In the last blog we talked about the concept of Microservice apps. Since then we’ve been talking to a lot of Operations Managers and Directors who are interested in exploring how apps and digitising processes can benefit their businesses. They are looking for operational gains in the form of increased efficiency and productivity. The question […]
What are the pros and cons of outsourcing? What to look out for? In this first blog of three, I look at why companies outsource technology. In future blogs I’ll cover off other areas like human, finance and strategic outsourcing, but technology is a good place to start. Before I do that, I’d like to […]
Large companies are… well… they’re large. They have lots of employees, lots of customers and lots of data, systems and processes. You might think, therefore, that global companies would apply their scale to apps. Think again. While smaller companies look at their large competitors and assume they are slow, cumbersome and uncreative, that’s not our […]
While I was running a macOS Support Essentials 10.13 one of my delegates asked “Is it possible to prevent conversion to APFS when upgrading to High Sierra?” after explaining it to him I realised that most people in the room also didn’t realise this was an option, so I thought I better share it. As […]
When it comes to the development of apps for the iOS platform whether you are part of a development team or responsible for end-user experience, these seven tips will help improve your iOS enterprise app development planning. These are practical tips that we’ve learned through developing highly specialised apps over the last five years. You […]
VMware has taken headline sponsorship of the Mac Administrator and Developer Conference, running from 20th-21st February at the VUE entertainment complex Leicester Square, London. The event draws together the best Mac admins and developers from across Europe and features a speaker panel comprising experts from across the globe, including many of the world’s foremost experts […]
Over the next few weeks, you’ll see quite a few changes to the way we present and offer our training courses online; for classroom courses, on-site training, events and online training too. In the meantime, we need to update you with announcements from Apple relating to its certification courses and exams. Retiring macOS Sierra courses […]
The writing has been on the wall for macOS Server app for a long time. With the introduction of High Sierra, many of the Server features have found their way into the client version but in spring 2018 macOS Server is having a major overall to focus more on management of computers and devices. A number of […]
Working in the higher education sector, where your financial years have to be planned out pretty far in advance, the good thing with Apple’s recent policy change around announcing new hardware is that it allows you to budget for it for testing purposes. So, when Apple’s new flagship machine for professionals, the iMac Pro, was […]
Want to write a technical book to share your knowledge with the Mac community? Armin Briegel has done just this. He’s authored two books on macOS which he self-published on iBooks. We caught up with him just before Christmas 2017 to ask him about his experience and to share tips with aspiring authors. You can […]