Comments on: Is the Cloud a Trap? http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/14/is-the-cloud-a-trap/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:58:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/14/is-the-cloud-a-trap/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Daniel Tunkelang Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:36:36 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=626#comment-558 Given Endeca's size, our IT department is quite aligned with the organization as a whole, but I have seen larger organizations where the relationship is quite dysfunctional. Indeed, as Daniel Lemire suggests, the whole reason that employees turn to the cloud is to work around that dysfunction. Given Endeca’s size, our IT department is quite aligned with the organization as a whole, but I have seen larger organizations where the relationship is quite dysfunctional. Indeed, as Daniel Lemire suggests, the whole reason that employees turn to the cloud is to work around that dysfunction.

]]> By: Luis http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/14/is-the-cloud-a-trap/comment-page-1/#comment-552 Luis Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:18:45 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=626#comment-552 The IT department is cloud-like, but as part of the same organization you've got at least some alignment of goals and at least some opportunities to influence things for the better. Those opportunities may be mostly hypothetical, of course, but maybe if we raise expectations around 'the cloud' we can raise expectations about IT as a side-effect ;) The IT department is cloud-like, but as part of the same organization you’ve got at least some alignment of goals and at least some opportunities to influence things for the better. Those opportunities may be mostly hypothetical, of course, but maybe if we raise expectations around ‘the cloud’ we can raise expectations about IT as a side-effect ;)

]]> By: Daniel Tunkelang http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/14/is-the-cloud-a-trap/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Daniel Tunkelang Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:15:38 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=626#comment-544 That's a fair point. Within the microcosm of an organization, the IT department is the cloud. That’s a fair point. Within the microcosm of an organization, the IT department is the cloud.

]]> By: Daniel Lemire http://thenoisychannel.com/2008/10/14/is-the-cloud-a-trap/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Daniel Lemire Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:48:40 +0000 http://thenoisychannel.com/?p=626#comment-543 For an employee, the IT department's offerings can be a trap. Sure enough, you won't catch me depending on my employer's IT tools. And I'm a university professor who has more power within his organization than most employees. For an employee, the IT department’s offerings can be a trap.

Sure enough, you won’t catch me depending on my employer’s IT tools. And I’m a university professor who has more power within his organization than most employees.

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