PC proliferation: Minimizing corporate risk through planning for application maintenance
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The rapid proliferation of personal computers, offering tremendous productivity gains for knowledge workers, often creates new application maintenance tasks. Specific concerns include security, data integrity, and access authorization. Distributed networks require security and communication systems. Distributed data entry requires file servers, network support personnel, and synchronization methods to preserve the integrity of corporate data. Much personal computing software which must be maintained is developed outside of standard-imposing environments and without benefit of formal training. A recommended method for limiting future maintenance problems is the formation of a staff possessing skills specific to problem solving in the areas mentioned and functioning as personal computing consultants for the area of the knowledge worker.
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