*"**And the best people to determine the needs of users are the users themselves. We don't have a crystal ball, nor do we--or could we--understand the minutiae of their jobs"* * * I doubt I'm the only one here who will disagree with this, but the reason for our positions is precisely because the users can't equate their technology needs. The last thing I need is to come in one day to 250K different pieces of technology to support...some users like Lotus Notes for example and would want me to dump Exchange.
YMMV * * - WJR On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 13:32, John Hornbuckle < john.hornbuc...@taylor.k12.fl.us> wrote: > We provide high-level leadership, and make recommendations at a broad > level. With limited resources, we focus on what gets us the most bang for > the buck. We can only investigate a technology if it will impact enough > users to justify the time/money spent doing it. > > . > > > John > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael White [mailto:mswhite...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 2:00 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Apple newbie - iPad remote access to server shares > > > At this point, I'd settle for ANY reason other than "but all the cool > > people have an iPad!" :-) > > Why wait for others to tell you what reasons they could use the devices. > As IT Pros, I believe it is part of our job to have the foresight and > leadership to be able to introduce new technology within our organizations > and how it can be used by our users. > > > As far as the concern that there are not the apps or tools to be able to > support them; how about building them? Sounds to me that there is a great > opportunity for some developer on this list to create a set of tools and, > potentially make some money. > > Michael. > > -- > -- > Michael S. White > mswhite...@gmail.com > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
