ORLANDO, Fla.–OK, IT managers, it’s time to loosen up.
That’s how analysts advised Gartner Symposium attendees here Monday, arguing that corporate computing departments shouldn’t block social networking and that security shouldn’t completely lock down communications with the outside world. And even if information technology authorities want to shut down such activity, they can’t.
Carol Rozwell, a Gartner vice president
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“Banning access to social media from the corporate network is futile,” said Carol Rozwell, a Gartner vice president. “The world we live in is digitally enabled and socially connected.”
What do you think? Can these social networks/tools be controlled or are they the newest form of communication in business?
Comments on CNET fall back to the traditional ‘You go to work to work.’ debate. Let us hear from you! How do you want to work?
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