IBM seeing great returns on over 277,000 Macs and iOS devices issued to employees

IBM revealed over 277,000 macOS and iOS devices have been deployed to IBM employees around the globe with the 130,000 Macs in-place leading to consistently less IT support required over PC counterparts.

Andrew O'Hara 7 years ago 26

IBM open-sources Mac@IBM code, spreading tech to other businesses

IBM on Tuesday shared word that it's open-sourcing its Mac@IBM provisioning code, which should enable other companies to provision Macs using similar architecture.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 21

Apple, other tech behemoths to meet on Wednesday to talk privacy crisis

Representatives from a number of major tech firms will gather in San Francisco on Wednesday to address growing concerns over consumer privacy, driven to the forefront by new European regulations and public uproar over scandals like Cambridge Analytica.

Roger Fingas 7 years ago 4

Deutsche Bank drops last BlackBerrys to standardize on iOS

After many years of allowing its employees to replace their corporate-assigned BlackBerry phones with iPhones under a "Bring Your Own Device" policy, Germany's Deutsche Bank is finally officially phasing out all of its BlackBerry devices for new Apple gear.

Daniel Eran Dilger 8 years ago 26

IBM opens new 'Garages' to boost development of MobileFirst apps for iOS

IBM on Thursday announced an expansion of its "Garage" concept, introducing yet more physical offices meant to speed up the creation of MobileFirst iOS apps for enterprise clients.

Roger Fingas 8 years ago 3

Banco Santander partners with IBM to develop suite of iOS MobileFirst banking apps

Santander, one of the world's top banks by market capitalization, has announced plans to collaborate with IBM on the development of a series of native iOS apps to support a "digital transformation" of its business, assisting its bankers to create deeper engagements with clients.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 6

Apple, IBM, United Airlines banding together for better staff iPhone, Apple Watch integration at airports

The initiative between the three companies will assist United Airlines to develop apps for better communication, regulate peak customer demands better, and assist in more effective maintenance for over 50,000 devices already deployed, and more to come.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 8

IBM and Bell partner to bring MobileFirst for iOS apps to Canada

IBM on Tuesday announced a new MobileFirst for iOS partnership with Bell Canada that promises to deliver enterprise apps for iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch to the Great White North.

Mikey Campbell 9 years ago 2

IBM signs iOS deals with Japan Air Lines, Finnair to modernize aircraft maintenance using iPhone, iPad Pro

Japan Air Lines (JAL) and Finnair will be using Apple iPhone and iPad Pro with new IBM apps designed to improve their aircraft maintenance in a new collaboration with the Mobile First program that builds custom iOS apps.

Daniel Eran Dilger 9 years ago 10

IBM extends Watson cognitive capabilities to MobileFirst for iOS apps

As part of a continued partnership with Apple, IBM on Tuesday announced an extension of the MobileFirst for iOS program that integrates Watson cognitive computing technology to bring natural language processing, deep data analytics and more to iOS 10.

AppleInsider Staff 9 years ago 16

Apple and IBM intro first MobileFirst app for schools, Watson Element

On Wednesday, Apple and IBM announced the latest fruit of their MobileFirst enterprise collaboration, IBM Watson Element for Educators, in fact representing their first joint app in the education arena.

Roger Fingas 9 years ago 3

IBM deploying 1,300 Macs per week, Apple users need much less support than PC counterparts

New light was shed on IBM's deployment of Apple hardware at the annual JAMF Nation User Conference on Wednesday, revealing the 100,000 Mac user milestone expected to be crossed at Big Blue right around the start of the new year.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 48

AI initiative counts Google, Microsoft, IBM among its ranks, Apple declines invite

Six companies including Microsoft and Google have launched a cross-disciplinary partnership to steer the future of artificial intelligence development, but as of yet, Apple has not signed on.

Mike Wuerthele 9 years ago 9

SleepHealth debuts as first ResearchKit app & study to support IBM Watson Health Cloud

Almost one year after IBM announced Watson Health Cloud, a cognitive computing platform built in partnership with Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Medtronic, the computing giant on Tuesday debuted SleepHealth, an app and ResearchKit study investigating the connection between sleep habits and health.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 8

IBM brings Apple's Swift to the cloud, simplifying enterprise app development

Thanks to new tools from IBM, developers will be able to write and run applications entirely in the cloud using Apple's Swift programming language.

AppleInsider Staff 10 years ago 29

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