Comments on: Infrastucture is still an issue for learning in organisations http://www.pontydysgu.org/2010/03/infrastucture-is-still-an-issue-for-learning-in-organisations/ Pontydysgu - Educational Research Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:43:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Steve http://www.pontydysgu.org/2010/03/infrastucture-is-still-an-issue-for-learning-in-organisations/comment-page-1/#comment-40899 Steve Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:25:19 +0000 http://www.pontydysgu.org/?p=3188#comment-40899 There are many reasons why a corporate SOE or MOE may use a particular version of software, and (again) many reasons for the implementation of a corporate firewall. These things are put in place in order to support the business, not to put an impediment in place. There are many older corporate applications that require older versions of browsers for many reasons; while this may be seen as an IT decision, you may also find that the there are business reasons why such a restriction is in place. At my organisation quite a bit of work has been put into trying to bring certain applications up-to-date in order to remove such dependencies (because it restricts the innovation that you are talking about). Additionally, the corporate firewall is there in order to ensure that certain undesirable traffic does not enter the network. Again, my organisation has a corporate firewall of the type that you mention. The firewall has increased the availability of network devices and computers throughout the network since it has been put in place. Your premise that IT doesn't take these things into consideration may not be correct; I believe that it is more correct that there is a broader perspective being taken by IT, and sometimes that makes it appear that they are 'blocking' where in fact there are blocks elsewhere. Work with your IT group and include them early and you'll find that the SOE/MOE/firewall and other standards that are in place can be made to work with you. There are many reasons why a corporate SOE or MOE may use a particular version of software, and (again) many reasons for the implementation of a corporate firewall. These things are put in place in order to support the business, not to put an impediment in place.

There are many older corporate applications that require older versions of browsers for many reasons; while this may be seen as an IT decision, you may also find that the there are business reasons why such a restriction is in place. At my organisation quite a bit of work has been put into trying to bring certain applications up-to-date in order to remove such dependencies (because it restricts the innovation that you are talking about).

Additionally, the corporate firewall is there in order to ensure that certain undesirable traffic does not enter the network. Again, my organisation has a corporate firewall of the type that you mention. The firewall has increased the availability of network devices and computers throughout the network since it has been put in place.

Your premise that IT doesn’t take these things into consideration may not be correct; I believe that it is more correct that there is a broader perspective being taken by IT, and sometimes that makes it appear that they are ‘blocking’ where in fact there are blocks elsewhere.

Work with your IT group and include them early and you’ll find that the SOE/MOE/firewall and other standards that are in place can be made to work with you.

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