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Good news: Apple dominating enterprise activations

by Steven Sande (Feb 26th, 2013)

Good Technology released its Q4 2012 Device Activation Report (PDF) yesterday, and the news is good for Apple in terms of its dominance of in the enterprise market. But there are some dark clouds on the horizon for the computer company in the form of Android tablets, which are making inroads ...

iOS enterprise deployment presentations from MacIT now online

by Randy Nelson (Feb 19th, 2013)

Held concurrently with Macworld/iWorld 2013, MacIT is a conference dedicated to the deployment of Mac and iOS products in enterprise. Our own Mike Rose delivered a great writeup on this year's MacIT, and now a number of the presentations given at the conference have been made available in PDF ...

Tekserve CTO speaks out on the trouble with managing iPad business migrations

by Mike Schramm (Feb 12th, 2013)

Macworld has a fascinating interview up with Aaron Freimark, the CTO of NYC's well-loved independent Apple retailer Tekserve. Freimark's current job is to help companies do something we've talked about here quite a few times before: implement iPhones and iPads into their business ...

MacIT 2013 kicks off with admin overview, nostalgia

by Michael Rose (Jan 31st, 2013)

After a Wednesday pre-conference day filled with technical workshops, the MacIT 2013 event (colocated with Macworld/iWorld at Moscone West) kicked off with a panel discussion featuring John Welch, Nadyne Richmond, Ben Greisler, Arek Dreyer and more. The panel speakers provided quick overviews ...

Discover Mac desktops in Microsoft SCCM with Parallels Management

by Michael Rose (Jan 31st, 2013)

Along with its presence here at Macworld/iWorld and MacIT this week, virtualization heavyweight Parallels has a new offering to help big businesses and other large-scale enterprises wrangle their growing (and sometimes unpredictable) Mac populations in the context of the Windows-centric ...

Microsoft's going to make it pricier to bring your iOS device to work

by Steven Sande (Nov 27th, 2012)

When you can't beat 'em in the tablet and smartphone market, license 'em. That seems to be the tactic that Microsoft will begin using on December 1, 2012 when it starts charging more for user client-access licenses. Many companies are now embracing the BYOD (bring your own device) model, ...

iPhone appealing as BYOD smartphone thanks to security warning

by Steven Sande (Oct 16th, 2012)

When it comes to mobile devices in enterprises, Apple's iOS platform leads the way. But according to an opinion post by Computerworld's Jonny Evans, iOS may become even more dominant in enterprise computing thanks to a security warning about Android devices that came from the Internet Crime ...

Exchange calendar oddity in iOS 6 may trigger meeting cancellations [Updated]

by Michael Rose (Oct 3rd, 2012)

The iPhone's support for Microsoft's dominant email and calendaring Exchange platform is an essential part of iOS's appeal to business users. Integrating MS's ActiveSync mobile device connectivity into Apple's gear, which started back with iPhone OS 2.0 in 2008, helped make the upstart ...

TUAW and MacTech interview: Fiberlink

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Sep 7th, 2012)

Fiberlink makes a range of business management tools for devices (company iPhones and Macs and the like) and documents. In this video, Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine) interviews Jatin Malik of Fiberlink at WWDC 2012. Jatin was kind enough to share his thoughts on the ...

TUAW and MacTech interview: Centrify

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 24th, 2012)

Centrify makes central management software tools for heterogeneous enterprise systems. In this video, Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine) interviews David McNeely of Centrify Corporation at WWDC 2012. David was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the announcements on ...

TUAW and MacTech interview: Aerohive

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 6th, 2012)

Aerohive makes enterprise networking gear and cloud solutions that are simple to deploy but quite reliable in the field. In this video, Neil Ticktin (Editor-in-Chief, MacTech Magazine) interviews Joel Vincent of Aerohive at WWDC 2012. Joel was kind enough to tell us about their thoughts on the ...

ServiceNow IT firm CEO says company is "wall to wall Apple"

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 2nd, 2012)

ServiceNow captured the attention of Wall Street following its successful IPO last week. Speaking to CNBC about its IPO, CEO Frank Slootman said the company was "wall-to-wall" Apple. "Our company, we're all Apple, wall to wall," he said. "Not just on the iPhone, also our notebooks, laptops and ...

AT&T creates virtual work partition for smartphone users

by Steven Sande (Jun 19th, 2012)

In today's BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) workplace, there's an issue that often arises. Many smartphone owners who are choosing to use their personal devices for work use find it obtrusive when corporate IT departments wish to manage their devices. Now AT&T has introduced a new technology ...

Roambi adds app publishing tool to analytics lineup

by Michael Rose (May 30th, 2012)

The iPad's ongoing march into the enterprise means that sales, presentation and analytics apps are perpetually hot on the App Store and in business deployment plans. The make-the-numbers-shiny analytics crowd has gravitated towards apps like MicroStrategy, QlikView and IBM's Cognos Mobile to ...

iPhone, iPad are tops in enterprise activations

by Steven Sande (Apr 28th, 2012)

During Tuesday's earnings call, Apple CEO Tim Cook noted that 94 percent of the Fortune 500 are deploying or testing iOS devices. Now those numbers are being validated by news from enterprise mobility tool provider Good Technology. In an analysis of smartphones and tablets activated by Good's ...