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There’s no shortage of tablet-talk these days in those surrounding the Apple camp. From the sweaty-palmed anticipation of the iPad 3 to the increasingly iOS-tinged Mountain Lion OS, it feels like like Apple is coordinating a slow merge to make the two realms — personal computing and mobile — act like one device.
While that’s not a reality yet, those who choose to operate with both the MacBook and the iPad may feel the urge to streamline their processes and migrate towards one device for both work and play. So, the question boils down to: Can my iPad really replace my laptop?
Hablando de Apple
miércoles, 29 de febrero de 2012
martes, 28 de febrero de 2012
lunes, 27 de febrero de 2012
The Mac Business In Context
Apple sold a record 5.2 million Macs last quarter, generating $6.6 billion in revenue. But as Apple's iPhone and iPad businesses grow like weeds, the Mac is chipping in less of Apple's growth.
The Mac represented 14% of Apple's overall sales last quarter, down from 28% during the Dec. 2009 quarter.
The growth in Apple's Mac business represented just 9% of Apple's overall revenue growth last year. (The iPhone represented 60%.)
Apple sold almost three times as many iPads as Macs last quarter.
The Mac represented 14% of Apple's overall sales last quarter, down from 28% during the Dec. 2009 quarter.
The growth in Apple's Mac business represented just 9% of Apple's overall revenue growth last year. (The iPhone represented 60%.)
Apple sold almost three times as many iPads as Macs last quarter.
The State of the Mac: Alive, Well, and Not Going Anywhere
It is reasonable to question the long-term future of Apple's 28-year-old Mac business.
While the Mac set another all-time sales record last quarter, and is still growing, iOS is now clearly Apple's most important platform. Apple also continues to re-shape the Mac experience in the iOS vision, leading some to speculate that future Macs will simply run a converged OS.
But in reality, the Mac isn't going anywhere. It may not be growing as quickly as the rest of Apple, but it's still a crucial part of the Apple story, and will be for at least another decade - if not much longer.
While the Mac set another all-time sales record last quarter, and is still growing, iOS is now clearly Apple's most important platform. Apple also continues to re-shape the Mac experience in the iOS vision, leading some to speculate that future Macs will simply run a converged OS.
But in reality, the Mac isn't going anywhere. It may not be growing as quickly as the rest of Apple, but it's still a crucial part of the Apple story, and will be for at least another decade - if not much longer.
jueves, 23 de febrero de 2012
Apple No. 1 in mobile-PC market share worldwide
Once again, another survey found Apple dominated the tablet market in both the fourth quarter and throughout 2011 overall.
Apple controls 59.1 percent of the worldwide tablet market as of the fourth quarter, according to NPD DisplaySearch.
(Credit: Apple) First, Apple shipped 23.4 million mobile PCs in the fourth quarter of 2011 (26 percent of the global market share) and over 62.8 million mobile PCs throughout the year--both mostly filled with iPad orders, according to the latest figures from NPD DisplaySearch.
Although mobile-PC shipments grew by 12 percent quarter to quarter and by 44 percent year over year, NPD DisplaySearch senior analyst Richard Shim explained in the report that mobile-PC brands had a difficult time last year.
Mobile-PC brands read the writing on the wall in the fourth quarter. Consumer demand for notebooks was expected to be weak following modest back-to-school results, especially with the expected launch of Windows 8 on the horizon, and increasing interest in tablet PCs. As a result, brands focused their typical holiday price cuts on tablets to boost demand.
Apple controls 59.1 percent of the worldwide tablet market as of the fourth quarter, according to NPD DisplaySearch.
(Credit: Apple) First, Apple shipped 23.4 million mobile PCs in the fourth quarter of 2011 (26 percent of the global market share) and over 62.8 million mobile PCs throughout the year--both mostly filled with iPad orders, according to the latest figures from NPD DisplaySearch.
Although mobile-PC shipments grew by 12 percent quarter to quarter and by 44 percent year over year, NPD DisplaySearch senior analyst Richard Shim explained in the report that mobile-PC brands had a difficult time last year.
Mobile-PC brands read the writing on the wall in the fourth quarter. Consumer demand for notebooks was expected to be weak following modest back-to-school results, especially with the expected launch of Windows 8 on the horizon, and increasing interest in tablet PCs. As a result, brands focused their typical holiday price cuts on tablets to boost demand.
miércoles, 22 de febrero de 2012
Good: Securing business data
Securing business data on employee-owned devices like the iPhone and iPad is one of the biggest challenges for IT departments when it comes to operating bring your own device (BYOD) programs. The mobile device management (MDM) approach taken by most companies is an excellent starting point because it aims to make devices themselves more secure. Unfortunately, it also tends to impose limits on what workers can do with an iPhone or iPad that they bought and paid for out of their own pockets.
Another approach to the challenge is to carve out a specific niche of secure storage on each employee-owned devices. Good Technology has always offered this mechanism for securing business emails and related technologies like shared contacts and calendars. This week, Good took that concept and made it available to iOS developers in a product called Good Dynamics.
Good’s products use industry standard encryption to secure business content. The company also offers an MDM service that plugs into the MDM architecture that Apple introduced in iOS 4 and expanded in iOS 5. This combination allows companies to secure business data on the device as well as the ability to apply any standard iOS management options. Like all iOS MDM solutions, Good allows business data to be wiped in the event that a device is lost or stolen. If an employee leaves the company, however, Good can wipe business data from that person’s iPhone or iPad without wiping the entire device.
This approach has multiple advantages, but the most important is that it allows organizations to scale back on whole-device restrictions. Since a separate passcode is needed to open any of Good’s apps and access business data, organizations don’t need to enforce complex passcode policies to unlock an iPhone or iPad. That can, and should, be encouraged but since unlocking the device doesn’t unlock any business data, IT departments can consider relaxing overall device security. This strategy has made Good’s initial products a good fit (pardon the pun) for BYOD programs involving iOS devices as well as other platforms like Android.
As native business apps have made gains for accomplishing a range of tasks on iOS and other platforms, there has been an increased amount of business data being stored by these apps on user devices. Most apps don’t use a secure storage mechanism for data, however. For some developers building reliable encryption for on-device data is too big a hurdle to consider. For others, there may not be enough return on the investment to create an encrypted data store.
Good Dynamics offers a solution for both developers and IT professionals. Good has built an SDK library that can easily be added to third-party apps using Xcode. As Herve Danzelaud, Good’s Vice President of Business Development, told me recently, the SDK is simple and flexible enough that one of Good’s partners was able to implement Good Dynamics features while on a flight from New York to California. That’s a pretty good testament to Good making the process fairly easy and painless.
While encrypting stored data is a big part of what Good Dynamics is about, its SDK doesn’t stop there. It also allows developers to build management options into their apps. Those options can then be centrally managed from Good’s MDM console. This actually extends past Apple’s MDM framework, which doesn’t offer control over third-party apps running on an iOS device.
The Good Dynamics SDK can be implemented in public apps available through the App Store as well as in private apps developed by companies for purely internal distribution and use. Good has been working with several partners to implement the technology in business-oriented public apps. The most notable being Good’s partnership with cloud storage provider Box. The result of this partnership is an app that can be managed to ensure cloud data is secured on the device and can be limited in terms of how that data is shared with others (if sharing is allowed at all).
Given the how commonplace personal devices are becoming in the workplace, Good Dynamics offers a viable solution to many challenges. The ultimate effectiveness will come down to how broadly the platform is implemented by third-party developers. Even if just a handful of companies that provide core business functionality sign on, Good Dynamics will have the potential to make an impact on mobile devices in the enterprise, but more apps based around the platform will certainly drive interest and adoption.
martes, 21 de febrero de 2012
Apple's Tim Cook: iPad Cannibalization Good for PC Industry
Apple CEO Tim Cook used a keynote speech to suggest that iPad competition is ultimately beneficial for the PC industry as a whole.
Apple CEO Tim Cook used a Feb. 14 keynote at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco to offer some insights into both the iPad and the tablet industry as a whole.
After praising the iPad's effect on the tech industry as a whole, Cook suggested that quality, and not a low price, are ultimately what drives unit sales. "Price is rarely the important thing," he said, according to an edited transcript provided by Fortune. "I think people at the end of the day, they want a great product." He suggested that Amazon's Kindle Fire, a $199 tablet designed primarily for streaming content and e-books, would ultimately sell a lot of units--while adding that the customers that we re designing our products for, are not going to be satisfied with a limited function kind of product.
Cook also took a gentle swipe at other manufacturers' tablet efforts. "What happened last year, everyone that was in the PC industry and everybody that was in the phone industry, everybody decided they had to do a tablet," he said. "Everybody was kind of aiming at iPad 1, and we were trying to innovate quickly to get to iPad 2. So, by the time they had something that they thought could compete with iPad 1, we were on iPad 2."
From there, Cook tackled a much-discussed topic in recent quarters: whether or not the iPad is cannibalizing sales of traditional PCs. "I think that iPad has cannibalized some Mac sales," he conceded. "And the way that we already view cannibalization is, we prefer we do it than have somebody else do it." Because of that, he added, "we never want to hold back one of our teams from building the absolute greatest thing, even if it takes some sales from another product area."
Ultimately, though, he saw tablets as ultimately beneficial for the tech industry as a whole.
"I think it ll be good for the PC industry, because they've got this strong competitor, and I think it'll be good for tablets, because they'll innovate like crazy over here," he said. "And I do think that, out of that, there will still be a strong PC industry. I just think the tablet industry is going to be larger in units than the PC industry."
According to the ever-buzzing rumor mill (sparked by a Feb. 9 report in AllThingsD), Apple's next iPad will make its debut at the beginning of March. Other sources have widely speculated that the device will feature a next-generation processor, a high-resolution Retina Display, and support for 4G LTE.
Apple CEO Tim Cook used a Feb. 14 keynote at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco to offer some insights into both the iPad and the tablet industry as a whole.
After praising the iPad's effect on the tech industry as a whole, Cook suggested that quality, and not a low price, are ultimately what drives unit sales. "Price is rarely the important thing," he said, according to an edited transcript provided by Fortune. "I think people at the end of the day, they want a great product." He suggested that Amazon's Kindle Fire, a $199 tablet designed primarily for streaming content and e-books, would ultimately sell a lot of units--while adding that the customers that we re designing our products for, are not going to be satisfied with a limited function kind of product.
Cook also took a gentle swipe at other manufacturers' tablet efforts. "What happened last year, everyone that was in the PC industry and everybody that was in the phone industry, everybody decided they had to do a tablet," he said. "Everybody was kind of aiming at iPad 1, and we were trying to innovate quickly to get to iPad 2. So, by the time they had something that they thought could compete with iPad 1, we were on iPad 2."
From there, Cook tackled a much-discussed topic in recent quarters: whether or not the iPad is cannibalizing sales of traditional PCs. "I think that iPad has cannibalized some Mac sales," he conceded. "And the way that we already view cannibalization is, we prefer we do it than have somebody else do it." Because of that, he added, "we never want to hold back one of our teams from building the absolute greatest thing, even if it takes some sales from another product area."
Ultimately, though, he saw tablets as ultimately beneficial for the tech industry as a whole.
"I think it ll be good for the PC industry, because they've got this strong competitor, and I think it'll be good for tablets, because they'll innovate like crazy over here," he said. "And I do think that, out of that, there will still be a strong PC industry. I just think the tablet industry is going to be larger in units than the PC industry."
According to the ever-buzzing rumor mill (sparked by a Feb. 9 report in AllThingsD), Apple's next iPad will make its debut at the beginning of March. Other sources have widely speculated that the device will feature a next-generation processor, a high-resolution Retina Display, and support for 4G LTE.
lunes, 20 de febrero de 2012
The iPad is an incredible tool for work — if your IT department willallow it
Apple said in October that 93 percent of Fortune 500 companies have deployed or are testing iPads, an incredible feat considering that big businesses generally take forever to incorporate new technology into their workflows.
Enterprises deploy technology slowly because they tend to plan methodically and for the long term. In most situations, the IT departments and managers are the ones calling the shots. They think they know what’s best when it comes to incorporating tech and they want control over how that tech works.
But the iPad is different for some reason. Many organizations are seeing employees rebel and bring iPads into the fold without IT approval. It’s often a situation of “it’s easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission.”
http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/04/ipad-enterprise-it/
Apple's Mac OS X 'Mountain Lion,' Windows 8 Poised for Fight
Apple's Mac OS X "Mountain Lion" will do battle against Windows 8, with both operating systems betting big on their respective mobile features.
In 2009, Microsoft unveiled Windows 7. The operating system had a dual mission: erase the bad memories associated with Windows Vista, which in its early days was met with derision from an extremely vocal subset of customers and businesses, and replace the solid-but-aging Windows XP.
A couple months before Windows 7 hit store shelves, Apple rolled out an updated version of its Mac OS X, Snow Leopard (the company has a thing about naming each successive OS after a big cat of some sort). Unlike Windows 7, Apple’s latest software platform was more of an update than an outright revision. And although pundits and the tech press made the inevitable head-to-head comparisons between the two companies’ offerings, nobody seemed to believe that Snow Leopard would threaten Windows 7 in the traditional operating-system space.
Three years later, history is set to repeat, with Microsoft and Apple ramping up new versions of their respective operating systems for release within months of each other. But the tech landscape as a whole has undergone some seismic shifts in the interim. Although Windows continues to dominate the market for traditional operating systems, the rise of mobility—driven in large part by Apple’s success with the iPad and iPhone—has threatened to replace the PC as the center of people’s everyday computing lives.
That trend has affected Microsoft in a very big way. Windows 8 features a "start" screen of big, colorful tiles linked to applications—the better to touch, because Microsoft intends the operating system for both traditional PCs and tablets. It will come with an app store, and many of the latest under-the-hood tweaks optimize battery life and wireless connectivity.
Windows 8 tablets will face a variety of competitors, including the iPad and a large array of devices running Google Android. Part of Microsoft’s strategy for dealing with that threat rests on its emphasis of Windows 8 as a consummate productivity platform, even on a smaller touch-screen.
In a Building Windows 8 blog post describing Windows on ARM architecture, which powers many of the tablets on the market today (and for which Microsoft applies the acronym “WOA”), Windows and Windows Live division president Steven Sinofsky suggested that the new version of Office software would come as an integral part of the overall Windows experience. “Within the Windows desktop, WOA includes desktop versions of the new Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, code-named ‘Office 15,’” he wrote. “WOA will be a no-compromise product for people who want to have the full benefits of familiar Office productivity software and compatibility.”
That’s on top of a robust apps ecosystem. For the past few months, Microsoft executives have encouraged third-party developers to create apps for Windows 8. The company will further emphasize the upcoming operating system’s mobile bona fides by (almost certainly) unveiling the Consumer Preview (a fancy term for “beta”) at this February’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Mountain Lion, Apple’s next version of Mac OS X, similarly takes big cues from mobile operating systems—in its case, by incorporating a number of features that first appeared on iOS. These include iCloud, which syncs user data (including mail, calendars, contacts and documents) between devices via the cloud, and a new Messages feature allows Mac users to send unlimited messages to iOS devices.
With Apple, this evolution toward mobility feels more organic. For some time, it has positioned itself as a “mobile first” company. The current version of its software, Lion, incorporates an app store clearly derived from the one available for iOS.
Windows continues to hold a commanding share of the traditional operating system market, a situation that seems unlikely to change anytime soon. The bigger question is whether Windows 8’s embrace of the mobile paradigm will allow it to fight toe-to-toe against Apple in the tablet market. That certainly remains to be seen, but based on the new features in Mountain Lion, it also seems that Apple’s unwilling to let Microsoft entirely dictate the evolution of the operating system on PCs.
eWeek.com
A couple months before Windows 7 hit store shelves, Apple rolled out an updated version of its Mac OS X, Snow Leopard (the company has a thing about naming each successive OS after a big cat of some sort). Unlike Windows 7, Apple’s latest software platform was more of an update than an outright revision. And although pundits and the tech press made the inevitable head-to-head comparisons between the two companies’ offerings, nobody seemed to believe that Snow Leopard would threaten Windows 7 in the traditional operating-system space.
Three years later, history is set to repeat, with Microsoft and Apple ramping up new versions of their respective operating systems for release within months of each other. But the tech landscape as a whole has undergone some seismic shifts in the interim. Although Windows continues to dominate the market for traditional operating systems, the rise of mobility—driven in large part by Apple’s success with the iPad and iPhone—has threatened to replace the PC as the center of people’s everyday computing lives.
That trend has affected Microsoft in a very big way. Windows 8 features a "start" screen of big, colorful tiles linked to applications—the better to touch, because Microsoft intends the operating system for both traditional PCs and tablets. It will come with an app store, and many of the latest under-the-hood tweaks optimize battery life and wireless connectivity.
Windows 8 tablets will face a variety of competitors, including the iPad and a large array of devices running Google Android. Part of Microsoft’s strategy for dealing with that threat rests on its emphasis of Windows 8 as a consummate productivity platform, even on a smaller touch-screen.
In a Building Windows 8 blog post describing Windows on ARM architecture, which powers many of the tablets on the market today (and for which Microsoft applies the acronym “WOA”), Windows and Windows Live division president Steven Sinofsky suggested that the new version of Office software would come as an integral part of the overall Windows experience. “Within the Windows desktop, WOA includes desktop versions of the new Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, code-named ‘Office 15,’” he wrote. “WOA will be a no-compromise product for people who want to have the full benefits of familiar Office productivity software and compatibility.”
That’s on top of a robust apps ecosystem. For the past few months, Microsoft executives have encouraged third-party developers to create apps for Windows 8. The company will further emphasize the upcoming operating system’s mobile bona fides by (almost certainly) unveiling the Consumer Preview (a fancy term for “beta”) at this February’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.
Mountain Lion, Apple’s next version of Mac OS X, similarly takes big cues from mobile operating systems—in its case, by incorporating a number of features that first appeared on iOS. These include iCloud, which syncs user data (including mail, calendars, contacts and documents) between devices via the cloud, and a new Messages feature allows Mac users to send unlimited messages to iOS devices.
With Apple, this evolution toward mobility feels more organic. For some time, it has positioned itself as a “mobile first” company. The current version of its software, Lion, incorporates an app store clearly derived from the one available for iOS.
Windows continues to hold a commanding share of the traditional operating system market, a situation that seems unlikely to change anytime soon. The bigger question is whether Windows 8’s embrace of the mobile paradigm will allow it to fight toe-to-toe against Apple in the tablet market. That certainly remains to be seen, but based on the new features in Mountain Lion, it also seems that Apple’s unwilling to let Microsoft entirely dictate the evolution of the operating system on PCs.
eWeek.com
SCC unveiled as the UK's first Apple Authorised Systems Integrator
Leading technology specialist SCC has been unveiled as the UK's first Apple Authorised Systems Integrator.
In the latest stage of its strategy to help clients cope with the increasing impact of the consumerisation of IT, SCC has become the first UK Apple business partner to secure its ‘Authorised Systems Integrator’ accreditation. Awarded following an extensive qualitative review process, the certification recognises Europe’s largest independent technology group’s expertise in the fields of virtualisation, unified communications and optimisation around the IT infrastructure.
"One of the biggest issues facing business leaders today is how to respond to the fast growing trend for users to bring web enabled gadgets such as laptops, smart phones and iPads into the workplace. It's a movement that's gained real critical mass, and one that made introducing Apple’s powerful range of consumer technologies into the company's customer solutions and services array a natural and obvious step," said Rhys Sharp, SCC’s Chief Technology Officer.
“The use of Apple Devices in a corporate environment is growing parallel to the consumerisation phenomenon and the need for an alternative form factor to the PC is more evident than ever before. As a Systems Integrator, we needed to ensure that we remain best placed to ensure devices are deployed correctly, securely and appropriately.”
The announcement follows a highly successful 2010 for SCC, which last year unveiled its cutting-edge Desktop as a Service (DaaS) offering with the first UK demonstration of virtual desktop technology using the iPad. The company capped the year off by winning the Best Demo award at Citrix Synergy 2010, demonstrating how businesses can connect via various devices to a virtual Windows 7 desktop hosted in the firm's custom built Data Centre.
SCC believes that many of the major issues driving the IT industry today are part of a bigger consumerisation picture. Whether considering options such as virtualisation, Desktop as a Service, cloud computing, VDI, Windows 7 or collaboration, each topic needs to be fully analysed before being effectively integrated into an organisation’s key business infrastructure.
SCC's Director of Vendor Alliances, Andy Wright, added: “Exciting technologies such as those from Apple are part of our everyday life and SCC is committed to working closely with customers to help them create competitive advantage from these emerging new platforms and solutions.”
“This latest accreditation underlines SCC’s capabilities and commitment to helping its customers embrace consumerisation. Turning operational challenges into competitive differentiators, all the while removing cost and enhancing business performance, comes hand in hand with working alongside one of the most influential players in the technology industry today."
In the latest stage of its strategy to help clients cope with the increasing impact of the consumerisation of IT, SCC has become the first UK Apple business partner to secure its ‘Authorised Systems Integrator’ accreditation. Awarded following an extensive qualitative review process, the certification recognises Europe’s largest independent technology group’s expertise in the fields of virtualisation, unified communications and optimisation around the IT infrastructure.
"One of the biggest issues facing business leaders today is how to respond to the fast growing trend for users to bring web enabled gadgets such as laptops, smart phones and iPads into the workplace. It's a movement that's gained real critical mass, and one that made introducing Apple’s powerful range of consumer technologies into the company's customer solutions and services array a natural and obvious step," said Rhys Sharp, SCC’s Chief Technology Officer.
“The use of Apple Devices in a corporate environment is growing parallel to the consumerisation phenomenon and the need for an alternative form factor to the PC is more evident than ever before. As a Systems Integrator, we needed to ensure that we remain best placed to ensure devices are deployed correctly, securely and appropriately.”
The announcement follows a highly successful 2010 for SCC, which last year unveiled its cutting-edge Desktop as a Service (DaaS) offering with the first UK demonstration of virtual desktop technology using the iPad. The company capped the year off by winning the Best Demo award at Citrix Synergy 2010, demonstrating how businesses can connect via various devices to a virtual Windows 7 desktop hosted in the firm's custom built Data Centre.
SCC believes that many of the major issues driving the IT industry today are part of a bigger consumerisation picture. Whether considering options such as virtualisation, Desktop as a Service, cloud computing, VDI, Windows 7 or collaboration, each topic needs to be fully analysed before being effectively integrated into an organisation’s key business infrastructure.
SCC's Director of Vendor Alliances, Andy Wright, added: “Exciting technologies such as those from Apple are part of our everyday life and SCC is committed to working closely with customers to help them create competitive advantage from these emerging new platforms and solutions.”
“This latest accreditation underlines SCC’s capabilities and commitment to helping its customers embrace consumerisation. Turning operational challenges into competitive differentiators, all the while removing cost and enhancing business performance, comes hand in hand with working alongside one of the most influential players in the technology industry today."
domingo, 19 de febrero de 2012
Number of mobile devices to hit 8 billion by 2016, Cisco says
If there were any doubt the world is going mobile, it should be tossed out the window today.
A Cisco Systems' forecast, released today, claims that by 2016, there will be over 8 billion handheld or "personal mobile-ready" devices operating globally. In addition, nearly 2 billion "machine-to-machine" connections, including GPS systems and medical applications, will be in use.
All those devices will drive mobile data traffic up 18-fold, reaching 10.8 exabytes per month, or 130 exabytes a year, by 2016, according to the Cisco report officially dubbed the Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast.
To put these figures into perspective, 130 exabytes is equal to 33 billion DVDs, 4.3 quadrillion MP3 files, or 813 quadrillion text messages. This year, Cisco expects just 1.3 exabytes to be used each month.
Some of the world's top carriers are struggling to keep up with mobile data demands, and major companies, like Verizon and AT&T, have instituted tiered plans to ratchet back user consumption of mobile data.
A Cisco Systems' forecast, released today, claims that by 2016, there will be over 8 billion handheld or "personal mobile-ready" devices operating globally. In addition, nearly 2 billion "machine-to-machine" connections, including GPS systems and medical applications, will be in use.
All those devices will drive mobile data traffic up 18-fold, reaching 10.8 exabytes per month, or 130 exabytes a year, by 2016, according to the Cisco report officially dubbed the Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast.
To put these figures into perspective, 130 exabytes is equal to 33 billion DVDs, 4.3 quadrillion MP3 files, or 813 quadrillion text messages. This year, Cisco expects just 1.3 exabytes to be used each month.
Some of the world's top carriers are struggling to keep up with mobile data demands, and major companies, like Verizon and AT&T, have instituted tiered plans to ratchet back user consumption of mobile data.
jueves, 16 de febrero de 2012
The Most Valuable Company in the World
Apple’s stock broke above the $500 point for the first time this week – right after the company reported absolutely staggering sales and profits for the recent holiday quarter. That gives them a current capitalization of $465 billion. Exxon’s, formerly the world’s most valuable company, is $400 billion. You do the math.
GOOD en el Mobile Worldwide Congress de Barcelona
Nominada a los premios que se conceden durante el Congreso Mundial, como Mejor Servicio Móvil para Empresas
Best Enterprise Mobile Service
The Best Enterprise Mobile Service award will be presented to the organisation judged to have introduced the most innovative mobile tools to help corporations or enterprise users to work smarter and "do business better" on the move. This award seeks to recognise innovators and market driving operators, vendors and app developers that deliver best in class products and solutions to the enterprise, from cloud services for accounting, sales, HR, logistics, communications, to outsourcing or point of sale applications, for example.
Apple to Bring iPhone, iPad Features to Mac
The Wall Street Journal has an interview with Apple CEO about Mountain Lion, officially announced today
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Apple Inc. Chief
Executive Tim Cook wants to make its Mac more like an iPhone.In an interview at the company's headquarters here, Mr. Cook unveiled a new version of the company's Macintosh operating system that incorporates several features from the software that powers Apple's hit mobile devices. They include Apple's messaging service, notifications app, gaming center, sharing features and integration with the company's online service iCloud—all pioneered for the iPad and iPhone, which use the software known as iOS.
Named "Mountain Lion," the new version of Mac OS X is the clearest sign yet of Apple's belief that the mobile, laptop and desktop world are destined to converge—and that Apple wants to be a catalyst.
miércoles, 15 de febrero de 2012
Que viene el iPad 3
El lanzamiento comercial de la nueva versión de la popular tableta electrónica iPad 3, que contará por primera vez con una conexión de datos de cuarta generación (4G), se llevará a cabo a principios del mes próximo, publica hoy el diario The Wall Street Journal.
http://www.expansion.com/2012/02/14/empresas/digitech/1329241188.html
http://www.expansion.com/2012/02/14/empresas/digitech/1329241188.html
Caso Hyatt Hotel
Los servicios a huéspedes, ahora móviles
La portabilidad del iPad, su gran pantalla y la larga duración de su batería hacen del iPad una opción perfecta para el mundo de la hostelería, que siempre está en movimiento y no conoce horarios. «Imagínate un gran hotel y centro de convenciones en el que hay 1.000 personas que quieren pagar e irse», comenta Prusnick. «Con el iPad, ahora nuestro personal puede ayudarles a hacerlo de forma rápida y sencilla».El iPad también va como anillo al dedo para los conserjes, comenta: «Muestran a los huéspedes cómo llegar a restaurantes o al teatro, y les informan sobre las instalaciones del hotel. Si los clientes quieren ver cómo es el spa o reservar el campo de golf, usan el iPad».
Y para el equipo comercial de Hyatt, el iPad ha supuesto grandes cambios. En lugar de llevar encima aparatosas carpetas, pueden enseñar a clientes nítidas imágenes digitales en el iPad, o incluso vídeos mostrando lo mejor de cada instalación. «Es una herramienta estupenda para vender el hotel», comenta Wallis. «Especialmente en este negocio, en el que tienes que mostrar dormitorios, salones de banquetes y todo lo que ofrecemos a nuestros huéspedes».
Seguro y sencillo
Para el personal de TI, dar cobertura al iPad ha sido un proceso sencillo que no ha requerido ninguna formación para los usuarios. Con la misma infraestructura y plataforma de mensajería que Hyatt ya estableció para el iPhone, los usuarios solo tienen que introducir los datos de su cuenta y empezar a usar el dispositivo directamente.«Usamos Lotus Traveler como plataforma central para integrar nuestro sistema de colaboración mediante mensajería, Lotus Notes, y los usuarios tienen acceso total a nuestra infraestructura de VPN», señala Prusnick. «Mediante la tecnología Exchange ActiveSync integrada en el iPad, disfrutamos de sincronización instantánea de nuestros correos, contactos y calendarios sin necesidad de que intervenga el personal de TI».
Otra cuestión resuelta es la seguridad. «El iPad cumple con todos los requisitos de seguridad de Hyatt», afirma Prusnick. «Es rápido, seguro y fácil de usar. El iPad es compatible con IPSec de Cisco, así que podemos autenticar de forma segura a los usuarios que acceden al entorno».
martes, 14 de febrero de 2012
lunes, 13 de febrero de 2012
Sophos Mobile Control
Sophos Mobile Control
Data protection, app management and policy compliance for the latest mobile devices
iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry and Windows smartphones—whether they're company issued or personal devices, chances are they're being used for work. You have to secure your mobile devices and keep the sensitive business data that might be on them safe and sound.
We can help make it easy for you to give mobile workers all the apps they need and still enforce a consistent security policy for smartphones and tablets. We'll let you control their security features and even remotely lock and wipe the devices if they get lost.
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viernes, 10 de febrero de 2012
Exclusive Networks sobre la colaboración de Aerohive y Apple.
Delivering a High Quality Wi-Fi Connected Apple Device Experience
With the explosion of iOS and OS X devices such as iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone and the MacBook and iMac, improved Wi-Fi connectivity is becoming a critical part of delivering a high-quality Apple device experience. If Wi-Fi connectivity is poor or broken, Apple user could associate this with the devices they are holding in their hands instead of the real culprit: the Wi-Fi infrastructure.
•High
Performance Wi-Fi infrastructure for Apple products
›Enterprise Grade: Robust and
centrally-managed
for a great experience
›Elegant hardware look & feel
›Compatibility
testing with all Apple platforms
›Integration with Apple ecosystem:
»Mobile
Device Management Solutions
»Native
OpenDirectory Integration
•It
“Just Works”
›Cloud provisioning accelerates demo/eval, sale, and deployment
›Apple SEs demo with Aerohive APs
& cloud management
•50%
less cost enables projects –more
budget
for devices
›No controller
costs, feature license costs, and Resiliency is free
›Can phase-in deployment (one
Access Point at a time)
miércoles, 8 de febrero de 2012
Formación de Vendedores
Los cursos ON LINE aconsejados por Apple para nosotros como Integradores de Sistemas, son los relacionados con empresa.
Si accedéis a ASTO en: http://salestraining.apple.com
y pincháis en BUSCAR encontrareis los siguientes
CURSOS (en CASTELLANO) con los códigos siguientes:
BIZPAD1101 Ipad in Business Overview
BIZPHN1101 Iphone in Business Overview
BIZIOS1103 Integrating Iphone & Ipad in Business
BIZIOS1104 Deploying Iphone & Ipad in Business
BIZIOS1105 Securing Iphone & Ipad in Business
martes, 7 de febrero de 2012
Integración en la empresa
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VPN y Wi-Fi de serie
iOS ofrece la seguridad necesaria para acceder a redes inalámbricas, como el estándar WPA2 Enterprise. Admite los estándares de autenticación 802.1x, como los distintos protocolos EAP, PEAP y LEAP. Además, iOS es compatible con Wi-Fi persistente, para que el iPad permanezca conectado a las redes Wi-Fi sin agotar la batería y continúe recibiendo el correo electrónico y las notificaciones push a través de Wi-Fi incluso aunque el dispositivo esté en reposo.Para los clientes que acceden a la red de la empresa, iOS se integra con los protocolos de VPN IPSec de Cisco, L2TP y PPTP. Estos protocolos de VPN están integrados directamente en iOS, sin necesidad de aplicaciones adicionales. iOS es compatible con redes VPN con SSL, lo que permite acceder a servidores VPN con SSL de la serie SA de Juniper, ASA de Cisco y Networks de F5. Asimismo, admite los métodos de autenticación estándar, como los certificados digitales, los tokens de seguridad como Secure ID o CRYPTOCard y la autenticación por contraseña. iOS también admite autenticación basada en certificados y es compatible con VPN por petición, que establece automáticamente la conexión al acceder a dominios predefinidos, lo que ofrece una experiencia de conexión a redes VPN impecable a los clientes del iPad |
lunes, 6 de febrero de 2012
Nuevas tendencias
Apple vendio mas de 3 millones de iPad en los tres primeros meses. Muchos pensaron que algo estaba cambiando...
http://www.jeffbullas.com/2010/06/24/5-ipad-trends-to-watch/
domingo, 5 de febrero de 2012
viernes, 3 de febrero de 2012
jueves, 2 de febrero de 2012
Mobile Collaboration
Mobile collaboration means putting collaboration workloads onto all-important smartphones and
tablets, then delivering a great user experience anywhere, anytime, on any device
When work is a thing you do rather than a place you go, you know you are living in a work anywhere world. Already, when your most productive employees use four devices to get work done,
The Forrester Wave™: Mobile Collaboration
by Ted Schadler
tablets, then delivering a great user experience anywhere, anytime, on any device
client/server solutions with on-premises servers are inadequate, simply not responsive or agile
enough for escalating user requirements and expectations.
Instead, the future belongs to a new application architecture that Forrester calls the mobile app
Internet, defined as “an architecture of native apps on smart mobile devices linked to cloud-based
services that provide a context-rich experience anytime, anywhere".
The Forrester Wave™: Mobile Collaboration
by Ted Schadler
miércoles, 1 de febrero de 2012
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