Mac OS X: Mac Computers in a Corporate Business????????????
Mac Computers in a Corporate Business????????????
by tupperware12 - 6/18/08 3:00 PMI recently started a internship with a major corporation and have been given the task of researching the effectiveness of Macs in the corporate world. Now I have read that Macs are becomeing more and more common with small business but I have yet to see anything about Macs being used in world wide corporations. Do you guys know anything about this topic that can help with my research? I have to report to the executive board of the company so I need as much information as possible. Thanks in advance.
Studied to death.
by R. Proffitt
- 6/18/08 3:37 PM
In reply to: Mac Computers in a Corporate Business???????????? by tupperware12
Tell my your company stock symbol so I can short that stock. This is a good question but the answer is out there for companies to pick up at no charge. Hint? read http://www.apple.com/business/ and fill out http://programs.apple.com/contactme/it/
My two cents
by BeatleMegaFan - 6/18/08 4:11 PM In reply to: Mac Computers in a Corporate Business???????????? by tupperware12Hear about the new enterprise features coming to the iPhone? Obviously if the iPhone sports some manner of business features, then its Mac relatives would sport at least as many (or more). Common sense. I saw some Fortune small business article how the Mac was terrible for use in the enterprise world, but all of the points the author made were either invalid or misguided.
Speaking of businesses and Macs, this post was just added to one of the CNET Blogs a little while ago. Have a look.
-BMF
How about the TV and movie biz?
by Dan Filice - 6/18/08 9:52 PM In reply to: Mac Computers in a Corporate Business???????????? by tupperware12I don't know if you consider the TV and movie industry "corporate" but Macs are a mainstay in the 'creative" industry, both in offices and in the trenches where they are used for editing, 2-D and 3-D animation, etc. In traditional corporations, where there are company IT personal who manage and control the use of company computers and company networks, many IT engineers know PCs way more than Macs, so they are used as the mainstay computer systems. Also, the business software that is used by many companies will generally be written for the PC. Now, the question is, will the new Intel Macs change the way computers are used in the American corporations? Probably not until the IT people understand and embrace the Macs.
Yes!
by MDhaliwal23 - 6/27/08 9:42 PM In reply to: Mac Computers in a Corporate Business???????????? by tupperware12Mac OS X can fit into many different businesses. Barring the obvious creative environments and uses, the platform can be used in a variety of ways for a variety of purposes. The client and server platform can be integrated into an Active Directory domain or other LDAP based directory services. It leverages Kerberos authentication for many of the services it provides and can be "just another client/server on your network".
The hardware is reliable and well supported and is able to boot/virtualize other OSes, such as Windows, Linux and the like. What type of environment are you looking to support?
You'll be able to find tons of resources, success stories and solution ideas here:
http://www.apple.com/itpro/
Hope this helps!
Michael
Little support
by angryshortguy - 6/28/08 5:27 AM In reply to: Mac Computers in a Corporate Business???????????? by tupperware12Macs are starting to find their way into the business community.
They run Office, they are more intuitive than MS computers (I've been in IT for over 18 years and know this first hand).
Unfortunately, tech support and on-site maintenance is lacking with Macs.
Apple has been making improvements to the problem of support, but still has a long way to go for most corporations to consider a whole sale switch.
I've heard of some companies giving employees a choice between mac and ms with good results.
I'd love to get my company to switch, but more than 50% of the work done is CAD/CAE/NVH and that software is just not available on a Mac.
I'm keeping my eye on the new iphone and it's effect on the business world.
Who knows, it might be the start of Apple's introduction into the mainstream business world...
The answer is mostly "no" unless you have a burning desire..
by X-IT-Dir - 7/3/08 4:30 PM In reply to: Mac Computers in a Corporate Business???????????? by tupperware12I read the other answers to your question and none of them will really be of much help. Generally, the answer is currently "no Macs". Don't get me wrong for the most part I love the Mac OS. It's just that the answer is a whole lot more complex.
First, you need to do an analysis of the cost vs. benefit. You need to understand what all of the current applications are that your company is, or will be, using. You need to understand the support costs, the hardware costs, and believe it or not the training costs if you are changing OSs.
Many software packages that access large backend DBs are not supported on the Mac and those that are not "seriously" supported. Software updates for corporate class software will always be made for MS OSs before Mac OSs because of the larger installed base.
Don't fall into the trap of trying to support two OSs either, because your costs will kill you.
Gotta go catch a flight , good luck
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