by Jack Santos | February 14, 2012 | Submit a Comment
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 [...]
Category: Applications Future economy Tags: consumerization, economy, mobility, vendor
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 Managment Mobility Strategic Planning management Tags: career, CIO, consumerization, culture, Externalization, gearheads, IT relevance, management, mobility, Outsourcing, Predictions, Strategy
by Jack Santos | August 5, 2011 | Comments Off
Just for the record, here’s my picture: I have been told more than a few times that I am good looking, and people always stop me for autographs. Sorry, I am married. (BTW, only one of these statements is true) So now that I am past introductions, I am hoping this blog post throws off [...]
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Category: Cloud Future IAM Mobility Wireless security Tags: consumerization, culture, management, mobility, privacy, security, Wireless
by Jack Santos | January 25, 2011 | 1 Comment
I was recently asked about an update to a popular blog post I did over a year ago on my antics around my home theater setup. Six months ago, Comcast was proposing a defense to its NBC purchase that said something like “Don’t worry about internet TV – that won’t compete with our content anytime [...]
Category: Fun Future Predictions Tags: culture, Predictions, UI
by Jack Santos | December 9, 2010 | 1 Comment
OK. I’ve succumbed. A week ago I said to myself “avoid, at all costs, commenting about the Wikileaks story – especially on the blog”. That was before 249 internal emails on wikileaks (and counting). There is just so much in this event that our research has foretold, or that has proven our advice to clients [...]
Category: Externalization Future Information Management Managment Predictions Strategic Planning governance management Tags: Cloud, consumerization, culture, information, management, Predictions, security, Strategy
by Jack Santos | November 19, 2010 | 4 Comments
I have a thesis that the recent history of bubbles are not just reflective of economic “irrational exuberance”, but in fact reflect social reality – the ability of individuals to influence and communicate with each other. The “bubble” is just the final effect, the consequence of that behavior. Our ability to influence and communicate has [...]
Category: Cloud Externalization Future Managment Predictions Strategic Planning economy management Tags: Cloud, IT relevance, Predictions, Strategy
by Jack Santos | November 5, 2010 | Comments Off
It’s interesting to note two pieces in today’s (11/5/2010) Wall Street Journal that, when juxtaposed, portend serious social changes afoot, due to social computing. The first is an ad on page D7 of the print version: It’s an ad for Unigo – a site which helps students and parents with the college admissions [...]
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Category: Cloud Future Managment management Tags: culture, Predictions, privacy, Strategy
by Jack Santos | October 27, 2010 | Comments Off
I was on a call with an Indian helpdesk yesterday. In some settings in the US, just that statement will cause a stir. Outsourcing, Off shoring, unemployment rates, etc all play into the average person’s emotions. In my career have been involved in more than a few outsourcing/offshoring deals, some which I help personally setup [...]
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Category: CIO issues Externalization Future Managment Offshore Outsourcing career governance management Tags: culture, Externalization, management, Outsourcing
by Jack Santos | September 21, 2010 | Comments Off
Urban legend has it that for a period of transition, the first automobiles came equipped with buggy whips. Not only did this provide some sort of psychological support during a period of technological change, but it sometimes proved useful for the times a horse had to bail you out when a motor failed. I [...]
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Category: Future Predictions Strategic Planning Tags: Predictions, Strategy
