Apple’s latest ally was revealed yesterday, with Tim Cook and Cisco Systems Chairman John Chambers, announcing a partnership, which took both companies almost a year to reach.

2015 is the best year ever for purchasing a MacBook for your business. With Apple refreshing every single product in the MacBook line-up, business customers have more options than ever to run their organization in the best possible way.

The 12.9 inch retina display will feature a resolution of 2,732 x 2,048 pixels, with a 264 ppi density. Sharp will be the primary supplier for the displays, with Samsung as the fallback supplier, ready to start manufacturing its own screens as early as September. Sharp has already started shipping an initial batch of displays to Apple, which have reportedly passed preliminary quality tests.

In this article we’ll illustrate the way enterprises are expected to use Microsoft devices and services, to drive sales and optimize internal management, in five categories: