Apple & SAP announce partnership on iOS SDK, apps & training
Apple and enterprise software firm SAP on Thursday announced a partnership that will see the creation of a new SDK, allowing the latter company's clients and developers to produce iOS apps exploiting the SAP HANA Cloud Platform.

Coming alongside the SDK will be a new "SAP Fiori for iOS" design language, and "SAP Academy for iOS," intended to supply tools and training. All three elements will roll out sometime before the end of 2016.
SAP is meanwhile expected to build native iOS apps for business operations, using Apple's Swift programming language and Fiori-based interfaces. Apple gave the example of a field maintenance worker using an app to order parts or service, or a doctor sharing patient data with colleagues.
"This partnership will transform how iPhone and iPad are used in enterprise by bringing together the innovation and security of iOS with SAP's deep expertise in business software," said CEO Tim Cook in a prepared statement.
The deal bears similarities to Apple's last major enterprise deal, forged with IBM in 2014, intended to spur iOS adoption in the workplace by creating MobileFirst "template" apps that can quickly be adopted by different industries.

Coming alongside the SDK will be a new "SAP Fiori for iOS" design language, and "SAP Academy for iOS," intended to supply tools and training. All three elements will roll out sometime before the end of 2016.
SAP is meanwhile expected to build native iOS apps for business operations, using Apple's Swift programming language and Fiori-based interfaces. Apple gave the example of a field maintenance worker using an app to order parts or service, or a doctor sharing patient data with colleagues.
"This partnership will transform how iPhone and iPad are used in enterprise by bringing together the innovation and security of iOS with SAP's deep expertise in business software," said CEO Tim Cook in a prepared statement.
The deal bears similarities to Apple's last major enterprise deal, forged with IBM in 2014, intended to spur iOS adoption in the workplace by creating MobileFirst "template" apps that can quickly be adopted by different industries.
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A "box" that runs iOS, comes with a WIRED keyboard and mouse, and NOT a touchscreen, even though 100% of iOS apps are touch exclusive, and rely on touch as an input- not only that, but rely on having a touchscreen of specific quality/specs/resolutions and optimized for that purpose?
Every idea you provide is somehow stupider than the one before, and yet you have the gall to rant and rave about how Tim Cook isn't "fit" to be CEO and is incapable of handling such a position. He'd be incapable the second he signs off on such moronic and unmarketable propositions such as what you suggested, but so far, he's avoided such idiotic moves and has done a pretty damn good job. Unless, of course, you do nothing but obsess about the stock in order to determine the success of a company and nothing else - which of course defines you.
It wouldn't be a shock to find at least one group in Walldorf actively trying to sabotage this partnership and SDK.
When it comes to SAP support of Apple products, only believe what is shipping & only when there is a large number of success stories involving this SDK.
Any partnership involving SAP & Apple products isn't worth the paper its printed on.
You've come up with a cheesy iPulledItOutOfMyButt kind of product that Apple has avoided because it has no value to them or their customers.
SAP and IBM aren't known for writing good software, just sending you the inflated bill at the end of the day, if they really wanted to support OS X or iOS all they had to do was buy some Mac computers and download X-Code, like everyone else. In the end the smaller software developers will be the people moving the football forward.