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New Apple IT Pro Section

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the macs-work-too dept.

aqsalter writes "Apple has finally created a new section for information from an IT Professionals viewpoint, with articles about all the good stuff. Previously Apple shied away from having any obvious IT focus, but it seems Apple are acknowledging their influence in the IT sphere, with two high-profile HPC clusters and enterprise class tools for managing open source technologies."

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  1. If you have a hammer ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    every problem is a nail.

    Historically, Apple had its own operating system(s) developed in-house. Creating enterprise systems would have been a huge extra burden for them. Now, their os is basically _nix. Existing enterprise systems can be easily integrated with Apple's stuff.

    Bottom line: Apple can more easily do this now and so they are doing it.

  2. I hear they're coming out with a new product... by bloggins02 · · Score: 5, Funny

    iT :)

  3. Re:Nice :) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Great idea! Cause there's nothing IT admins love more than being told how to do their job!

    Maybe they don't love being told how to do their jobs, but they sure as hell love creating job security by standardizing us all on machines that require near constant attention.

    I love when our IT guys try to tell us things like "Macs can't network", "Macs can't use the internet", and my personal favorite... "Apple is going out of business".

    Maybe instead of being told how to do their jobs, they should take it upon themselves to learn how to do their jobs.