by Jack Santos | June 1, 2011 | Comments Off
“There is absolutely no reason for any person to download their Facebook into the car.” … Ray LaHood, U.S. Department of Transportation “There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.” … Ken Olsen, Digital Equipment Corporation Amazingly similar quotes. The first is in today’s Wall Street Journal, the context [...]
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Category: CIO issues governance Mobility Predictions Tags: 3g, consumerization, mobility, Predictions, Wireless
by Jack Santos | May 19, 2011 | Comments Off
Hanging around Wednesday at the MIT CIO conference. Great opportunity to reconnect – and even get caught up on the latest campus news. I hadn’t heard that Frank Moss left Media Lab. Frank and I worked together at Bowstreet (he was a major investor and Chairman); Frank also was an IBM Research guy from way [...]
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Category: Fun Mobility Predictions Wireless Tags: 3g, CIO, consumerization, mobility, Predictions, 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 14, 2010 | Comments Off
Our Data Management guys in the Gartner IT1 offering do a lot of research on data – in all its forms. They are looking at things like “Big Data” and “Data Clouds” and “MODS” (the Methodology for Overcoming Data Silos). My cohort, Mike Rollings, passed along this link: http://datajournalism.stanford.edu/. It really is very interesting, and [...]
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Category: Applications Cloud Fun Information Management Tags: Cloud, consumerization, data management, information, Predictions, Strategy, 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 governance Information Management management Managment Predictions Strategic Planning 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 economy Externalization Future management Managment Predictions Strategic Planning 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 management Managment Tags: culture, Predictions, privacy, Strategy
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
by Jack Santos | August 30, 2010 | Comments Off
Today’s Wall Street Journal had an article about he intense scrutiny Comcast is under for its purchase of NBC. An excerpt for Comcast’s filing stated: “Comcast, on the other hand, argues that Internet video won’t be a direct competitor to cable any time soon, removing any incentive for it to cut off online competitors’ access [...]
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Category: Applications Cloud Fun Predictions Tags: culture, Mergers, network, Predictions, Wireless
by Jack Santos | August 25, 2010 | Comments Off
I spent this past week locked in a conference room going over research material. One of our research approaches is to take client comments, feedback, interview results, and other client input, and try to see patterns that are emerging within our client’s businesses and in the industry. We do this through a rigorous process of [...]
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Category: Predictions Strategic Planning Tags: IT relevance, Predictions
