“As AI takes on more of the mechanics like creating configuration profiles, drafting scripts, and troubleshooting routine issues, admins can spend less time figuring out how to make a change and more time deciding what should change, how it affects the business and where human judgment is required,” he said.
Finally, I pointed to the ongoing dilemma between Apple and IT. Some people complain Apple doesn’t innovate in the enterprise fast enough, others say it innovates too fast. What does Fleet think?
“Keeping up with Apple’s release pace was the single most cited hardest part of the job, at 31%,” he told me. “Budget and headcount came last, at 5%. Admins aren’t complaining that Apple ships too little. They’re stretched by the yearly OS cycle, new frameworks, and deprecations.”
This story originally appeared on Computerworld
