Wow, talk about ad hominem.

It might "seem to him" that IT would have a hard case denying the iPhone, however that's no excuse to hoist your department's policies on his article.

As an IT Manager myself, I've found that keeping an iron thumb on things isn't always the best route. For example, the iPhone works better than the BlackBerry when syncing with Exchange-Entourage, so the Entourage users will be getting iPhones. Also, OWA sync devices tend to be cheaper than BB due to licensing.

I do warn superiors and users that OWA sync has certain disadvantages, but usually those are minor compared to the advantage of a given situation. Being a flexible but firm IT Department has a lot of benefits (for one, your muscle counts more when you choose to use it.)