Is Web 2.0 A Bigger Threat Than Outsourcing?

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday October 30, 2007 @12:41AM from the need-to-change-the-shirt dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to InformationWeek, Web 2.0 is even worse than outsourcing for IT jobs. The article talks about corporations that have laid off IT staff and replaced them with technologies like mashups and wikis that can help people get things done without involving IT. Most IT people still think Web 2.0 is an overhyped buzzword, but that might not matter: So many Web 2.0 apps are sold (or given away for free) by software-as-a-service companies like Google that people can bypass IT altogether, and IT might not even know until it's too late."

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Re:Automation is always a threat by __aagmrb7289 · 2007-10-30 02:34 · Score: 4, Informative

And this means that the IT department SHOULD be replaced as the ridiculously expensive overhead that it is. If you guys don't see how crazy it is to argue that $3000.00/gig is an okay cost, then you are missing the whole point - this is why company ARE outsourcing equipment and employee resources - the cost savings CAN be made to overcome the hassles - at $3000/gig!