iPhone 137S...................
Posted on 02/26/2015 11:37:27 AM PST by Star Traveler
Apple still rules the mobile enterprise space and is extending its lead. iOS gained another 4 percentage points, growing to 73 percent of global device activations in Q4 2014. Android device activations, meanwhile, dropped the same amount to 25 percent of total activations last quarter.
The latest findings come from Good Technology‘s Mobility Index Report. Windows Phone activations remain consistent with the seven previous quarters: flat at 1 percent. Since BlackBerry devices use BlackBerry Enterprise Server for corporate email access, Good Technology does not have insight into BlackBerry handset activations.
In Q3 2014, Apple reversed its trend of declining quarterly enterprise share for device activations, thanks to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, a growth that continued in Q4. This makes sense, as Q4 is traditionally the company’s best iPhone quarter thanks to the holiday shopping season. While the iPhone 6 continued to be more popular than the iPhone 6 Plus, the breakdown slightly shifted towards the latter: In Q3, the breakdown was 85 percent for iPhone 6 and 15 percent for iPhone 6 Plus, while in Q4, it was 77 percent for iPhone 6 and 23 percent for iPhone 6 Plus.
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Apple and IBM are working together in the Enterprise Market. They've already released a few apps for those large businesses that deal with IBM. They have scheduled ... 100 Apps for the Enterprise Market. That may be what is "taking hold here" ... the benefits of having IBM pushing the Apple Product in the Enterprise Market!
Apple is doing well in the Enterprise Market!
Apple’s Deal With IBM Is Even More Important Than You Think
http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2014/08/05/apples-deal-with-ibm-is-even-more-important-than-y.aspx
What is this deal?
Apple recently signed an exclusive agreement with IBM, whereby Big Blue would develop over 100 industry-specific enterprise solutions for both the iPhone and the iPad. Further, IBM will handle the distribution of both iPhones and iPads equipped with these solutions, which Apple and IBM claim will be industry-specific.
Given that Apple’s iPad seems to be the tablet of choice for enterprise usage, as Apple and IBM claim that 98% of Fortune 500 companies and over 92% of Global 500 companies use iOS devices in their businesses, this opens up a choice portion of the enterprise-focused tablet market to IBM.
IBM, on the other hand, is a leader in the key areas that cover this deal — security, analytics, device management, and cloud services — which will enhance the already strong value proposition that the iOS platform brings to the table for enterprise use.
It really looks like a win for both parties.
But why enterprise?
Apple has traditionally been a consumer-focused company, but that hasn’t stopped both the iPhone and iPad from being widely adopted for corporate use. However, Apple’s focus on solidifying iOS (and, by extension, the iPad) as the tablet platform of choice may reach beyond simply going for an easy incremental opportunity.
See, the problem Apple faces with its iPad line is simply that, while carrier subsidies lend an incentive to fairly frequent purchases of high-margin smartphones, tablets are generally purchased at full price. These higher upfront prices discourage consumers from replacing their tablets every two years, and, in fact, the replacement cycles for tablets are likely to prove similar to those of PCs — about four to five years.
In the enterprise world, refresh cycles of PCs are also fairly long, which would imply something similar for tablets, but the following corporate buying dynamics seem to be positives for Apple:
They need a 3D version. Flat just don't get it anymore.............
Would you have to wear those funny glasses? ... :-) ...
iPhone 137S...................
Apple-IBM partnership off to ‘impressive’ start
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2859480/apple-ibm-partnership-off-to-impressive-start.html
Apple and IBM last week kicked off their five-month-old partnership with an “impressive” 10-pack of focused mobile business apps catering to sectors ranging from financial to law enforcement.
“The three that I’ve seen were pretty impressive,” said Van Baker, an analyst at Gartner. “They’re very complex, with some drawing from three, four or more separate data sources.”
Apple and IBM, partners from 1991 through 2005 — they had a falling out a decade ago when Apple switched its Macs to Intel processors — rejoined forces in July to meld Apple’s iPhone and iPad with IBM’s big data and analytics capabilities.
At the time, the two pledged to launch some apps this year from a list that would grow to around 100. Other pieces of the partnership put IBM in charge of selling iPhones, iPads and the apps to clients; providing on-site support to customers; and optimizing its cloud-based services for iOS.
Apple has also created enterprise support plans to accommodate the new customers.
At the time, analysts saw the partnership as a win-win, but gave the edge to Apple, which has historically been an afterthought in the enterprise. “The idea is that Apple must now be a real business vendor if IBM is building for you and selling for you. Little Apple has just grown up,” said Ezra Gottheil of Technology Business Research in July.
Today, Gottheil was just as impressed with the progress the two have made.
“They’ve gone further than I thought they were going to go by this point,” Gottheil said in a telephone interview. “The apps appear to be higher-quality versions of what IBM was already building.”
Of course not!..............
We haven’t gotten that sophisticated yet, to go into “Star Trek” territory ... :-) ...
Apple, IBM partnership yields first results: 10 mobile apps
http://www.cio.com/article/2858074/apple-ibm-partnership-yields-first-results-10-mobile-apps.html
IBM and Apple have unveiled the first results of their enterprise IT partnership: 10 mobile applications aimed at businesses in six industries as well as government users.
The apps bring IBM’s strength in big data and analysis to Apple’s iPad and iPhone mobile devices, the companies said Wednesday.
The apps target users in the banking, retail, insurance, financial services, telecommunications and airline industries. One of the apps, for example, allows a flight crew to personalize a passenger’s in-flight experience. An app targeted at the banking industry allows a financial advisor to remotely access and manage a client’s portfolio so they can provide consulting in venues outside of an office. Police officers can use iPhones to view video feeds from crime scenes with an app for law enforcement. Customers using the apps include Air Canada, Sprint and financial and banking services firm Citi, according to the release.
“What we’re delivering aims directly at the new quest of business—smart technologies that unlock new value at the intersection of big data and individual engagement,” said Bridget van Kralingen, senior vice president, IBM Global Business Services, in a statement.
IBM and Apple announced their partnership in July. The deal allows IBM to apply its deep enterprise technology experience to Apple consumer-friendly products, which haven’t been fully embraced by business users.
The plan calls for IBM will resell Apple devices with its software pre-installed. IBM activation, management and security software are also involved in the deal. The partnership aims to give Apple the credibility it still has not quite achieved in IT departments and bring IBM into a popular mobile ecosystem.
I expect the first versions will be some sort of laser embedded in the screen or end of the phone that you point toward a wall or other flat surface to get the 3D effect. Selfies will be awesome...............
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wow I WANT one of those!!!
the new iSHIP
Ummm ... that was a mock-up of the new iCar ... :-) ...
the price tag is bound to be astronomical...
It won’t be “the iCar.” The new product will be known as “the apple cart.”You heard it here first.
I like that. LOL
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