From: "Geo." 

"mike"  wrote in message
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> I am seeing a trend in IT departments where the IT people more manage
> the operation of the equipment, instead of actually operating the
> equipment.
>
> An analogy would be in Software Engineering.  Software Engineers used to
> do architecture, design and coding.   Now coding is being outsourced,
> and the Software Engineers are doing more management of the outsourcers
> (or Software Engineers are being replaced with Technical Project
> Managers), and less coding.

Outsourcing software engineering doesn't give the outside parties access to
your accounting data. Outsourcing the management of your equipment does.

That would seem to be a significant difference.

Geo.

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