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HP Rolls Out Device-as-a-Service for PCs, Printers (eweek.com)
HP says it plans to provide companies with personal computers and other devices as part of a service. Corporate customers of HP's new initiative dubbed "device-as-a-service" will be able to pay a fixed monthly fee per employee for devices, eliminating the need to pay the retail cost upfront for hardware. From a report on eWeek:The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company unveiled a DaaS (device-as-a-service) initiative, one that has already been up and running with several of its clients for the last few months. As more and more millennials come into the work force, they expect to see light, fast, small, and up-to-date tools to use, because that's what they're used to, and their tools are like a badge of honor, HPI's Vice-President and General Manager of Support Services Bill Avey said. "Older employees might want bigger screen and keyboards. The point is, work tools need to fit the work force, and as workforces become more diverse, the tools must adjust fit the needs," Avey said. Otherwise, Avey said, employees will find workarounds in so-called shadow IT (using their own laptops, smartphones, tablets and applications) to get the job done -- which is always a nightmare for enterprise security professionals.
Once upon a time, we called this 'leasing'. But, whatever, call it something new and pretend it's a fantastic new thing.
Nothing like going from basically founding Silicon Valley to competing with the likes of Aaron's and Rent-A-Center!
Just shut down, HP, you're embarrassing yourself.
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
Hardware isn't expensive at all. PC's can be had for next to nothing. It's the software that costs the real $$! And considering computer hardware generally doesn't wear out, it's a no-brainer for us to buy cheap hardware, and save our IT money for good software.
I don't respond to AC's.
If you see "X as a service", especially in an advert, replace X with "sodomy".
Because you are so totally going to get fucked up the arse. And charged for it.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Everything you have is 'rented' or 'leased', save consumables. Your house, your car, your phone, your computer, your furniture, even the clothes on your back are 'rented' or 'leased' to you for a monthly fee. I'm sure there are plenty of corporations out there that would love that world, where they have a guaranteed monthly income that is not dependent on sales, just lock everyone into lease contracts for everything they own. And, naturally, since you don't own any of it, you have zero rights to do what you want with it, and the 'owner' has 100% rights, so you have to put up with whatever their decisions are. Ads in your face 24/7/365? Keystroke logging? Tracking of viewing habits? Tracking of your location and activities? It's all in the lease agreement you had to sign in order to have even a place to live.
Talk about your dystopian futures! All the above of course is mere fiction. It's more like something I'd expect from the world of Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash than anything in the real world. But it doesn't mean that some corporate types don't have these thoughts, either..
Are YOU using the TOOL, or is the TOOL using YOU? Think about it!
It's already happening with software and electronics; it's already happening with cars (especially Teslas); it's starting to happen with everything else (i.e., everything infected with "IoT" bullshit). The DMCA and other parts of copyright law are being used as a lever to usurp actual property rights, the Uniform Commercial Code and the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. Where does it end?
"[Regarding the 'cloud,'] ownership was what made America different than Russia." -- Woz
there's just no possible way to prevent rogue Mac, Linux and Commodore 64 computers from joining secure domains and having complete access to the network
Well, yes, actually, their is. It's called 802.1x and can provide authentication for all capable devices on the network.
In addition, you can also use NAP to limit who can get a DHCP address.
Or there are port level MAC filters on the switches.
You could also firewall your servers from the LAN and use ACLs based on MAC addresses, IPs or L7 rules.
I am sure there are more methods you could choose from, but those are the few I could thing of off the cuff.
My eyes reflect the stars and a smile lights up my face.
Any computer without moving parts shouldn't wear out.
The might not "wear" out but they do fail. Moving parts are just one failure mode among many.
Hell, most PC's with some moving parts don't fail for the first 20 years or so.
Since very few PCs remain in service for 20 years I'm not really sure where you are getting this data. Yes there are some out there but the average age of a PC is supposedly around 5 years. Laptops tend to wear out sooner than desktops. Even if the machine could remain alive for 20 years the software in most cases would be obsolete and unsupported long before you reached 20 years of service. A Windows PC from 20 years ago would have been running Windows 95 or NT. Tell me how many of those you've run into in the last 5 years.
As more and more millennials come into the work force, they expect to see light, fast, small, and up-to-date tools to use, because that's what they're used to, and their tools are like a badge of honor
Or how about they use the right tool for job, as determined by people who have actually been doing the fucking job? And how is a tool, be it a computer or airhammer or ratchet or saw a "badge of honor"? What the hell is this stuffed suit babbling about?
Older employees might want bigger screen and keyboards
Unless the "job" is posting on social media all day, watching cat videos, or sending pictures of your junk to strangers you meet on apps, what real work can anyone of any age or demographic actually get done on a mobile device? If your job involves creating content, code, spreadsheets, documents, really anything at all, how can you do it efficiently without a real screen and keyboard? I really doubt "millennials" or anyone else are so special that they can be productive pounding on a sheet of glass like a monkey.
The new word for "rental".