Apple to team with IBM.

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And they said it would never happen. Apple recently announced that it was teaming with its former nemesis to bring IBM's big data and analytics capabilities to iPhone[R] and iPad[R]. Together they will develop more than 100 industry-specific applications, developed from the ground up, for the two devices.

Apple said the partnership will redefine the way work will get done, address key industry mobility challenges, and spark true mobile-led business change. Specifically, the two companies intend to deliver the essential elements of enterprise mobile solutions:

* Mobile solutions that transform business--The companies will collaborate to build IBM MobileFirst for iOS Solutions--a new class of "made-for-business apps" targeting specific industry issues or opportunities in retail, health care, banking, travel and transportation, telecommunications, and insurance, among others. The apps...