Apple and IBMhave just announcedan unprecedented partnership to work the iPhone to enterprise customers . In other password , you ’re actually move to be able-bodied to use your iPhone for work .
The surprising partnership comes after years of tense coition between the two companies , but now , the two will be working together to “ help oneself companies deploy wireless devices and clientele - specific applications to execute on them , ” coating which have long been scarce in the iOS ecosystem .
In an declaration today , Apple explained the pairingwith its former competition as a complementing of skill sets :
The new [ apps ] will be establish in an exclusive collaboration that draws on the distinct strengths of each company : IBM ’s big data point and analytics capability , with the power of more than 100,000 IBM industry and domain consultants and software system developer behind it , fused with Apple ’s legendary consumer experience , hardware and software integration and developer platform .
A verbal description that , as the Wall Street Journal points out , would have seemed preposterous 30 years ago , when Apple ’s iconic 1984 commercial message portrayed IBM is an imposing , horrendous Big Brother .
Apple will be leaning heavy on IBM ’s long history of enterprise expertise , something which , until now , Apple has conspicuously lack . Through the deal , Apple will have admittance to“IBM ’s computing services such as security , twist direction and large - data analytics … . IBM ’s employees will allow on - site accompaniment and military service of Apple products inside companies . ” In exchange , many of the young software will be powered by IBM ’s own swarm meshwork .
The remainder upshot of all this teamwork ? Over 100 new apps make up MobileFirst for iOS and tailored to “ various industries , ” the first set hail out next fall , just in time for iOS 8 . [ Apple , Wall Street Journal ]
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