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So enterprise is the next target for Apple?
by Thaxll 5y ago
So enterprise is the next target for Apple?
- eyelidlessness 5y agoGiven the pricing, this strikes me more as “we’re confident enough that we’re going to grow the Mac business, that we need to offer something to enterprise to check a box so we don’t artificially limit sales.”
- acdha 5y agoIt makes sense given that this is both an area where they've historically had to deal with the competitive disadvantage of Windows having a large “built-in” market and one where they've made huge inroads with iOS. For a small business this is especially interesting since an iPad / ChromeOS device is a better call for an awful lot of workers and this makes that switch even easier.
- justusthane 5y agoThere are already plenty of Configuration Management and MDM solutions that can handle MacOS and iOS. This is targeted at small businesses that don't have an existing MDM solution.
- jhickok 5y agoSeems like a work in progress over the past year-ish: https://www.techradar.com/news/apple-buys-mdm-specialist-to-bolster-business-credentials https://www.techradar.com/news/apple-buys-mdm-specialist-to-...
- tonyedgecombe 5y agoI hope not. You can see from Microsoft that it is hard to do that without tainting the consumer side.