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Enterprise survey shows 68% will allow Apple Macs in next 12 months; iPhone integration increases

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 · 10:23 am · 29 Comments

Information Technology Intelligence Corp. (ITIC) has surveyed some 700 C-Level executives and IT managers (85% in North America), Arik Hesseldahl reports for BusinessWeek.

Hesseldahl reports, “Four out of five businesses have Macs present in their environment. 68% said they will allow their employees to use Macs as their corporate enterprise desktops in the next 12 months, a rate double that of an earlier survey. Half of all survey respondents said they plan to increase their integration with the iPhone as an alternative to Research In Motion’s Blackberry as mobile email device.”

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Randian

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:27 am · Reply

Oh, Gawd, don’t tell this to “sinclap” or “PomPom Squad” (recent posts)! They’ll have none of it, and given their lack of cranial capacity, real damage could be done.
MikeH

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:39 am · Reply

I wonder when Illinois politicians will request a Federal bailout-of it’s last two governors?
Demon

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:42 am · Reply

Slowly pushing the Microsoft Windows Centered IT dogma to open cross-platform real world. This will slowly kill off Microsoft Windows dominance in the enterprise. Why shell out big bucks to Microsoft for licensing and support contracts when Linux and MacOS is much less costly with smaller overall short and long term support costs.
Microsoft’s Windows 7 hype and promises appear to be falling of deaf ears that or IT Executives are just tired of empty promises from Microsoft either way the winds of change are blowing. The Future is no longer controlled by Microsoft.
And to be fair, this will be a good thing for Microsoft because it’ll free them up to do what Ballmer wants the company to do and that is be an Internet Ad company and compete with Google. After all the money is moving to the Internet and away from the Desk Applications and OS. (WOW! that was good I actually type it with a straight face and without a sarcastic joke).
ron

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:49 am · Reply

“Enterprise survey shows 68% will allow Apple Macs in next 12 months; iPhone integration increases.”

What kind of English is this?

Allow who to do what?
ron

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:49 am · Reply

Censor that MDN.
84 Mac Guy

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:50 am · Reply

News report from Seattle this morning:

Chairs flying in Redmond.
uh oh

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:53 am · Reply

And in other news from Apple headquarter’s big boss Oceania is winning the war on the Eastern front.
networkguy

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:54 am · Reply

Cisco Systems IT just announced a supported mac laptop for the first time in 8 years. There was much rejoicing.
84 Mac Guy

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 11:56 am · Reply

And another thing, this is certainly the beginning of the end of MS. Once Macs infiltrate the Enterprise, even in small numbers, most employees will start hounding IT to give them a Mac on the next PC replacement cycle. With some Mac experience, IT will begin to realize that they can spend more time with their feet up on the desks since Mac require less support. This means less IT resistance to Macs.

Sorry Microsoft, the end is coming.
macrick

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 12:19 pm · Reply

“If I could, I surely would stand on the rock that Moses once stood…” I want to trash that old dellie that I have to use at work. The D!@# thing barely works and is getting slower by the day. I keep hoping for it to fry out so i do not have to use it anymore. I would buy a macbook and install windows on it if I had a choice in the matter.
CEO of Excellence Inc.

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 12:19 pm · Reply

Don’t forget that there’s a lot fewer “enterprises” than there were before.

Those that ban Macs are the first to go because of other bad business decisions, as well. Those that survive use Macs anyway, proving their worth.
Jamie

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 12:21 pm · Reply

I for one will rejoice when Micro$oft’s grip on the Enterprise is weakened.
ElderNorm

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 12:38 pm · Reply

Sorry but Microsoft machines will be around for a long time. Just look at the car market. There are all kinds of cars, used for all kinds of purposes.

I see the same for computers. Microsoft software is easy to steal and since it runs on any pc, the third world will use it for many years to come. Same in the US. There will always be people who will buy the “cheap” computer cause its cheaper. Just why do you think that there are “dollar” stores…… LOL

PS. I have seen items in the Dollar store for a dollar and the same item in Walmart for 97 cents. ER, people go to the dollar stores and pay more….. cause they feel its a good buy.

Just a thought.

en
SirROM

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 12:56 pm · Reply

@ElderNorm

“Sorry but Microsoft machines will be around for a long time. Just look at the car market. There are all kinds of cars, used for all kinds of purposes.”

And look at the trouble the auto industry is in right now BECAUSE there have “all kinds of cars.” They have diluted their cachet and made it too hard for people to chose between true performance features. As a result, people chose between meaningless “features” such as installed GPS which you could buy separately for much less elsewhere. When was the last time someone other than a truck or sports car purchaser actually cared about the engine when making a purchasing decision? Companies like Toyota have been focusing on performance and economy (Prius), which is why they are outselling American-made cars.

The OS situation is quite similar. Windows has a rotting engine that needs an overhaul that redefines performance and functionality instead of glitz and “body style.” And what is Apple planning for Snow Leopard? They are tweaking the engine to get that better performance and functionality, adding value instead of a better car audio system when the one it already has is already superior.
@ ElderNorm

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 12:57 pm · Reply

Retirement can get boring but trolling the low end discount stores is not the answer.

Volunteer! Get out there and offer your talents to some worthwhile organization. You’ll be a happier retiree for it.
Macaday

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 1:28 pm · Reply

Windows will be around for a long time. Just that all the sensible people will have switched long ago.

Definitely the is coming for Microsoft.. here’s a recent suggestion of just that too:

http://seekingalpha.com/article/109960-is-the-microsoft-empire-cracking?source=email
Micro Me

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 1:42 pm · Reply

IT at my workplace is in the process of trying to confiscate my 20″ Intel iMac. I’ve been instructed to downgrade to a crappy PC, in which the C drive has been disabled (everything is on the server; no screen savers, no desktop pictures allowed).

I’ve refused, and things are getting nasty.

I guess my “enterprise” isn’t one of the 68%.
HazMatt

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 2:10 pm · Reply

SirROM says:
“Companies like Toyota have been focusing on performance and economy (Prius), which is why they are outselling American-made cars.”

Don’t forget that the U.S. government is the one mandating the smaller vehicles. Detroit would be more financially stable if they could continue to make the more profitable SUVs that many people [used to] prefer. It just so happens that foreign auto-makers have been building smaller cars for a long time, and that experience helps them out.
Another IT Guy...

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 2:13 pm · Reply

All auto-OS analogies are inherently wrong.

Please, stop the trauma.
tz

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 2:21 pm · Reply

About five years ago a co-worker who was into computers quite heavily, and I, were musing that Microsoft was destined in the future to be a diminished, but established player in the software field, “much like GM” we thought.
Looking at GM these days, I guess we were a bit off the mark. M$ at least is not going to the government(that is we the people) for handouts just yet.
PXT

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 2:34 pm · Reply

I’m curious to see if a turf war will break out between the unix guys that run the grown-up part of the enterprise and the kids that run the microsoft part. If the unix guys get their hands on the Macs, then they will drive Apple in the right direction, which will be good education for Apple. And the Microsoft guys will have to slink off with their little certificates and maybe run little hobby shops for geeks.
Microsoft is going to be Bailed Out!

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 2:34 pm · Reply

Just wait for it.
In a couple of years when Microsoft has spent all its cash on buying up Yahoo (or other money holes), they are going to be in a bad shape.
But do not despair! Obama and the socialist congress is going to bail them out with tax payers money.

Bad companies that make bad decision and produces bad services/products are no longer allowed to fail. We have left capitalism in the US.
@Micro Me

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 3:02 pm · Reply

Depending upon what your work duties are IT might be fully justified in requiring you to use a locked down standard client for all work-related activities. They may also have a case for only allowing their own standard machines on the primary corporate network.

Whether or not they have a case for confiscating your iMac depends upon who owns it. If they are responsible for the network and security and your computer you don’t stand a chance (no matter how great your iMac is or how much the standard client sucks.)

Accept the standard client, but find out what the sticking point is regarding the iMac. If they need it off the primary network find out if they can offer a secondary net connection, wireless if necessary. If your boss supports your using the iMac and has the economic swing, look into alternatives to get you on the web (HSDPA?), even if the iMac is locked out from the company net.

I am 100% Mac at home since 1984, and I would love to see our company offer Minis with our company standard PC Client (XP) on a partition and accessed via Fusion. All internal systems that are Windows-dependent would run as designed, and all mail and most internet functionality would be accessed via OS X. Only problem is that there are only 2 or 3 out of 330 of us at IT who share the same vision. Gotta be realistic.

Dream about Hawaii, but surf your home wave.
Cubert

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 3:18 pm · Reply

macrick,
An “accidental” beverage spill will do the trick.
IONLYUSEOSX @Micro Me

Wednesday, December 10, 2008 - 3:57 pm · Reply

The problem with your IT department wanting the iMac gone is they probably do not have the expertise to support it. In that case the only thing that will change this is if they are issued Macs so they can gain the expertise to see how it is used with AD on the client side. Offer to loan them your iMac and tel them Snow Leopard is coming soon and it will be able to integrate with Exchange and AD seamlessly out of the box. If they do not learn the Mac they will be left behind in the IT world. You can also provide the IT director and business heads the following information which will raise some eyebrows as far as the mind blowing costs of running Windows and the Gov using our tax dollars to keep Windows safer for end users:

A recent article in the NY Times say it all.
Thieves Winning Online War, Maybe Even in Your Computer

“Despite the efforts of the computer security industry and a half-decade struggle by Microsoft to protect its Windows operating system, malicious software is spreading faster than ever. The so-called malware surreptitiously takes over a PC and then uses that computer to spread more malware to other machines exponentially. Computer scientists and security researchers acknowledge they cannot get ahead of the onslaught”

“As more business and social life has moved onto the Web, criminals thriving on an underground economy of credit card thefts, bank fraud and other scams rob computer users of an estimated $100 billion a year, according to a conservative estimate by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. “

“The United States government has begun to recognize the extent of the problem. In January, President Bush signed National Security Presidential Directive 54, establishing a national cybersecurity initiative. The plan, which may cost more than $30 billion over seven years, is directed at securing the federal government’s own computers as well as the systems that run the nation’s critical infrastructure, like oil and gas networks and electric power and water systems.”

“The severity of the situation was driven home not long ago for Ed Amaroso, AT&T;’s chief security official. “I was at home with my mother’s computer recently and I showed her it was attacking China,” he said. “ ‘Can you just make it run a little faster?’ she asked, and I told her ‘Ma, we have to reimage your hard disk.”

The Mac has no viruses in 7+ years since OS X came out for the over 30 million Mac OS X computers.

Over 114,000 for Windows.