10 apps that are topping enterprise blacklists

Evernote is equivalent to one's own notebook so that is the dangerous side of it. It is also very similar to Dropbox.

Dropbox is horrible, it is an open door to storehouses of information. It is designed for personal sharing, although there maybe upgrades to handle security, but out of the box almost anyone can give access to anyone. One of the biggest issues with dropbox, once it is out there you can't get it back. Yes people can accomplish similar things with Skydrive or other Google, yahoo, and email web services. There is a difference between sharing a file to someone and storing important documentation dangerously. If something is easily shared then it is easily shared.

Like no IT department ever had to restore from backup because dave deleted a folder, well that will happen on dropbox. Welcome to Crap Creek, you will not be needing that paddle.

I personally find it ridiculous that people get ticked that their personal information is lost or stolen or unprotected then when it comes to the company they work for it is OK to just give that info out. IT/IS is to protect the life blood of an organization, information. There are other ways to accomplish what some of these applications and services do, that protect the data of an organization. They just might not be free.

I'm IT/IS director for a small school district. While I wouldn't want teachers or students frittering away time playing Angry Birds during school time, Dropbox and Evernote have proven to be very valuable tools for teachers and students; I wouldn't dream of blocking them. For students, we block Facebook during school hours, but open it up after school. We emphasize digital citizenship rather than trying to block every conceivable problem website. Facebook and Twitter are not blocked for teachers at all, but we will discuss appropriate use with a teacher who appears to be spending class time on FB rather than teaching/supervising/mentoring students.

Angry Birds can be a good tool for demonstrating and learning some basic principles of physics.

Disagree with Skype being on the blacklist when it is used for company purposes and reduces the overall telco charges.

Using it for long calls to support companies in other states is a cost saving, not a cost drain. Such enterprising efforts should eb rewarded.

Besides, if people would have used their desk phone or company mobile to make their personal calls, this is a cost drain in itself.

I don't think a 'small school district' would be considered an 'enterprise' organisation. A lot of these tool a very beneficial for smaller organisations but an absolute nightmare for others.

Ok, so how about if you use a machine owned by the company, and use it to connect to the internet over the connection paid for by the company, and "do" your personal "business" . Ethically and legally that is theft, just as is taking home some paper clips or pens. That is why some people do need to be treated like naughty little boys and girls. I would like to slap users when they say "My computer..this or that" Unless you own the company then no it is not your computer, desk, chair, pen, paper, coffee cup etc etc