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1. Don’t have a five year plan, order things only when they break
2. Purchase the cheapest computers you can find every ordering cycle
3. Let each department decide what they need to purchase
4. Don’t train employees how to use the technology
5. Don’t research the company or read multiple reviews before buying
6. Purchase computers one or two at a time.
7. Give each employee their own desktop printer
8. Don’t listen to your techs
9. Fail to get warranties for your mission critical hardware and software
10. Don’t have a testing lab
11. Give your employees laptops with out quality carrying cases
12. Don’t make a computer security policy
13. If you do have a computer security policy don’t enforce it
14. Over hire full time tech staff
15. Don’t hire consultants for special projects
16. Hiring consultants when you have a staff that should be doing that job
17. Purchase the latest and greatest technology because you like being a guinea pig
18. Don’t do tech surveys, why ask the end user
19. Keep old computers ( We can have them do something)
20. Have accountants become the boss of your Tech Director
21. Fail to negotiate for a lower price with vendors
22. Don’t get multiple quotes
23. Fail to verify that a companies tech support is really 24x7
24. Purchase expensive web servers when a hosting company can do it for cheap
25. Trust your Tech Department to much
26. Hiring a highly paid computer security consultant to protect your network and hire a minimum wage security guard to protect the building?
27. Upgrade computers that are five years old and wonder why they still aren’t that fast
28. Hire tech people who are really know their job but can’t communicate with anyone
29. Don’t purchase laptop locks
30. Always do what your boss tells you to do |