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IBM acquires mobile enterprise developer Worklight
IBM has acquired Israel-based mobile platform developer Worklight for an undisclosed sum. Worklight offers mobile application management to companies in a number of sectors, including healthcare. According to the acquisition announcement, Worklight is set to become a key component of IBM’s mobility strategy. IBM will leverage Worklight to help enterprise clients “speed the delivery of existing and new mobile applications to multiple devices” while ensuring “secure connections between smartphone and tablet applications with enterprise IT systems,” the announcement stated.
With the Worklight acquisition IBM certainly has mobility solutions for the healthcare enterprise in mind:
“For example, a bank can create a single application that offers features to enable its customers to securely connect to their account, pay bills and manage their investments, regardless of the device they are using. Similarly, a hospital could use Worklight technology to extend its existing IT system to allow direct input of health history, allergies, and prescriptions by a patient using a tablet,” according to the announcement.
IBM also noted the growing importance of mobile in the overall enterprise: A recent IBM survey of more than 3,000 global CIOs found that 75 percent pointed to mobility solutions as one of their top spending priorities. IBM also pointed out that last year, for the first time, shipments of smartphones exceeded total PC shipments.
IBM also claims that “every day more than one billion mobile phone subscribers are touched by IBM software.”
for More on Worklight and its acquisition by IBM click here to for the press release