CUPERTINO, Calif. & ARMONK, N.Y. -- (Business Wire)
Apple® 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 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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Contacts:
IBM
Edward Barbini, 914-499-6565
barbini@us.ibm.com
or
Apple
Natalie
Kerris, 408-974-6877
nat@apple.com
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