I assumed that the IPL was getting advertising revenue, and they were measuring the number of eyeballs on the youtube stream to set the price for the advertising.
The thing you're forgetting in your "true business case" is that you have to pay money to fight the unauthorized video streams. Avoiding going down that road is worth a great deal of money in and of itself, since it is doomed to failure.
This goes back to the old argument of whether IT is a cost center or a revenue generator.
One problem is that it can be either; it entirely depends on the skills and training of the IT department.
The other problem is the difficulty in how to measure the revenue generated by IT. The old adage is that saving a dollar is the same as making a dollar, but those dollars that get made are a lot easier to find in the financial reports.
Assuming that all users will act like monkeys is how the IT department protects itself.
Sure, some users can use their computers effectively, but will require a higher level of cooperation from the IT department.
But what is the IT department's incentive to provide higher service to these users? The IT guy isn't going to be the one getting the bonus/raise/promotion when the user invents a new process.
Meanwhile, for every power user that generates value for the company, you've got five more that have absorbed IT resources that could have been used elsewhere.
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There, I fixed it.
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If they intended not to pay the loan, just to temporarily gain the rights, then it is fraud.
If they planned to pay the loan, and were unable to do so, then it isn't fraud.
Personally, I don't see how they could have honestly expected to make enough money in time to service the loan.
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Unauthorized access is unauthorized access
A professional analyst should know better.
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One problem is that it can be either; it entirely depends on the skills and training of the IT department.
The other problem is the difficulty in how to measure the revenue generated by IT. The old adage is that saving a dollar is the same as making a dollar, but those dollars that get made are a lot easier to find in the financial reports.
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The trick is to identify where the value is
Sure, some users can use their computers effectively, but will require a higher level of cooperation from the IT department.
But what is the IT department's incentive to provide higher service to these users? The IT guy isn't going to be the one getting the bonus/raise/promotion when the user invents a new process.
Meanwhile, for every power user that generates value for the company, you've got five more that have absorbed IT resources that could have been used elsewhere.
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