by Jack Santos | April 11, 2013 | Comments Off
Dan Ariely is fond of pointing out that “door locks only keep the honest out”. Locks are basically a reminder, like a sign, that it’s socially unacceptable to go further. One could make the argument that is true when it comes to human behavior about scams…if you have a personal relationship with someone, you are [...]
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Category: Cloud Nexus Social Media Tags: consumerization, culture, Social media
by Jack Santos | April 9, 2013 | 2 Comments
There is another way to talk about the sudden world domination scenario of tablets and iPads, and that is in the context of end-user revolution. Sure – we can argue that form factor (tablet) or multi-touch screens is the end of PC domination of IT solutions. (Today’s WSJ CIO Journal) But the real reason is [...]
Category: Cloud Externalization Mobility Nexus Wireless Work Place Tags: consumerization, culture, mobility, Wireless
by Jack Santos | December 19, 2012 | Comments Off
One of the things we talk about at Gartner is how computerization is changing business – not just back office systems (HR, CRM), but from a fundamental product perspective. I can remember discussing with my business colleagues (at an insurance company in the 1990s) what a treasure trove the collection of OBD (on board diagnostic) [...]
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Category: Applications Cloud Externalization Future Information Management Innovation Mobility Nexus Operational Technology Tags: 3g, Cloud, consumerization, data management, innovation, Predictions, Strategy, Wireless
by Jack Santos | November 12, 2012 | Comments Off
“There are known knowns; there are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don’t know.” — Donald Rumsfeld I was reminded of [...]
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Category: Cloud Information Management Innovation Nexus Strategic Planning Tags: Cloud, culture, data management, innovation, management, Strategy
by Jack Santos | November 1, 2012 | Comments Off
Made it home from our US Orlando Symposium conference last week – expecting a quick turnaround to the Symposium conference in Brazil. My plans were interrupted by Sandy. Some of my colleagues never made it back home until after the storm. I rode it out in my antique home – which in the past few [...]
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Category: Cloud Nexus Social Media Strategic Planning Symposium Work Place Tags: career, consumerization, culture, information, management, Social media
by Jack Santos | June 28, 2012 | Comments Off
I have the Outlook Social Connector on my work Outlook email, and it has had some interesting side effects. For the Facebook neophyte, that hasn’t paid attention to privacy settings, I now see work colleague’s Facebook posts. Do I really need to see you dressed in a chicken outfit for your nephews birthday party? Or [...]
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Category: Cloud Fun Future Innovation management Managment Social Media Tags: Cloud, management, Social media
by Jack Santos | June 15, 2012 | 3 Comments
Markets usually are a ying and yang. Everyone is trying to maximize profit, and a certain give and take is always evident. For instance, internet access. In the US , consumer network providers initially tried to charge per access device. Consumers responded with routers that hid multiple devices, saving them money. Now providers are trying to [...]
Category: Cloud Future Innovation Social Media Uncategorized Wireless Tags: 3g, consumerization, mobility, Predictions, Wireless
by Jack Santos | March 6, 2012 | 1 Comment
This email came in: Hi all, Since you haven’t all gotten into the habit of checking the <enter you favorite collaboration product here: Lotus Connections, MS SharePoint>, let me repost this important discussion topic via email. In the spirit of a discussion thread, don’t answer me here…post your replies in the <your favorite collaboration product> [...]
Category: Cloud Fun Information Management Tags: consumerization, culture, data management, mobility, UI
by Jack Santos | January 25, 2012 | 2 Comments
I love how the fragmentation of communication is actually moving away from appropriate use, and moving to duplicative use, amplifying the total volume of messages on the planet — while real content or (more accurately) unique thought is growing in proportion to population growth – no small number by itself. This has probably been a [...]
Category: Cloud Future Predictions Tags: Cloud, consumerization, culture, IT relevance, mobility, network, Predictions, Wireless
by Jack Santos | August 8, 2011 | 1 Comment
The Professional Effectiveness group in Gartner (which I am a member of) recently hosted a webinar on “The Future of IT Work”. We had three questions for the audience. Let’s analyze those: This was really important to us; you see, when Gartner bought Burton and renamed that product line IT1, we kept the team – [...]
Category: CIO issues Cloud Externalization Future management Managment Mobility Strategic Planning Tags: career, CIO, consumerization, culture, Externalization, gearheads, IT relevance, management, mobility, Outsourcing, Predictions, Strategy
