IBM reportedly has expressed interest in acquiring the heart of Research In Motion’s operations — its enterprise services unit. This is not the first indication of a company’s interest in acquiring part of the ailing BlackBerry maker, and RIM’s executives have said they would consider “all options” as they struggle to right their listing ship. This possible deal may be driven by the most self-serving of reasons, from IBM’s perspective: It has approximately 433,000 employees, and many of them use BlackBerry devices.
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IBM Kicks Tires of RIM's Enterprise Services Unit
Posted by: Erika Morphy August 13, 2012 10:38 AMIBM reportedly has expressed interest in acquiring the heart of Research In Motion’s operations — its enterprise services unit. This is not the first indication of a company’s interest in acquiring part of the ailing BlackBerry maker, and RIM’s executives have said they would consider “all options” as they struggle to right their listing ship. This possible deal may be driven by the most self-serving of reasons, from IBM’s perspective: It has approximately 433,000 employees, and many of them use BlackBerry devices.