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Apple Announces 'Business Essentials' Service for Small Businesses

Chancha said:
I think the headcount needs to be into dozens to begin seeing the benefits. Most shops on the creative side of business probably wouldn't approach that. Also the increasing trend of BYOD, it is not like I own or even want to have to change anything on a freelancer's machine.
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We're approx 25 people, and it seems to be just an added expense. No real benefit that could replace google. And you're absolutely on the money about the BYOD stuff, this seems to fly in the face of the norm.
 
TheYayAreaLiving 🎗 said:
No more leaks. They’re not saying anything anymore. 😂 I’m also surprised Mark Gurman did not mention or know about this.

We got leaks like this now…

https://twitter.com/x/status/1457829177068081154
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he's not wrong. iOS is capable of so much more that apple repeatedly leaves on the table, yet a jailbreak allows the user to have what anyone is willing to make. the functionality and features one can get a hold of is staggering, yet people around here continue to stick their heads in the sand saying "hurrrrrrr. i wonder why people jailbreak now!??!!?!?!
 
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would have been interested in this if apple included iMessage for business, to where business owners / account admins can see communications that employees have with customers, etc.
 
BarredOwl said:
As a Jamf Pro Customer, I'm wondering the same thing and want to see where this goes. So I signed our company up.

Ultimately, I'd like my Macs and iOS devices to have all the tools of Jamf Pro, Wandera (a VPN Co. acquired by Jamf) plus other security options built right into the OSes.
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I'm in the exact same boat. I only have to manage iDevices though. Jamf pro is great and all but this is something apple should have been doing a LONG time ago. They really make device management a total nightmare for businesses. Hopefully this changes that.
 
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This could also be called the "Grandparents Plan" so they older folks can get their Apple devices to work without having to call their kids and grandkids to get their iCloud account unlocked or to upgrade their phone. Don't see much value for anyone who has been on Apple devices for years and is fairly adept at navigating them. But maybe I'm a unicorn and know how to do this straightforward stuff while many do not.
 
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Looks a good start. I did IT services for small businesses many years ago, and Apple was an absolute mess. Next to impossible for small orgs to manage the company iPads, Macs, App Store, iOS App Store, Apple accounts etc. This is one area that Windows had Apple beaten at the time.

Hopefully Apple will give it to small charities for free / strong discount. I know several small charities that use 100% Apple for various reasons (staff very non-IT skilled etc)
 
thejadedmonkey said:
This is what Apple has needed for years. It's good to see that they're finally coming around to the fact that businesses can't be without a computer for an indefinite amount of time, and I think this will cause small businesses to finally look into adopting Apple.

This is going to be Microsoft's biggest challenge.
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Doubtful. Microsoft is to ingrained into enterprise Even if Apple came up with some game changing IT stuff companies tend to not like change and will stick with what works anyways. Plus they are just to lazy to rebuild Apps for a different OS.
 
The sidebar on the MBP is strange: it has the same UI as the sidebar on the iPad. Will they change the graphics in macOS 13? ?
 
GLS said:
If Apple starts to roll this out to K-12's for free for as many users as you want, then I'd say you are on the right track.

Google's chromebook management is Exhibit 1 of why K-12's have embraced chromebooks, not because of the price of the iPads.
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Yes, I worked in a school for a while. You can wheel in a cartload of Chromebooks to students and pass them out and the kids can get to work with zero training or explanation. If the data is server-based it does not even matter which kid gets which Chromebook and there is nothing to do to keep the Chromebooks up to date.
 
derekamoss said:
Apple making headway into the enterprise sector is about as likely as Windows Mobile was to break into the smart phone market....
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Well as windows owned one of the biggest share in the mobile space in the USA pre iPhone , they didn’t need to break into it :) but they sure did were kicked out of it.
 
So there is obviously a "small and/or large business market" somewhere in Apple land, or else we wouldn't see this kind of undertaking. Companies don't do this kind of stuff for a loss anymore like they used to.

So what percentage are we talking about that are using enough Macs, iPads, and iPhones enough to make this a big deal?
 
NotTooLate said:
Well as windows owned one of the biggest share in the mobile space in the USA pre iPhone , they didn’t need to break into it :) but they sure did were kicked out of it.
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Windows 8 & 10 on Nokia's is definitely different then there prior attempts and is more what I was talking about.
 
MacOS can be (and probably is) both the best OS out there and still not be adequate in all cases.

Same for Apple software.

Overall, companies still struggle with software mightily. MS, Oracle, SAP, Google, don't care who you are everyone struggles.

Now smaller companies with niche products can be in better shape, but usually just scratching the surface of any company will reveal a lot of sausage being made. Architecture issues, bugs, unomptimized code, doc issues all abound.
 
Good take on Jamf!
I always thought Jampf allows aggressive policies and doesn't balance user privacy and work needs.
One of the reasons I use my personal machine for work (BYOD).
 
We are a jamfnow customer (as recommended by Apple Business years ago). I'm wondering if there will be any kind of migration path.
 
My small business needs dictation but MacOS' built in dictation isn't functional enough for work use. As much as I hate Dragon Naturally Speaking, it works well enough but only on Windows and is now owned by Microsoft.
It's frustrating having these great new M1 chips but no decent dictation options for Mac.
 
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