04-21-2009, 04:58 PM
I wouldn't be in a hurry to blame the IT guy for waste.
It's possible that there are two different requisition methods and budgets at play so that the RAM comes out of a limited IT operating budget while the PC comes from your departments annual budget.
If he hits the IT budget for a stick of RAM for your department, his boss might get pissed that he's blowing resources better devoted to infrastructure and that outsourced wiring guy who braids the cables in the machine rooms so nicely.
Also, there might be a different approval process for the memory where the request has to go through a tight-fisted jerk.
It's possible that there are two different requisition methods and budgets at play so that the RAM comes out of a limited IT operating budget while the PC comes from your departments annual budget.
If he hits the IT budget for a stick of RAM for your department, his boss might get pissed that he's blowing resources better devoted to infrastructure and that outsourced wiring guy who braids the cables in the machine rooms so nicely.
Also, there might be a different approval process for the memory where the request has to go through a tight-fisted jerk.