an adoption trend led by a technology-native workforce that self provisions collaborative tools, information sources, and human networks — requiring minimal or no ongoing support from a central IT organization

Anders ausgedrückt: Immer mehr Menschen benutzen die einfachen, intuitiven Internetanwendungen, die sie aus ihrem Privatleben gewohnt sind, auch im Arbeitsalltag und provozieren damit ungewollt Risiken für Unternehmen und deren IT Abteilungen.

Sarah Perez hat diesen Trend hier genauer unter die Lupe genommen und zieht den für IT Abteilungen unangenehmen Schluß

More than anything, IT Managers need to realize that the power of individuals to provision their own applications, information, and social networks is a trend that’s unlikely to stop. They can block sites on their firewall, but as users venture out on laptop computers beyond the company’s walls, those sites become accessible again.

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The IT manager needs to stay current with what’s happening in the business IT world, yes, but also in the consumer web application space as well. Company policies need to be written up to address the use of social tools and guidelines need to be put in place about the sources of trusted information.

It may also be time for IT Managers to give some web apps a try. Web apps like Spiceworks offer an in-house installation of a web-based inventory analysis program, and could be a good alternative to the static, manual databases used in the past. IT Managers will need to determined which tools they sanction and which tools need to be avoided, while ultimately keeping not just their department’s needs in mind, but the needs of the business as a whole.

In the end, it’s the IT Manager who will determine where the company stands in regard to Technology Populism, and that may be one of the more critical decisions a business will make in the coming days and months as Tech Populism becomes the new reality.

Aus eigener Erfahrung kann ich sagen, dass ich das Glück habe, nicht auf die in dem Artikel erwähnte vorgefertigte Arbeitsumgebung angewiesen zu sein, sondern meine gewohnten Werkzeuge auch bei der Arbeit einsetzen zu können.