Over the 10+ years I have been in IT, it probably comes up once every 2 years. Whatever thing we’re building is not only gonna fix our current problem – but it’s gonna fix everyone’s problem.
When I caught the computerworld UK post called “Run IT as a business — why that’s a train wreck waiting to happen” – it was a serious flashback.
Here is a post I found last week but didn’t get to it until this morning…this is a great post. It is from cio.com – “Should Your IT Department Support the IPhone”
When the iPhone was first launched in June 2007, it was generally panned by IT managers and systems administrators. It didn’t support any encryption of user data, could not have any enforced security policies and offered no way to remotely wipe data if it were lost or stolen. At the time, a lot of companies weren’t prepared to accept those security gaps. Perhaps more importantly, the iPhone didn’t yet support any third-party applications or interact with most office suites.
Another good point is budgets. At my company many of the perks (cell phones, internet service at home and others) were cut out of the budget the last few years. This meant IT geeks like myself would have to provide their own phone. Many went for the iPhone. Now we’re being asked to “plug in” on our own dime and our own time – but I say too, on my iPhone (or Android). I’m not planning on giving up my smart phone for a blackberry – no thanks.
It will be itneresting to see how rumors of a new iPhone 4G and new models of Google’s Andriod will affect these interesting times for IT and support of personal equipment.
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Comments OffWeb2.0, knowledge sharing and IT departments
“The wikipedia phenomenon brought finally the knowledge and collaboration dimension of web2.0 to the spotlight.
Ironically, in my opinion, the IT departments–responsible still–have often not taken the participative web as a top priority.”
The Real Value of Web 2.0 (Hint: It’s not Facebook)
“I was a little late to the game on Twitter, but it’s quickly becoming my favorite social network, and represents the best of what I think is the power of Web 2.0. Despite all the ‘exciting’ news about Facebook over the last 36 hours, I have to admit, I’m experiencing a bit of Facebook fatigue.”
I found both of these articles interesting – what I really like is it appears people are really trying to figure out Web 2.0 – not just going with the flow.
So the the GFOC Web 2.0 group gave our Web 2.0 presentation to our IT department at their monthly meeting. It was a little rough around the edges, we will have to polish back up and then see if we can do a few more of them.
It is always so interesting to hear the different comments and feel the vibe of the group. It was cool to hear the IT geeks asking a lot of questions about ROI and how we think “Web 2.0″ can make money.
I found this article/website which address some of that this morning, it is called Measuring Web 2.0: How to Promote the Features That Get the Best ROI. It doesn’t address the exact question the IT geeks had about how to sell it – but it addresses how you know what really impacts blogs, wikis, widgets and user-generated content you have.
