Web based services are the technical junk food of the 21st century. It is so enticing to embrace them but look at the articles popping up about cyberspying, and we are just seeing the tip of the iceberg. Your company's intellectual property deserves protection which can only come from relentless patching, audit trails, and a guarantee to you the consumer that the information you put in that service is and will always remain yours. There also needs to be real penalties when security is breached that are in line with damages caused and the service should be able to demonstrate monthly that it has not yet occurred. All these things can easily double or triple cost.
If all these things are not in place then you are really just putting your property out there on the hope that you are anonymous enough so as not to attract the wrong kind of attention. My company has very strict rules about using in house services only and I am absolutely sure many more will follow. Is that a hornets nest that MLO wants? On Nov 7, 2012 11:04 PM, "motorwayne" <themotorwa...@gmail.com> wrote: > IMHO as a project manager with 20+ years of experience using both manual > and electronic planning tools, there are definitely some considerations > going forward for any business wanting to manage themselves. > > > - Can the tool provide Hierarchical organization of projects? (if > needed, they are not always needed) > - Can the projects be shared? (if necessary) > - Is it eco-system specific? ( i.e.. do I have to tie my entire > business and my people to a specific platform ( i.e. windows, Mac, Android > etc to use the product) > - Will the platform (OS), and the product (software), keep up > together? (It is incredibly costly to change systems. The cost is usually > in man hours to re-train and then have people screw around trying to figure > it out or make it work. Man hours are usually the most expensive item) > - What platform helps my people be productive? (Often people struggle > with systems) > - What platforms will likely be productive in the future? (Obvious one > here is "Web interfaces", though both Mac desktop and Windows desktops will > remain strong into the future also) > - Will a web interface give all the complexity we require? Does it > need to? > > At present as hardware and software change and merge, we're seeing a shift > to multiple platforms (OS) being required inside a single business. This > can be driven simply by the users desire and or the companies quest to > satisfy good employees. Companies want to offer a diverse choice to help > their people be productive and happy an retained. The amount of people > "working away from the office" is increasing rapidly and this requires > either sophisticated VPN or similar tech that someone has to manage (cost > to business), or a WEB interface which is far easier for the employee to > get on, stay in touch and be productive. > > I would say that MLO has to offer some sort of supplemental WEB interface > in the future, it just has to, there is no getting around it. > > Cheers > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MyLifeOrganized" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mylifeorganized/-/DD6JZo8og3wJ. > To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to mylifeorganized@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mylifeorganized+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
