I'm not really a "hater". I work in a big IBM mainframe shop, so they hated me first. I'm just a big 'ol Karma lollipop.
Have you seen this, then?
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.