Keep IT quiet
First time I heard the term Consumerisation of IT I thought, “Oh no, someone found me out!”
You see; new to my technician post I was greeted by the folks who never got on with the last guy, and who saw an opportunity to get their ideas aired and their most trivial of problems fixed.
Suggestions came as blunt as, “We need guest wifi in reception”, or as subtle hints like, “I’ve always said - we should try building our own staff intranet”.
So what was my crime? I would quickly cobble something small together with consumer tech to silence friendly advice with, “Done that, try it out!”
Here’s my confession - I never wrote the business case. I just built a rough prototype with cheap and nasty consumer products, waited a week or so to gauge the usage, then either abandoned it or switched it out for something a tad more robust.
by @mled
