Blackberry is looking for allies among the IT-companies in the market in order to better compete with the newly formed alliance of Apple and IBM, transmits Dailycomm.
"The agreement between Apple and IBM said that the smartphone market is really huge - the head of John Chen Blackberry. - It is a competition, and competition - that's good. We also become more active. " The Head of the alliance corporations compared with the "dance of two elephants," adding that it would be interesting to see how happy together two giants, each of which is used to play a leading role.
John Chen said that the BlackBerry also in talks with several companies about working together in some sectors of the corporate market. Which one of these plans are discussed, he did not elaborate.
In mid-July, Apple and IBM have announced the signing of a strategic partnership. In the framework of IBM creates for Apple more than 100 business applications that will run exclusively on the iPhone and iPad. AppleCare Service will provide technical support for these applications. IBM also will sell the Apple device to its customers. Cooperation is beneficial for Apple that the company will be able to win a larger share of the corporate market. IBM, in turn, will be able to meet the needs of its customers, who are asking to create more services on mobile devices.
Earlier Blackberry was one of the leaders of the mobile device market, but has since lost the major part of clients and decided to switch from the consumer sector business segment.According to Chen, all new models of smartphones, including root Passport, which will be released in September, primarily designed for use in the workplace in areas such as financial services and healthcare.