Top 10 Oxymorons in IT management

1. Systems management -- Well, you can't manage what you don't know you have!

2. Storage management -- Seeing the utilization rates of 10-15 percent today would suggest that there is very little management of storage going on today!

3. Security management -- We have lots of cops for security and IT, but it seems there are no headquarters for them to report to!

4. Network management -- Sending packets is like launching a fleet of trucks, hoping that they will reach somewhere, in some shape!

5. Applications management -- Does anyone really know how many applications an organization use?

6. License management -- Does anyone really know which users in an organization are authorized to use?

7. Business process management -- You cannot manage what you can't see, or for that matter, understand.

8. Asset management -- How much stuff do you own that's not listed in the database?

9. DRM -- You have no rights as people will still use your content, regardless of what you have to say about it.

10. Data management -- The last one we have is, at a minimum, 10 copies of everything ever produced, suggests that data is managing us, rather than the other way around.

So, what needs to be done? The industry needs to move toward a more holistic approach to the management of enterprise computing that will no longer make 'IT management' the biggest oxymoron of all. What do you think?