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E5 Xeons already shipping?
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“Given iPad sales vs other tablets, I don’t think Android would come close.”
Possibly, but I think this is a long way from your original statement “…the iPad has become the “Day Runner” of choice for business people.” For most business folks, the smartphone is the dayrunner. And it is clear that Blackberry is used far more often for this purpose than anything from Apple.
Shawn
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“That the company is recovering doesn’t mean that their growth in enterprise matches Apple.”
You’re right, it doesn’t. But Apple’s growth in enterprise users doesn’t mean it will catch up to Blackberry either.
It’s possible you may also be overlooking the fact that Windows tablets are also popular in the enterprise.
(Same company as cited earlier, but from an Asia perspective)
https://www.enterpriseinnovation.net/content/debunking-6-myths-it-consumerization?page=0%2C0“In Singapore and globally, the Android phone (50% of Singapore respondents cite Android as No. 1) is the single most popular device inhabiting the workplace today. In Australia, the Apple laptop (30%) and Windows tablet (30%) prove equally popular amongst local employees.”
Shawn
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Survey: For enterprise workers, iPhone beats BlackBerry
https://gigaom.com/apple/survey-for-enterprise-workers-iphone-beats-blackberry/According to a quarterly survey of enterprise companies by commercial Wi-Fi provider iPass, the iPhone has a 45-percent market share of mobile employee usage, passing the undisputed king BlackBerry, for the first time.
See charts here as well.
https://mobileenterprise.edgl.com/top-stories/Apple-Begins-to-Dominate-on-BlackBerry-s-Enterprise-Turf—Is-it-Game-Over-for-RIM-76996 -
iPhone 1, Blackberry 2, Android 3. Both iPhone and Android growing and Blackberry declining.
2012 anticipated use
iPad tablet use
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Basically the “traditional” Desktop market is shrinking and the Xeon type Workstation market is shrinking more. With Desktops, it’s simply that that laptops are a viable alternative for some. With Workstations, as other computer gain power, the need for a Workstation is in decline. Sure there’s still the need. It’s just that that niche is shrinking compared to overall computer use.
The entire industry is facing the issue that the economies of scale are not profitable in the Desktop/Workstation market so they have to consider how to make it profitable. Personally I can only see “modularity” as part of on answer.
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“Survey: For enterprise workers, iPhone beats BlackBerry
https://gigaom.com/apple/survey-for-enterprise-workers-iphone-beats-blackber...”This study is mostly made up of respondents from North America. Blackberry still enjoys a large following in Asia.
“The survey was conducted between September 27 and October 26, 2011, and represented employees across
multiple age groups and geographies. 49 percent of respondents were from North America, 32 percent from
Europe, and 12 percent from the Asia/Pacific region.”Shawn
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Dell updated a workstation with Sandy Bridge Xeons a year ago.
It’s called T1600. And it’s for sale for a while now. Check their site.Oh! And HP also added SB Xeons to its HP Z210
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[Christian Schumacher] “Dell updated a workstation with Sandy Bridge Xeons a year ago. “
Those are single-socket E3 Xeons. They can’t be had in dual CPU boards. They are essentially Core i7s that support ECC RAM. Could Apple have done a single proc line of Mac Pros? I guess, but since the Mac Pro debuted, Apple has rolled with 5000 series Xeons, which the E5 is the successor to. There wouldn’t be very much to separate Thunderbolt i7 iMacs from E3 Mac Pros, performance-wise.
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I’m not sure it’s correct to declare that the workstation market is shrinking. It’s not all rainbows and butterflies, but workstation shipments exceeded 1 million units for the first time in Q3 of last year: 20% year over year growth.
https://jonpeddie.com/press-releases/details/workstation-market-saw-some-return-of-momentum-in-q311/
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Two personal experiences.
First is talking to a senior exec with a major health care firm. Paraphrasing: “We’re giving 600 of our top people iPad 2s today. What’s great is that they’ll train themselves in how to use them just by having them. Then next year we’ll start rolling out our electronic product sheets, point of sales assets and training – its a no brainer.Second was listening to an IT pro talk about walking into any corporate building and through simple wireless sniffers, he can see precisely the percentage of users on different connected OS’s, how many iOS devices, and how many iPads are actually in use at that moment.
The point being is that Apple et al know precisely what the enterprise market represents because they are all ready inside it. Theyre already a major player thru iPhone and now iPad participation.
Doesn’t really matter if it’s the front or back door – if it’s formal IT requests like my senior exec example or employees voting via personal tech purchases.
The point is all Apple is already inside. If they simply play nice with the house IT folks and execs, they’ll thrive.
And they know it.
FWIW
“Before speaking out ask yourself whether your words are true, whether they are respectful and whether they are needed in our civil discussions.”-Justice O’Connor
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