Enterprise Topic

23
May

AppleInsider has posted a story sourced from Charlie Wolf, an analyst from Needham & Company that "Mac sales in the enterprise during Apple's last fiscal quarter grew a whopping 66 percent, significantly outpacing the rest of the PC market, which grew just 4.5 percent in the enterprise."

11
Mar

In an article posted to CIO.com, Tom Kaneshige highlights a newly released survey from Enterprise Desktop Alliance that 'Macs were cheaper in six of seven computer management categories.'

25
Jun

A June 12, 2009 CNNMoney.com article titled 'Can Windows 7 save PCs?", David Goldman writes about Microsoft's upcoming Windows 7 operating system.    The article discusses the PC slump and highlights a March survey conducted by Dimension Research that indicates that 50% of respondents are likely to dump Windows in favor of Apple's Mac OS X operating system.

14
Apr

In his April 14, 2009 article at Fortune titled "Free to choose (your PC)", Senior writer Jon Fortt highlights that firms can cut technology costs when they allow employees the option of choosing and managing their work computers.

30
Mar

In his March 26, 2009 article at CIO, Tom Kaneshige details how some Windows developers have a preferences for Apple Macs.  It's well known that Apple Macs are often used by those in creative roles but Macs are seeing increased adoption amongst developers.

09
Mar

In an article geared for business Danny Bradbury writing for Financial Post describes how more firms are embracing Macs.  In the article titled 'Mac catching firms' eyes', Bradbury provides an example of Overlay.TV, a Ottawa, Canada based firm that has embraced Mac use within the firm.  He also provides information on Apple's Boot Camp as well as virtualization applications for the Mac.

24
Sep

Enterprise software vendor Oracle has developed two key applications for the Apple iPhone that have been unveiled at the company's annual Oracle World conference.  Oracle will be delivering these as well as future iPhone applications via Apple's iTunes App Store.

25
Aug

In a report cited by eWeek, analyst Benjamin Gray of Forrester Research calls attention to an incremental gain in Mac use in the enterprise.  The research is based on surveys from more than 50,000 enterprise end users from 2,500 organizations.

31
Jul

Great news for the upcoming Mac OS X Leopard operating system.  In a July 30, 2007 post to the Enterprise Mac blog at InfoWorld, Tom Yager details that Mac OS X has attained UNIX 03 certification.

18
Jul

Dale Frantz, CIO of Auto Warehousing Co. (AWC) has made a strategic IT decision for the company - switch to Macs.  Computer World published an article/interview on July 16, 2007 and it was followed up by the Wall Street Journal on July 18.

21
Mar

In an article posted at the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Online, Nick Wingfield starts off by stating, "Ability to Handle Microsoft Operating System May Help Macs Make Some Inroads"

13
Mar

David Morgenstern, in an article for eWeek starts off with the following: "Apple could be waiting for the release of Mac OS X Leopard to tout its credentials for business customers. But Windows switchers appear to be raising the Mac flag already in the enterprise."

02
Mar

In a March 1, 2007 post titled "Opinion: Mac OS X 'an ideal platform' for SMBs", Computerworld states that Apple's upcoming Mac OS X Leopard Server operating system "could be a boon for smaller firms"

12
Dec

In a post at The Apple Blog, Nick Santilli writes about his experience using Parallels in a business setting.

12
Dec

In a December 8, 2006 article at ZDNet Australia, Munir Kotadia writes about a recent Gartner research report titled "Enterprise Mac Clients Remain Limited, but Apple's Appeal is Growing".