ASP technology is unlikely to spell the end of the network manager, according to a poll of attendees at the Networks Telecom show in Birmingham this week. Stephen Shepherd, head of IT at BT Syncordia, thought it unlikely there would be any changes to network managers' roles in the short term. Things don't move quickly enough. We're at the show to look into wireless technologies because I'm currently installing a network in a listed building.
Public bodies move in a fragmented way.
Progress in ASP technology is about making life easier. Jeannie Robinson, of Nottingham NHS Trust, agreed. If it happens, it happens, but I think it's unlikely. People, particularly those in the boardrooms of companies, want to make sure that they hold the data on site. It will be a hybrid environment.