It can be tough to get information about larger Mac deployments. I’ve written a few books on it. Apple has built some pages on it. But many prefer to consume their content through video. As such, Sean Collins has teamed up with Lynda.com to put together an IT Administrator’s Guide for El Capitan. With topics ranging from SIP to DEP, and all the acronyms in the middle, Sean’s soothing voice will guide you through what you need to get started with a new Mac deployment. Many a job can seem daunting, but with this latest addition to our arsenal, you’ll instantly feel less intimidated. It’s like the Sun A of…
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Review of My iOS in the Enterprise Book
There is a nice review of my iOS in the Enterprise book up on MacDirectory. It is available at: http://www.macdirectory.com/component/option,com_reviews/task,viewDetail/review_id,504 Overall the review was good. I understand not liking the font choice for the book. Luckily this type of thing isn’t something we authors have a choice about, so I take it as an overall good review!
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MacTech Bootcamps Coming To A City Near You!
I’ve been watching the MacTech Conference and then Boot Camps for some time. After hearing of the resounding success of the Conference last summer I was then stoked to hear that the January Boot Camp went extremely well. A MacTech Boot Camp is a regional, single-track seminar designed specifically for consultants and techs. MacTech Conference is a multi-day conference for IT professionals with a focus on enterprise and development whereas the Boot Camps are for consultants and techs focused on home users and small to medium sized businesses. Both are going really well. https://krypted.com/ is now a media sponsor of MacTech Boot Camps! This means I get discounts to offer my…
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iPhone Life Article
An excerpt-turned-article of mine just appeared in iPhone Life Magazine. IT’s called The Inevitability of the iPhone in the Enterprise: http://www.iphonelife.com/issues/2011March-April/InevitabilityIPhoneEnterprise Hope you enjoy!
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Law Firms and iPads
Josh Barrett, of tabletlegal.com posted a mini-review of my latest book, the Enterprise iPhone and iPad Administrator’s Guide. It’s an interesting look at iPads making their way into law firms despite the often reluctant IT admins who have to support them. Big thanks to Josh for a favorable review!
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The Mac OS X App Store & Managed Environments
The Mac OS X App Store was released earlier this month as a part of the Mac OS X 10.6.6 update. The App Store, with over 1,000 applications (including a couple of server tools), allowing people to download and install applications on Mac OS X computers without needing to understand how to click through the screens of a standard package installer, drag applications from disk images into the /Applications folder or basically how to do practically anything except for click and provide a valid credit card number. As with the App Store that debuted with the iPhone, the App Store for Mac OS X is clearly aimed at residential customers,…
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iPhone and iPad Admin Guide Now Shipping
The Enterprise iPhone and iPad Administrator’s Guide is now shipping (and rapidly moving up in Amazon’s rankings)! There have also been a couple of sightings in Border’s. Apress also sent out a press release and an email blast regarding the book in the past week. So, feel free to buy it using the link below! 🙂
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Good iPhone, Enterprise Ready
The only thing I can think of that I would change about the iPhone is to have the ability to add a layer of full disk encryption. In lieu of that, Good, the makers of GoodLink, have reinvented themselves as the iPhone in the Enterprise front runner in my book. They did this by duplicating much of the functionality of the native iPhone applications, but did so in a manner that stores its data in an encrypted disk image. Communications to the iPhone from the Good servers are also encrypted with similar fervor. And if you have Domino instead of Exchange then you have equal functionality, great for a number…
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RSA Makes a Case for iPhone in the Enterprise
Tired of carrying around that RSA SecurID token thingie from 1994, all beige and chewed on routinely by kids and dogs alike? RSA now has an iPhone app for that. Using the SecurID token you can have the exact same functionality using the iPhone that you would otherwise have to use a keychain dongle for. If you’re like me and have been trying to reduce the items you carry on your person for a long time this is a fantastic new option. And in a way, RSA is just helping to make a case for using an iPhone in highly secured Enterprise environments (not that they’re not helping to make…
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Mac Enterprise Backup Whitepaper
The basic steps to use BRU, Tivoli, Atempo, Bakbone and PresSTORE are all covered in the latest edition of Michael Dhaliwal’s Enterprise Backup Whitepaper, available on his personal site.