It appears that productivity is quickly becoming more important than security to business leaders.
It was bound to happen, really. It’s part of the cycle that things go through. Just like you are most likely to get money for security after a major virus or hacking attack than you are 2 months afterwards [or two months prior -ed]
I’m act[ua]lly surprised the focus on security has lasted this long.
The original article is about corporate instant messaging, not IT management in general. Risk management is a large component of IT management, so this is nothing new. I wasn’t aware that security had ever superceded productivity . . . . the job growth numbers (or lack thereof) suggest otherwise.
Given the vitality of the virus/worms we’re seeing, this does make me wonder why anyone would want to adopt a new closed-source version of an existing open protocol and even mention security.