The July 15th announcement by Apple and IBM that they were entering into a partnership for IT services and products for enterprise clients has many implications. The essence of the announcement is that IBM will use its services expertise to develop from the ground up an extensive series of apps specifically for use with Apple iOS based products like the iPhone and iPad.
In addition the partnership will work with specific enterprise clients to build customized apps to make it easier to use these products and to deploy them into enterprise systems. In coverage of the announcement and its significance it has been noted that up to now even though iPhones and iPads (and other Apple products) have been used extensively in enterprise organizations it often has been a difficult IT challenge to manage their deployment and operation. read more here!