Fabio Tantaro

Engineer, FCSI Consultant, buildingSMART Partner, Tech Startups Mentor

How software applications turned into being utilities like electricity, gas or water

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When I joined the fabulous world of software in the early 2000s, software purchasing primarily involved buying perpetual licenses for one-time flat fees. Physical software was sold in boxes containing CDs or floppy disks. The legal agreement (EULA) was printed on paper inside or on the outside of the packaging. You bought it (at a …

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DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Artificial Intelligence

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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die is the latest science fiction black comedy movie from Oscar-winning director Gore Verbinski.   The movie marks Verbinski’s return to directing, nearly a decade after his last work. The story revolves around a crucial nighttime mission: saving humanity from the impending apocalypse caused by rogue artificial intelligence and the …

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Specifi Names Fabio Tantaro Chief Executive Officer

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Long-time company leader steps into the top role, pledging to double-down on innovation and cross-industry collaboration   Jupiter, Florida — Specifi, the marketplace for global data serving the foodservice equipment and supplies industry, following the internal reorganization announced a few weeks ago, today announced the appointment of Fabio Tantaro as Chief Executive Officer for Europe …

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The measure of intelligence is the ability to change

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The BIC Pen, this humble writing instrument, is one of the most perfectly designed and ingeniously engineered products of the last century. The Bic Cristal, introduced in 1950, has become a universal tool for students, professionals, and everyday users. Its sheer simplicity, functionality, and affordability have cemented its status as a timeless design icon.   …

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Yes men, no future

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Jack Lemmon’s portrayal of C.C. “Bud” Baxter in The Apartment (1960) is widely regarded as a quintessential and famously sympathetic “yes-man” character, embodying the desperate, cynical, and ultimately redemptive nature of the corporate ladder-climber.   A “yes man” at work (widely, not just in the software world, but in every office, organization, or group) is someone …

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Not all problems deserve a software solution

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If a problem is real, then why don’t people change? Good question, and quite annoying, especially when you’re convinced you have a better solution than your competitors. The answer is that change doesn’t depend solely on how strong your product is. It depends on four forces moving together. Two push forward, toward a new solution. …

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Video Killed the Radio Star: undiscovered marketing

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MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) was launched on August 1, 1981, at 12:01 a.m., under the ownership of Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment. The first video played on MTV was “Video Killed the Radio Star” by The Buggles. Until then, music was just a matter of radio, vinyl and audio tape. Videos associated with the …

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