So enterprise is the next target for Apple?
There are already plenty of Configuration Management and MDM solutions that can handle MacOS and iOS. This is targeted at small businesses that don't have an existing MDM solution.
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#122TB of storage for $12 a month? Plus the multi-device management options? Sign me up.
What are the costs for the bandwidth?
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#13Tough day for Jamf.
The announcement is a little light on details around directory integration for things like AD. I'll be curious to see a feature comparison with Jamf.
Edit: Ahh, I see. "small businesses in the U.S. with up to 500 employees"
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#14Ahhhhhh. Ohhhhhhh. A film!
That’s how it starts. Later there’s running and screaming.
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#15So they advertise AppleCare+ features (24/7 support, on-site repair) but they don't currently offer that nor do the prices reflect those services. Page seems deceiving (have to read the small print to really understand the offering).
With those two removed, you're paying for an MDM solution and cloud storage.
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#16Wow, what a change! Apple spent many years holding the corporate market in mild contempt. Given the dominance of Windows, I totally get that; Apple was right to focus on the niches where they were successful. But it's amazing how much circumstances have changed to make this plausible.
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#17"Privacy"? Sounds like false advertising to me: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28309202 .
At this point, I think Apple's PRISM compliance is common knowledge. I hope.
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#18A few comments:
1. I was paying for iCloud and apple service for *YEARS* but then suddenly when I lost my phone, iCloud had no record of it.
2. I have had multiple employers in Silicon Valley who had the BYOD (Bring you own device) policy implemented but then they attached a SECONDARY DEVICE to my iCloud account and were slurping all personal records from that.
3. Show me a way to FUCKING MANAGE WHO IS ACCESSING MY DATA.
4. I have too many more issues at level 4 that @dang will get mad if I share (and FB and others will sue me again if I dare)... think paul stamets on the secrets of mushrooms -- If you have any sort of work phone, know they are slurping ALL the deets..
Never take a personal phone/device into a workplace environment.
In my case - I was going through a verry messy divorce, and my employer had been surveilling my texts and everything because when I joined I made the mistake of adding my apple ID -- and then the employer added a fucking device to my account and was surveilling everything.
Yeah - if you get a job in tech these days, the ironic thing is to be an off-grid person.
#KazinskiWasRight
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#19Looks great. I recall Apple held out for a long time to play ball with enterprise IT, focusing on consumer. It seems like they've fully embraced the massive enterprise market.
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#20There’s a few headlines talking about backups - does apple finally have a cloud based time machine replacement? I’d be so excited to see that as a general consumer too.
I think that's unlikely to be a thing they're working on. You can get that from storing your files in iCloud already, and these days is there any good reason to back up the rest of your system? If I had to rebuild a system due to hardware failure the absolute last thing I'd want to do would be restore all the accumulated system cruft!
Storing files in iCloud Drive is very different from a backup I would argue.
What a business would want in this case is Backblaze like functionality with versioning / restore. iCloud drive also doesn't really help you with restoring a full system like it is possible on iOS where all your settings, passwords and apps are just like you left them.