Landmine #10: The IT laptop costs twice as much my tablet! The challenge of IT consumerization.

As mentioned previously, your internal business partners are quickly becoming technologists. Your business partners bring consumer grade technology into your ecosystem faster than your teams can assess, harden and support such technology. As your business partners bring in new technology, they point out: * the technology that they want to use is cheaper/ better/ faster…

Landmine #9: You’re still running Windows XP! Having a plan to replace or retire old layers of technology, so that business processes remain supportable.

“The office has gone from being the place where you spend time with cutting ­edge technology, to a technological boneyard where you’re perpetually trapped about three years in the past.” (Ars Technica: “IT Consumerization and the Future of Work,” July 6, 2008) These days consumers have access to absolutely amazing technology at retail prices. This…