Managing Personal Electronics and Software In the Workplace 387
darien writes "Last night Symantec hosted a round-table discussion on the topic of consumer devices in the workplace. John Brigden, Symantec's senior VP for EMEA, pointed out that regardless of the policies businesses may lay down, individuals will always try to use their favorite gadgets and websites at work. Reminds me of when I worked in IT support: no matter how many times we told users they weren't allowed to install ICQ, or to connect their personal laptops to the corporate network, they insisted on doing it. Frequently they even asked us to help them do it."
ISeekYou (Score:4, Funny)
No matter how many times we told users they weren't allowed to install ICQ
Ahhh, 1998 was a great year, wasn't it?
Hmm (Score:3, Funny)
Looking around my desk I see the following electronic widgets that are mine rather than the companies:
A pair of DEC Shark computers.
A Sparc based luggable.
Coffee percolator.
Blender.
As long as I got them checked out for electrical safety the system support people here were fine with it, and this is nothing as compared to some of the stuff I saw at a big dot.com that likes exclamation marks. One guy had a pinball machine in his cube, and another had a large tropical fish bubbling away while percolators were everywhere.
Good luck with that. (Score:4, Funny)
Good luck with that.
Since you seem to believe that setting one limit is unenforceable, why do you believe that setting a different limit is enforceable?
You cannot use IM app X because:
a. You are not allowed to use IM at work.
b. You are only allowed to use IM app Y (which does not connect to the service you want to use).
And, from TFA:
Why do so many people see "No" as "reactive"? You can evaluate new technology and new products and determine that they present security issues that outweigh their benefits.
In just about every other aspect of business this would be a non-issue. You don't allow people to replace the phone system with their own phone that is incompatible with your PBX but it's okay because they can just call the phone company and run a POTS line to their cubicle.
While they wait for that, they'll fire up a deep fryer in their cubicle and make up a batch of donuts for everyone.
DEC, Sparc? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Not a problem (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Technologies are a part of life now... (Score:5, Funny)
I assume the 20 minutes you spent writing this post was on your break and not listed on your timesheet as "continuing technical education".