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Re: IT Department Size

from [Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]] Network Security [Permanent Link]
Subject: Re: IT Department Size
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:08:07 -0700
In our CPA firms we say 1 admin to 40 to 50 desktops ---and guess what we're normally running as local admin ...see the relationship here? :-)

Kurt Buff wrote:
Rami.Prescott@frostbank.com wrote:
Would anyone know of a good place to find information on how large a system administrator/ network engineering department should be?

The general rule of thumb I've heard is 1 system administrator/network engineer for every 250 users. Is this generally true in practice?

We define system administrator/network engineer as someone who has 5-10 years experience in all OS and who is responsible for the operating system and hardware.

Thank you,
Rami Prescott
IT Audit

Your metric will only hold true where IT can actually lock down desktops
and servers such that end-users are not administrators on their
machines. I have never worked in such an organization, though I'd like
to get there.

It takes management discipline to make this happen, which is all too
often lacking.

Kurt


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