Apple And The Enterprise

This is not just one partnership, and we're not just looking at this year, but Apple's moves into the enterprise are worth watching closely. Apple and Cisco worked together to ensure that iOS 10 features were optimized for use inside businesses using Cisco networking software and hardware (and that's a lot of businesses). Apple's partnership with SAP and relationship with Deloitte resulted in Deloitte expanding the use of iPhones and iPads in businesses around the world via 5,000 Apple practice advisers. SAP, meanwhile, is working to build native iOS apps to help businesses run more smoothly. Taken together, Apple is targeting employee productivity at every turn. With consulting, software and networking giants as partners, Apple, once seen as an alternative to corporate computing, is aiming to make its devices as "standard issue" as Lenovo laptops with Windows are for much of the working world.