The Growing Use Of Appliances In Your Datacenter

The Consumerization Of IT

January 10, 2012

The Growing Use Of Appliances In Your Datacenter

By Savio Rodrigues

It's only a matter of time until the consumerization of IT bleeds over from your non-IT employees into your IT department. While this may sound far fetched, iPad like systems, such as appliances or workload optimized systems, are already finding a foothold in your IT datacenter, and it's not about to stop.

Consumerization of IT is here to stay

As InfoWorld's Galen Gruman explains, the consumerization of IT is in full force with employees choosing hardware and software that best meets their needs without regard for corporate IT standards. The trend started well before Salesforce.com, iPhones and iPads made their way into the enterprise, but these three technologies are important because they highlight the choices being made by employees. These choices are often markedly different from the choices an IT professional would tend to agree with when making corporate purchase decisions.

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