Publications

This page contains links to publications and speaking engagements. Please note that the links need to be updated.

Selected Articles

Below, is a list of selected publications by Charles Gerlach.  Many of them are or will be available either on this site or elsewhere online.

• Author:  “Content and Commerce Driven Strategies in Global Networks: Building the Network Economy in Europe,” 450-page study of evolution of electronic commerce for Directorate General XIII/E of the European Commission, October 1998.
• Co-Author:  “IP Revolution Transforms the Global Telecoms Industry,” Global Telecoms Business, June 1998.
• Co-Author:  “Can Telcos Become Portals to the Internet?” Global Telecoms Business, September/October 1998.
• Co-Author:  “Exploring New Opportunities for Lenders in the Telecommunications Services Industry,” Commercial Lending Review, Spring 1999.
• Author:  “Building the Network Economy: Europe’s Challenge,” Transformation, Spring 1999.
• Author:  “Meeting the F-Commerce Challenge,” e-Business. 1999.
• Author:  “Upping the Ante,” Internet Retailer, March 2000.
• Author:  “Telcos Still Struggling to Adopt Customer-Centric Web Technologies,” Mass High Tech, Spring 2001.
• Author:  “CRM,” Ernst & Young Banking Technology Report, 1999.
• Author:  “The Road Ahead Turns Rocky for Microsoft,” Mainspring.com, November, 1999.
• Author:  “The ASP Revolution: Why Hosted Applications Will Transform Business,” Mainspring.com, December 1999.
• Author:  “Converging on the Future,” Mainspring.com, January 2000.
• Co-Author:  “The Emergence of New Telecommunications Intermediaries,” Mainspring.com, February 2000.
• Author:  “Mobilizing for E-Commerce,” Mainspring.com, February 2000.
• Author:  “Lighting the Way,” Mainspring.com, March 2000.
• Author:  “Bill Bets the Company on Web Services,” Mainspring.com, May 2000.
• Co-Author:  “Bowstreet and the Emergence of Web Services,” Mainspring.com, June 2000.
• Co-Author:  “Plug-and-Play Commerce Is Here; The Time to Act Is Now,” Mainspring.com. July 2000.
• Author:  “Why WAP Matters,” Mainspring.com, July 2000.
• Co-Author:  “The End Game for Old Media?” Mainspring.com, August 2000.
• Co-Author:  “Telecoms Get Ready for Plug-and-Play Commerce,” Mainspring.com, November 2000.
• Co-Author:  “Building a Musical Relationship: The Recording Industry in Transition,” CMA Town Hall White Paper/Mainspring.com, November 2000.
• Author:  “E Pluribus Unum (From Many One),” CTIA Wireless Agenda White Paper, April 2001.
• Author:  “Uncovering the Secrets of I-Mode’s Success,” Mainspring.com, May 2001.
• Co-Author, “Weathering the Telecommunications Storm: Is the Forecast Bright or Gloomy?” IBM.com, November 2002.
• Co-Author, “The 30-Hour Day: On Demand for Media and Entertainment,” IBM.com, May 2003.
• Author, “Choosing a Home Technology Integrator,” Metro-Mesh.com, October 2003.
• Author, “The Great Value Migration,” Metro-Mesh.com, October 2003.
• Author, “Beyond the Screen,” Metro-Mesh.com, October 2003.
• Author, “Book Review:  Moonrush,” Space Resources, January 2005.
• Author, “Deep Impact Could Have a Big Impact on Space Resources Development,”  Space Resources, January 2005.
• Author, “Dot-Com Meets Alt-Dot-Space,”  Space Resources, January 2005.
• Author, Huygens and the Riches of the Outher Solar System,”  Space Resources, January 2005.
• Author, “Welcome to the Open Source Economy: Exploring the Implications of the Open Source Revolution,” Gerlach Strategic Advisors, March 2005.
• Author, “Profitably Exploiting Near-Earth Object Resources, 2005 International Space Development Conference, National Space Society, Washington, DC, May 2005.
• Author, “Building an Open Source Space Program,” 2005 2005 International Space Development Conference, National Space Society, Washington, DC, May 2005.
• Author, “Managed Network Services for Mobile Operators: Multi-Client Study,” In-Stat, January 2006.
• Author, “Corporate Buying of Wireless Services and Equipment, 2006,” In-Stat, February 2006.
• Author, “Corporate Buying of Wireless Services and Equipment, 2007,” In-Stat, August 2007.
• Author, “US Residential Quarterly VoIP Market Tracker,” In-Stat, 2007-08.

Selected Appearances

Charles has spoken regularly at business conferences and events about a wide range of business- and technology-related topics.

• Speaker:  “Impact of Internet on Media,” Content World, New York, New York, January 1999.
• Speaker:  “Global Internet and E-Commerce Trends,” Submarine Cables, Orlando, Florida, June 1999.
• Guest Lecturer:  “Telecommunications Industry Evolution,” Sloan Graduate School of Management, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 2000.
• Speaker:  “New Internet Business Models and Alliance Strategy,” Alliance Strategy, Boston, Massachusetts, June 2000.
• Speaker:  “European E-Commerce Trends,” Boston, Massachusetts, August 2000.
• Panel Moderator:  “Mobile Portals,” PCIA, Chicago, Illinois, September 2000.
• Speaker:  “Telecom Billing Business Models,” USTA Billing Conference, San Diego, California, October 31, 2000.
• Panelist:  “Regulating Wireless Content,” CTIA Wireless 2001, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 2001.
• Panel Moderator:  “Battle of the Devices:  Who Will Win?” CTIA Wireless Agenda, Dallas, Texas, May 2001.
• Keynote Speaker:  “Emerging Technologies,” Keynote Speaker, Mainspring eStrategy Executive Council Quarterly Meeting, New York, New York, Spring 2001.
• Speaker:  “Building Space-Based Business Ecosystems,” Space Resource Utilization Roundtable III, Golden, Colorado, October 2001.
• Speaker:  “Building Wireless LANs:  Technology and Strategy,” Internet World Spring 2002, Los Angeles, California, April 2002.
• Panelist:  “Small Tech Case Study:  Telecommunications,” NanoBusiness Spring, New York, New York, May 2002.
• Panelist:  “Enterprise Solutions,” Supercomm 2002, Atlanta, Georgia, June 2002.
• Panelist, “Technology Markets in Europe,” Wharton European Business Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 15, 2002.
• Panelist, “Brave New World of Streaming Media,” Competitive Telecommunications Association Conference, San Antonio, Texas, February 25, 2003.
• Panelist, “Your Network for the Next 20 Years,” Fast Net Futures – Spring VON ‘03, San Jose, California, April 1, 2003.
• Panelist, “Emerging Applications for Wireless,” Connections 2003, San Jose, California, May 8, 2003.
• Speaker, “The Sarbanes-Oxley Act:  Applying Corporate Oversight to Reduce Business Risk,” Communications Fraud Control Association Fall Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 28, 2004.
• Speaker, “Profitably Exploiting Near-Earth Object Resources, 2005 International Space Development Conference, National Space Society, Washington, DC, May 2005.
• Speaker, “Building an Open Source Space Program,” 2005 2005 International Space Development Conference, National Space Society, Washington, DC, May 2005.