Nicholas Carr’s vision in reverse

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Mar 5, 20081 min

Only central IT remains.

And, yes, that means no corporate-owned PCs for travelers, analysts, developers, and so on.

Bob Lewis puts forth that proposition in Getting to 21st century IT — User-owned PCs?

“No corporate-owned PCs at all. Let employees buy their own — whatever they think they need to do their job … the nature of the protections IT would institute would be very different given the change in boundary.”

But is it a palatable or even realistic notion? Lewis opens up the floor to discussion. This is your chance. Talkback via the comments function below or at the link above.