Technology company Apple (aapl) and professional services company Accenture (acn) said Tuesday they will team up to help businesses build better applications for iOS, the operating system that powers Apple’s iPhone and iPad.
For Apple, the partnership is part of a continued push to win over business clients and try to knock Microsoft from its long-held throne as the default operating system in the corporate world. To that end, Apple has established partnerships with International Business Machines (ibm), Cisco Systems (csco), Deloitte and SAP aimed at moving more business applications over to iOS devices and making them easier to use in corporate settings.