Things are quiet; time for a flame war!
From eWeek.com: <http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2158304,00.asp>
I especially liked the end of the article:
In my column, I mentioned a report of an IT manager who was lobbying
his clients against the iPhone and the Macintosh. He said he would
quit before he would allow a Mac in his environment.
This drew a strong response from Daniel Reiss, president and CEO of
Automated Terminal Systems, of Washington. He said that IT
consultant would be quickly out on the curb.
"Too many [people] in IT departments do not understand their
function, or who actually earns the revenue that allows [IT workers]
to be paid regularly. It is not the function of the IT department to
block technology or innovation. Neither is it the mission of IT
workers to make their own jobs easier, rather to facilitate the work
of the end users. Whatever benefits [users] will benefit the
organization and ultimately IT," he said.
In addition, he expressed concerns over the increasing demands of
networking and security for IT, which could be leading to a lack of
understanding of productivity applications used by departments in
the organization.
From each site I visit and each conference I attend, it's evident
that corporate management and departmental users seem to have a
different idea of the mission and execution of the IT function than
the IT department. Whether the topic under discussion is application
support, storage, data retention and provision policies, client
functionality, or iPhone, there's a growing culture clash over goals
and values between IT workers and their clients.
Perhaps that's something that needs fixing before any more
innovation takes place?
--
Roger
Lovettsville, VA
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