蘋果剛剛宣佈了一次重大的高管改組：iOS軟體高階副總裁斯科特·福斯托爾（Scott Forstall）將於今年年底離開蘋果——他將擔任執行長蒂姆·庫克（Tim Cook）的顧問一職，直至離職。其他高管變動包括零售主管約翰·布勞伊特（John Browett）離職，喬尼·艾夫（Jony Ive）、鮑勃·曼斯菲爾德（Bob Mansfield）、埃迪·庫伊（Eddy Cue）和克雷格·費德里吉（Craig Federighi）被任命承擔更多職責。

為了彌補Forstall的離職，Jony Ive現在將為整個公司的人機介面提供領導和指導——聽起來Ive將獲得一個重大機會，將他著名的硬體設計敏感性引入蘋果軟體。一直負責蘋果數字店面的艾迪·庫伊（Eddy Cue）將以地圖和Siri的形式獲得更多的責任。顯然，這對Cue來說是一個很大的挑戰，而且認為iOS 6 Maps在釋出時的失敗可能直接導致他被免去iOS副總裁一職也不無道理。

Craig Federighi曾擔任Mac軟體副總裁，現在將同時負責iOS和OSX。蘋果表示，此舉將有助於統一兩個平臺的軟體戰略；聽起來他將是承擔福斯塔爾職責的人。最後，副總裁鮑勃曼斯菲爾德（bobmansfield）將領導一個名為Technologies的團隊，專註於半導體和無線硬體領域。曼斯菲爾德今年早些時候宣佈退休，當時他還沒有宣佈打算繼續擔任一個不太明確的職位。

至於約翰布勞伊特（johnbrowett），蘋果（Apple）零售業高階副總裁上任不到一年就離職了。至於他為什麼離開（或被解僱）目前還沒有訊息，但蘋果表示，正在尋找替代者。與此同時，該公司的零售團隊將直接向庫克彙報。總之，從蘋果公司撤走布勞伊特和福斯托爾是一次重大的變革，因為福斯托爾是iOS平臺迅速崛起和成功背後的一個巨大組成部分。《蘋果內部》（Inside Apple）一書的作者亞當·拉辛斯基（Adam Lashinsky）在推特（Twitter）上推斷，福斯塔爾是地圖和Siri的“直接責任人”，因此為蘋果在iOS這兩個關鍵功能上的麻煩“付出了代價”。DRI模式是史蒂夫•喬布斯（stevejobs）在擔任蘋果執行長期間堅信的模式，看起來這個概念在蒂姆•庫克（timcook）的指導下繼續存在。

蘋果公司的完整宣告如下。

"We are in one of the most prolific periods of innovation and new products in Apple's history," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "The amazing products that we've introduced in September and October, iPhone 5, iOS 6, iPad mini, iPad, iMac, MacBook Pro, iPod touch, iPod nano and many of our applicati***, could only have been created at Apple and are the direct result of our relentless focus on tightly integrating world-class hardware, software and services."

Jony Ive will provide leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) across the company in addition to his role as the leader of Industrial Design. His incredible design aesthetic has been the driving force behind the look and feel of Apple's products for more than a decade.

Eddy Cue will take on the additional resp***ibility of Siri® and Maps, placing all of our online services in one group. This organization has overseen major successes such as the iTunes Store®, the App Store℠, the iBookstore℠ and iCloud®. This group has an excellent track record of building and strengthening Apple's online services to meet and exceed the high expectati*** of our customers.

Craig Federighi will lead both iOS and OS X®. Apple has the most advanced mobile and desktop operating systems, and this move brings together the OS teams to make it even easier to deliver the best technology and user experience innovati*** to both platforms.

Bob Mansfield will lead a new group, Technologies, which combines all of Apple's wireless teams across the company in one organization, fostering innovation in this area at an even higher level. This organization will also include the semiconductor teams, who have ambitious plans for the future.

Additionally, John Browett is leaving Apple. A search for a new head of Retail is underway and in the interim, the Retail team will report directly to Tim Cook. Apple's Retail organization has an incredibly strong network of leaders at the store and regional level who will continue the excellent work that has been done over the past decade to revolutionize retailing with unique, innovative services for customers.

最新訊息：9to5Mac釋出了一封來自蒂姆•庫克（Tim Cook）的全隊郵件，感謝福斯塔爾“在其職業生涯中為蘋果做出的諸多貢獻”，並解釋說曼斯菲爾德將在蘋果再留任兩年。全文如下。

Team,

We are in one of the most prolific periods of innovation and new products in Apple’s history. The amazing products that we’ve introduced in September and October – iPhone 5, iOS6, iPad mini, iPad, iMac, MacBook Pro, iPod touch, iPod nano and many of our applicati*** – could only have been created at Apple, and are the direct result of our relentless focus on tightly integrating world-class hardware, software and services.

Today, I am announcing changes that will encourage even more collaboration between our world-class hardware, software and services teams at all levels of our company. As part of these changes, Jony Ive, Bob Mansfield, Eddy Cue, and Craig Federighi will be taking on more resp***ibilities. I am also announcing that Scott Forstall will be leaving Apple next year and will serve as an advisor to me during the interim. I want to thank Scott for all of his many contributi*** to Apple over his career.

Jony Ive will provide leadership and direction for Human Interface (HI) across the company in addition to his longtime role as the leader of Industrial Design. Jony has an incredible design aesthetic and has been the driving force behind the look and feel of our products for more than a decade. The face of many of our products is our software and the extension of Jony’s skills into this area will widen the gap between Apple and our competition.

Eddy Cue will take on the additional resp***ibility of Siri and Maps. This places all of our online services in one group. Eddy and his organization have overseen major successes such as the iTunes Store, the App Store, the iBookstore and iCloud. They have an excellent track record of building and strengthening our online services to meet and exceed the high expectati*** of our customers.

Craig Federighi will lead both iOS and OS X. We have the most advanced mobile and desktop operating systems on the planet, and bringing together our OS teams will make it even easier to deliver our best technology and user experience innovati*** to both platforms. Craig recently led the very successful release of Mountain Lion.

Bob Mansfield will lead a new group, Technologies, which combines all of our wireless teams across the company in one organization, allowing us to innovate in this area at an even higher level. This organization will also include all of our semiconductor teams, who have some very ambitious plans. As part of this, I am thrilled to tell you that Bob will remain with Apple for an additional two years. Bob has led some of our most challenging engineering projects for many years.

Additionally, John Browett is leaving Apple. Our search for a new head of Retail is already underway. In the meantime, the Retail team will report directly to me. Retail has an incredibly strong network of leaders at the store and regional level, and they will continue the excellent work they’ve done over the past decade to revolutionize retailing with unique, innovative services and a focus on the customer that is second to none. This phenomenal team of talented and dedicated people works their hearts out making our customers happy. They have our respect, our admiration and our undying support.

Please join me in congratulating everyone on their new roles.

I’d like to thank everyone for working so hard so that Apple can continue to make the world’s best products and delight our customers. I continue to believe that Apple has the most talented and most innovative people on the planet, and I feel privileged and inspired to be able to work with all of you.

Best,

Tim