The coming war over iPhone: IT professionals, charged with company security, will ban and block the Apple iPhone at all costs. Why?
The Wi-Fi-enabled iPhone has no firewall, no Exchange or Lotus Notes support, no PBX integration and no ability to wipe company information from it if lost or stolen. It’s a security hazard and a liability.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Apple and AT&T will actively market the device to professionals and business people will want them.
Clearly a war is shaping up between IT people responsible for company data security and gadget-loving users, who will want to connect to the Wi-Fi network at work and carry sensitive company data around on their iPhones.
So here is the question of the day: Who will win in the war and why? Gadget lovers or IT Security Professionals?
