by Rob Paterson
January 27, 2010 at 8:20 pm
· Filed under Event Announcements
The difference between the web experience at the office and outside has just become a chasm.
I sent an email today to a client with four text attachments – not only did the firewall block it but stripped attachments off and destroyed them. The firewall is so extreme that it is getting all but impossible to send information in.
I was setting up a conference call with another client last week. It was a UK, US and Canadian call. I suggested Skype. But we could not use it because one of the parties, a university would not allow it. They also ban Twitter and Facebook.
Many I know have to go home to get much work done.
I have a friend who is working in the security arena for the Olympics. They were all given really heavy duty laptops. Great I thought, they can be in touch at any time at any place if there is a problem. But the problem is that the security is set so tight that the laptops only work when docked at the office.
So in the outside world – the cloud – iPads – a world of amazing connections and content – a world of conversations and sharing where all the tools that make life better can be applied.
In your office – a 3 year old Dell box – Windows XP – Word or worse Word perfect – and a firewall that wont allow anything.
And you want to join the 2.0 world too?
Oh I forgot – an HR and an IT department that makes the Gestapo look like nuns
Jon has put the fox among the chickens – what is all this control about?
More soon on HR and IT and how their grip on the culture of your workplace is so toxic.
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Very true. I have that same experience with most large/corp clients. Still, at those very same clients, twitter or facebook status gets updated from iPhones and other over the 3G network (bypassing/ignoring firewalls and security). And one day (not too distant), a consultant or salesperson will walk in with an iPad and show their slide deck on the conference table instead of the wall. Just as the iPhone made its way into businesses despite security weaknesses, so will the iPad.
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Totally agree.
I sent an email (by request) to a client organisation recently with the subject matter ‘Re: Professional Boundaries’.
Did you notice the offending syllables there? (Look very closely with the eyes of a Victorian obsessive prude.)
I once ‘hot unplugged’ an IT managers machine to demonstrate ‘perfect network security’. I suggest we all do the same.
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ffblogJanuary 27th, 2010 at 8:21 pm |
New Post “The iPad and the Chasm between Work and Home Computing” http://bit.ly/abBHk5
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The iPad and the Chasm between Work & Home Computing http://bit.ly/cUd7eW (Is there more #productivity at home b/c of IT and HR depts?)
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RT @ffblog: New Post “The iPad and the Chasm between Work and Home Computing” http://bit.ly/abBHk5
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rozf19January 28th, 2010 at 1:08 am |
RT @VMaryAbraham: Chasm between Work & Home Computing http://bit.ly/cUd7eW (Is it really IT and HR depts or company policy restrictions?)
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RT @VMaryAbraham: The iPad and the Chasm between Work & Home Computing http://bit.ly/cUd7eW (Is there more #productivity at home b/c of …
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The Chasm between Work and Home Computing http://j.mp/aJlf1r — “highly secure” laptops that work only when docked at the office #c2
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hjarcheJanuary 28th, 2010 at 8:40 am |
HR & IT departments that make the Gestapo look like nuns http://u.nu/3azt4 via @robpatrob
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(feel my pain) HR & IT departments that make the Gestapo look like nuns http://u.nu/3azt4 via @robpatrob /via @hjarche
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RT @hjarche: HR & IT departments that make the Gestapo look like nuns http://u.nu/3azt4 via @robpatrob
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Frustrating! @ralphmercer (feel my pain) HR & IT depts that make the Gestapo look like nuns http://u.nu/3azt4 via @robpatrob /via @hjarche
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“The FASTForward Blog » The iPad and the Chasm between Work and Home Computing: Enterprise 2.0 Blog” ( http://bit.ly/aJVcJU )
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Why you have to go home to get much work done? http://bit.ly/cEa1QA #e20
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barthoxJanuary 28th, 2010 at 2:33 pm |
The FASTForward Blog – The iPad and the Chasm between Work and Home Computing http://bit.ly/cmqIA6
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paraicJanuary 28th, 2010 at 3:02 pm |
Something I have fought with clients over when defining IT strategy http://is.gd/7eQvN Whoever cracks this will have a hiring advantage
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RT @BillIves: The iPad and the Chasm between Work and Home Computing from @robpatrob http://bit.ly/dmh76z
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RT @BillIves: The iPad and the Chasm between Work and Home Computing from @robpatrob http://bit.ly/dmh76z
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The iPad and the Chasm between Work and Home Computing http://bit.ly/9N8uTu
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The iPad and the Chasm between Work and Home Computing http://ff.im/-f6gAe
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Great list. Keep them coming. P
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