governance management Managment Mobility Wireless Tags: 3g, Cloud, consumerization, culture, management, mobility, UI, Wireless
