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I guess is there a reason to believe Apple would be good at providing enterprise IT or infrastructure services, especially when its become hyper-competitive? D
by pmart123 8y ago
I guess is there a reason to believe Apple would be good at providing enterprise IT or infrastructure services, especially when its become hyper-competitive? Delivering to enterprise is usually about customizing 10-20% around edge cases versus delivering one seamless, yet rigid experience.
- GVIrish 8y agoWhen you're sitting on as much cash as Apple, they can find a way. It's just a question of whether they are willing to adapt their habits and philosophy to serve the enterprise market correctly. I think you hit on a key point, which is that enterprise customers need the ability to customize to get to that last 10-20% of use cases. Right now Amazon and Microsoft have a huge lead in the enterprise cloud, but I don't think that lead is insurmountable. Apple would just have to find a unique angle they could exploit. Maybe come up with much cheaper alternatives to some of the Office 365 products and bundle it with open source SaaS/PaaS offerings.
- pmart123 8y agoI think you have a point, but I would probably point to Adobe as what Apple should have done in the cloud, or even something like Airtable. I think Excel is such a lock in for some industries and Google is already providing a free alternative in google docs. Apple probably had an opportunity in providing services for its designer/artistic focused customers as a starting point.