The penetration of Macs in the corporate world it is still not the biggest, but Apple has been striving to turn this paradigm: over the past few years, several efforts have been implemented by the company and its partners to make the presence of Apple computers more common in business environments .
And the fruits arrive. Examples of this are two news stories today – both coming out of Jamf Nation User Conference, a company event specializing in tools for companies to manage Macs among their employees.
Mac @ IBM

During his keynote at the event, the executive IBM Fletcher Previn announced that the company is opening the solution code Mac @ IBM, designed to simplify the support and management of a company’s Macs. As a result, other companies will be able to use the giant’s platform at no additional cost, customizing it as they see fit.
With Mac @ IBM, companies can collect more data about employees in the initial macOS setup process; employees, in turn, can select application packages to be installed right at the time of configuration – a solution similar to Apple Business Manager, from Apple itself.
At IBM, the idea worked very well: the 30,000 Macs used by company employees in 2015 jumped to 134,000 in 2018.
SAP
While IBM releases its solutions to the world, other companies are announcing internal improvements. THE SAP, one of the largest enterprise software companies on the planet, announced at the same conference that it will start using Jamf solutions to manage the more than 17,000 Macs, 83,000 iOS devices and 170 Apple TVs in the possession of its employees, which will make the whole process simpler and more integrated.

The plans involve the Jamf Self Service service, which allows employees to access applications, resources and automated support without the need to contact the company’s IT sector at all times; integration with Microsoft business services gives employees even more secure forms of data protection and storage.
SAP is already a great partner of Apple and the news will only further deepen the friendship. For Apple, this is great news – after all, exploring a market where your penetration is not high is always a good idea.
via AppleInsider: 1, 2