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Dedicated to providing its customers the latest in technology solutions, digital partners has developed new relationships with leading software, professional solutions, and hardware providers.

This year, dpi has added Autodesk to its lineup, offering Autodesk’s AutoCAD and Maya design and modeling software. AutoCAD is the industry-standard 2D and 3D design application, aiding engineers, architects, and designers in conceptualizing plans. As an Autodesk authorized reseller, digital partners helps companies find the best-fit AutoCAD family for their needs.

digital partners continues to be the leading provider of mobile device management (mdm) solutions, working closely with MobileIron to assist companies ranging from small- and medium-sized businesses to Fortune 500 corporations manage and monitor their mobile devices, including iOS devices like iPhone and iPad. A cross platform, hosted or cloud solution, MobileIron gives IT departments the power to manage apps, access controls, and data exchange. By being a MobileIron Partner, digital partners is uniquely positioned to help companies leverage MobileIron’s mdm solution at a low cost. View our mobile device management page to find out more about this exciting partnership and customized solutions for your mobile workforce.

Skullcandy balances their commitment to great sounding and eye-catching headphones and accessories. dpi has partnered with Skullcandy to offer the full range of sound accessories compatible with iPod, iPhone, and iPad.

At dpi, we offer the most innovative solutions, and are on the leading edge of new technologies surrounding Apple & its eco-system. We  provide you and your business with the best solutions for mobile device management, network back-up, AutoCad, data storage, video solutions and much more. Give us a call to find out more about each of these partnerships.

The long proponent of having a Windows-only workplace, Forrester did an about-face and released a new report saying that Mac users are often the most productive at a company and continuing to support their technology needs means growth over-all. A Forrester survey of 590 IT executives and decision makers found that the top-earners and performers at companies are opting to use Apple computers – even at their own expense. This class of the lead 17% of employees find that using an Apple laptop over a company-supplied Windows PC allows them to work more quickly and present a professional image. Top performers state that Windows PCs are slowing them down and look cheaply made.

Accordingly, Forrester recommends that IT departments start supporting Macs in the enterprise in order to keep up. Insisting on a PC-only work environment will only hinder workers who are using new technologies to be more productive and find better solutions for customers.

For more about the Forrester research findings you can see Hell freezes over: Forrester urges IT to support the Mac, an article from Philip Elmer-Dewitt.

Incorporating Macs into your workplace does not need to be an IT nightmare. Call digital partners at 314-863-8008 to get a custom audit of how incorporating Macs as well iPhones and iPads can be simple, secure, and cost-effective.

As millions of iPhone and iPad users adopt Apple’s newest version of their mobile platform, companies are working to ensure their security and in-house apps are compatible. iOS 5 presents challenges for the enterprise environment, with some IT departments wondering how to address mobile security issues. Changes and updates in iOS 5 invite concerns on how to monitor and manage iCloud access and activate iPhones and iPads wirelessly without an iTunes account.

Two providers of mobile device management (mdm) responded to these challenges with updates to their Software-as-a-Service platforms (SaaS). Both MobileIron and AirWatch already have upgrades for iOS users. MobileIron’s release strengthens their enforcement of security policies to protect corporate data. MobileIron helps companies bring corporate and employee-owned phones under centralized IT management.

The release from AirWatch allows management to enable or disable iCloud backup, document sync, and photostream to protect corporate data. Both mdm suppliers allow for robust mobile application management as well.

If your company is looking to add iPhones and iPads to their corporate IT infrastructure, it is vital for operations to be secure and devices to be managed. Incorporating an mdm provider like MobileIron or AirWatch helps keep mobile support costs low and corporate data secure. digital partners is a trusted partner to both providers and has dedicated staff to find out which SaaS is best for you.

Want to know more?
Check out our mobile device management page or give us a call at 314.863.8008.

Apple Financial Services is offering something all businesses can appreciate. For the remainder of 2011, business customers can choose the 24- or 36-month lease structure they want — Fair Market Value, 10% Purchase Option or $1.

Purchase Option — and pay nothing until 2012. Most businesses have a lot to do before 2012 arrives. You can do it all on a brand new Mac without making a payment until after 2012 has begun. And you can use your cash for those other end-of-year purchases.

No payments until 2012 on a 24- or 36-month lease of $5,000 or more.

FMV, 10% Purchase Option or $1 Purchase Option leases are eligible.

Offer details
• Available for all Apple equipment, software and services.
• US business customers only.
• Signed lease documents required by December 31, 2011 to qualify.
• All lease structures subject to standard end-of-term conditions for Fair
Market Value, 10% PO or $1 PO lease. • Lease agreement subject to all standard fees, taxes and shipping
charges.
• Maximum of 20% soft costs (Ex: Apple software, AppleCare).
• End-of-term options include:
- FMV: return equipment, extend lease at new term, purchase
equipment at fair-market value.
- 10% PO: return equipment, extend lease at new term, purchase
equipment for 10% of original lease total.
- $1 PO: purchase equipment for $1.
• Lease agreement subject to all standard fees, taxes and shipping
charges.
• Subject to credit and document approval.

Call digital partners, your Authorized Apple Reseller Representative to learn about these and other great offers from Apple Financial Services.

A recent article from The Economist examined the challenge that many companies are facing with employees’ attitudes toward technology in the workplace. Young hires are increasingly offering complaints about complex systems with complicated manuals. Raised on user-friendly, but powerful websites and mobile applications, Generation-Y is finding corporate software and sites anything but helpful.

But what is perhaps more interesting news is how employees of every age are demanding to use their personal technological devices to do work. From iPads to their personal smartphones, large percentages of workers are requesting IT staff to set up email and access to intranet data. It makes sense: with more of the workforce being mobile, working out of office and face-to-face with customers, employees want the flexibility to stay in contact easily.

At first glance, using employees’ personal devices as company hardware sounds like a dream come true. IT departments could slash budgets for new devices and users would be responsible for their own training. Yet beyond the cost of hardware companies must realize the expense of their intellectual properties, including securing data. Managing thousands of smartphones and tablets can prove to be a nightmare for ill-equipped tech departments. With advances in mobile device management from companies like MobileIron however, corporations can manage employee’s range of apps, access to data, and email security.

Things are changing in the corporate technology environment. As employees turn more tech-savvy and mobile, rely on management tools to protect your company data and secure devices. digital partners is poised to help partners respond to employee interest in using personal tablets and phones. Contact us to speak with a Solutions Architect and Mobile Device Management Specialist for your enterprise.

Four weeks after releasing Lion, Mac OS X 7, Apple unveiled its first update to the operating system. The release brings a host of improvements and fixes to the first release’s bugs. Updates have been made to stabilize data transfer, settings, and changes older application in the new system. Apple named specific fixes in the update, citing solving a bug problem with Safari when some Macs would become unresponsive when playing a video. Apple has also addressed the problem with a few cases of an administrator’s account going missing after installing Lion and has improved WiFi reliability.  All in all, the update, available for Lion users via Software Update, will bring welcome changes and even better experience with OS Lion.