Thursday, March 16, 2006
Black Berry Total Shutdown?
Technology Updates
Research in Motion facing legal issue with NTP which might cause the entire black berry market to collaspe.
Gartner Recommends Companies Delay BlackBerry Deployments in the U.S.
Mobile e-mail, a convergence application because it involves the carriage of data on cellular networks, is dominated by Research in Motion's BlackBerry device. However, RIM is on thin ice due to patent litigation it has been fighting with a company called NTP. Two weeks ago, a judge issued a ruling that could mean RIM would have to stop sales and shut down BlackBerry service in the United States. Gartner is advocating that prospective BlackBerry customers "stop or delay" mission-critical deployments until the legal situation is clarified. RIM has said that it has a work-around that would enable it to keep operating, but hasn't released it. The Gartner brief counseled customers to pressure RIM to provide details of the plan. Companies also should consider switching to non-RIM mobile e-mail systems.
Source: http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=13501&nr=1
Research in Motion facing legal issue with NTP which might cause the entire black berry market to collaspe.
Gartner Recommends Companies Delay BlackBerry Deployments in the U.S.
Mobile e-mail, a convergence application because it involves the carriage of data on cellular networks, is dominated by Research in Motion's BlackBerry device. However, RIM is on thin ice due to patent litigation it has been fighting with a company called NTP. Two weeks ago, a judge issued a ruling that could mean RIM would have to stop sales and shut down BlackBerry service in the United States. Gartner is advocating that prospective BlackBerry customers "stop or delay" mission-critical deployments until the legal situation is clarified. RIM has said that it has a work-around that would enable it to keep operating, but hasn't released it. The Gartner brief counseled customers to pressure RIM to provide details of the plan. Companies also should consider switching to non-RIM mobile e-mail systems.
Source: http://www.itbusinessedge.com/item/?ci=13501&nr=1
# posted by David Low @ 9:18 AM 
