Most all press talks of the iPhone, good, bad, ugly, seldom is the Mac
discussed and almost never Enterprise use of the Mac…
These numbers tell quite a story, there is a change in the making, and you
know, once folks begin using Apple they begin to realize what we have known all
along….reading this through tells some interesting stats...Welcome Aboard…
John
Report highlights growth for Apple devices in enterprise: 91% now using Mac,
99% iPhone & iPad
Jordan Kahn <https://9to5mac.com/author/jordankahn/>
Jamf, <https://www.jamf.com/> makers of popular Apple device management
software for businesses, today released its Annual Jamf Trends Survey measuring
use of Apple products in the enterprise. The key takeaway: both iOS and Mac
adoption grew among business users last year.
The report also offers additional insight into growth for Apple among
enterprise users in 2016, collecting data from 300 IT professionals, managers
and executives from commercial organizations of 50 to 10,000+ employees from
around the world.
Some of the data highlights include:
91 percent of enterprise organizations are now using Mac, while 99 percent said
they use iPhone or iPad.
There was an increase in both Mac and iOS device adoption in 2016 over the
previous year
Nearly half of organizations surveyed (44 percent) offer their employees a
choice between Mac and PC, with the majority (71 percent) offering a choice
between different mobile devices (Apple, Android, etc.).
Reasons companies are increasingly choosing Macs and iOS: Ease of Deployment,
Security, Device Configuration, Support, Software/App Development, Integration
For the increase in Mac and iOS adoption now at 91 and 99 percent, Jamf notes
that 74% of organizations saw an increase in Mac adoption and 76% an increase
in iPhone and iPad adoption in 2016 versus the year before. IBM has now almost
reached its goal of deploying 100,000 Macs
<https://9to5mac.com/2016/10/19/jamf-ibm-mac-deployment/>, the report confirms,
making it the largest company Mac deployment. IBM, which uses Jamf software to
manage its deployment, first announced the goal during the JAMF Nation User
Conference (JNUC) last October. At the time, IBM said it was saving on average
a minimum of $265 per Mac versus a comparable PC due the cost of device itself,
OS, support, resale value and deployment.
And those are also the reasons that companies were increasingly choosing Apple
products in 2016, according to Jamf’s data. The report points out that 62% of
survey respondents said Mac is easier to deploy than PC, while 93% said iPhone
and iPad is easier than alternatives. The report cites similar numbers for
other key metrics, including security, device configuration, support,
software/app development, and integration.
Apple’s user-friendly interface often allows users to intuitively solve
problems on their own, thus reducing the support needed compared to other
operating systems. And when more advanced issues arise, IT admins can trust
Apple’s world-class support. Of those surveyed, 63 percent said it’s as easy or
easier, in general, to support a Mac than a PC. Additionally, 89 percent of
respondents said it’s as easy or easier to support Apple mobile devices over
others on different platforms.
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