SANTA CLARA, CA and FRAMINGHAM, MA — (Marketwired) — 07/17/15 — The Annual MacIT® Conference and Expo, the world–s premier event for “Deploying Apple in the Enterprise”, wrapped up at the Santa Clara Convention Center today, having hosted nearly 600 leading Apple deployment professionals from leading global enterprises.
“MacIT hosted an international constituency of enterprise professionals exploring state of the art techniques for deployment, management and security of Apple devices,” said Paul Kent, Conference Chairperson. “The event continues to lead the way for education, solution discovery, and importantly, professional networking. The impact of this event is clear. Look for the MacIT Conference team to continue fostering and serving this audience throughout the year, leading up to an important 2016 event.”
During the event, thought leaders who are setting strategy and support for iPhones, iPads, MacBooks and other Apple technology, discussed their biggest challenges and shared solutions and best practices for innovating in the enterprise with Apple products. Among the sessions presented were:
What Happens When the Disaster Outpaces Your Plans: Paul McLaughlin, Director, IT Production Services, Sony Pictures Entertainment
Apple in the Enterprise Analyst–s View: Ben Bajarin, Principal, Creative Strategies
CIOs– Perspective on Apple in the Enterprise: The MacIT Leadership Panel Moderator: Maryfran Johnson, Editor in Chief, CIO Magazine Panelists: Stuart Appley, CIO, SVP, Shorenstein Properties LLC; Debra Jensen, CIO, Charlotte Russe; Sam Lamonica, VP & CIO, Rosendin Electric
The Enterprise Opportunity: How Developers Can Capitalize on the $28 Billion Business of Enterprise Apps: Jon Potter, President and Co-Founder, Application Developers Alliance
Five Ways To Avoid This Headline: “Security Breach at (Your Company)”: Michael Santarcangelo, Contributing Editor, CSO
WWDC Recap Session
CSO/CISO Roundtable: A Day in the Life of a Security Leader
MacIT Unconference – discussions based on topic feedback suggestions from the attendees. Topic suggestions submitted included: Open Source Mac management; New IBM/Apple enterprise apps; OS X in highly secure environments; establishing relationships with vendors; preferred antivirus solutions; and, free open source tools for Mac admin.
Practitioner Speakers who participated in the event came from many leading companies, including: Facebook; Expedia; Genentech; Howard Hughes Medical Institute; The Bay Club Company; Sony Pictures; Charlotte Russe; Otter Products; Bits2Body; UC Irvine; FSU; Penn State Shorenstein Properties; and, Rosendin Electric.
MacIT Conference and Expo, is produced by IDG World Expo and offers three days dedicated to putting iOS and OS X tools to work in the business organization. The conference provided Apple deployment professionals, enterprise managers, Fortune 1000, Global 50, higher education, governmental organizations and developers with in-depth information about the challenges that iOS 8 and OS X deployments present now, along with how to plan for OS X Mavericks.
Event sponsors included: JAMF Software; Code 42; Absolute Software; Centrify; Lantronix; MacStadium; Parallels; AirWatch by VMware; ESET; Endpoint Protector by CoSoSys; FileWave; FastSpring; MobileFrame; Project Wizards; Prosoft Engineering, Watchman Monitoring and Zoom. For information about MacIT 2016 sponsorship, please contact John Sellazzo at (508) 424-4813 or
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