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You are right that Blackberry doesn't compete with Apple in the consumer space. But, a lot of enterprise shops are still Blackberry. Largely because Blackberry
by josho 12y ago
You are right that Blackberry doesn't compete with Apple in the consumer space. But, a lot of enterprise shops are still Blackberry. Largely because Blackberry infrastructure has been in place for years and purchasing takes a long time as well. Apple with IBM has a chance to displace those aging Blackberry mail gateways.
- brudgers 12y agoThe iPhone doesn't change IBM 's opportunity because we're not talking about replacing one device specific infrastructure with a different device specific infrastructure. The BlackBerry specific systems IBM would replace are likely to be replaced with device agnostic not iPhone specific in most cases. The only meaningful differences for IBM I see are that it can throw a bunch of iPhones into the deal and bundle them under the service contract with Apple's blessings and that IBM can use iPhones in literature and dog and pony shows.
- gress 12y agoWhy do you say the blackberry systems are likely to be replaced with device agnostic ones? Do you have some insider information? Also you seem to have missed the part where IBM state that they are going to develop more than 100 apps.
- josho 12y agoIBM does not want Microsoft to be successful in this space. A homogeneous Microsoft environment is bad for IBM. You are right that IBM won't make a lot of money through Apple, maybe incremental services & support revenue, but it also helps to protect IBM from Microsoft software in the enterprise.