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What is the worst IT setup you have seen at a company? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by gnutard@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] ser@lemm.ee 21 points 3 months ago

This was 5 years ago at a usd200mil multinational...

The email system was pop3. There were no document backups. There was no collaboration tools. There was no IT security. You could basically copy company data out and no one would ever find out. The MS Office license was bought singly. Ahem!