IBM's mobile platform provides opportunities for business agility through increased worker productivity, improved customer engagement, and new revenue streams. It addresses the challenges of developing for multiple mobile platforms by providing tools for creating hybrid mobile applications that can leverage existing web skills. The platform offers capabilities for application development, deployment, maintenance, security, integration, and hosting to help businesses innovate quickly while managing costs. It differentiates partners by improving their productivity and allowing them to offer customers more flexibility and faster time to market compared to native mobile development.