Apple acquires startup aimed at managing corporate Macs, iPads

(Reuters) – 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.

(Reporting by Stephen Nellis in San Francisco)