US NOAA ditches BlackBerry, chooses Apple's iPhone and iPad
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest government organization to adopt Apple's iPhone and iPad after ditching Research in Motion's BlackBerry.
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AppleInsider Staff
iPad takes 96% of tablets, iPhone 53% of phones in Good mobile enterprise study
Enterprise mobile services vendor Good Technology reported that iPad accounted for 96 percent of tablets and iPhone 53 percent of smartphones activated by the more than 2,000 companies using its services in the fourth quarter, giving iOS a 71 percent share of all mobile devices.
Daniel Eran Dilger
Survey suggests 50% growth in enterprise spending on Apple products in 2012
Apple could see as much as 50 percent growth in global corporate IT spending on its devices this year, according to a recent survey from a market research firm.
Josh Ong
Enterprise adopting Apple products as company becomes 'easier to work with'
Apple's recent success in the enterprise comes as the company has worked to cater to businesses' needs, and also as Chief Executive Tim Cook has shown a friendlier side than companies were used to with Steve Jobs.
Neil Hughes
Forrester: 'It's time to repeal prohibition' on Macs in the enterprise
Mac business users have been shown to be more productive than their PC counterparts, prompting Forrester Research to encourage companies to support Apple hardware in the workplace.
Employee-owned iPhone, iPad an 'unstoppable train' in the enterprise
A briefing by Gartner on the management of employee owned devices within corporate circles "affirms the strong opportunity of Apple in the enterprise," a market where 91 percent of the Fortune 500 are testing or deploying iOS devices.
Apple's back-to-school promo clobbering Microsoft's efforts
In spite of initial skepticism from industry watchers, Apple’s annual Back to School promotion is off to a strong start, pushing a fourfold increase in Mac sales over that of Windows PCs by college students in some circles.
Blake Steven
Apple's iPhone trumps Android in enterprise adoption, iPad dominates
A new survey of ActiveSync-based smartphones in the enterprise found that Apple's iPhone is the market leader with a 61 percent share and growing, while Google Android owns just 17 percent.
Slash Lane
Apple's iPad "running far ahead" in enterprise adoption
Apple has taken a significant lead in the corporate world with the success of its iPad tablet, said one analyst, while predicting the company will sell 33.7 million iPads this year.
