Welcome to my official home on the web. Below, you will find a list of the most recent technology articles that I have published and the sites/magazines where they have appeared. You can also subscribe to this list via RSS and be constantly updated of any new features that I write.

In the sidebar, you’ll find a link to my most recent book iPhone for Work, a guide to using the iPhone as a business and professional tool. It includes introductory iPhone information, how to make best business use of the built-in iPhone features (even some that seem very consumer-oriented at first), and a guide to finding business and industry related apps.

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You can also use this site to find out more about my professional background and the technology consulting and training services that I offer.

Warmly,
Ryan J. Faas

Recent Articles

After the initial hype surrounding the iPad’s unveiling and despite the overall “cool factor” of the device, many people still seem confused as to how the device will be used in homes, offices, and schools. In this commentary, I look at the potential for the iPad as well as what it represents as a part of Apple’s overall product line.

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There’s been a long debate about just how enterprise-worthiness of the iPhone. But even IT managers and sysadmins that don’t want to sanction the device may have little choice as managers and employees demand it or simply use their own personal iPhones at the office. This article offers some guidelines for finding the right balance for support and security.

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Apple’s push to make the iPhone business-friendly has included some business-specific features (encryption, remote wipe, Exchange support) and there are thousands of business and productivity apps for the iPhone. But what about the built-in consumer-oriented features? Turns out a few of them offer powerful professional uses as well as being just for fun.

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Snow Leopard Server offers up a wide range of advances and improvements over previous versions of Apple’s server platform. Performance gains similar to those seen in Snow Leopard as a client to a 50% price are obvious enhancements, but Apple has also revamped many of the platform’s collaborative tools, making them more complete, reliable, and easy to use for both administrators and end users. Snow Leopard Server also boasts a number of new technologies that make the platform a rival for Exchange when it comes to supporting iPhone and iPod touch users. Get all the important details in this review.

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Apple describes Snow Leopard as a completely 64-bit operating system, yet the kernel of that operating system and some other system components run as 32-bot code in most installations. Does this mean Snow Leopard isn’t as 64-bit as Apple claims or is there more to 64-bit/32-bit computing on the Mac than meets the eye.

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Now that Snow Leopard is announced and ready to ship, find out what you need to know about installing Apple’s newest version of Mac OS X including requirements, a revamped installer, and different choices for new and upgrade installs.

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The 2009 Apple WWDC keynote gave plenty for Mac users to crave – a faster and more compact Mac OS X, over a hundred new iPhone features for free in just over a week ($9.95 if you own an iPod Touch), new MacBooks that are both cheaper and faster, and a new iPhone model that promises both speed and unique new features. But what does this mean for business and IT staffers? Join me as I take a look at the announcements from the IT/business perspective.

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Apple’s marketing may lead you to believe that your Mac is 100% secure out of the box, but the truth is that Macs can be as susceptible to malware and viruses, network attacks, and excessive spam as other computing platforms (particularly as their market-share rises, giving malicious users more reason to target them). In this guide, I profile the best Mac security tools on the market (from freeware to business tools) to help you find the best way for you to keep your Mac safe.

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With Apple boasting 50,000+ apps in the iPhone/iPod Touch app store, finding the ones that you really need and want to use can be a challenge. So, here’s my guide to the top twenty apps that every iPhone or iPod Touch user has to at least check out once. This may not be the definitive app guide, but it some of the cream of the crop and chance are you’ll end up hanging to a few of these and using them on a daily basis.

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