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Apple & Salesforce Bring Together the Best Devices for Business & the World's #1 CRMApple (News - Alert)® and Salesforce today announced a strategic partnership that brings together the number one customer relationship management platform and iOS, the world's most advanced mobile operating system, enabling powerful new mobile apps for business. Working with Apple, Salesforce is redesigning its app to embrace the native mobile platform with exclusive new features on iOS. The companies will also provide tools and resources for millions of Salesforce developers to build their own native apps with a new Salesforce Mobile SDK for iOS, and a new iOS app development course on Trailhead, Salesforce's free, web-based learning platform. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180924005320/en/ The redesigned Salesforce Mobile App will add exclusive new features on iOS, including Siri Shortcuts integrated with Salesforce Einstein Voice. (Photo: Business Wire) "We're excited to work with Salesforce and that their industry-leading CRM will embrace native iOS and deliver exclusive new features on iPhone (News - Alert) and iPad," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "With the powerful combination of iPhone, iPad and iOS - the best hardware and software for business - together with native Salesforce apps and the new Salesforce SDK, we can deliver great customer experiences for businesses around the world." "With this partnership, we're bringing together the world's #1 CRM platform with iPhone and iPad, the world's best devices for business," said Marc Benioff (News - Alert), Chairman and co-CEO, Salesforce. "Together, Salesforce and Apple are defining a new era of mobile innovation with native apps on iOS, and empowering millions of people with access to Trailhead and the skills they need for the jobs of the future." The initial focus areas of this strategic partnership include:
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Apple revolutionized personal technology with the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984. Today, Apple leads the world in innovation with iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Apple TV. Apple's four software platforms - iOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS - provide seamless experiences across all Apple devices and empower people with breakthrough services including the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay and iCloud. Apple's more than 100,000 employees are dedicated to making the best products on earth, and to leaving the world better than we found it. Salesforce, the global CRM leader, empowers companies to connect with their customers in a whole new way. For more information about Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), visit: www.salesforce.com. Any unreleased services or features referenced in this or other press releases or public statements are not currently available and may not be delivered on time or at all. Customers who purchase Salesforce applications should make their purchase decisions based upon features that are currently available. Salesforce has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in Europe and Asia, and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "CRM." For more information please visit https://www.salesforce.com, or call 1-800-NO-SOFTWARE. NOTE TO EDITORS: For additional information visit Apple Newsroom (www.apple.com/newsroom), or call Apple's Media Helpline at (408) 974-2042. © 2018 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, Siri, Face ID, Business Chat, Swift, iPhone, iPad, App Store and Xcode are trademarks of Apple. Other company and product names may be trademarks of their respective owners. View source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180924005320/en/ |