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Certification Series: Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server
If you’re a Mac geek who wants to make a living troubleshooting Macs, these are the certifications to get because they are your ticket to becoming a member of the Apple Consultants Network (ACN). ACNs can build a relationship with their local Apple store and get references for work that can’t be performed by Genius Bar techs, and they’re listed on the Apple Consultants Network website. The rest of this article is after the break.
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Axel Springer AG moves to Mac
Axel Springer AG, Germany’s largest newspaper publisher, is moving its entire organization — 12,000 computers — to the Mac platform. Axel Springer will become Apple’s largest corporate customer in Europe, and second largest customer worldwide. (Google is number one.)
The article is only available in German so far.
Axel Springer owns Bild and Bild am Sonntag, tabloid-style dailies (not unlike The Sun in the UK or the New York Post in the U.S.) and several magazines sold under the Bild brand. The company currently uses large-scale publishing solutions from WoodWing Software and CCI, both of which support Mac clients.
In a video message to employees, CEO Matthias Döpfner cited ease-of-use, appearance, and total cost of ownership in the reason to switch. Employees can start buying and using Macs and iPhones this month, though the entire organization will be migrated over the course of a year or two. Thanks Alex, Rouven, and bimbum for the tip (and the help with the German)!
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Alliance to advocate for Macs in the enterprise
Five companies, Atempo, Centrify, GroupLogic, LANrev, and Parallels have joined forces to form the Enterprise Desktop Alliance, which will promote the deployment of Macs in the enterprise. All of the companies focus on integrating Mac OS X with Windows and PC-based network infrastructures.
Peter Frankl, chief operating officer at LANrev, says it wants IT departments to know they can successfully integrate Mac solutions for their large businesses.
For now, the consortium offers little more than product information about each member company’s software, but Frankl says the organization wants to create a resource for IT pros to share best practices.
MacEnterprise.org is a well-known community of IT professionals with similar goals, but without the financial clout of the five-company consortium. The organization has not yet responded to a request for comment.
[Via Infoworld]
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4iPhone hosted Exchange for iPhone
4SmartPhone is getting ready to launch 4iPhone, a hosted Microsoft Exchange server for small businesses and individuals. It basically offers access to the Exchange based Enterprise features of the 3G iPhone including ActiveSync and DirectPush of email, contacts, etc. to users who don’t have an Exchange server. 4SmartPhone already offers this for Symbian and Windows Mobile devices for $11-$16 a month and pre-registration for 4iPhone is available now, though prices have not been announced.
Frankly, I suspect most individuals would be better off just using Apple’s forthcoming MobileMe service. But for small businesses who want to equip their employees with iPhones, but don’t want to incur the upfront expense of running an Exchange Server themselves, something like 4iPhone is probably worth a look.
[Source: 4iphone.net via jkOnTheRun]
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80% of US businesses have Macs
Computerworld is reporting on the results of a Yankee Group Research report that finds that 80% of US businesses now have Macs. This represents an huge increase from just two years ago when only 47% of businesses reported having Mac users. The Yankee Group estimates that corporate marketshare has risen to 8-10% overall with 21% of firms reporting more than 50 Mac users. Interestingly, and perhaps not surprisingly, 28% are running Windows in virtualization.
While the consumer marketshare (and better yet, profitshare) numbers have looking up for some time now, it’s good to see that Apple is finally starting to gain (or regain) a serious foothold in the corporate sphere as well. It’s no surprise that as more users get acquainted with Apple gear at home that they’re bringing pressure on corporate IT managers to implement Macs at work as well. Things just keep rolling for the bean counters in Cupertino.
[Source: Computerworld]
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