Having worked in IT for both large corporates, small support forms and now my own firm I can tell you that each is vastly different and typically the larger the firm, the more restrictions apply. As scales increase so do problems with support, licensing, backups, logging and audit / regulatory pressures - so there are real drivers to reduce and control choice.
I agree with the earlier comments that the leadership are key to setting policy. Those that don't understand the technologies and risks will always default to the safest position, and doubly so in the more conservative or risk averse industries.
I am hopeful for the future, as today's enthusiasts, savvy with OSS and social media, become tomorrows managers and policy changers.
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Having worked in IT for both large corporates, small support forms and now my own firm I can tell you that each is vastly different and typically the larger the firm, the more restrictions apply. As scales increase so do problems with support, licensing, backups, logging and audit / regulatory pressures - so there are real drivers to reduce and control choice.
I agree with the earlier comments that the leadership are key to setting policy. Those that don't understand the technologies and risks will always default to the safest position, and doubly so in the more conservative or risk averse industries.
I am hopeful for the future, as today's enthusiasts, savvy with OSS and social media, become tomorrows managers and policy changers.
As long as it comes on about 6 CD's it must be worth thousands !!