{"id":2904,"date":"2011-03-02T10:35:55","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T00:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/?p=2904"},"modified":"2011-03-02T10:35:55","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T00:35:55","slug":"37-signals-and-the-end-of-the-it-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nsrd.info\/blog\/2011\/03\/02\/37-signals-and-the-end-of-the-it-department\/","title":{"rendered":"37 Signals and the &#8220;end of the IT department&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The folks over at 37 Signals published a little piece of what I would have to describe as crazy fiction, about how the combination of cloud and more technically savvy users means that we&#8217;re now seeing the end of the IT department.<\/p>\n<p>I thought long and hard about writing a rebuttal here, but quite frankly, their lack of logic made me too mad to publish the article on my main blog, where I try to be a little more polite.<\/p>\n<p>So, if you don&#8217;t mind a few strong words and want to read a 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