Apple for Business - the iPad Changes Everything
The iPad Changes Everything
Instant on, compact size, smooth touch screen, multitude of apps, and ten hour battery life create an entirely new class of business machine. Don't sync to your desktop, get up and do something!
The iPad can handle every form of information and communication. It can replace pencil and paper, as well as perform most traditional info tech functions.
The simplicity of the iPad saves money, time and confusion versus traditional systems. It is also an incredible sales and communications tool. For Hyatt , Microstrategy , and ESPN , success at the enterprise level came early, and the evidence continues to mount. Workers are simply more productive unchained from their desks.
The iPad is the ultra modern way to rise above the operating system mentality, and concentrate on delivering the message or reporting the facts, whatever the message or facts may be.
Including a mini server changes everything even more! It is a tiny, efficient server with great power to connect legacy PC systems and deliver Web services for iPads on a local use intranet. The mini server is a rarity for Apple, a product that includes the term "bargain" in most of the independent reviews.
You may be surprised to find iPad tweaks like pinching for zooming actually create a better browsing experience than from a keyboard device. I believe you WILL find that a local intranet, by essentially bringing "the cloud" down to earth, offers most of the rich functionality of the Web, without the headaches.
The iPad Bridge
iPads are "bridge" device to technology simplification.
"Some have suggested that it might make a good goof-proof computer for technophobes, the aged and the young; they’re absolutely right." -- David Pogue, New York Times
Yet to keep this device as simple as possible, the iPad requires a docking station. Any computer running iTunes software fulfills that function.
Deploying multiple iPads to multiple users, each with distinct needs, requires that each have a unique iTunes account. Multiple accounts are no problem for modern operating systems. But a proliferation of accounts quickly exposes a need for the simplified user administration capacity of a server.
Mini Server Bargain
"Apple gets a lot of criticism for its prices, but that doesn't apply here. " -- Samara Lynn, PCMag.com
"Total (installed) cost? Less than $1500, and that’s including the consultant. And it takes up less room than a stack of CDs. " -- John C. Welch, MacWorld
The mini is the best deal going in server technology, period. Nothing else is even in the ball park. It is also the most environmentally friendly server ever. Ethernet and wireless networking simplify connections for Windows PC's, Macs, Touches, iPads, iPhones and Android devices.
Snow Leopard Server Bridges Past to Future
"the Mac's attraction may be as a superior launching pad for cloud-based applications " -- Mel Beckman, InfoWorld
From some of the oldest legacy equipment still in use, to the very latest mobile devices regardless of manufacturer, if it can network, it can probably be networked to a Mini running Snow Leopard Server. Innovation happens a lot faster when you have all the data together in one place to explore the possibilities.
The world is moving from desktop PC's to mobile devices. Simplified access to information is the driving force, people recognize they advantage almost the instant they see it.
The Mini Server ships with a full set of standardized Web services, no internet required. Run cloud style services the same way everybody has learned to use them, but on a local intranet. The internet will never be able to match the speed and security of serving local. For small groups from two to fifty who need to transfer knowledge in real time, this is a great way to bring the cloud down to earth.
Advanced multimedia tools like Podcast production, quicktime video streaming, and wiki collaboration are included with the Mini Server. It is the simplest way ever to start connecting a legacy desktop past to the fast moving all digital future of mobile devices.
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Facetime
When You're Smilin'
When facetime came to the iPod Touch in September 2010, video chat became pocket sized and free for all on a wireless local area network to enjoy. No AT&T contract required. There really is no better time to begin exploring the possibilities.