Businesses lining up for iPhone integration

With the original iPhone and next-generation iPhone 3G set to take on a decidedly more enterprise-savvy role with the upcoming iPhone 2.0 OS firmware, businesses can finally integrate the iPhone with their Exchange-based corporate communications systems.

A survey, conducted by Goldman Sachs, of 100 executives revealed that 17% of businesses will be bringing the iPhone on-board as an enterprise device within the next year. That level of iPhone-support is “a very strong number especially at this early stage,” says Goldman telecom analyst Jason Armstrong. And, once the iPhone’s enterprise prowess proves itself over the next several months, we’ll likely see more and more businesses lining up to support the iPhone.

It would be prudent to understand that the same survey indicates that 83% of businesses aren’t looking toward the iPhone as an enterprise platform. But, that doesn’t take away from the fact that the iPhone’s consumer-roots are starting to find their way in to the enterprise-garden.

[Via: AlleyInsider]