Apple Coming To Enterprise Via India
<a href="http://new.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=3459" target="_blank">This article</a> says:
[quote] In its efforts to gain entry into the enterprise business segement for its desktops and operating systems, Apple Computer has decided to use India as a major outsourcing destination for the development of business applications to build an eco-system around Apple platforms.
Apple recently entered into contracts with leading Indian software companies for joint development of business software applications on its latest operating system, Mac OS X. The company is also working with other Indian independent software vendors (ISVs) to port their applications on Apple platform.
Apple is known for its desktop computer called ?iMac? that is considered to be used mainly by high end design professionals and young individuals. The company is now getting beyond its trendy desktop image and plans to break into the serious business applications segment.
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Woohoo. About damn time.
[ 02-26-2002: Message edited by: glurx ]</p>
[quote] In its efforts to gain entry into the enterprise business segement for its desktops and operating systems, Apple Computer has decided to use India as a major outsourcing destination for the development of business applications to build an eco-system around Apple platforms.
Apple recently entered into contracts with leading Indian software companies for joint development of business software applications on its latest operating system, Mac OS X. The company is also working with other Indian independent software vendors (ISVs) to port their applications on Apple platform.
Apple is known for its desktop computer called ?iMac? that is considered to be used mainly by high end design professionals and young individuals. The company is now getting beyond its trendy desktop image and plans to break into the serious business applications segment.
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Woohoo. About damn time.
[ 02-26-2002: Message edited by: glurx ]</p>
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a. Apple's prospective return to the enterprise
b. Their use of Indian software developers
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Apple has consistently denied for years now any intention whatsoever to compete in the enterprise space. Now that this fiction is in tatters what does Apple need to do to compete? What software do they need to develop? Will they need to develop additional hardware too?
<strong>Yea, let's start a new thread on whether Apple will be providing OS X in Hindu or some other Indian language. The more the merrier!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Wouldn't that be sandscript?
Hindi and it's derivations are spoken by about 30-40% of the Indian population. English is used in government and business, and by the more educated classes in general.
I'm not sure what Apple would use, probably English and Hindi.
I'm betting that five years from now Apple has at least an eight percent share of the enterprise market. What I'm really curious to know, is what iApp(s) they're developing to spearhead a renewed push into this market segment.
Is he in the print edition too?