The Consumerization of IT, from a Wider angle

New ownership had come to ReadWriteWeb, and immediately thereafter, issued the declaration that everything the publication produced should focus on this overwhelming trend called “the consumerization of IT.” I’d be happy to focus on it, I said, although be forewarned, I’ll focus on it from my vantage point.

Image by Dmitry Khrustalev-Grigoriev, from Unsplash.

“At the same time we rave about the cool disruptions coming out of the infusion of consumer-driven technology into the workforce, the single greatest information-technology trend impacting our lives is the collision between the rights of the corporation and the rights of the individual to each other’s information. What rights does Facebook have to your personal data? What rights do you have to the movie you think you downloaded from Netflix? Do you need a privacy services provider to protect your identity? Does Hollywood need a better rights management system to protect its investments? Does your iPhone truly belong to you? Or to Apple?”