Thanks Stuart Sent from my iPad
On 04/09/2011, at 9:53 AM, Stuart Evans <stuart.ev...@t4.com.au> wrote: > > Hi John, > > It all depends on that word "Integration". > > Apple have dropped the Xserve as a product but still has a server operating > system product - Lion OSX Server (as Ronni has just emailed). I would argue > that Apple have not ever had an enterprise level server product (in terms of > functionality and services) even though the Xserve was capable of such. I'm > pretty sure one university had a massive number of Xserves set up as a super > computer. You can still get a Mac Pro Server model or you can run OSX Server > on any Mac - there is also a Mac Mini server model. There is talk that Apple > are designing the Mac Pro to become rack mountable. > > However...in regard to "integration".... > > Apple computers integrate into education and corporate environments very > easily. The Active Directory plugin enables you to join to Windows networks > and with Windows 2008 there has even been the capacity to manage preferences > of Mac computers with MCX extensions. With some clever scripting you can > even set up your Macs to login to the network and map to the same "drives" > as the windows users are used to (ie H: drive and S: drive). We are > currently doing this for businesses and schools. The majority of savvy Mac > users don't even really need the scripting to enable access to drives or > even printers. The main issue we come up against is in relation to the way > OSX handles security such as kerberos tokens but I won't go to far into > technical issues. > > That said, with Lion Apple broke some of the things that were working really > well in relation to Active Directory domains and MCX preferences. I don't > know if it is a bug or if it is a deliberate change. Apple do seem to be > aiming at the individualised device (ie iPad) with Lion and iOS5, and that > could be an issue for corporates or education where multiple users use a > single device. > > I would say that in general we are seeing more companies and schools looking > to integrate Apple than ever before and I don't see a "focus" on MS or PCs. > After spending years spruiking Apple to schools and businesses an finally > getting some success, my concern is that Apple's direction will disenchant > many of the organisations that have sought to integrate Apple products. > Hopefully that won't be the case. > > > Cheers, > Stuart > > > > On 4/09/11 8:35 AM, "John Hatch" <j...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > >> >> I had a recent discussion with a college and he was saying that Apple was >> moving away from intergrating Apple products in to the corperation. They no >> longer have a server product. Is this the case? He was also saying that it is >> possible but the difficulty of doing it is causing companies to focus on PC's >> and MS products to achieve this. 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