BZZZ. An iPad is not a tablet PC. It is not running Macintosh OS; it is running the iPod/Phone OS. From what I have seen, its more or less a big honking iPod Touch[1]. If you dont have a specific purpose for an iPad, it[2] does not belong on your network.
1. Dont forget to quantify the apps and crap you are going to have to get for it to be usable, as well as properly protected. 2. This goes for any device. -- ME2 On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle < jra...@eaglemds.com> wrote: > Ok, I need some insight/thoughts/suggestions...especially if any of you > have come up against this. > > I have a pure Windows & Cisco environment, W2k3 AD, 802.11n with 802.1x > authentication (we don't support 802.11b, and 802.11g is on the way out the > door). All desktops are XP, with a small handful of 2000 Pro boxes left out > in the field. We've never supported Vista or Apple-anything on our network, > and pulled the last 9x box off of our network years ago. We're close to > getting rid of all of the 2000 clients off, and we're starting to look at > Windows 7. We're multi-specialty, multi-location, physician-owned healthcare > provider, which means HIPAA is of significant concern. Not much else > applies, since we're not publicly traded (aside from common sense and the > law in general). We have about 425 employees and around 65 physicians (most > of the physicians are shareholders). > > I've done a good job of keeping the iPod touch and iPhone users off of the > network thus far, because we simply don't have the people in house to be > able to support any more devices. > > Enter the iPad, Apple's answer to the Tablet PC. > > We now have physicians who are starting to ask for iPad access on the > network. I'm not sure why, but I suppose because they think it will be so > much better than the Lenovo X200 Tablet PCs that we JUST bought them for use > with our EMR system. We do not yet have a functional wireless guest network. > > I've tried connecting a 64 Gig iPod touch to our wireless network to no > avail, and then discovered that apparently the iPod touch doesn't like > hidden networks. I'm not about to start broadcasting my SSID... this gives > me pause about even considering an iPad, not to mention that I wouldn't be > able to control the machine or authenticate the machine against the network. > > Anyway, do any of you have any arguments for or against allowing the > iPad/iPod/iPhone, both from a support standpoint and a security standpoint? > > Thanks in advance, > > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > jra...@eaglemds.com > www.eaglemds.com > > > > Any medical information contained in this electronic message is > CONFIDENTIAL and privileged. It is unlawful for unauthorized persons to > view, copy, disclose, or disseminate CONFIDENTIAL information. This > electronic message may contain information that is confidential and/or > legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the individual(s) > and/or entity named as recipients in the message. If you are not an intended > recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and delete > this material from your computer. Do not deliver, distribute or copy this > message, and do not disclose its contents or take any action in reliance on > the information that it contains. > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
