You might not think of IBM as a Mac-friendly place to work, but Fletcher Previn, VP of Workplace-as-a-Service at IBM might beg to differ.

Previn used to think like you do: that Apple PCs are more expensive, they’re challenging to support, and require a ton of re-training for help desk staff (who serve a 50,000 employee global work force on Windows PCs)

Turns out, that’s all fairly inaccurate.

Previn realized after meeting with Apple that Macs could be supported more like mobile devices are supported in the enterprise: with self-sufficient users that could help themselves rather than only relying on help desk support.

Read the article “Macs Make Life Easier at IBM” on cultofmac.com.