Re: iTunes for iPhone in an Enterprise

[Florian Rommel <frommel () gmail com>]

I know of at least 2 Fortune 500 companies (excluding Apple) where the iPhone is fully supported in the enterprise. I 
have also deployed it. Personally I think your assessment is wrong. How has RIM more confidentiality than anything 
else? They just provide a better service than most companies did. Then again Nokia's enterprise support and device 
management is up there just like RIM and The new remote config and wipe as well as failed passcode attempt wipes (10x 
wrong and its a goner) AND exchange policy wipe complies with confidentiality. Availability we already have, as long as 
you have an internet connection and Integrity we have as well as other mobile phone companies. 

So I ask again... where is the catch?

I mean ok, i am in Europe and I know that things run a "little" different over the pond but over here HUGE companies 
are flocking to the iphone as an option. Sorry to burst everyone else's bubble but the iPhone is a big player and it 
will stay that way for a while, including the enterprise.

Now, for the record: I don't have an iPhone neither in personal nor in business use. It is heavily used in our company 
but I decided on a Nokia E72. Why? no reason.. pure preference.

My 2c.

On Nov 20, 2010, at 8:56 AM, Adrian J Milanoski wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Sorry to burst your bubble about your iPhone in the corporate world but I personnally not even attempt he 
> iPhone/iTunes in the corporate world. It was never designed for that.
>
> Personally I have and use an iPhone it's great as a 'personal' phone and no more. Having the ability to deploy and 
> manage the secuirty aspects of things is much more important then applications. Blackberries have dominated that 
> market and allows you to do and manage everything centerally with a BES server. Both Apple and RIM took different 
> routes with their business, personal and enterprise.
>
> Honestly I don't mean to be negative about this but, if your talking this to an enterprise you got to think about 
> Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.
>
> I have herd of companies wanting to deploy iPhones, but I don't think anything came of it do to these restrictions. I 
> would be interested in if anyone else has.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Thanks,
> Adrian
> _________________
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 2010-11-17, at 7:54 PM, J Teddy <jteddylists () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Yes, my organisation is a little slow of the mark, and we are now
> > looking at deploying iPhones.
> >
> > Currently it appears management is not comfortable with users having
> > iTunes installed on individuals machines.  I am not sure what these
> > concerns are.  Apparently other organisations have solved this issue
> > with using kiosks, and this is the golden bullet that CIO's are
> > talking about in their circles.
> > A kiosk is simply just an internal computer that can be used by any
> > employee, and has iTunes installed.
> >
> > If my understanding of iTunes is correct, I had some concerns and wish
> > for your advise, help, and to understand what you did in this instance
> > of managing iTunes.
> >
> > My concern is If all corporate users are to share a single instance of
> > iTunes on a public kiosk computer they will all be required to share
> > an iTunes account.  This will involve all users knowing the username
> > (an e-mail address) and password to the account.  The downfall in this
> > scenario is if a user wishes to purchase content through iTunes the
> > same content will be shared among all the users.  Further
> > investigation needs to be taken if this breaches Apple’s acceptable
> > use policy.  There may also be implications if the user stores their
> > credit card information for the iTunes account.
> >
> > A logical solution would be to assign an iTunes account to all users
> > on the kiosk.  Unfortunately this can cause similar complications to
> > the above.  All the purchased or downloaded content will be on the
> > iTunes library which other users will also be able to transfer to
> > their device (re. investigate acceptable use policy).  If an upgrade
> > to a purchased application is released and a user other than the
> > original purchaser wishes to upgrade the application they will be
> > required to enter in the iTunes account username and password of the
> > original purchaser.
> >
> > Individuals will also rely on iTunes to create backups for their
> > device.  These backups must be encrypted, or another user could
> > restore their device using another users backup, revealing private
> > information stored on their device.
> >
> > If you know anything about the legal side, it would be great to
> > reference straight from Apple Policy, as I need to find something in
> > writing.
> >
> > I have only found the below at this point in time.
> > * Your Account
> > ** As a registered user of the Service, you may establish an account
> > ("Account"). Don’t reveal your Account information to anyone else. You
> > are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality and
> > security of your Account and for all activities that occur on or
> > through your Account"
> >
> > Thank you all for taking the time out to read my mail, and kudos for
> > those who help.
> >
> > Mr. Lacanian
> >
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