David:
I posed the question of using a Citrix based solution to the IT department. They were "looking into it." The biggest concern expressed was the "legal" side of the issue. ... I simply surmised that someone was playing some sort of game.
Probably, tho not necessarily, e.g. do they have spare NT servers and expertise to run resource-hog PC applications. Suprised they didn't say "security" as the primary concern.
As a result, they'll be purchasing a new $10,000 application, a laptop to put it on, and some additional software to support the laptop. If they're lucky, the whole system will pay for itself in about 5 years
Dilbert lives! (If you can't fight it, at least laugh at it)
Maybe we're still at a state where the bottom line economics of how to run a computer department aren't clearly understood.
I think at most companies it's reasonably well understood by higher management, but middle and lower management tends to be entrenched and conservative, desiring predictability over productivity and efficiency, at least until higher management whacks them about the head and shoulders with a budget stick. Especially at older and larger companies. IT evolution tends to come and go at any given company, as IT VPs are more or less enlightened or ambitious.
With Y2K finished, then over the next year or two (particularly if we get a brief recession), IT costs will come under steadily increasing scrutiny. Ummm, as "IT moves from the irrational exuberance of Y2K liquidity back into its proper value position as a corporate commodity." But right now, I think IT and IT's influence in the corporation are kinda burnt out from Y2K.
- Dway |
