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Apple and IBM Team Up For Major Enterprise Mobility Partnership
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Very relevant in the corporate arena, not on the old hardware business they abandoned year ago, but on the software and services segment.
I guess I keep forgetting IBM isn't Lenovo.
I'd be curious if there is actually any iOS integration or if it will just be non-App store pre-loaded apps.
I see this as a smart move. Both companies will benefit without apple having to stretch itself to focus on a different market. Apple can continue to focus on the best consumer devices.
If you put aside Job's teenage angst full views of IBM (which were relevant at the time but are no longer), this is a very smart move for Apple. They still have full control over future product development, they've just essentially outsourced the boring back end!
What do you mean? Even Jobs had already put Jobs' teenage angst views aside. You remember the AIM alliance, right? Apple/IBM/Motorola?
"I agree with eddy." 
Damn.. Tim is fast.. Can't wait for september and october events.
Damn.. Tim is fast.. Can't wait for september and october events.
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In other news, Apple devices will now use Power PC architecture.
(Wow! Xeyad beat me to it!
(Wow! Xeyad beat me to it!
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I work in a 250,000 employee corporation. Believe or not, the main official mobile device here is still BB. However, nobody uses it, and everybody has found a way to use corporate applications on iOS (and now increasingly Android) devices under BYOD policies.
Of course that is with the permission and support of IT department, which is also doing a lot of inarticulate things to keep up with that demand (third party apps, platforms that run under iOS and support company specific AppStores that not always work properly, etc)
If Apple and IBM put order into that chaos and provide a seamless experience under a secure environment, they will win.
Also, remember that IBM is contributing something very important to this partnership: easy access to big corporate CIOs
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Of course that is with the permission and support of IT department, which is also doing a lot of inarticulate things to keep up with that demand (third party apps, platforms that run under iOS and support company specific AppStores that not always work properly, etc)
If Apple and IBM put order into that chaos and provide a seamless experience under a secure environment, they will win.
Also, remember that IBM is contributing something very important to this partnership: easy access to big corporate CIOs
I like this...
I would like Apple take on a partnership with Microsoft to take on Google and make them irreverent.
Yesterday I started using Bing instead of Google and I like it a lot. And I changed my e-mail from Gmail to Outlook.com. Not as good, but it get's the job done and I don't have to worry about Google having all my info.
Good bye Google!
Yesterday I started using Bing instead of Google and I like it a lot. And I changed my e-mail from Gmail to Outlook.com. Not as good, but it get's the job done and I don't have to worry about Google having all my info.
Good bye Google!
Except now you have to worry about Microsoft having your info, and to add to it, they're partnered with Facebook. The only reason I'd touch Bing with a 10-foot pole would be for its image search, now that Google's is really slow for some reason.
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Sorry, I had to.
As someone who works for big-scale enterprise customers - you have no idea. They are a huge aircraft of products and services. Not all of them are so great, I must admit, but they are there. In the other corner, you have Oracle.
While Apple still produces Mac computers, its main products are its mobile devices. IBM sold its personal-computer business to Lenovo Group in 2005, repositioning the company as a software and computer-services provider.
In 84, we were competitors. In 2014, I dont think you can find two more complementary companies, said Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook.
Sounds like a good, smart move for both sides. After-hours stock price for each company agrees.
In 84, we were competitors. In 2014, I dont think you can find two more complementary companies, said Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook.
Sounds like a good, smart move for both sides. After-hours stock price for each company agrees.