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IOS Application Development at scale

  • 13-12-2016 11:01AM
    #1
    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,443 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    Scrambling a bit in work and desperately hoping that someone here can give me a quick steer. Possibly a cheeky ask but hoping you will turn a blind eye :)

    Work in IT in Telecoms and my company are increasingly looking at insourcing Application Development activities for IOS. The challenge I have is that all our laptop/desktop clients are Windows (mix of 7, 8.1 and 10) and server builds are Windows and Linux (RedHat to be more specific).

    The specific challenge I have to solve is how to introduce MacOS devices to the enterprise without burdening folks with second laptops to be used as development machines. I am hopeful that there are enterprise solutions on the market that help companies like mine solve this problem - suspect it isn't an uncommon challenge. For example, for Windows development, we would assign our developers a VM and they would work away.

    Apologies if I am being vague but it's well outside my normal remit :)


Comments

  • #2
    Greentree_uk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭Greentree_uk


    time to introduce mac into the enterprise. You can virtualise your windows needs.

    https://www.jamf.com/resources/mac-ibm-zero-to-30000-in-6-months-video/


  • #3
    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,443 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    Greentree_uk wrote: »
    time to introduce mac into the enterprise. You can virtualise your windows needs.

    https://www.jamf.com/resources/mac-ibm-zero-to-30000-in-6-months-video/

    Hmmm suspect I will struggle with that one :D

    Guessing it might have been a bit easier for IBM given the business they are trying to become.

    To ask a serious question though, is there solutions out there that allow you to rack a bunch of Macs and interact with them remotely.


  • #4
    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,443 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    OSI wrote: »
    Surely iOS development is going to be a full time deal for whoever get's assigned to it, in which case a dedicated local machine is a far better choice than some RDP-esque solution.

    There used to be companies that built racks so you could rack a large number of Mac Minis, but the Mini is so small you could sit a monitor on it and it'd take up no space anyway.

    Thanks for replying.

    I guess that is what I asking. I don't see Macs becoming the norm in the organisation anytime soon.

    I don't necessarily have a problem getting the developers a Mac. But I will have a problem getting them permission to connect to the office network and function as their day to day device as well.

    That leaves me in a situation whereby a developer will have a Windows machine as their day to day and a Mac for development work.

    I am suggesting that is a problem but it might be the norm in the industry - not sure to be honest?


  • #5
    Greentree_uk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭Greentree_uk


    wow, your IT is that anti mac that they can't access your corp network? do they know what they are doing? It is a very old attitude and one I've not come across in a long time. as for machines, these guys have it setup http://www.macminivault.com


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