tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970398.post1386927174096275054..comments2011-04-21T15:04:23.423+01:00Dale Vilehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04136788355130256923noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27970398.post-68988498040590545622011-04-21T15:04:23.423+01:002011-04-21T15:04:23.423+01:00Lots of great points here and very comprehensive. Kudos to you Dale!<br /><br />Agree it&#39;s a tricky one to deal with. Just to chip in with a few additional thoughts from the ether: <br /><br />It sounds as if the industry needs to find some way of discovering a company/employee contract - or social pact - on the issue. Whilst companies should do their best to empower employees preferences (where possible), businesses ultimately have to be cost effective - and the current &#39;my way or the highway&#39; attitude among users isn&#39;t sustainable. <br /><br />The &#39;hidden&#39; cost of managing a heterogeneous landscape of different OS&#39;s, devices and increasingly diverse security threats is one of those dirty little facts of life that has to be faced at some point (ideally sooner!). <br /><br />Users need to be a little more humble, balanced and less self righteous. On the flip side, IT needs to do a better side of explaining the headaches this all causes.<br /><br />Perhaps as IT continues to slowly inch more towards a utility type service (and as costs to the business become more transparent), users can be provided with a picture of the real world costs produced by their &#39;wants&#39;. <br /><br />Contrary to the cloud purists arguments, I think we&#39;re still quite a long way off that model, but better IT transparency on costs may be coming closer.<br /><br />As you point out, buy in from the top can make a key difference. E.g. perhaps when the CEO says that mobile bills/costs to IT are causing as much pain as the building&#39;s rising rental rates, then maybe the message will get through better?<br /><br />Through better education and discussion with employees - hopefully businesses can find a suitable workaround.Here&#39;s to a more level debate on the topic!<br /><br />Best wishes,<br />TrisTris Clarkhttp://twitter.com/#!/TrisAPClarknoreply@blogger.com