Kamar yadda yawancinku suka riga kuka sani, Apple ya fara matakin haɗin gwiwa tare da IBM ƙasa da shekara guda da ta gabata, tare da niyyar ɗaukatar da duk kayan aikinta gaba. Godiya ga ƙungiyarsu da ake kira MobileFirst iOS, tuni sun ƙirƙiri aikace-aikace sama da ɗari don abokan cinikin su. A halin yanzu, kamfanoni ba su bayyana jerin kwastomomin da aka girmama don jin daɗin waɗannan aikace-aikacen baKoyaya, idan sun gaya mana cewa suna gudanar da ayyuka a cikin masana'antu daban-daban har 14 kuma tare da fiye da ƙwararru daban daban 65. Babu shakka Apple da IBM suna kan hanya mai matukar amfani wanda ke da alaƙa da yanayin ƙwarewar, duk da cewa a da sun kasance abokan hamayya a kusan komai.
Koyaya, wasu sunayen kamfanonin da suke jin daɗin wannan fasaha sun bayyana, Coca-Cola, Japan Post da Scandinavian Airlines suna daga cikin waɗanda suka ci gajiyar yarjejeniyar ta IBM-Apple.
Aikace-aikacenmu suna ba da matakin keɓaɓɓu ga kasuwanci, suna haɓaka don ba da damar da ta dace mafi dacewa idan ya zo ga aiki, da haɓaka ƙimar yanke shawara da ma'aikata ke yi a cikin rayuwar su ta yau da kullun. Yin kawance da Apple da saukin samfuransa gami da sabbin kayan kere-kere a cikin samfuran suna ba mu damar kasuwancin da bamu samu ba.
Zuwa 2016 Apple da IBM suna shirin sakin aikace-aikace da yawa, suna kara kaurin jerensu, yayin da a yanzu an sadaukar dasu don sabuntawa da inganta aikace-aikacen su don dacewa da iPad Pro, ɗayan kayan aikin ƙwarewa wanda ke tabbatar da IBM sosai saboda damar da yake bayarwa a cikin masana'antar masana'antu da kere kere. IBM ya kasance sananne ne koyaushe saboda haɗakarwa cikin yanayin aiki kuma zuwan tallafin Apple yana nufin ƙarin keɓancewa, ƙira da fa'idodin da suka rasa. Da alama manyan mutane biyu ne daga ƙarshe suka haɗu don sadar da kyawawan kayayyaki, maimakon ɓata lokaci wajen kawar da idanun juna.