"Employers could require workers to sign agreements promising that they'll back up all their data and run the latest antivirus software and won't download pornography. Employers can also require workers to run all of their corporate applications inside a virtual machine on the computer, which seals company information off from everything else."
And the consequences to the employee for not doing this is.....? Oh yeah, same as when they're at home "I screwed myself, can you save me?" David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 From: Jackson, Jeff [mailto:jeff.jack...@rbza.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:31 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to install whatever I'm glad Mr. Wingfield is tech savvy, I have a feeling he's not gonna get much in the way of support from WSJ's IT staff... Jeff From: Webster [mailto:carlwebs...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 2:21 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to install whatever I liked how the WSJ IT staff refused to comment for the article. Webster From: Jonathan Link [mailto:jonathan.l...@gmail.com] Subject: WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to install whatever Discuss: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703567204574499032945309844.html I believe this is more an indictment of the low quality of journalism nowadays. It's little more than a rant on his employer's IT policies. In no instance does he discuss the measured effect of IT policies might have within an organization. He makes vague allusions to the productivity gains users could acheive if allowed to use any software they felt necessary to do their job. Near the end of the article he does finally discuss some of the valid reasons for constraining users ability to install shiny new software in order to be more "productive." ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
