Apple's SVP of enterprise sales is out and won't be replaced

Apple's senior vice president of enterprise sales Al Shipp will be leaving the company, leaving what could be seen as a gaping hole in the company's enterprise strategy. Assuming there is a strategy, that is.

November 12, 2008 - 11:03AM CT - by Chris Foresman

iPhone wins top business smartphone satisfaction marks

In the latest J.D. Power and Associates customer satisfaction survey, the iPhone won the highest satisfaction rating from business smartphone users, beating out Research in Motion, Samsung, and Motorola, among other manufacturers.

November 07, 2008 - 09:13AM CT - by Justin Berka

New Dell OptiPlex line offers something for every business

New OptiPlex line includes Dell's first ever thin client for virtual desktop environments.

October 29, 2008 - 04:00PM CT - by Shane McGlaun

Apple week in review: the App Store hammer, new MacBook rumors, Apple in IT

This week's top Apple news ranged from how the iPhone will be affected by the T-Mobile G1 to performance improvements in Adobe CS4 to Apple's continued enforcement of its mysterious App Store policies. Also included was how Apple's patch release policy affects enterprise IT, and more.

September 27, 2008 - 02:30PM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

Apple's patch release policy is a concern for enterprise IT

Experts disagree on whether Apple's policy of releasing security patches and OS updates whenever they are ready negatively affects Mac adoption in enterprise.

September 23, 2008 - 12:56PM CT - by Chris Foresman

Ten enterprise security pitfalls, and how to avoid them

With the threat of malware constantly on the rise, Ars presents you with one expert's take on the most common security pitfalls in the enterprise, along with concrete recommendations for beefing up network security.

September 15, 2008 - 11:30PM CT - by Jason Thacker

YouTube on the intranet: Google Video for business launched

Google has announced a new addition to its Google Apps for business and education customers: Google Video for business. The feature will allow organizations to upload and share videos securely with specific users, groups, or organizations.

September 02, 2008 - 10:54AM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

Online iPhone ordering open for AT&T enterprise customers

Businesses and agencies of all sizes can now order iPhones online, if they're members of AT&T's Premier Enterprise program. Once you complete your order and wait for it to be shipped to you, sit back and laugh at all those other losers still waiting in line at retail stores.

August 15, 2008 - 02:06PM CT - by Jacqui Cheng

HSBC could be dumping BlackBerrys for 200,000+ iPhones

An HSBC regional CIO says the company is evaluating the iPhone 3G for deployment to its global staff. This could potentially be the largest single order for the mobile communications device thus far.

August 13, 2008 - 04:44PM CT - by Chris Foresman

IBM to release Lotus iNotes for iPhone later this year

If you don't get enough of Lotus Notes in the office, you'll soon be able to access it from your iPhone too. And as much as people love to hate Notes, this version doesn't look too shabby.

August 09, 2008 - 11:53AM CT - by Chris Foresman

Managing green tech complex, expensive, requires "eco-czar"

Enterprise, meet your newest and possibly biggest cost center: carbon management. Saving the planet is going to be hard work.

July 22, 2008 - 05:05AM CT - by Jon Stokes

Apple releases iPhone Configuration Utilities for business

Designed to simplify the configuration of a fleet of iPhones, Apple's iPhone Configuration Utilities look to be exactly what the enterprise ordered.

July 10, 2008 - 09:18AM CT - by David Chartier

Axel Springer switching 10,000 employees to Mac

One of the largest newspaper publishing companies in Europe will transition to Mac hardware, switching some 10,000 lucky employees to MacBooks, MacBook Airs, Mac Pros, and iMacs.

July 07, 2008 - 08:49AM CT - by Charles Jade

Group of software companies create Mac enterprise alliance

A group of software developers has conceived the Enterprise Desktop Alliance, a group looking to bring Macs into the forefront of the enterprise market.

June 30, 2008 - 03:21PM CT - by Jeff Smykil

Sun touts 2008 as the year of the enterprise SSD

Sun has joined Intel on the "2008 is the year of the SSD in the enterprise" bandwagon, and the company is now offering SSD options across its server lines.

June 04, 2008 - 09:30PM CT - by Jon Stokes

No off switch: "Hyperconnectivity" on the rise

According to a new study, "hyperconnected" employees who increasingly juggle devices, applications, and communications are on the rise in a big way. The possibility for "information overload" looms larger than ever.

May 14, 2008 - 08:00AM CT - by David Chartier

Is CloudFS the start of a "white box" cloud services market?

Earlier this week, Rackspace subsidiary Mosso announced a "cloud storage" service that will compete with Amazon's S3. We take a look at how they did it, and ask some questions about scalability and possible enterprise uses.

May 08, 2008 - 05:05PM CT - by Jon Stokes

Intel: "Web 2.0"-style cloud computing just a passing vapor

Intel would like a word with the "Web 2.0 is the future of applications" crowd. The chipmaker isn't going to sit on its hands while the browser takes over the enterprise desktop.

May 03, 2008 - 01:07PM CT - by Jon Stokes

Apple reportedly poised to enter corporate market (but not really)

BusinessWeek's pean as cover story is also tangentially about Apple entering the corporate market.

May 02, 2008 - 02:15PM CT - by Charles Jade

New Directions: emerging compute models

"Software-as-a-service," "application streaming," "on-demand software delivery" are all popular ways of talking about a new set of emerging compute models that exist on a spectrum between traditional thin client and fat client models. These models form the topic for our next round of Symposium discussions.

April 29, 2008 - 01:00AM CT - by Jon Stokes