This morning I printed and read Mr. Carr's article, "IT Doesn't Matter", and was slightly confused as to the point at which he was getting at. At first glance I would have named it, "America's 20th Century Innovations, Bustling Corporations, Electricity Grids, and Railroads".
I say this only because he spent the majority of his time, and arguments on things of the past to relate to his overarching point that companies who spend too much of their revenue on tech will ultimately fail. He did make a solid argument regarding big corporations which have contracts with vendors which require them to purchase heavily laden software CPUs. The point however, is that the majority of employees do not utilize all of the processing power of the CPUs, only email, docs, word processing, and multi-media. As Mark and I walked to class this morning, we discussed this and its relation to Cadets here at the Academy.
IS is constantly working and assisting Cadets with computer issues, primarily the upper class who still are using Dells from the Dinosaur Ages. We get these motherboard defects, and blue screen of death notices all the time and as a result are out of a computer for weeks to months on end. In order to resolve this issue, I would recommend that the IS Dept looks at the Air Force Academies strategy with regards to issuing net books as opposed to full on lap tops or PCs. All Cadets need is word processing, spreadsheets, and the Internet and 3G as well as WiFi connectivity. This would satisfy every need of Cadets, without the hassle of losing a computer in the heaps and heaps of hardware in IS.
I say this only because he spent the majority of his time, and arguments on things of the past to relate to his overarching point that companies who spend too much of their revenue on tech will ultimately fail. He did make a solid argument regarding big corporations which have contracts with vendors which require them to purchase heavily laden software CPUs. The point however, is that the majority of employees do not utilize all of the processing power of the CPUs, only email, docs, word processing, and multi-media. As Mark and I walked to class this morning, we discussed this and its relation to Cadets here at the Academy.
IS is constantly working and assisting Cadets with computer issues, primarily the upper class who still are using Dells from the Dinosaur Ages. We get these motherboard defects, and blue screen of death notices all the time and as a result are out of a computer for weeks to months on end. In order to resolve this issue, I would recommend that the IS Dept looks at the Air Force Academies strategy with regards to issuing net books as opposed to full on lap tops or PCs. All Cadets need is word processing, spreadsheets, and the Internet and 3G as well as WiFi connectivity. This would satisfy every need of Cadets, without the hassle of losing a computer in the heaps and heaps of hardware in IS.
