IT shops are inherently conservative, that's their job. The trick is to get the higher-ups interested - they have the power to redirect IT, and are inherently

IT shops are inherently conservative, that's their job. The trick is to get the higher-ups interested - they have the power to redirect IT, and are inherently (if laggingly) interested in making employees as effective as possible. Funnily enough, a fluff-piece in Bloomberg is a pretty good way of achieving it. Tomorrow, some manager will pop into a quant's office with this article in his hand and ask "Are you doing this? Why not?" and that's how the ball gets rolling on opening up. Once upon a time, getting remote access to email was a "this will never happen", then an executive saw someone with a BlackBerry at the golf club. Once upon a time, getting email access on anything other than a BlackBerry was a "this will never happen", then an executive saw someone with an iPhone.