Apple (AAPL) and Accenture (ACN) are partnering to help businesses transform how their people engage with customers through innovative business solutions for iOS.

The partnership will take full advantage of the power, simplicity and security of iOS, the leading enterprise mobility platform, and Accenture's capabilities as a leader in industry and digital transformation to help companies unlock new revenue streams, increase productivity, improve customer experience and reduce costs. Accenture will create a dedicated iOS practice within Accenture Digital Studios in select locations around the world. Experts from Apple will be co-located with this team.

Working together, the two companies will launch a new set of tools and services that help enterprise clients transform how they engage with customers using iPhone and iPad.

The experts will include visual and experience designers, programmers, data architects and scientists, and hardware and software designers.