A man holds a Samsung Galaxy Note tablet PC
A man holds a Samsung Galaxy Note tablet PC during press day at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin,September 1, 2011. Reuters/Thomas Peter

Samsung partnered with Red Hat on June 23 with an aim to introduce a stream of business focused mobile software to the market, according to reports.

According to a PC World report, Samsung and Red Hat will develop ‘enterprise ready, industry specific’ apps that would befit areas like customer service, business intelligence and inventory management. Enterprises will be able to deploy the apps on Red Hat’s new mobile application platform. The apps will run on Android and other operating systems and they will be configured to function with common back end systems, as per Samsung and Red Hat. Both the companies will jointly market the apps and will first focus on the U.S. markets, reports PC World.

About a year ago, Apple and IBM announced a similar collaboration, in which both the companies paired their respective strengths in devices and enterprise technology to bring apps to mobile devices, reports Fortune. In the case of Samsung and Red Hat’s latest collaboration, Red Hat brings in large installed base of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) users and Samsung is a smartphone major, as per the Fortune report.

“Samsung has been talking to customers for years about their need for secure enterprise applications that can be deployed internally, but also reach their own customers and partners,” the Fortune report quoted Robin Bienfait, executive vice president and chief enterprise innovation officer for Samsung Electronics America, as saying.

There a huge demand for easy-to-use and secure mobile apps. “Eighty percent of companies now want mobile first,” The Fortune report quoted Craig Muzilla, senior vice president of Red Hat’s Application Platform Business, as saying.

Red Hat’s Mobile Application Platform comes from its acquisition of FeedHenry last year and it facilitates a full stack of software for developing and deploying apps, the PC World report quoted Red Hat, as saying. According to PC World, the deal appears to be good for Red Hat as it will target a burgeoning market for mobile apps in the workplace but it still remains unclear whether Samsung will benefit through this collaboration, considering Red Hat is new to the segment.

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