Apple and IBM are redefining the mobile enterprise by combining the exponential power of corporate data with the world’s most advanced mobile technology. This global partnership is delivering a new generation of IBM MobileFirst for iOS apps that connect users to big data and analytics right on their iOS devices — changing the way they work in empowering ways.

Microsoft and IBM have formed a new partnership to develop new business applications for the Microsoft Surface tablets and Surface Book laptops aimed at IBM's roster of large enterprise customers. The general idea is to bring businesses the new-generation apps and gadgets they need to get work done in the 21st century.

"This partnership, an extension of our 14-year plus relationship with IBM, demonstrates a shared vision that will help enterprise customers more quickly and easily embrace the hybrid cloud," said Pat Gelsinger, CEO at VMware. "Our customers will be able to efficiently and securely deploy their proven software-defined solutions with sophisticated workload automation to take advantage of the flexibility and cost effectiveness of IBM Cloud."

Twitter and IBM Form Global Partnership to Transform Enterprise Decisions. The alliance brings together Twitter data that distinctively represents the public pulse of the planet with IBM’s industry-leading cloud-based analytics, customer engagement platforms, and consulting services.

IBM and Cisco have joined forces to bring the thousands of businesses and organizations that run remote and autonomous operations the combined power of IBM Watson IoT business analytics technology in the cloud and at the edge with Cisco edge analytics capabilities to more deeply understand and act on critical data both in the moment and over time.