<rant>Let's see now, this innocent whiner wonders why corporate machines cannot keep up with "trends". He is obviously oblivious to "trends" like softare audits finding unlicensed (pirated) software on corporate machines (and thus huge fines), having subpoenas for email (and then the company getting clobbered because of a bad email retention policy, or that certain users are using non-company email systems but yet claiming to be writing in the name of that company, etc), the "trend" of trojans and bots becoming increasingly sophisticated and are making their way into systems via "drive-by" infections, etc. Related to this last trend is for the company's workstations all being used in a large botnet for a DDOS attack, or perusing file systems and sending things elsewhere... (He obviously believes all firewalls will prevent all traffic inside the trusted zone from sending confidential information through said firewall.) </rant>
-- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 [email protected] P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Jonathan Link <[email protected]> wrote on 11/18/2009 04:13:05 PM: > Discuss: > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703567204574499032945309844.html > > I believe this is more an indictment of the low quality of > journalism nowadays. It's little more than a rant on his employer's > IT policies. In no instance does he discuss the measured effect of > IT policies might have within an organization. He makes vague > allusions to the productivity gains users could acheive if allowed > to use any software they felt necessary to do their job. Near the > end of the article he does finally discuss some of the valid reasons > for constraining users ability to install shiny new software in > order to be more "productive." > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
