Comments on: The IT Department Hates Me http://www.e2oh.com/2008/03/03/the-it-department-hates-me/ Investigations Into Enterprise 2.0 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 09:01:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Nate Nash http://www.e2oh.com/2008/03/03/the-it-department-hates-me/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Nate Nash Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:34:53 +0000 http://www.e2oh.com/2008/03/03/the-it-department-hates-me/#comment-192 Right on Karl, I hear you. This is probably exacerbated by the fact that users are now presented with so many viable consumer or opensource alternatives. Everyone is an expert! Right on Karl, I hear you. This is probably exacerbated by the fact that users are now presented with so many viable consumer or opensource alternatives. Everyone is an expert!

]]> By: Karl Vogel http://www.e2oh.com/2008/03/03/the-it-department-hates-me/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Karl Vogel Thu, 12 Jun 2008 23:06:45 +0000 http://www.e2oh.com/2008/03/03/the-it-department-hates-me/#comment-187 I've been working in IT since 1986, and if I had a nickel for every time I had to tell a user "This would be simple if we were actually allowed to do it", I could hire Larry Ellison to clean my pool. There are far too many people in IT management who just aren't technically literate enough to handle the job. As a result, you have Sharepoint instead of a much simpler blog/wiki/email setup that could do the same thing for about one percent of the cost. I’ve been working in IT since 1986, and if I had a nickel for every time I had to tell a user “This would be simple if we were actually allowed to do it”, I could hire Larry Ellison to clean my pool.

There are far too many people in IT management who just aren’t technically literate enough to handle the job. As a result, you have Sharepoint instead of a much simpler blog/wiki/email setup that could do the same thing for about one percent of the cost.

]]> By: Nate Nash http://www.e2oh.com/2008/03/03/the-it-department-hates-me/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Nate Nash Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:17:27 +0000 http://www.e2oh.com/2008/03/03/the-it-department-hates-me/#comment-80 Thanks for the comment! First off, I don't truly think "our" IT department hates me. The title of the post was firing for effect. Our IT department has the tough job of working in a firm where everyone believes they have the magic bullet. (Consultants...) The larger point is trying to understand or outline why the majority of the E2 efforts we have come across are 1) rooted outside of the IT department, and 2) request our help in either co-opting of circumventing the IT department's influence. I am not sure there are shadow IT departments, as much as the e2 industry has made technology less about buyers and more about users. My guess is the IT department (for good reason) is concerned about control, risk, support, etc. Swinging either way in one direction (draconian vs. Laissez-faire) is probably a bad idea but I haven't seen the right mix in practice yet. Thanks for the comment! First off, I don’t truly think “our” IT department hates me. The title of the post was firing for effect. Our IT department has the tough job of working in a firm where everyone believes they have the magic bullet. (Consultants…)

The larger point is trying to understand or outline why the majority of the E2 efforts we have come across are 1) rooted outside of the IT department, and 2) request our help in either co-opting of circumventing the IT department’s influence.

I am not sure there are shadow IT departments, as much as the e2 industry has made technology less about buyers and more about users. My guess is the IT department (for good reason) is concerned about control, risk, support, etc. Swinging either way in one direction (draconian vs. Laissez-faire) is probably a bad idea but I haven’t seen the right mix in practice yet.

]]> By: wolske http://www.e2oh.com/2008/03/03/the-it-department-hates-me/comment-page-1/#comment-78 wolske Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:03:08 +0000 http://www.e2oh.com/2008/03/03/the-it-department-hates-me/#comment-78 then there is the Shadow IT Department. they hate the IT department, who can't seem to get anything useful done (at least not in a timely manner), therefore coworkers turn to the local guy who "knows computers." wait, maybe that was your point -- does the IT department hate you because you defy them in theory, or in practice? then there is the Shadow IT Department. they hate the IT department, who can’t seem to get anything useful done (at least not in a timely manner), therefore coworkers turn to the local guy who “knows computers.”

wait, maybe that was your point — does the IT department hate you because you defy them in theory, or in practice?

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