Today Apple and IBM announced a partnership that is, frankly, rather shocking. But somehow it makes sense.
Their goal is to release 100 iPad mobile apps for enterprise (ERP, CRM, and SCM) verticals. We've been pushing since 2010 the vision of iPads as massive agents of change for the enterprise app market.
No surprise, with the focus on challenges from SAAS vendors, most enterprise vertical vendors have spent very little time on mobile. In fact most mobile apps just replicate the ugly UI from browser-based systems. If Apple and IBM can show better ways to use mobile real-estate properly, then hurrah!
