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Skriven 2007-06-21 20:28:06 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Gartner to IT: Avoid Apple's iPhone
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From: "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@dontspamhotmail.com>

At one time I was involved in a Gartner study of our infrastructure and then I
realized that their sole purpose was to validate extremely expensive decisions
that our management had already made.  I now read any of Gartner's utterance
with a high amount of skepticism.

Not saying that their iPhone warning doesn't have any merit - just wondering
who paid for the study

"mike" <mike@barkto.com> wrote in message
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> http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/56344C9E85B49180CC257301001A91FC
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> The analyst firm Gartner will tell IT executives to keep Apple's iPhone
> away from their networks, in a research report to be released within a
> week.
>
> "We're telling IT executives to not support it because Apple has no
> intentions of supporting [iPhone use in] the enterprise," Gartner
> analyst Ken Dulaney says. "This is basically a cellular iPod with some
> other capabilities and it's important that it be recognised as such."
>
> The iPhone, scheduled to ship in the US on June 29, appears to be a
> great consumer device but has no redeeming qualities from the
> perspective of a business user, Dulaney says. Besides lacking security
> features like a firewall, the product does not support Microsoft
> Exchange or Lotus Notes, so corporate users would have to forward email
> to an internet service provider, he says. Gartner's research note
> warning against business usage of the iPhone will likely be issued on
> Monday, according to Dulaney.
>
> "You'll have email in a place that's unsecured. There are no firewalls
> on the device. There's no ability to wipe (data from) the device if it's
> lost," Dulaney says.
>
> Businesses have little, if any interest in the iPhone and Apple isn't
> marketing it to the business sector anyway, says Randy Giusto, who leads
> IDC's analysis of mobile devices, computing and computer markets.
>
> "The iPhone is not positioned at all for the IT world," he say. "It's a
> very personal device. Most corporations are probably not going to
> support the iPhone on their networks."
>
> Apple may not be making a direct appeal to enterprises, but AT&T is
> betting that business users will want the iPhone, the IDG News Service
> reported in April. AT&T plans to market the iPhone to business users and
> is making sure its backend enterprise billing and support systems will
> accommodate the device, the report stated.
>
> The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that Apple does plan to go
> after the business market with the iPhone, but must come up with a
> strategy for integrating with business software systems that will be
> acceptable to IT executives.
>
> Apple's spokeswoman for the iPhone could not be reached for comment.
>
> Businesses tempted by the iPhone should resist for a number of reasons,
> Dulaney argues. The high price tag - up to US$599 - is exorbitant for
> most enterprises, he says. Even if the iPhone met the security
> requirements of an IT executive, there's no real reason for employees to
> have one. To make it worthwhile, an enterprise would expect firewalls to
> prevent unauthorised access, long-term maintenance and support
> commitments, support for an email client like Microsoft Outlook, and PBX
> integration.
>
> "Enterprises are not going to buy this so employees can buy music and
> watch movies," Dulaney says. "Business has a very narrow purview of what
> they want to get done. ... From the consumer perspective, Gartner is
> really positive about this device and it really changes the game."
>
> A 451 Group analyst agrees the iPhone has no place in a business, and
> thinks the new product won't even live up to its hype as a consumer
> device. Tony Rizzo, director of mobile technology research at the
> analyst firm, doubts Apple's assurance that the iPhone's battery will
> provide up to eight hours of talk time, six hours of internet use, seven
> hours of video, and 24 hours of music playback.
>
> "If a user were to click on the Wi-Fi radio inside an iPhone, the
> battery life would probably significantly drain. Using a large touch
> screen to do anything is going to eat up a lot of battery life," Rizzo
> says.
>
> The touch screen will disappoint both business users and consumers, such
> as young people who do lots of instant messaging and text messaging, he
> says.
>
> "It doesn't have any features that would make it successful as a
> business tool. The other question, is it even going to be successful as
> a consumer device?" Rizzo says. "I'm not giving up my BlackBerry. I like
> the keyboard, I like the trackball and I like the service."
> ===
>
>
>  /m

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