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Enterprise iPhone, Android Smartphone Activations Accelerate

By Don Reisinger on 2010-10-14


It wasn’t long ago that most CIOs would scoff at a peer's decision to deploy the iPhone in their operations. The reasoning was that Apple’s devices weren’t designed with corporate users in mind. And, if increased productivity was central to a company’s goals in the future, the iPhone and its virtual keyboard would only hurt the firm’s chances of achieving its mission. How times have changed. A recent study from mobile solution vendor Good Technology, which tallied “thousands of corporate and government” mobile phone activations to its service in 3Q 2010, found that enterprise adoption of Android OS and iOS devices is on the rise. (It's important to note that RIM’s BlackBerry OS wasn’t included in the study, since it doesn’t support Good’s service). It’s clear that companies are realizing that it is possible to bring an iPhone or an Android alternative to employees. Read on to find out which devices and operating systems are most attractive to enterprise customers right now.

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Apple’s iOS platform represented over 50 percent of new activations over the past five months, Good Technology found in its most recent survey.

Android OS trailed iOS in the enterprise with 30 percent of all new activations over the past five months.

Windows Mobile was able to capture 15 percent of all new activations in the past five months, Good Technology found.

Apple iPad activations are on the rise with more than 10 percent of all activations in September 2010 originating with Apple’s tablet.

The iPhone 4 was the most likely device to be activated over the past quarter, Good Technology said.

The HTC Droid Incredible was the most popular Android-based device in the enterprise in May and June, but it was quickly overtaken by the Droid X starting in July.

Over 40 percent of Good Technology customers currently support both iOS and Android devices in their operations.

Nearly 20 percent of companies have three different mobile operating systems running in their operation.

Windows Mobile activations have been “driven primarily by Good’s government customers,” Good said.

Symbian OS is still far behind in the enterprise. Good said that less than 5 percent of all new activations originated from Symbian, and the majority of those activations came from Europe.

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