Apple iPhone - Enterprises Beware!

We just posted this to the Nemertes web site earlier today:

There's no doubt many enterprise IT managers will spend next week fielding requests from employees who want to know how to sync their brand-new Apple iPhone with enterprise messaging and calendaring applications. But at this point in time the iPhone is a consumer device. Even with rumors of an impending announcement from Apple regarding support for Exchange ActiveSync, the iPhone lacks enterprise controls for security and management of mobile devices. However, the introduction of the iPhone should serve as a drive for enterprises to develop a mobility strategy that enables proactive, rather than reactive approaches as new devices hit the market. In our Building A Successful Virtual Workplace Benchmark we noted that only 40% of enterprises have such a strategy.