IT'S ROLE

摘要

The it department's role vis-a-vis its company's virtual world activities will vary base on what the business wants tc accomplish. If executives wan a presence in an existing virtual world for marketing reasons, IT's role might be limited. But if they want a virtual world built behind the corporate firewal for meetings, IT will have a whole differ ent set of responsibilities. Here are some issues that you may have to address: 1. Access. Some IT departments havf blocked access to virtual-world sites, s they will have to open ports if they wani to encourage workers to experiment. 2.Public or private? Companies that want to try this technology for internal uses might decide it's better to build a platform that's behind the corporate firewall, while others might decide there's a business value in creating a presence in one or more public sites.