Apple® AAPL and IBM IBM today announced an exclusive partnership that teams
the market-leading strengths of each company to transform enterprise
mobility through a new class of business apps—bringing IBM's big data and
analytics capabilities to iPhone® and iPad®.
Tim Cook, Apple CEO and Ginni Rometty, IBM CEO today announced a global
partnership to transform enterprise mobility through a new class of business
apps--bringing IBM's big data and analytics capabilities to iPhone and iPad.
Courtesy of Apple/Paul Sakuma
The landmark partnership aims to redefine the way work will get done,
address key industry mobility challenges and spark true mobile-led business
change—grounded in four core capabilities:
• a new class of more than 100 industry-specific enterprise solutions
including native apps, developed exclusively from the ground up, for iPhone
and iPad;
• unique IBM cloud services optimized for iOS, including device management,
security, analytics and mobile integration;
• new AppleCare® service and support offering tailored to the needs of the
enterprise; and
• new packaged offerings from IBM for device activation, supply and
management.
The new IBM MobileFirst for iOS solutions will be built in an exclusive
collaboration that draws on the distinct strengths of each company: IBM's big
data and analytics capabilities, with the power of more than 100,000 IBM
industry and domain consultants and software developers behind it, fused with
Apple's legendary consumer experience, hardware and software integration and
developer platform. The combination will create apps that can transform
specific aspects of how businesses and employees work using iPhone and iPad,
allowing companies to achieve new levels of efficiency, effectiveness and
customer satisfaction—faster and easier than ever before.
As part of the exclusive IBM MobileFirst for iOS agreement, IBM will also sell
iPhones and iPads with the industry-specific solutions to business clients
worldwide.
“iPhone and iPad are the best mobile devices in the world and have transformed
the way people work with over 98 percent of the Fortune 500 and over 92
percent of the Global 500 using iOS devices in their business today,” said Tim
Cook, Apple's CEO. “For the first time ever we're putting IBM's renowned big
data analytics at iOS users' fingertips, which opens up a large market
opportunity for Apple. This is a radical step for enterprise and something
that only Apple and IBM can deliver.”
“Mobility—combined with the phenomena of data and cloud—is transforming
business and our industry in historic ways, allowing people to re-imagine
work, industries and professions,” said Ginni Rometty, IBM Chairman, President
and CEO. “This alliance with Apple will build on our momentum in bringing
these innovations to our clients globally, and leverages IBM's leadership in
analytics, cloud, software and services. We are delighted to be teaming with
Apple, whose innovations have transformed our lives in ways we take for
granted, but can't imagine living without. Our alliance will bring the same
kind of transformation to the way people work, industries operate and
companies perform.”
Apple and IBM's shared vision for this partnership is to put in the hands of
business professionals everywhere the unique capabilities of iPads and iPhones
with a company's knowledge, data, analytics and workflows. Specifically, the
two companies are working together to deliver the essential elements of
enterprise mobile solutions:
- Mobile solutions that transform business: The companies will collaborate to
build IBM MobileFirst for iOS Solutions—a new class of “made-for-business
apps” targeting specific industry issues or opportunities in retail,
healthcare, banking, travel and transportation, telecommunications and
insurance, among others, that will become available starting this fall and
into 2015.
- Mobile platform: The IBM MobileFirst Platform for iOS will deliver the
services required for an end-to-end enterprise capability, from analytics,
workflow and cloud storage, to fleet-scale device management, security and
integration. Enhanced mobile management includes a private app catalog, data
and transaction security services, and productivity suite for all IBM
MobileFirst for iOS solutions. In addition to on-premise software solutions,
all these services will be available on Bluemix—IBM's development platform on
the IBM Cloud Marketplace.
- Mobile service and support: AppleCare for Enterprise will provide IT
departments and end users with 24/7 assistance from Apple's award-winning
customer support group, with on-site service delivered by IBM.
- Packaged service offerings: IBM is introducing IBM MobileFirst Supply and
Management for device supply, activation and management services for iPhone
and iPad, with leasing options.
Announced at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in June and available
later this year, Apple's iOS 8 is the biggest release since the launch of the
App Store℠, giving users incredible new features and developers the tools to
create amazing new apps. For enterprise, iOS 8 builds on the new IT model for
a mobilized workforce by improving the way users are informed of how their
devices are configured, managed or restricted, with expanded security,
management and productivity features.
Apple designs Macs, along with OS X, iLife, iWork and professional software.
Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online
store. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and
App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices
with iPad.
IBM's 5,000 mobile experts have been at the forefront of mobile enterprise
innovation. IBM has secured more than 4,300 patents in mobile, social and
security, that have been incorporated into IBM MobileFirst solutions that
enable enterprise clients to radically streamline and accelerate mobile
adoption, help organizations engage more people and capture new markets.
IBM has made a dozen acquisitions in security in the past decade, has more
than 6,000 security researchers and developers in its 25 security labs
worldwide that work on developing enterprise-class solutions.
IBM has also established the world's deepest portfolio in Big Data and
Analytics consulting and technology expertise based on experiences drawn from
more than 40,000 data and analytics client engagements. This analytics
portfolio spans research and development, solutions, software and hardware,
and includes more than 15,000 analytics consultants, 4,000 analytics patents,
6,000 industry solution business partners, and 400 IBM mathematicians who are
helping clients use big data to transform their organizations.
For more information regarding the new Apple and IBM solutions, please visit
www.ibm.com/MobileFirstForiOS or www.apple.com/ipad/business.
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