On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:16:11 -0400, Craddock, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>...and sometimes not even managing it. Often enough IT is arguably just >a vessel in which corporate information resides and it's a vessel that >fights the business tooth and nail every day. It is more of a necessary >bur-in-my-saddle than anything remotely approaching a core technology >asset that might drive some sort of competitive advantage. That depends on who defines "competetive advantage". In most businesses there must be protection of confidential or proprietary information. Those trying to access useful data could easily see this lowering the business's competetive advantage. Legal teams might see release of such information as complete loss of competetive advantage (if not corporate existance). The lawers likely win in this case. So I think some sort of IT layer is needed - something under corporate control that limits access to sensitive inforation. That IT layer may be local or out-sourced, but it MUST exist in many businesses. Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
