Nearly 70 percent of companies say they will permit employees to use Macs in the workplace – double the number just 8 months ago, a survey found.
Macs “could very well represent a viable alternative to PCs” in companies, Laura DiDio, principal analyst of the Boston-based Information Technology Intelligence Corporation.
A survey of businesses found the top reason was the “consumerization of IT,” followed by the increased availability of Windows applications through Boot Camp and other virtualization.
Companies suggesting they will bring Macs into the workplace within the next 12 months is twice that found in a survey conducted eight months ago.
Other findings from the survey of 700 companies:
Although the push by employees familiar with Macs is having greater traction with IT managers, DiDio said Apple needs to provide better enterprise support.
Apple was surprised by the widening adoption of Macs within companies. Asked how they plan to respond, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer company said they let “consumers evangelize for us,” the analyst said.
Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.
