And, this mindset was prevalent when the PC came into the enterprise...
On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:42 PM, William Robbins <dangerw...@gmail.com>wrote: > *"**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 > ~ 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
