What are Shared iPads for Business?
The concept of users sharing devices may seem familiar even for organizations just embarking on their digital workspace journey. However, apart from K-12 or Education users, there wasn’t a native Apple solution for preparing shared iOS devices. Apple built devices on the notion of single user association, both for consumer and business use. But there has been a plethora of vertical-specific use cases in the enterprise—especially in...
Epic and Workspace ONE Come Together to Secure Patient Data
Mobile technologies have dramatically changed the operational efficiency and quality of patient care provided by clinical staff at hospitals all over the world. Now, healthcare providers are turning their attention to how these technologies can improve the patient experience. With Workspace ONE and Epic, mobile experiences are more secure for patients and more automated for clinicians, with zero additional cost or overhead for IT....
Apple Pushes for Greater Privacy with User Enrollment
In collaboration with Paul Mounkes, Senior Product Marketing Manager For years, executives and mobility admins alike have worked to define their Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) strategies using solutions available in the marketplace. In the early days, the “wild west” nature of mobility caused many of these solutions to opt for strict controls and security-first policies that favored the needs of IT rather than end-users. Unfamiliar with...
The Wait for iOS 13 is Over
Apple wrapped up its Fall 2019 Keynote last Tuesday, and with it came details and release dates for the new consumer Apple services, a new Apple Watch, and the first “Pro” iPhone with iPhone 11 Pro. While Apple fans must wait on their new toys, they don’t have to wait any longer for iOS 13. The latest iOS update is now out and will soon be running iPhones everywhere. As we’ve previously written, this is likely Apple’s most important...
WWDC 2019: A Home Run for the Enterprise
This year at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote CEO Tim Cook presented numerous consumer updates for hardware and software in the Apple ecosystem. We saw Dark Mode come to iOS 13 and the newly announced iPadOS. macOS 10.15 aka Catalina will bring us the end of iTunes in favor of a trio of Music, Podcast, and TV apps in its place. It also brings a new Sidecar capability to allow users iPads to be used as an extended...
Upcoming changes to on-boarding iOS devices to MDM
Later this year, Apple will be introducing a new workflow to manual profile installations. This change requires users to complete the installation of configuration profiles in the Settings app when enrollment is initiated via a website or email message, to improve the overall security of the platform. Why is Apple making this change? From our discussions with Apple, the primary driver for this change is to protect all iOS devices from...
