VDI is good unless you actually need to get some actual high level work done.
It's good for data entry, but outside of that -- you're going to be in a world of hurt. -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to install whatever The other interesting and amazing thing is that some major companies are using dumb, thin clients and doing VDI, so that they can control costs. I'm more in that camp, really. Giving users their choice of software, letting them be admins on their machines, etc., make very little sense, unless it's a very small company with a very sophisticated user base. And even then I'd be nervous. Kurt On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 15:27, Alex Eckelberry <[email protected]> wrote: > The interesting and amazing thing is that this really is where some major > companies are going – giving their users stipends to buy whatever equipment > they want, etc. > > > > > > > > From: Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 5:13 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: WSJ Reporter thinks IT departments should allow users to install > whatever > > > > 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/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
