John Martellaro for MacObserver write that the barriers are finally collapsing, as Mac is moving more deeply into the corporate sector. He notes an article written by Vin D’Amico at IndUS Business Journal. Martellaro writes, “In an exceptionally well balanced and thought out assessment of the situation, Mr. D’Amico wrote a prescription for a corporation that wants to test the waters with Apple’s enterprise offerings.”

He lists the key points as:

• Recognizing the standards compliance of Macs built on UNIX;
  
• Being award of Apple’s Xserve and Xsan storage area network;
  
• Mac’s ability to integrate into an Active Directory network
  
• Assessing the real TCO, which is not apparent from up front pricing since Apple typically focuses on high performance and valued added configurations;
  
• The ability of Macs to run Windows and Windows software natively or in virtualization.
  

Read more here: Apple Is Making “Serious Inroads In The Enterprise”

(Via Mac Offers.)