Enterprise IT Watch Blog » Wall Street Journal http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/IT-watch-blog What's new and what matters in IT news, opinion and analysis. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:11:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 The WSJ takes aim at your IT policies http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/IT-watch-blog/the-wsj-takes-aim-at-your-it-policies/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/IT-watch-blog/the-wsj-takes-aim-at-your-it-policies/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:41:01 +0000 Michael Morisy http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/IT-watch-blog/?p=283 The Wall Street Journal gives an inside cover today to an old question: Why can’t I pick the technology I use in the office? (Skip the paywall with Google) The Wall Street Journal’s certainly not the first to address the topic: Slate tackled it this past summer, with countless office workers grumbling the same questions well before, during and after these and other pieces.

The article tackles the costs, infrastructure and support challenges in handing over IT decisions to users, but generally is pretty keen on a rosy future where companies cut costs using consumer tools, support for non-standard choices is handled via internal user self-help forums, and data leakage is taken care of via virtual machines launching here, there and everywhere.

Read it and let me know what you think, in the comments, on Twitter at @Morisy, or via Michael@ITKnowledgeExchange.com. I’m more than happy to keep your information private if requested.

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