Apple reinforces its advantage in the enterprise space with new Deloitte and Aetna dealsApple and Deloitte, one of the world's largest professional services companies specializing in consulting, are teaming up to make it easier for companies, both large and small, to outfit their employees with iOS-based devices.
Specifically, Deloitte will deploy 5,000 "strategic advisors" aimed at "helping businesses change the way they work across their entire enterprise, from customer-facing functions such as retail, field services and recruiting, to R&D, inventory management and back-office systems."
Like previous deals with IBM and Cisco, the partnership aims to bolster Apple's visibility in the enterprise space and to make it easier for companies with once-Windows and still-BlackBerry strategies (or a combination of the two) to work more efficiently.
The partnership emerged from a successful in-house deployment of over 100,000 iOS devices within Deloitte, according to CEO Punit Renjen. In addition to the personnel, Apple and Deloitte are co-developing a new consulting off...
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Apple reinforces its advantage in the enterprise space with new Deloitte and Aetna deals
