IBM MobileFirst Managed Mobility Services

2015: The cloud of IBM will help the companies to master computers of Apple

On August 5, 2015 IBM announced the new initiative directed to implementation of Mac-computers in corporate environment. Thus, cooperation of the American corporation with her compatriot of Apple becomes stronger.

The new solution which received the name IBM MobileFirst Managed Mobility Services includes a set of cloud services and the software by means of which the companies will be able quickly, simply and safely to integrate desktops and notebooks of Apple with the corporate IT infrastructures.

The solution IBM MobileFirst Managed Mobility Services will help the companies quickly, simply and safely to integrate desktops and notebooks of Apple with the corporate IT infrastructures

Within this project of IBM provides management of the operating system, images, installations and software updatings, automatic compliance and security updates, the directory of corporate applications, inventory and the reporting for hardware and the software. Besides, the company offers the self-service resources allowing to reset, for example, passwords, to talk to forums or in chats and also to get access to a support service.

Thanks to all this heads of the companies can save a great lot of time and money as buy computers of Apple which do not need additional settings and are completely ready to use by employees. Are available to IBM MobileFirst Managed Mobility Services not only the corporate, but personal devices used to the solution of working tasks within the BYOD program.

"Simplicity of implementation and use distinguish each product of Apple. As these devices are even more often used in work, people want to see the same opportunities which they have from technologies of Apple in normal life", – the general manager of department of infrastructure services in division of IBM Global Technology Services Richard Patterson noted.

The new program of IBM is intended for promotion of the laptops MacBook and the Mac mini and iMac desktop computers in the corporate sector. In 2014 the corporation began to extend smartphones and Apple tablets among clients and also increased purchase of "apple" PCs for the employees. By the beginning of August, 2015 in use of IBM there are over 110 thousand devices of Apple, including 43 thousand iPad, The Wall Street Journal tells.^[1]

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