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Off Topic => Engineering => Topic started by: Dracho on April 08, 2008, 05:03:57 pm

Title: The "Consumerization" of Information Technology
Post by: Dracho on April 08, 2008, 05:03:57 pm

I just attended a meeting with our IT Group and Gartner sent a representative to speak, as well as a Director from Google, A Professor from Villanova, and the editor of a major technology magazine.  One of the recurring themes, in case you have never heard of it, is the "consumerization" of IT. 

Did you know that recently, for the first time, more consumer chip sets were shipped than "IT" chipsets?  Additionally, in many cases, the consumer chips are now outperforming their data center cousins.

http://www.gartner.com/press_releases/asset_138285_11.html

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070806-it-staffs-challenged-by-tech-savvy-employees-consumerization-of-it.html

http://onconvergence.typepad.com/on_convergence/2006/11/whats_behind_th.html

Title: Re: The "Consumerization" of Information Technology
Post by: Sirgod on April 08, 2008, 06:11:59 pm

In a way this doesn't surprise me. I look at all of the people with Console Gaming, Cell phones, etc.

Stephen

Title: Re: The "Consumerization" of Information Technology
Post by: Bonk on April 08, 2008, 06:27:59 pm

The iIt (http://www.dynaverse.net/forum/index.php/topic,163363595.0.html)  ;)