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How are they planning to manage so many computers, given that Apple provides no practical enterprise management software for OS X? Oh, http://jobs.utah.gov/jsp
by noondip 11y ago
How are they planning to manage so many computers, given that Apple provides no practical enterprise management software for OS X?
Oh, http://jobs.utah.gov/jsp/wi/utalmis/oijoborder.do;jsessionid=68FB0CE0EB4B0AE13841726F31E6EE41?ordernum=9650243 http://jobs.utah.gov/jsp/wi/utalmis/oijoborder.do;jsessionid...
* CanHazImage * Pupet * Crankd * PlanB * Munki Required *
In other words, follow how Google manages their corp Mac fleet of "tens of thousands",
https://github.com/google/macops https://github.com/google/macops
https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/managing-macs-google-scale https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa13/managing-macs-googl...
- batbomb 11y agoJamf is the usual solution
- stephenr 11y agoHow is profile manager + remote desktop (using the 'install package' or 'run script' functionality) not capable?
- jameshart 11y agoIBM makes enterprise endpoint management software. That's how IBM currently manages its mixed Windows/Linux/Mac desktop/laptop fleet. Adding more Macs will just be changing the mix. * Disclaimer - I work for IBM, but not in IT or on endpoint management solutions. I am not in a position to confirm or deny the possibility IBM might be buying hundreds of thousands of Macs. My work laptop is a Thinkpad.
- omarforgotpwd 11y agoiOS and OS X both support a really great Mobile Device Management protocol (MDM) you can do everything you can imagine and then some, and you can even buy the device paired with the MDM server so that it's forced to use your settings and can never be unpaired. IBM makes a front end to this MDM protocol, so they can probably use that. Or Profile Manager, which Apple includes with OS X server. See Air-watch.com for an example of what the MDM protocol allows.