It’s a Free Country... ...So why can’t I pick the technology I use in the office?
Great article from the Wall Street Journal on employee choice of hardware devices (e.g. laptop, smartphone, etc.)
Inside IBM, we have an open client computing policy which allows any client device to be used for business purposes with management approval and adherence with IBM corporate security requirements. Like many other customers, we are exploring an "IT allowance program" for employees to select the client hardware that best meets their needs.
Source: WSJ
At the office, you've got a sluggish computer running aging software, and the email system routinely badgers you to delete messages after you blow through the storage limits set by your IT department. Searching your company's internal Web site feels like being teleported back to the pre-Google era of irrelevant search results.
At home, though, you zip into the 21st century. You've got a slick, late-model computer and an email account with seemingly inexhaustible storage space. And while Web search engines don't always figure out exactly what you're looking for, they're practically clairvoyant compared with your company intranet.
Inside IBM, we have an open client computing policy which allows any client device to be used for business purposes with management approval and adherence with IBM corporate security requirements. Like many other customers, we are exploring an "IT allowance program" for employees to select the client hardware that best meets their needs.
Source: WSJ
