who the hell still uses exchange Jeeps!
Just about every company in the world ... if not exchange than lotus notes.
There's no real alternative. And no, hosting e-mail in the cloud is not possible for many companies.
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Fortune 500 Company Urging Employees Not to Upgrade to iOS 6 Over Exchange Bug
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Just about every company in the world ... if not exchange than lotus notes.
There's no real alternative. And no, hosting e-mail in the cloud is not possible for many companies.
I know. We are in the same boat. Not in the same field though.
But I don't complain, more freelance jobs for us!
That is what I am concerning about. My company's admins forced anyone who uses the exchange server to have a password on its phone. Why do I have to set a system-wise password just to access to one of my many mail accounts?
who the hell still uses exchange Jeeps!
pls join the 21st century
it's not 1995 anymore
Somebody needs to phone IMAP with the news.
Lots of people are using Exchange (protocol) without actually using Exchange, because it some ways it is superior to IMAP, and can send push notifications to iOS.
For example, I use Rackspace email. I enabled the option to be able to use Exchange protocol. It's not really using Exchange. It just gives access to my IMAP data over Exchange protocol, so now I can get push and the iPhone email client doesn't need to poll the server.
IMAP has no provision for push. You get instant notifications on your desktop email client only because your client is constantly connected to the server.
iOS needs to have the ability to sandbox private from work like BB10. That way if your work admin wipes your work stuff it won't affect your private data.
who the hell still uses exchange Jeeps!
pls join the 21st century
it's not 1995 anymore
Well, as of 2009 (latest data I could find) 57% of U.S. corporations, but 0% of homeless people.
who the hell still uses exchange Jeeps!
pls join the 21st century
it's not 1995 anymore
And what, exactly, would you recommend instead? There are few, if any, well-supported alternatives for integrated calendar, e-mail, and presence services (particularly ones that tie in with AD or something similar). Also, Exchange was still a baby in 1995. You must be thinking of something else.
With iCloud you can choose to wipe your phone, with Exchange some ******* IT guy can wipe your phone without you asking.
I see this as an Exchange problem. This is a privilege escalation issue. How can _I_ affect the other user's statuses? The problem might be triggered by iOS 6, but it seems to be an underlying issue with Exchange. This shouldn't be able to happen.
Already stated. It's not "taking a virus infected machine and cleaning it", it's "see that desktop computer over there? Not any more because I just set fire to it."
Data is one aspect of it. There are others, including vulnerability to legal action against the organization. As well as the fact that such a wipe is likely to be attached to a larger issue - it doesn't just happen in isolation. In the case of simply a lost device, that's the easier scenario, because nobody's going to complain. Except maybe the person who found it and decided to keep it. But wiping a device that is not lost is likely to be related to a larger disciplinary or legal investigation (firing, etc), and falls into the same boat as locking someone out of their office, locking their account and confiscating their laptop. You gotta have your ducks in a row, or stuff hits the fan.
Losing a device is not the problem. The guy who originally went all tin foil-hat about Exchange wipes was saying that:
You lose your device, and you'll probably be grateful for the wipe - you'll probably even be the one requesting it - just like with iCloud Find My iPhone wipes. But for unwanted wipes, you're entering your organization's security enforcement policy.
Well that answers an issue we're seeing.
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Any self-respecting business. This isn't your mom's pie shack, join the 21st century.
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who the hell still uses exchange Jeeps!
pls join the 21st century
it's not 1995 anymore
Any self-respecting business. This isn't your mom's pie shack, join the 21st century.
Problem is Apple pushes an update on the user's device and they just updated despite what we tell them. Especially when a majority of the iOS devices are BYOD, not company owned.
Why would they?
If your IT guys are in the habit of randomly wiping devices then you have a bigger problem.
This has actually been an issue for a long time -- with iOS 5 and 4. It's been REALLY embarrassing. Frankly, I'm glad it is finally getting attention.
Exchange & Corporate Email/Calendars
This issue exists across several enterprise exchanges. I've seen it do some quirky stuff with Lotus Calendar and Google Apps Calendar. I don't think it's entirely Apple's fault but the use of Exchange by the vendors and companies personal preferences.
This issue exists across several enterprise exchanges. I've seen it do some quirky stuff with Lotus Calendar and Google Apps Calendar. I don't think it's entirely Apple's fault but the use of Exchange by the vendors and companies personal preferences.
Oooh, I need to get into this conversation.
I'm currently lobbying for several things to happen here in our company re: mobile device security. I work for a very large company and the mobile device security is pretty much a joke. They set policies like encrypt external storage devices, but forget to encrypt the device itself. Then to top it the check the option to all non-provisioned devices to connect.
THEN, they provide hundreds of mobile device to users that don't support encryption. WOW...I just can't get over some of the things I see here. They go overboard in security in one area while leaving another area completely vulnerable. SMH...----------
Mine for one.
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Ah. We use good for enterprise. Integrating into the mail app would leave the company way too exposed.