Steve Prentice

As the parent of teenagers I oft times despair of the amount of time they spend online, on social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace and the rest. I’m sure I’m not the first parent to demand they “get off the computer and get a life!”. As an analyst who has more than a passing involvement [...]

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My continuing briefing tour through Australia and New Zealand is providing an interesting opportunity to step back and consider the current situation from a somewhat different angle. Not least of which is the extreme contrast in the meteorological conditions. Whilst the UK (and friends and family) continue under a blanket of snow and freezing temperatures, [...]

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I’m in Brisbane (Queensland, Australia) about to kick of ten days of briefings and client visits.  It will be interesting to see the current issues from the other side of the world – a whole new perspective on the situation – or maybe it will be all the same! Whatever the case I’m sure it [...]

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Well that is the only plausible solution I can offer for two separate news items over the past couple of days. 
According to government figures reported this morning by the BBC the UK is in a recession. Well knock me down with a feather, I would never have guessed! Half the high street has gone bust, [...]

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So, according to numerous reports, it seems that President Obama is going to be keeping his Blackberry – at least for now.  My colleagues in the security group here at Gartner have been actively discussing (and patiently explaining to the rest of us) the implications of that.  This could be challenging for many traditionalists. However, [...]

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Well the email is pretty quiet today, looks like most of my US colleagues are settling down to watch THE EVENT! I’m generally not a great one for politics, and I don’t live in the United States, but news coverage is reaching levels of hyperbole as extreme as any in recent memory. It’s actually hard [...]

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At the end of 2008, following my frustration with the fact that most of the family appeared to be more interested in what was going on in the digital world rather than the living room, I floated the idea that our growing addiction to social networking sites was having a negative, even terminal impact on [...]

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Well the twilight period is over and it is the start of 2009 for real, with pretty much everyone back at work. And for me this is a week that is bound to bring some surprises and a lot of useful pointers as to what will be happening later in the year – thanks to [...]

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OK, time to get down to business again – the celebrations are over and reality is coming back to the surface. Yes I know it is kind of cheesy, but New Year resolutions are a good discipline for an analyst – I will even promise to look back at the end of the year to [...]

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Well, 2008 is all but over and I am curled up with a nice glass of wine and thinking back over the highlights of 2008 and my expectations for 2009 (wait until tomorrow for that one!).  Apart from the obvious turmoil in the markets, the trauma of the economic crisis (of which more than enough [...]

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