Apple Highlights iPhone Enterprise Interest
At the beginning of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference keynote today, Apple CEO Steve Jobs highlighted some of the interest that has been shown from the enterprise market since the preview of iPhone Firmware 2.0 and the Software Development Kit.
According to Apple, 35% of the Fortune 500, including the top 5 commercial banks, top 5 securities firms, 6 of 7 top airlines, 8 of 10 top Pharmaceutical companies, and 8 of 10 top Entertainment companies, and higher education customers have all contacted Apple regarding the capabilities presented.
Apple has detailed more of the iPhone Enterprise features on their website.
What makes iPhone a great business phone? Simple. The same features that make it a revolutionary mobile device. With iPhone 2.0 software, iPhone does even more for your enterprise. It supports Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, delivering push email, calendar, and contacts. And it gives mobile users secure access to corporate resources with Cisco IPSec VPN and wireless network services with WPA2 Enterprise and 802.1X authentication.
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48 months ago
Apple's gonna get a head start on this new wave of computing.
I foresee some companies dropping the need for employees computers entirely and just giving them an iPhone.
Microsoft didn't even see it coming!
I foresee some companies dropping the need for employees computers entirely and just giving them an iPhone.
Microsoft didn't even see it coming!
48 months ago
Only 35%?
That's pretty poor actually.
I don't know about that... these are the same companies that are still running windows 2000, and only started looking at XP now that SP 3 came out.
48 months ago
Only 35%?
That's pretty poor actually.
There's also the fact that they haven't accepted all applicants. I don't know if they would turn down a corporate customer, but I looked into getting the license for my company, and was turned off by the fact that I would have to get our legal department involved in the process.
Also, my company (which is in the bottom half of the top 100) does things very slowly, so they may have barely moved signing up for the license from the "good idea" stage to the "forming a committee to discuss possibly maybe considering signing up" stage.
48 months ago
Apple should consider making a version of the iPhone without a camera if they are serious about the enterprise push. The camera rules it completely out for use at a lot of tech firms, military sites, and other outfits that deal with sensitive information.
I work at one such company, and that's the only thing holding me back from buying one. Unfortunately it's a showstopper.
I work at one such company, and that's the only thing holding me back from buying one. Unfortunately it's a showstopper.
48 months ago
It's pretty poor because the vast majority looked at RIM's offerings. I think over 80% of them use Blackberry but I could be wrong.
48 months ago
Apple's gonna get a head start on this new wave of computing.
I foresee some companies dropping the need for employees computers entirely and just giving them an iPhone.
Maybe there are some employees that might be able to forgo a computer, but I doubt any companies of significance would be able to quit using desktop / notebook style computers.
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