<p>Nokia has penned a deal with business technology and managed services provider Avanade that will see the company create and deliver Nokia Lumia devices, along with supported applications and services to large enterprise customers.Windows Phone 8. Credit: Microsoft</p><p>Accenture subsidiary Avanade, which was part founded by Microsoft in 2000, will help solidify the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) trend among large enterprises who use their smartphones for work and personal purposes.</p><p>Avanade believes that smartphones and smart devices used in BYOD settings also require the creation and development of integrated services to combine the two. By using Microsoft's technology with Nokia's Lumia handsets, which run the latest Windows Phone 8 platform, it offers a tight ecosystem of apps and services that work seamlessly together.</p><p>"Avanade and Nokia plan to deliver packaged offerings combining Avanade's application development and system integration services, Microsoft technology and Nokia's Lumia products and related services," the firm said in a press release today.</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/nokia-avanade-team-up-to-offer-devices-services-to-enterprises-7000009583/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2013/01/09/nokia-inks-deal-with-avanade-to-bring-lumia-devices-apps-and-services-to-large-enterprises/">Nokia inks deal with Avanade to get more Lumia devices and services into large ...</a> (The Next Web)</p><p><a href="http://www.marketwire.com/press-release/avanade-nokia-deliver-packaged-windows-phone-8-devices-applications-services-meet-growing-1743711.htm">Avanade and Nokia to Deliver Packaged Windows Phone 8 Devices ...</a> (Marketwire (press release))</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dAOJxPWYZ7l35GMQtrtbOotaAktEM&ned=us">173 additional articles.</a></p>