Comments on: NASA: iPhone not Enterprise-Ready http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4690 Independent Tech News and Product Reviews from former VP and head of CNET.com and Longtime Computer Shopper Columnist, Alice Hill author of the popular "Hard Edge" column. Originally named AliceandBill.com. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:05:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Bill King http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4690#comment-246422 Tue, 07 Aug 2007 05:21:48 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4690#comment-246422 On the other hand, <a href="http://www.trolltech.com/products/qtopia" rel="nofollow">qtopia's</a> being used in emergency services gear in europe. "Enterprise" doesn't even come near the level of reliability needed there. On the other hand, qtopia’s being used in emergency services gear in europe. “Enterprise” doesn’t even come near the level of reliability needed there.

]]> by: Jim Frost http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4690#comment-243887 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 02:14:41 +0000 http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/4690#comment-243887 The only two real reasons it's not "enterprise ready" are battery life and AT&T contract limitations. Gartner's report sounds more like it was written by a Microsoft marketing droid than someone with real requirements; "only one hardware vendor"? Get real, how many Blackberry and Treo vendors are there? And software availability? If it has e-mail, it's got what it needs for most businesses -- and of course with first-class web and VPN support the iphone is superbly positioned for internet applications that are way easier to write, deploy and manage than little phone applets. I'm split on "security suites." How many of those do you see on Treos or Blackberries? Like, none. They're only on Windows stuff, and there's a good reason for that. On the other hand, the iphone OS is arguably the most capable ever on a phone, and they appear to have removed the UNIX security system according to early reports. I'd say that at this point it's an unknown, but not a huge worry as yet. So while I wouldn't buy it for my business either, it's not /that/ bad, and there are some advantages. The only two real reasons it’s not “enterprise ready” are battery life and AT&T contract limitations. Gartner’s report sounds more like it was written by a Microsoft marketing droid than someone with real requirements; “only one hardware vendor”? Get real, how many Blackberry and Treo vendors are there? And software availability? If it has e-mail, it’s got what it needs for most businesses — and of course with first-class web and VPN support the iphone is superbly positioned for internet applications that are way easier to write, deploy and manage than little phone applets.

I’m split on “security suites.” How many of those do you see on Treos or Blackberries? Like, none. They’re only on Windows stuff, and there’s a good reason for that. On the other hand, the iphone OS is arguably the most capable ever on a phone, and they appear to have removed the UNIX security system according to early reports. I’d say that at this point it’s an unknown, but not a huge worry as yet.

So while I wouldn’t buy it for my business either, it’s not /that/ bad, and there are some advantages.

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