IBM unveils expanded mobile strategyFebruary 21, 2013 - 09:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - International Business Machines unveiled its expanded mobile strategy in an effort to gain an advantage over rivals amid a proliferation of devices such as smartphones and tablets, Reuters reported. The technology services company will offer customers a portfolio of products for security, device management as well as analytics and application development, the company said. Using what IBM calls MobileFirst, "businesses can now streamline everything from the management of employee's mobile devices, to the creation of a new mobile commerce app", the company said. Lopez Research analyst Maribel Lopez said any company who wanted to succeed in the future needed to be strong in mobile. "This is critical for IBM because the future of computing is based on a couple of technologies: cloud, mobile and big data," she said. "If IBM can actually educate the market that it has a pretty comprehensive (mobile) suite, that positions them really well." Currently, only German business software maker SAP was closest in offering a comparable comprehensive mobile strategy, Lopez added. IBM has made 10 acquisitions since 2006 to boost its mobile offering, most recently TeaLeaf and Worklight. TeaLeaf is a provider of mobile analytics and Worklight is maker of development and management software for tablets and smartphones. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | International cybercrime ringleaders arrested in Armenia, Ukraine Europol, Europe's crime agency, has arrested four ringleaders of several cybercrime networks that used botnets. Armenia skips CSTO Defense Ministers meeting A meeting of the Council of Defense Ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization countries began in Almaty. Armenian, Iranian foreigh policy chief talk over the phone The Foreign Minister of Armenia once again expressed condolences to his counterpart on the death of the President of Iran. Armenia, U.S. customs authorities to boost assistance with new deal The government has approved an agreement with the U.S. government on mutual assistance between the customs authorities. |