When I eventually got logged into my work VPN this morning, I happened to look at the IP settings because, predictably, it wasn't working properly.
There are 23 domains in the DNS search list. That's at least 19 too many.
At what point does a company stop trying to consolidate and centralise, and start separating systems again so that they can be maintained? I think my company has gone a long, long way past that point. In an attempt to have one single desktop for everyone, that single desktop is so completely overburdened with configuration that it ceases to work properly.
It's more than just the domains. The login scripts rarely work properly. The systems for installing applications are cumbersome. The systems for security exceptions are impossibly bureacratic and stupid. I need to get a newer version of an application installed so I can actually use it for its designed purpose. I need the security officer's personal approval so I can upgrade a licensed, approved application on my own comporate-standard laptop. I've been waiting nearly two weeks for a reply.
Even with 100,000 fewer employees, the systems are still sized for a few years ago, and for the budgets from a few years ago. Someone needs to take a big decision. I just know that noone is willing to stick their neck out that far.
There are 23 domains in the DNS search list. That's at least 19 too many.
At what point does a company stop trying to consolidate and centralise, and start separating systems again so that they can be maintained? I think my company has gone a long, long way past that point. In an attempt to have one single desktop for everyone, that single desktop is so completely overburdened with configuration that it ceases to work properly.
It's more than just the domains. The login scripts rarely work properly. The systems for installing applications are cumbersome. The systems for security exceptions are impossibly bureacratic and stupid. I need to get a newer version of an application installed so I can actually use it for its designed purpose. I need the security officer's personal approval so I can upgrade a licensed, approved application on my own comporate-standard laptop. I've been waiting nearly two weeks for a reply.
Even with 100,000 fewer employees, the systems are still sized for a few years ago, and for the budgets from a few years ago. Someone needs to take a big decision. I just know that noone is willing to stick their neck out that far.
