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 | August 2, 2012 | Comments Off
By now we are starting to get a pretty good idea how the device market is shaping up, and the implications to Enterprise IT. Let’s look at it from another gear head device market: Automobiles. Phones become phones again, with added value and uses. With the expansion of the tablet market, I expect a decreased [...]
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Category: Catalyst 12 Externalization Future Mobility Wireless Tags: 3g, Catalyst-NA, Cloud, consumerization, mobility, network, Predictions, Wireless
by Jack Santos | April 12, 2012 | 1 Comment
Most consumers have wondered why e-book pricing was so close to bound copy pricing. I know I have. Eliminate the warehouses, trees, delivery trucks, stores, shelf space, clerks – and you are left with author payments, product development, marketing, and electronic delivery. The cost structure is probably half of a real-world product (I don’t have [...]
Category: Applications economy Externalization Future Predictions Social Media Strategic Planning Tags: consumerization, culture, economy, Predictions, Strategy
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 | August 31, 2011 | Comments Off
The title refers to a news piece about X5 music group in today’s Wall Street Journal. Which makes me think of this fictitious dialogue excerpt: But, Herr Gutenberg, if you are able to use your new technology just think of all the income we lose from pilgrims traveling to monasteries. Lost lodging revenue, religious trinket [...]
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Category: Externalization Fun Strategic Planning Tags: consumerization, culture, Externalization, Predictions, Strategy
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
by Jack Santos | April 28, 2011 | Comments Off
The Journal (and for those of you that don’t know what I am referring to, go read someone else’s blog) had a recent section on IT that was interesting, and a good overview of the executive POV. But one of the things I see fundamentally missing in their viewpoint, and in many discussions I have [...]
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Category: career CIO issues Cloud Externalization governance IT Governance management Managment Offshore Outsourcing Strategic Planning Tags: CIO, consumerization, culture, Externalization, gearheads, management, Outsourcing
by Jack Santos | March 15, 2011 | Comments Off
Our thoughts and prayers are with Japan, and the ongoing humanitarian and nuclear crisis. Living within 10 miles of a nuclear plant on the seacoast of the northeast US, I am more than aware of the plant’s presence in times like these. What I am also following is the impact this crisis will have on [...]
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Category: CIO issues Cloud economy Externalization management Managment Offshore Outsourcing Strategic Planning Tags: consumerization, Externalization, management, Outsourcing
by Jack Santos | March 9, 2011 | Comments Off
I have had an interesting juxtaposition of meetings these past few weeks. I meet with a group of CIOs where the zeitgeist is one of being part of the business – to the point of being a major part of the revenue stream (Boeing is doing that with software-based service options). With the CIOs, being [...]
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Category: CIO issues Externalization governance IT Governance management Mobility security Strategic Planning Wireless Tags: CIO, consumerization, culture, Externalization, IT relevance, management, Strategy
