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Odd as it may seem, I fully expect iOS to take over Enterprise. They're already dominating as personal devices among the people who would be making those decis

Odd as it may seem, I fully expect iOS to take over Enterprise. They're already dominating as personal devices among the people who would be making those decisions, and I see it as an inevitability that they'll eventually be adopted officially.

rdl 15y ago
I do, too. There are some lacking management tools, sadly, but have the best hardware right now. In the Bring Your Own Devices world, you pretty much have to support iOS #1 and Android #2 (pretty much all Android users in corporate environments will take a free iPhone if that's cheaper for the company than also supporting Android; the reverse, no). I haven't seen anyone except tech companies actually buying iPhones at the IT level for distribution, but plenty of people given a corporate phone buying allowance will do so. And, IT departments DO buy iPads, so supporting iPhone + iPad is easy. It is sad that Apple doesn't care about the enterprise market directly; even if they just had a closely-allied company like the old Claris to build the management tools, consulting, etc., it would make it a lot easier to use iOS and macs in corporate environments.
- elithrar 15y ago
  > It is sad that Apple doesn't care about the enterprise market directly; Considering the group configuration tools they provide, I don't think that's an accurate statement.
  - rdl 15y ago
    Those tools are a nice start but not as good as BES or some third party tools.
- bane 15y ago
  "pretty much all Android users in corporate environments will take a free iPhone if that's cheaper for the company than also supporting Android; the reverse, no" I say this while fully acknowledging the obvious superiority of iOS devices with respect to touch responsiveness, app look and feel, etc. but I'd have to disagree. I would resist taking an iPhone over my corporate provided Android, it would feel almost impossibly crippling to go from what's effectively a fully functional portable computer to such a restrictive "consumer only" managed environment.

rdl 15y ago

I do, too. There are some lacking management tools, sadly, but have the best hardware right now. In the Bring Your Own Devices world, you pretty much have to support iOS #1 and Android #2 (pretty much all Android users in corporate environments will take a free iPhone if that's cheaper for the company than also supporting Android; the reverse, no). I haven't seen anyone except tech companies actually buying iPhones at the IT level for distribution, but plenty of people given a corporate phone buying allowance will do so. And, IT departments DO buy iPads, so supporting iPhone + iPad is easy. It is sad that Apple doesn't care about the enterprise market directly; even if they just had a closely-allied company like the old Claris to build the management tools, consulting, etc., it would make it a lot easier to use iOS and macs in corporate environments.

elithrar 15y ago
> It is sad that Apple doesn't care about the enterprise market directly; Considering the group configuration tools they provide, I don't think that's an accurate statement.
- rdl 15y ago
  Those tools are a nice start but not as good as BES or some third party tools.
bane 15y ago
"pretty much all Android users in corporate environments will take a free iPhone if that's cheaper for the company than also supporting Android; the reverse, no" I say this while fully acknowledging the obvious superiority of iOS devices with respect to touch responsiveness, app look and feel, etc. but I'd have to disagree. I would resist taking an iPhone over my corporate provided Android, it would feel almost impossibly crippling to go from what's effectively a fully functional portable computer to such a restrictive "consumer only" managed environment.