IBM Apple Deal gets to 100th App

IBM-Apple deal reaches key milestone with 100th enterprise app
Competitors may find it hard to match this pace, one analyst suggests
by Katherine Noyes   Via Simon Porter

When IBM and Apple forged their partnership last year to bring new mobile apps to the corporate world, their promise of bringing 100 such apps to market by the end of 2015 was widely considered an ambitious goal. Sure enough, though, it now looks like they've hit their target right on schedule.

IBM has delivered more than 100 IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps through the partnership, it announced Wednesday, each combining its big-data and analytics capabilities with Apple's user experience. ... "  

Most Enterprising Apps

Discussed previously, Via CSIG.   Discussion of development here.

Apple + IBM

The most enterprising apps ever.

Welcome to a new class of apps — entirely reimagined for the mobile enterprise, made for iOS, and designed to empower employees wherever their work takes them.    .... " 

Designed to revolutionize industries and empower employees.

Apple and IBM are redefining the mobile enterprise one industry and role at a time by combining the exponential power of corporate data with the world’s best mobile technology. This exclusive global partnership is delivering a new generation of apps called IBM MobileFirst for iOS that connect users to big data and analytics right on their iOS devices — with more ease and efficiency than ever before. Imagine all the data and information across your entire organization brought to life with relevant analytics, accessible anywhere employees may be, with an engaging, intuitive user experience.   " 

IBM and Apple Partnership for Mobile

I was struck by this announcement yesterday because it includes many of the needs we addressed in the enterprise when we understood that mobile capabilities would change the way we did work.  We would have to provide new functionality to focus efforts and deliver security.  And provide important data anytime, anywhere, with augmenting analytics.  

Addressing questions like: " ... What public apps should I use?  What Apps should we have written to address our special needs?  How do I make sure the right data is available and secure? ... "

Will continue to follow the details.

" ... Apple and IBM yesterday 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. ... " 

See the MobileFirst website and the supporting blog  and press release.

And the impact on Microsoft.