Enterprise

Apple’s enterprise iOS certificate allows companies to build apps and distribute them internally, which is helpful for testing beta versions. This enterprise certificate is meant to be for employee iOS devices only, but Facebook was caught the other day using this privilege to distribute an app to users outside the company, in what was a...

Apple CEO Tim Cook made a surprise appearance at a Cisco event in Las Vegas on Monday, where he detailed a new enterprise security partnership with Cisco. Cook revealed plans to help businesses with discounts on cyber-security insurance if they use products from both companies. Following the event, Cisco announced another outcome of its Apple partnership, the...

Back in 2014, IBM announced its global partnership with Apple to deliver enterprise iOS apps, enabling organizations to accelerate digital reinvention and transform how businesses engage across industries. The partnership has achieved several billion dollars in signings with more than 3,800 client engagements supported by market-ready and custom iOS apps. Today, IBM is expanding its mobile portfolio for...

BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) was once among the most popular messaging apps in the world for mobile devices, but the Canadian company has fallen behind in the messenger game over the past few years. However, BlackBerry is now focusing on bringing its messaging service back to the enterprise business. Today, the company announced the BBM SDK...

Samsung has made notable improvements in device adoption levels in enterprise, but it is still behind Apple in terms of mobile security, according to the latest report from Tech Pro. Turns out, 67% of the surveyed decision-makers were using Apple devices, while Samsung was the choice of 62%. Considering the above, we could conclude that...

Apple today has announced that it has partnered with SAP to “revolutionize the mobile work experience” for enterprise customers. The partnership will bring a new iOS software development kit and training academy so that developers, partners and customers can build native iOS apps according to their needs. The result of the joint effort will be...

There is a weakness in Apple's mobile device management (MDM) interface for iOS 9 that allows attackers to perform a "man-in-the-middle" attack, claim security researchers at Check Point Software, speaking with Ars Technica. Apple, however, has downplayed the vulnerability. Check Point presented the vulnerability at Black Hat Asia 2016, detailing their findings: A hacker can send...

According to a new report from MacRumors, IBM is moving forward with plans to continue moving employees onto Apple’s platforms. Apple and IBM teamed up on an enterprise partnership one year ago, which saw the companies pushing iOS devices and apps in the enterprise. A few months ago, in an internal memo, IBM announced that...

After conquering the consumer market — the iPhone 6 topped the list of best-selling smartphones in April, according to Counterpoint (but that’s just one study; for hard numbers, it’s enough to take a look at its quarterly sales figures) — Apple is slowly but steadily gaining ground in the enterprise market. Earlier Good Technology reports...

Brian Cleary, the Chief Strategy Officer at Bigtincan, a company that develops a secure solution for delivery of all content types on mobile devices, believes that with the announcement of Apple Watch, "Apple’s enterprise pitch is becoming more integrated, wider and more flexible”, than it ever has been before. While speaking with Computer World, Cleary said imagine the...

The launch of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus had an immediate impact in the enterprise market in Q3 of 2014, and that momentum continued throughout the holiday quarter: iOS device activation is three times higher than for Android, and Apple device adoption is higher in regulated industries, Good Technology's quarterly report reveals. iOS...

According to Reuters, Apple’s aggressive enterprise ambitions are well underway, note sources familiar with the company’s plans. The publication says Apple has hired a dedicated sales team to target potential clients such as Citigroup, while it is also working with roughly a dozen or so developers, including ServiceMax and PlanGrid: The iPhone maker has worked...