Apple acquires startup Fleetsmith aimed at managing corporate Macs, iPads

The move is a push by Apple into the mobile device management industry, a category of business software dominated by players such as Microsoft Corp and VMware Inc.

Reuters

June 25, 2020 / 07:19 IST

Apple Inc has acquired Fleetsmith, a San Francisco-based startup company whose technology helps businesses manage Apple's Mac and iPad devices among their employee bases.

The move is a push by Apple into the mobile device management industry, a category of business software dominated by players such as Microsoft Corp and VMware Inc.

Fleetsmith announced the deal in a blog post. Apple confirmed the acquisition, but the companies did not disclose a price.

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Reuters

first published: Jun 24, 2020 10:25 pm

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