Many IT leaders have participated in our secure mobility briefings at the Apple EBC in Cupertino. The hallmark of our consulting engagements is providing secure and flexible user experiences through leveraging certificate services, directory services, network services, and device capabilities. Automation, Scripting, & Packaging: A large part of deploying and managing macOS devices is creating the profiles, scripts, and packages for initial configuration and then maintaining those as circumstances change. RSKGroup can create your initial deployment configuration, work with your team to automate updates, and provide training to maintain the process. Beyond deployment, there are likely ongoing manual processes needed to maintain the user environment and IT infrastructure. Leveraging languages like AppleScript, shell scripts, Python, and Swift, we can simplify your IT workflows. Whether this is creating project folders with all the correct sub-directories and permissions, automating periodic tasks, or creating small GUIs for end user input, RSKGroup can create the automation and ensure your team can keep it working. Another key to a good management strategy is monitoring and notifications. Our team can build a dashboard for monitoring your systems and providing notifications of errors and warnings. Using the simple interface provides full status updates at a glance, including the ability to drill down into specific systems and errors from anywhere. iOS & MacOS Management: Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) is complex in both it’s approach and its execution. Understanding the dichotomies of personal data integrity and corporate security is critical in managing and creating trust. Leveraging the core technologies of EMM is crucial in meeting the highest levels of data security without sacrificing user experience. Deploying mobile devices and supporting users requires not only a management solution; increased network capacity, wireless enhancements, access to network-based resources as well as mobile-ready file sharing and access controls are also needed. A well-planned approach to deployment and management will enhance the experience shared by your colleagues. Having deployed iPads for large restaurant chains, medical financing, and marketing organizations, as well as real estate firms and educational facilities, we have the experience to help you eliminate the risk associated with supporting mobility. We also have the knowledge to help you get devices into the hands of your colleagues. Give us a call and see how we can help you streamline your mobile deployments and facilitate the management of your devices. Media & Entertainment Implementation The infrastructure required for the production of media content (video, audio, still images, etc.) is by its nature unique to the work product and process. The servers, storage, and workflows used by organizations to manage productivity documents (text documents, spreadsheets, presentations, etc.) can be simple file servers with minimal bandwidth requirements. These users typically do not need to work on files stored on a server, instead downloading and uploading files, thereby decreasing the number of interactions users would have with a server. Those users involved in media creation typically require high-end workstations connected to server(s) via high-speed network connections and work on files or projects that are stored – and remain – on those servers. These server infrastructures often have network connections in the 10Gb or higher range. While heavy video workflows (4K, 5K, 8K, etc.) require fiber-attached SAN access. In addition to the hardware and network requirements, media production typically requires Directory Services for permissions control and custom tools (production portals, ticketing systems, time tracking systems, etc.). At RSKGroup we have deep experience in the media and production space, and manage the environments of some of the largest organizations in the US. Let us help you evaluate your environment and provide the most efficient solution to meet the requirements of your deliverables.
Let us take this experience and help you alleviate any challenges associated with deploying Apple devices into your organization.