CenterBeam is the latest managed services provider to introduce Apple-centric managed services. The CenterBeam effort focuses on help desk services, endpoint management and security for Mac OS and Apple iOS — the operating system that drives iPhones and iPads. Meanwhile, Apple is striving to recruit 1,000 channel partners to service and support iOS devices multiple sources tell MSPmentor.
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Apple Managed Services: Is CenterBeam Part of a Bigger Trend?
Posted November 28th, 2011 by Joe Panettieri
Apple Dials Small Business Owners
Posted June 11th, 2010 by Joe Panettieri
I was surprised to recently receive a voicemail from Apple. More precisely, The Apple Store in San Francisco was dialing my office phone line to see if I required any special products, business services or education. It wasn’t a consumer-centric message. It was Apple for business. And it’s a sign of things to come from Steve Jobs and Company. Here’s why.
Apple’s MobileMe Managed Service Misses Mark
Posted July 24th, 2008 by Joe Panettieri
Does Apple want to be a managed service provider? In some ways, yes. But so far those efforts aren’t going too well. The company’s MobileMe service — a cloud-based system designed to manage your contacts and calendars across a range of devices — is taking a beating from critics. Even The Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg, typically an Apple advocate, is telling readers that MobileMe is filled with problems.
