Stories by Ryan Faas

Analysis: Will this be the year of Apple in the enterprise?

Apple has never been considered an enterprise technology company, but it owns a significant share of the mobile enterprise market, largely due to the success of the iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air.

By Ryan Faas | 01 February, 2012 02:49

Tags: software, operating systems, Mac OS, hardware systems, Apple

Dig deep into Lion: The best overlooked, underrated features

Apple billed this summer's release of Mac OS X Lion as having more than 200 new features, but most coverage of Lion in the intervening months has focused on only a handful of them. While iOS-like navigation and app-launching interfaces, autosave/restore capabilities, AirDrop file sharing and an emergency restore partition are by all means important, there are a lot of helpful tweaks and enhancements that can easily be missed.

By Ryan Faas | 28 January, 2012 10:52

Tags: software, operating systems, Mac OS, Apple

In depth: Apple's new vision of education

Apple has made it clear that one of the next industries it hopes to disrupt and reinvent is education. It's an arena the company has a long history of working with: schools have been one of Apple's biggest market since the days of the Apple II.

By Ryan Faas | 24 January, 2012 02:35

Tags: tablets, iPad, hardware systems, Apple

What's up for Apple in 2012?

2011 was a big year for Apple. The company continued to dominate the tablet market, with no rival coming close the iPad in sales. It also released Lion, an update to OS X that delivered hundreds of new features; pushed out a major update to iOS that finally cut the cord for backups and syncing; launched its new cloud service, iCloud (albeit not without some issues); and continued to rack up record sales of Macs.

By Ryan Faas | 30 December, 2011 03:19

Tags: Telecommunication, tablets, software, smartphones, processors, patent, operating systems, Mobile OSes, mobile, Mac OS, legal, iPhone, iPad, iOS, intellectual property, hardware systems, consumer electronics, Components, business issues, applications, Apple

Mobile device management -- what you should know

One of the biggest technology trends this year has been the continuing influx of consumer-oriented into the workplace. From iPads and iPhones to Android phones and tablets, 2011 will go down as the year the consumerization of IT reached a critical mass. It's no longer a question of whether IT departments will support and embrace consumer-first devices, bring-your-own-device (BYOD) programs and the expanded sphere of mobile platforms -- now, the issue is more about when and how.

By Ryan Faas | 09 December, 2011 02:20

Tags: smartphones, security, sap, privacy, networking, MobileIron, Mobile Apps and Services, Mobile and Wireless, management, infrastructure management, IBM, freemium, consumer electronics, Apple

12 valuable tools for managing business Macs

The knock on managing Macs in business environments has long been Apple's ambivalent attitude toward providing significant enterprise support. Apple does, of course, offer tools for deploying, configuring, and managing Macs. But to move Macs beyond a departmental setting, IT will often find it necessary to look to third parties for help.

By Ryan Faas | 30 November, 2011 08:51

Tags: software, applications, Apple

IT's guide to managing Macs in the OS X Lion era

No longer relegated to the fringe, Macs are fast becoming integral to today's business organization. As a result, IT can no longer rely on one or two dedicated "Mac guys" to maintain its Mac fleet. Instead, Mac management has become an issue that any CIO or systems administrator may be faced with on any given day.

By Ryan Faas | 01 November, 2011 02:50

Tags: system management, software, operating systems, Mac OS, Apple

Caution: iOS 5, iCloud and the iPhone 4S in the enterprise

Apple's iOS 5 and the new iPhone 4S, which went on sale Friday, are packed with new features, many of which should boost the productivity and on-the-road capabilities of professional users. But, as with many consumer-oriented mobile platforms making their way into the workplace, iOS 5 and iCloud service present some serious challenges in business environments.

By Ryan Faas | 21 October, 2011 02:11

Tags: software, smartphones, operating systems, Mac OS, iPhone, consumer electronics, Apple

Lessons from Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs (Photo courtesy of Apple)

By Ryan Faas | 06 October, 2011 22:43

Tags: Yahoo, Management and Careers, Macintosh, it management, IT Leadership, IT industry, CIO role, Apple

With Siri, Apple's iPhone 4S gets a voice

Well, now we know what Apple meant when it billed yesterday's big announcement as a "Let's talk iPhone" event.

By Ryan Faas | 06 October, 2011 01:49

Tags: smartphones, Mobile Apps and Services, Macintosh, iPhone, freemium, consumer electronics, Apple

How Steve Jobs changed Apple...

Entire books have already been written on the contributions Steve Jobs has made to Apple, the company he helped found 35 years ago. In many ways, the most significant ones took place after 1997, when he returned to Apple from exile and set about to change not just the company but entire industries.

By Ryan Faas | 27 August, 2011 00:27

Tags: tablets, smartphones, iPhone, iPad, hardware systems, consumer electronics, Apple

Google Docs reconsidered

Since Google Docs officially went out of beta on July 7, 2009, the Web-based office application suite has steadily gone through a series of changes and tweaks.

By Ryan Faas | 12 August, 2011 04:39

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, internet, Google

Will OS X Lion roar in the enterprise?

Since its release on July 20, Apple's newest version of OS X, known as Lion, has been bought, downloaded and installed by more than a million users. As an operating system, it represents a new paradigm: Apple's desktop platform is becoming more iOS-like. To date, most of the focus has been on new features like gestures, Mission Control, the new download-based install process, and user interface tweaks that are the biggest since the OS X public beta was introduced in 2000.

By Ryan Faas | 03 August, 2011 02:16

Tags: software, operating systems, Mac OS, Apple

Can HP's webOS and TouchPad slow down the iPad?

More than a year after its introduction, Apple's iPad continues to dominate a tablet market that has grown crowded with a variety of would-be rivals. Most of these are Android tablets like Samsung's Galaxy Tab and Motorola's Xoom. (The Xoom became the launch vehicle for the tablet-optimized version of Android, better known as Honeycomb.)

By Ryan Faas | 25 June, 2011 00:50

Tags: tablet PCs, laptops, hewlett-packard, hardware systems

How the Apple iCloud compares to Google's cloud

Apple and Google now dominate the world's smartphone and mobile device markets and both are now pushing quickly into the cloud. While Apple this week finally acknowledged the cloud as the future of computing -- and will finally allow iPads and iPhones to be set up and backed up without being tethered to a computer running iTunes -- many Google fans accurately note that Apple's iCloud doesn't bring a lot of new features to the table.

By Ryan Faas | 09 June, 2011 03:53

Tags: internet, cloud computing, Apple

 
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