Jack Santos is an Executive Strategist for Burton Group Executive Advisory Program. He covers organizational development, leadership and management practices, governance, vendor management, data and applications architecture, systems integration, and Internet and e-business solutions. Prior to joining Burton Group, Santos served in leadership roles for Aetna, Kaiser Permanente, Maximus, Liberty Mutual Group, Bowstreet Software, and Catholic Medical Center Hospital. With 28 years of experience in IT and business operations and his expertise as an agent of change he has helped struggling enterprise IT organizations quickly assess critical issues and develop plans to successfully address those issues.
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Discussions around the impact of cloud computing frequently center on
services - software as a service, infrastructure as a service, everything as
a service. In the "there is never anything new under the sun" camp, these
were similar to conversations in by-gone years about centrex vs. buying a
PBX, ADP vs. hiring a payroll clerk, etc etc. The same decision criteria
pertain - concerns about availability, security, trust, control.
But some recent exposure to thought leaders bring a whole new dynamic to
cloud computing; specifically Nicholas Carr's "Big Switch", and Kevin Kelly's
thoughts being circulated on Ted.com. Carr is riding the wave of his "Does IT
Matter?" diatribe, and the book is a followup to that (somewhat). His basic
approach is to compare the development of other technologies (especially
electricity generation and dist... (more)
Jack Santos is an Executive Strategist for Burton Group Executive Advisory Program. He covers organizational development, leadership and management practices, governance, vendor management, data and applications architecture, systems integration, and Internet and e-business solutions. Prior to joining Burton Group, Santos served in leadership roles for Aetna, Kaiser Permanente, Maximus, Liberty Mutual Group, Bowstreet Software, and Catholic Medical Center Hospital. With 28 years of experience in IT and business operations and his expertise as an agent of change he has helped struggling enterprise IT organizations quickly assess critical issues and develop plans to successfully address those issues.
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