Comments on: IT Manager Challenge: Bridging That Generation Gap

By: www.engel-bedeutung.de

www.engel-bedeutung.de — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 02:53:50 +0000

Hello webmaster I like your post “ger Challenge: Bridging That Generation Gap | The Accidental IT Leader” so well that I like to ask you whether I should translate into German and linking back. Greetings Engel

By: Dr. Jim Anderson

Dr. Jim Anderson — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:43:14 +0000

Brett: you bring up a really good point. I happen to be a big fan of Google’s Desktop (can’t beat that desktop search engine when you’re looking to find that file that you know that you have SOMEWHERE) – but it keeps getting flagged as “unauthorized software” and so I have to remove / reinstall it! I can understand the security risks that outside apps bring to the workplace; however, I think that it’s in IT’s own best interest to investigate and approve / disapprove these outside apps quickly. If they decide that installing them on a work computer is a no-no, then they should at least tell us WHY it’s a bad idea. Otherwise, you just know that we’re going to keep doing it… What do you think?

By: Brett

Brett — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:02:49 +0000

As a Millennial myself one of the interesting things that I have found about IT is their reluctance to allow young professionals to use outside applications. I read an article in Business Week that highlighted Unilever and how almost half of their employee’s desktop applications were filled with programs that were not supposed to be there such as Skype, Ebay, and iTunes. Millennials especially are used to researching and communicating through these outside services and I wonder what your thoughts are on allowing them to use this technology.

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Sat, 15 Nov 2008 02:18:59 +0000

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