IBM'S NEW TERMINAL IS AN iPhone!
Apple and IBM Forge Global Partnership to Transform BIZ Enterprise Mobility
CUPERTINO, California and ARMONK, New YorkâJuly 15, 2014âAppleÂŽ and IBM (NYSE: 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 appsâbringing IBMâs big data and analytics capabilities to iPhoneÂŽ and iPadÂŽ.
The landmark partnership aims to redefine the way work will get done, address key industry mobility challenges and spark true mobile-led business changeâgrounded in four core capabilities:
âa new class of more than 100 industry-specific enterprise solutions including native apps, developed exclusively from the ground up, for iPhone and iPad;
âunique IBM cloud services optimized for iOS, including device management, security, analytics and mobile integration;
ânew AppleCareÂŽ service and support offering tailored to the needs of the enterprise; and
ânew 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: IBMâs 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
Appleâs 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 satisfactionâfaster 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.
âiPhone 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,â said Tim Cook, Appleâs CEO. âFor the first time ever weâre putting IBMâs renowned big data analytics at iOS usersâ 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.â
âMobilityâcombined with the phenomena of data and cloudâis transforming business and our industry in historic ways, allowing people to re-imagine work, industries and professions,â said Ginni Rometty, IBM Chairman, President and CEO. âThis alliance with Apple will build on our momentum in bringing these innovations to our clients globally, and leverages IBMâs 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 canât imagine living without. Our alliance will bring the same kind of transformation to the way people work, industries operate and companies perform.â
Apple and IBMâs shared vision for this partnership is to put in the hands of business professionals everywhere the unique capabilities of iPads and iPhones with a companyâs 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 Solutionsâa new class of âmade-for-business appsâ 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 BluemixâIBMâs 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 Appleâs 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 Appleâs Worldwide Developer Conference in June and available later this year, Appleâs iOS 8 is the biggest release since the launch of the App Storeâ , 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.
IBMâs 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 worldâs 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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