Jack Santos

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Are 10-12 year PC refresh cycles on the horizon?

by Jack Santos  |  October 15, 2012  |  1 Comment

BYOD and the era of tablets has started to make me wonder. So did today’s observation in the WSJ CIO journal. Desktop PC’s and laptops have been the RAM-tough workhorse for the enterprise since the 80s.  Tablet buying is surging, and employee use across the board is increasing.  If studies show that employees spend most of [...]

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Old Age and Legacies

by Jack Santos  |  July 23, 2012  |  Comments Off

That’s what happens when you get old – that is, anything beyond adolescent.  You suddenly wake up one day and find that the rest of the world has passed you by, and you have become irrelevant. Sometimes it’s just because you have grown too fat – who hasn’t heard of the obesity problem. And it’s [...]

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