Apple and IBM announce "Together"
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Recently, Apple and IBM have reached an exclusive cooperation agreement to combine their respective market-leading advantages to jointly create a new category of business applications and establish a new enterprise-level mobile experience - IBM's long-renowned big data and analytical capabilities will be injected into Apple's iPhone and iPad - combined with the latter's excellent user experience, jointly improve the process of enterprises and employees using iOS devices to work. By the way, after the announcement, BlackBerry, which has always been proud of its enterprise-level experience, fell 4% (currently US$11.13 per share), Apple rose, and its current share price is US$95.32, while IBM's is US$188.49. Interested friends may wish to refer to the full text of the announcement below: Apple and IBM have reached a global partnership to jointly promote the transformation of the enterprise-level mobile market CUPERTINO, California and ARMONK, New York - July 15, 2014 - Apple and IBM today announced that they have reached an exclusive cooperation: combining the advantages of their respective market leaders to create a new category of business applications, injecting IBM's big data and analytical capabilities into iPhone and iPad, and promoting the transformation of the entire enterprise-level mobile market. This collaboration is of epoch-making significance, and its essence is to redefine the way people work, solve the problems in enterprise-level mobile applications, and transform business with the "mobile first" mentality. These goals will be achieved through four tasks: - Customized new enterprise-level solutions for specific industry needs and iPhone and iPad platforms, with a number of more than 100 (including native applications) - IBM cloud services optimized specifically for iOS, including: device management, security, analysis and mobile integration - New AppleCare support services built for various needs of enterprises - New products packaged by IBM for device activation, provisioning and management The cornerstone of the IBM Mobile First for iOS solution is the powerful advantages of both companies: IBM's big data and analytical capabilities, more than 100,000 industry and field consultants and software developers behind it, and Apple's excellent consumer experience, hardware and software integration and developer platform. The applications created by the combination of the two will revolutionize the way enterprises and their employees use iPhone and iPad to work, allowing companies to take efficiency, effectiveness and customer satisfaction to a new level. As part of this exclusive partnership, IBM will sell iPhone and iPad devices equipped with specific industry solutions to corporate customers worldwide. Apple CEO Tim Cook said: "iPhone and iPad are the best mobile devices in the world. They have changed the way people work. 98% of Fortune 500 companies and 92% of Global 500 companies are using iOS devices." He also said: "For the first time in history, we can inject IBM's long-standing cloud big data analysis capabilities into the fingertips of iOS users, and Apple can also enter a market with unlimited potential. The cooperation between the two companies is of far-reaching significance to the enterprise market. There are things that only Apple and IBM can provide." IBM CEO Ginni Rometty said: "Mobile, data, and cloud, combined, can bring epoch-making changes to companies and industries. People will have a new view of work, industry, and career." He also pointed out: "Our cooperation with Apple is also full of IBM's original intention. We are eager to bring innovation to global customers and further consolidate IBM's leadership in self-analysis, cloud, software and services. We are honored to work with Apple. Their achievements have improved the lifestyles of countless people. Life is unimaginable without Apple. Our cooperation will bring changes to the way people work and improve the experience of industry and company operations." Apple and IBM share a vision to put the entire company’s knowledge, data, analytics and workflows in the hands of business people around the world through iPad and iPhone. The enterprise mobile solutions we are creating together will have the following features: Transform your company’s approach to mobile: We will work together to develop IBM MobileFirst for iOS Solutions, a new category of enterprise applications. These applications target specific industry needs, including retail, healthcare, banking, travel and transportation, telecommunications, insurance, and more. Initial results will be available this fall, with more products to be released in 2015. Mobile platform: This platform will provide end-to-end enterprise services such as analytics, workflow, cloud storage, fleet-scale device management, security, and integration. Mobile management will be enhanced with a private app catalog, data and transaction security services, and a productivity suite for all IBM solutions developed for iOS that are mobile first. Building on the software solutions above, these services will be available on Bluemix, the development platform on the IBM Cloud Marketplace. Mobile Services and Support: Apple's renowned customer support team will provide 24/7 assistance to enterprise-level Apple Care users - IT departments and end users. IBM will also provide on-site support services. Packaged Services: IBM will launch IBM Mobile First Provisioning and Management Services for device provisioning, activation and management of iPhone and iPad, and provide leasing options. iOS 8, launched by Apple at WWDC 2014, is the biggest innovation in the App Store ever, bringing incredible new features to users and providing developers with a range of tools to create wonderful new applications. For enterprise users, iOS 8 will create a new IT model to serve a more mobile work group and help them better understand how their devices are configured, managed and constrained. In addition, iOS 8 will also bring them the latest reliable security, management and productivity features. Apple has designed the Mac, OS X, iLife, iWork and other professional software; Apple has led the entire digital music revolution through iPod and iTunes online store; Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with the revolutionary iPhone and App Store; Apple is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices through iPad. IBM's 5,000 mobile experts have always been at the forefront of enterprise mobile innovation. At present, IBM has obtained more than 4,300 patents in the fields of mobile, social, and security. These achievements have been integrated with the IBM Mobile First solution, helping many enterprise users to significantly simplify and accelerate the mobile experience, helping organizations to reach more users and occupy new markets. In the past 10 years, IBM has made a series of acquisitions in the security industry. At present, there are more than 6,000 security research experts and developers in its 25 security labs around the world, who are working together to create enterprise-level solutions. In addition, IBM has also created the world's most in-depth combined experience in the field of big data and analytical consulting and technology. The reason for this achievement is that there are 40,000 (Jason, please help verify the object of 40,000) data and analytical services as the foundation. This combined analytics experience spans R&D, solutions, software and hardware, and mobilizes more than 15,000 analytics consultants, 4,000 analytics patents, 6,000 enterprise-level solution business partners, and 400 IBM mathematicians - who are helping customers use big data to take their organizations to the next level. As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity. |
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