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Verizon Business' future rides on managed services; Can IT and end users get along?

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Can IT and end users get along?

Denise Dubie By Denise Dubie
IT managers bemoan the fact that users perceive IT as the enemy and work to skirt IT use policies, which are designed to protect corporate assets and improve productivity for end users. Read full story

Senior Editor Denise Dubie covers the technologies, products and services that address network, systems, application and IT service management for Network World. E-mail Denise.

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