Feature: September 2008 Archives
The iPhone benefits from buyer excitement, yet Google’s platform has key advantages for the cubicle crowd. Rob Enderle at Datamation thinks the battle between the Google and Apple will come down to four things: Who buys the phone; whether IT thinks it’s secure enough; whether it will integrate well enough; and whether IT trusts and has relationships with the vendor(s).
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Author: Jeff Vance
When David O’Berry, IT director for the South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, was quoted in a Wall Street Journal story titled “Why IT Hates the iPhone,” he was inundated with complaints from Apple fans.
“After that quote, I had to defend myself in multiple blogs. I didn’t say anything about hating the iPhone,” O’Berry said. “Personally, I think the iPhone is a great device. My point was that users need to be cognizant of the dangers posed by certain devices in certain situations.”
O’Berry noted that while Apple has addressed many of the security flaws of the iPhone, a glaring problem remains: lack of encryption on the device. “Until you encrypt that device, it is a walking time bomb from IT’s point of view,” he said.
Unless data is encrypted at the device level, users can copy sensitive information from work, take it home with them, lose the device or have it stolen and expose confidential organizational information to whomever has the device in hand. In other words, without encryption, the iPhone, or any other device like it, can’t be considered enterprise-class.
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Author: Damon Brown
Nothing groundbreaking at "Let's Rock!" event, but the wide range of products introduced should keep the faithful content until the January MacWorld conference.
After receiving a jubilant Apple "Let's Rock!" invitation earlier this summer, many analysts predicted some major news from Steve Jobs. A new line of desktops and laptops? Yet another iPhone update? The entire Beatles catalog finally on iTunes?
After yesterday's presentation here in San Francisco, it was hard not to be a *little* let down. Now, there wasn't any bad news - pictures show Jobs in solid health, more than 100 million apps have been downloaded since July, etc. - but even the most die-hard Apple optimist would have difficultly getting excited.
We have a new line of iPod Touches and Nanos, iTunes 8 and new games announced as well as the much hyped Genius application. Jobs also promised more stable firmware for the iPhone which, really, should be a given. Nothing groundbreaking here, but the wide range of products should keep us happy until the January MacWorld conference. Let's take a look.
