The corporate IT department is in decline

[mota bhai 2,675]

... the CIO and IT department is in decline. With the advent of tablets, apps, and cloud computing, users have direct access to better technology than their IT departments can provide them. They can download cheap, elegant, and powerful apps on their IPads that make their corporate systems look primitive. These modern-day apps don’t require internal teams of people doing software development and maintenance—they are user-customizable and can be built by anyone with basic programming skills.

It takes decades to update legacy computer systems, and corporate IT departments move at the speed of molasses.

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20131229234111-8451-why-i-have-become-pessimistic-about-indian-i-t

I'm not sure I buy this. There is a ton of sensitive data that resides within our internally-developed systems and we're not about to let some young underwriting whiz kid who downloaded a cool little app from the Apple Store give that app access to the data. Not gonna happen, not in the financial services industry anyway.

[Protocol417 161]

Not to mention, has the author been to an office recently? Even though people in their 30s and 40s grew up with computing technology at this point, how many of them have "basic programming skills"? There's a 26-year-old five feet from my desk who can't even figure out spellcheck, and a 40-year-old behind her who called IT because she put the Christmas lights up backwards and couldn't figure out why she had the wrong plug by the outlet.

A few years ago, I worked at a hotel that offered a computer class. When the instructor told the class to move their mouse over to a certain folder, one of the students literally picked up their mouse and put it on the screen where the folder was.

I'm pretty sure the IT department will be fine.

[mota bhai 2,675]

True, thank God for Id10Ts.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I'm not sure I buy this. There is a ton of sensitive data that resides within our internally-developed systems and we're not about to let some young underwriting whiz kid who downloaded a cool little app from the Apple Store give that app access to the data. Not gonna happen, not in the financial services industry anyway.

Agreed.

But the post did have a valid point:

"It takes decades to update legacy computer systems, and corporate IT departments move at the speed of molasses."

[mota bhai 2,675]

But the post did have a valid point:

"It takes decades to update legacy computer systems, and corporate IT departments move at the speed of molasses."

Yeah. Where I work it takes decades mostly because a project starts and gets pulled; then starts again and gets pulled again.. and so on. We have one MAJOR legacy upgrade planned and it's been cancelled four times in the last five years. Each time that happens, an SVP loses his wings (and ends up making more money at Deloitte).

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Yeah. Where I work it takes decades mostly because a project starts and gets pulled; then starts again and gets pulled again.. and so on. We have one MAJOR legacy upgrade planned and it's been cancelled four times in the last five years. Each time that happens, an SVP loses his wings (and ends up making more money at Deloitte).

Sounds very familiar. If I didn't know better, I'd say we work for the same firm.

[mota bhai 2,675]

They're all very similar, unfortunately.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

They're all very similar, unfortunately.

I know. I disabused myself of the tale of greener grass on the other side some time ago.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I blame Algore for the monster he built. Things were much easier when it was all done with index cards.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

I'm not sure I buy this. There is a ton of sensitive data that resides within our internally-developed systems and we're not about to let some young underwriting whiz kid who downloaded a cool little app from the Apple Store give that app access to the data. Not gonna happen, not in the financial services industry anyway.

Agree . You got to have customized ERP systems to run any kind of warehouse of any size. Iphone Apps not going to cut it

Now maybe a lawyers office , small business

True, thank God for Id10Ts.

and picnic errors