Food for thought on IT and security....

Recently sent to me, source unknown....

"While educators exist to share and grow knowledge, too many IT people seem to exist to restrict and limit knowledge and access. I think the change is coming though and it is coming in the way that more and more people are creating their own means of connection and communication outside the confines laid down by IT departments.
As the volume of actual delivery of teaching and learning increases by means of technology (as opposed to just using technology to prepare teaching aids) then the business case for more open and accessible technology will become more compelling.
Maybe the solution is to put the 'protected' business systems on one network and the teaching and learning sharing on another network that offers more open access?"