BillK

London

Computer consultant

Peter Cochrane said: "When young people come into the workforce, they don't want to be told by an IT department which hardware and software they can and can't use, he explained".

Of course they don't. And they don't like being told to get some work done either ---- instead of surfing the net, texting their mates, updating their MySpace profile, downloading music, etc. etc.

Has Peter Cochrane ever had a look at the tech swamp these techie youngsters produce at college or university?
Virus and malware run rampant, illegal software everywhere, servers full of illegal music and films, porn collections, etc.

It's all very well giving people an IT allowance to spend, but in a company all the different IT solutions must be able to communicate with each other.
If they give up IT support that means that they will be spending their time playing with their tech instead of doing their 'proper' job.

Getting rid of the IT department is a sure recipe for chaos.