Having been peripherally involved in the development of several generations of Standard Operating Environments for locking down PCs and Macs in large scale Enterprise environments over the last few decades, I can attest to the fact that securing and supporting iPhones and iPads can be significantly easier than desktop and laptop systems depending on how you want them remotely managed etc though not of course without a few issues.
With built-in encryption, Exchange support, remote-wipe, Find My iPhone/iPad features, app level sand-boxing, App Store curation of all apps, remote profile features and gob-smackingly easy to use Multi-touch interfaces, iOS devices are virtually immune to malware (unlike malware-riddled Android and Windows), a piece of cake for toddlers to grandmothers to use and soooo much easier than our old corporate smartphone standard (Windows Mobile) to use and support that I tend to cough in disbelief when people poo-poo the iPad's enterprise cred. Yes I agree there are issues with provisioning of apps to users at a large scale and other gotchas that can be infuriating which Apple really needs to sort out, but for the first time ever, we find that the most Luddite middle manager or academic is actually keen to dabble with technology and *gasp* actually use it and not have it go flat halfway thru the day. For sure they aren't perfect and certainly not a silver bullet, but I am glad at the catalyst iOS devices have proved to be to get many corporates and businesses to move away from the old IE6-only activeX-hobbled, proprietary enterprise systems and embrace open standards and the consumerisation of IT. Oh and I know budget constraints make schools want their devices to be multi-user, but really, that tends to defeat the whole concept behind this most personal of personal computers. Anyway, my 2c worth. :-) -Mart On 08/09/2011, at 8:55 PM, Stuart Evans <stuart.ev...@t4.com.au> wrote: > The blog and the responses from fanbois just demonstrate the evangelistical > nature of Apple users or Apple stooges using it for PR. There’s lots to love > and a fair bit that be frustrating about Apple. The responses are typical of > the Y generation – it’s all about “me” - “I want an iPad and I’m gonna have > it.” It’s pretty easy to go IT Dept bashing. The IT team are charged with > providing an infrastructure that supports all users and significantly, > provides security of information and access. I don’t blame corporate IT > departments for being hesitant about iPads. The iPad is a personal device and > it’s not secure. I’m quite happy for a politician to have an iPad to play > Angry Birds but not for accessing state secrets. I agree that the sooner all > web sites move to HTML5 the better and the experience on iPad will be much > better. But it doesn’t fully integrate into business or government networks. > Apple makes consumer products and they underlined that by dropping XServe. > They would like to get Apple products into enterprises and it will probably > happen by stealth. I’d like to know how you’d get an iPad to match the > security that can be applied via a corporate network. We’re working with > schools to put iPads into an education environment which works really well, > but it isn’t easy when they want a multi-user device (which the iPad isn’t) > and they want an easy way to license and deploy applications. I’ve said > before I can understand people have a view from their own world of the home > network, but it isn’t quite the same in a large network environment. > > > BTW, I love my Apple iMac, MacBook Pro, iPad and iPhone. I’m just not wearing > rose coloured glasses. > > > > On 8/09/11 1:52 PM, "cm" <cm200...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I like it. :-) The excuses from IT sound all too familiar — as if a Windows > notebook sets such a high security standard that an iPad couldn't possibly > match it. Also the Web sites that aren't completely viewable must either have > elements of Adobe Flash or they don't meet HTML standards. Either way they > will do the public a favour by updating the sites. > > It would be nice to have the politicians' clout to speed iPad deployment in > other areas. > > Cheers, > Carlo > > Sent from my iPad > > On 08/09/2011, at 13:22, Pedro <pfow...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > > > Got to love our local pollies > > > http://www.cultofmac.com/aussie-politicos-demand-ipads-it-headaches-ensue/112726#more-112726 > > <http://www.cultofmac.com/aussie-politicos-demand-ipads-it-headaches-ensue/112726#more-112726> > > > > iPadro > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
