by Jack Santos | September 23, 2011 | Comments Off
Turn Off, Tune Out, Drop It Timothy Leary said it in a slightly different way… It’s that time of year when parents and school systems start publicizing “Turn off TV” month. Our local paper ran a piece on it – and in some cases it has been extended to ALL electronics (TV, radio, video games, [...]
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Category: Fun Mobility Strategic Planning Tags: consumerization, culture, IT relevance, Predictions, security, 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 security Wireless Tags: consumerization, culture, management, mobility, privacy, security, Wireless
by Jack Santos | May 11, 2011 | Comments Off
I attended a Babson College’s Center for Information Management Studies event yesterday that has been long a staple on my diet of how to stay current. Since coming to Gartner, my role has changed from currency sink to currency source. Last year, Chris Howard and I tagged team a “Cloud Tutorial” event which was very [...]
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Category: CIO issues IT Governance management Managment Mobility security Wireless Tags: consumerization, culture, management, mobility, privacy, security, Strategy
by Jack Santos | May 2, 2011 | Comments Off
Today marks the date in 2000 that “Selective Availability” (SA) for GPS was turned off. Arguably, that move by the US government set the stage for the current explosion in location aware apps. Sure, the argument can be made that efforts (then and now) to fine tune location by cell tower triangulation and other efforts [...]
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Category: Applications Fun security Wireless Tags: consumerization, security, Wireless
by Jack Santos | April 5, 2011 | Comments Off
I met Jing Wang from Kaiser Permanente (KP) yesterday. She works in Information Security at KP. She is a women on a mission. Some biomedical devices being installed in hospitals and doctors offices may be inherently insecure – sometimes held to a lower standard of virus protection and intrusion prevention. Why? speed to market, security [...]
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Category: IT Governance management Managment Operational Technology security Vendor Contracts Tags: Healthcare, management, privacy, security, vendor
by Jack Santos | January 6, 2011 | Comments Off
A few weeks ago I went public with a Facebook breach that I incurred. That post here. I suppose hacking is a relative term. A few years ago, my (then) college aged son got into hot water during the early days of Facebook; he “hacked” Facebook to get a collection of MoveON.org aficionado email addresses, [...]
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Category: Cloud Externalization management Managment security Tags: consumerization, Externalization, management, security
by Jack Santos | December 27, 2010 | Comments Off
One of the healthcare IT hallmarks of the last 2 years has been the increase in regulatory reporting requirements for healthcare providers, not only because of the 2009 HITECH act, but also because of jurisdictional reasons (FTC reporting versus HHS reporting) and reporting at the state and local level. In fact, just a glance at [...]
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Category: Healthcare Information Management IT Governance security Tags: culture, Healthcare, information, management, security
by Jack Santos | December 21, 2010 | 3 Comments
“Watch therefore, for ye know not the day nor the hour” Matthew 25:13 For only the second time in my short 15+ year internet life, I have found myself to be the target of a hacker, and dealing with a serious personal security breach. I post the details here, in the hopes it helps others [...]
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 24, 2010 | Comments Off
Interesting click the other day – it brought me to what looked like a reporter’s blog entry at a premier local TV station. Only to figure out it was a blatant advertisement, with a website made entirely to look like a reputable TV news station (in small print at the top, is the word “advertorial”). [...]
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