Comment Centralize the IT (Score 0) 499
It just makes sense to centralize your IT if the IT department has to be responsible for what happens. The more centralized I make the company I work at the easier to support and roll out new features to the network. I don't mind connecting from home but you have to really plan that kind of deployment out. What vpn router are you gonna use? Is it gonna be a software client? etc..
I will tell you that our use of macs over pcs has helped tremendously with the spyware and virus stuff. I get comments from my users all the time that they tried to install the smiley toolbar and such and were unable too. I shed a tear of joy not having to worry about cleaning workstations all day.