My iPad Pro 12 is much slower than my iPad air2. Anyone else experience this. I didn't realize how large SAP is until the notice showed up on my watch and I Mentioned it to my doc on Maui. He said every year they rent the entire Marriott, four seasons, and grand Hyatt. So they must be huge.
Sent using Email (https://itunes.apple.com/app/apple-store/id922793622?pt=814382&ct=Email&mt=8) > > On May 5, 2016 at 2:34 PM, <John Robinson (mailto:[email protected])> > wrote: > > > > > > Thought you folks might like to see this…it’s really a big deal, now Apple > has Cisco, IBM, and SAP….the latter is most likely going to be the most > beneficial. > > > > As far as the performance of the Pro, it’s outstanding. I needed the > fingerprint use for ApplePay (for on line payments by the end of the year) > and access to a brokerage account…I traded in an older iPad and purchased the > 12 inch Pro. > > > > REALLY fast, like being on a laptop. The split screen is great for my use > and in our residence the demarcation for all the mechanical and technical > equipment is in the lowest level in the furtherest corner in the house. > Nothing, be it a laptop or any of the iPads or iPhones are barely usable in > the top floor on the opposite end of the house, video streaming is completely > out of the question. > > > > No longer, the Pro has almost full bars connectivity, and I stream a video > off YouTube every morning as I am getting ready for the day. No > hesitation, no buffering…FINALLY. > > > > John > > > > > > > Apple and SAP to Develop IPhone, IPad Apps for Businesses > > Aaron Ricadela (http://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AP-2waDPaS4/aaron-ricadela) > > May 5, 2016 — 2:30 PM EDT > > > > > > > > Apple Inc. and SAP SE are joining up to deliver software for iPhones and > iPads, opening a new avenue for Apple to reach businesses at a time when > sales of its mobile devices have tapered. > > > > SAP will develop hundreds of apps specifically designed for Apple’s iOS > operating system for doctors, industrial field technicians and retailers. > The two companies will release a software development kit by the end of the > year to let SAP customers and consultants write native apps for Apple devices > that take advantage of features such as location and touch sign-in. The deal > has the potential to attract millions of software developers and sell > millions of devices, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and SAP CEO Bill > McDermott said in an interview. > > > > “I think back to 2008 when we opened the App Store for consumers,” Cook said. > “This is sort of the equivalent of that for the enterprise space. Enterprise > has not really taken advantage of all the great things that happen with > mobility.” > > > > The agreement, which the two CEOs sealed last October, would give Apple > access to tens of thousands of companies that run SAP’s business software and > some 2.5 million developers who customize its programs, which manage > operations including accounting, manufacturing, sales and human resources. > > > > Apple two years ago teamed (http://apple.co/1r3yvDF) with International > Business Machines Corp. to create dozens of iOS apps for industries > (http://www.ibm.com/mobilefirst/us/en/mobilefirst-for-ios/industries/overview/) > including energy, health care and air travel. Last year, the Cupertino, > California-based company inked an agreement > (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-31/apple-teams-up-with-cisco-expanding-corporate-sales-push) > with Cisco Systems Inc. that makes it easier for white-collar workers to > take calls and videoconferences from iPads and iPhones. In September, Apple > introduced the iPad Pro, a tablet for business users with a bigger screen and > a stylus. > > As of last October, Apple’s 12-month sales to large businesses had increased > 40 percent to $25 billion from the year earlier, Cook said. > > > > New Markets > > > > Getting access to customers of big IT suppliers including SAP, IBM and Cisco > could help Apple at a time when its era of blockbuster growth has come to an > end > (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-26/apple-forecasts-another-sales-decline-as-iphone-demand-cools), > as the consumer market becomes saturated. Apple’s fiscal second-quarter > sales fell 13 percent as it sold 10 million fewer iPhones and iPad sales > continued to slide. Cook has said the smartphone market isn’t growing, and > Apple shares have lost more than a quarter of their value in the past year. > > > > “This is all about transforming the way people work,” Cook said. SAP’s > platform and the new development kit “really unleashes millions of people > writing apps for iOS -- we think we can do that in a major way.” > > > > The agreement also illustrates a shift in how businesses roll out software. > Protracted projects have yielded to shorter ones that make new functions > available more quickly to workers. That means SAP is succumbing to the same > forces that have stung software sales at Oracle Corp. and IBM. The German > company’s software license sales > (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-20/sap-sees-2016-sales-on-track-after-sluggish-start-to-the-year) > fell 13 percent in its most recent quarter and McDermott said it’s taking > longer to sign deals. > > > > McDermott said he can see millions of device sales happening as a result of > the agreement, which will serve as a counterweight to rival Salesforce.com > (http://salesforce.com) Inc.’s programming tools. > > > > ‘Better Idea’ > > > > “Where they were getting traction was Force.com (http://force.com) and that > became a billion-dollar business for them,” he said of his competitor. > “That’s a great strategy until someone else comes along with a better idea.” > > > > McDermott has long advocated Apple devices as a showcase for SAP’s software > -- he once got a phone call > (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2012-08-30/sap-s-mcdermott-says-call-from-jobs-confirmed-tablet-push) > from Steve Jobs after ordering 4,000 iPads for SAP’s sales staff in 2010 > before the tablet’s introduction. > > > > SAP’s new wave of i-applications will be written in Apple’s Swift language > (https://developer.apple.com/swift/), promising faster response times and > better access to underlying iOS technologies as the apps connect to SAP > systems in companies’ data centers. The software development kit for outside > programmers will also let them build native iOS apps in Swift that talk to > SAP’s S/4 Hana > (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02-03/sap-refreshes-flagship-software-for-speedier-business-management) > software suite and pull information from its Hana database. > > > > SAP is also setting up technology training centers for customers and partners > in Palo Alto, California; Bangalore, India; and at its Walldorf, Germany, > headquarters. > > > > “Two things stop people from enjoying mobility benefits: They worry about > security or they worry about integrating with their back end systems,” Cook > said. SAP’s and Apple’s strengths can address that, he said. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]) Archive: Answers to questions: >
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