Forrester declares iPhone wrong for enterprise users

when will TUAW stop posting Forrester's rubbish. Is this McQuivey's "research" again?

Swatch,

Users where I work use Microsoft Entourage for calendaring. There's no wireless syncing going on, just hard-syncing with iTunes-->iCal-->Entourage (in reverse).

And yes, IMAP works great. Sorry about your situation. I do understand why some big companies view IMAP as a "security risk;" I simply can't see where it's a problem. If it becomes a problem, I'll reconsider...but until then, everything works great.

the people who say the iPhone has no future in the business world are most likely the same folks who declared

DONT MAKE ME TAKE MY HANDS OFF THE KEYBOARD TO USE A MOUSE.

What's that app on the iPhone in the picture?

It's funny...I'm the "IT Guy" at a very quickly-growing company, and all the top execs have iPhones. We have Exchange here too, it was a breeze and not a security risk for me to open IMAP support. I've heard z-e-r-o complaints about "not having a keyboard."

All the execs here had Treos, one of them a Blackberry, and they switched to the iPhone in August. Prior to that, I had a call ticket a week or more with some of the Treo/Blackberry users, saying "email's down," or "syncing isn't working," or the like.

Since they iPhones?

Nary a word.

Only times I've heard from iPhone users is when our network or new internet was down anyway.

The iPhone isn't for everybody, but I find it pretty funny some of the "reasons" for enterprise "not to support" an iPhone. Puh-leeze. I had to learn a few things, but it was not a hassle, not a security issue, not an ANYTHING to support the iPhone. Sure, it helps that I like Macs & work got me an iPhone too...but it was going back to the store if I couldn't get it to work. I had things synced & working in one day.

At least for our business, it's a welcome addition to support the iPhone. Less work for me!

Not to nitpick in any way, but it's "quelLE surprise" :) As for the rest, I guess the only answer I can think of about Forrester argument is "Duh!"

So how many CIO's are there compared to the amount of iPhones sold??
Think Apple cares about a few thousand obsessive compulsive CIO's????
Think we care?

Oh well. So much for that errant investment in Exchange!

Wow, used a Bb from 99 until iPhone purchase 6/30. Tying acumen is equal. But, that says more about my typing.


Funny, there are iPhones all over MS campuses. Many MS employees use them. Forrester is continuing to prove themselves irrelevant.

Excellent debunking of Forrestor's FUD

http://www.bynkii.com/archives/2007/12/they_never_can_stop_in_time.html