Gary - too true...."keeping the lights on" has been the corporate mandate for IT at my last two employers. Usually not because the business is struggling, more to do with the wastage and lack of spending controls in the previous years. Suddenly, someone runs some numbers, discovers their true costs and then embarks on a huge cost cutting phase. Roll on a few years and the business decide IT is not innovative and the restrictions are reversed, a huge and loosely controlled spending spree starts and round we go again !!
It won't be long before a local enterprise picks up on this and develops a more robust appliance and deploys across geographically challenging areas. Interesting times ahead I am sure.
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Gary - too true...."keeping the lights on" has been the corporate mandate for IT at my last two employers. Usually not because the business is struggling, more to do with the wastage and lack of spending controls in the previous years. Suddenly, someone runs some numbers, discovers their true costs and then embarks on a huge cost cutting phase. Roll on a few years and the business decide IT is not innovative and the restrictions are reversed, a huge and loosely controlled spending spree starts and round we go again !!
I just love stories like this, real A-Team stuff.
It won't be long before a local enterprise picks up on this and develops a more robust appliance and deploys across geographically challenging areas. Interesting times ahead I am sure.