"Given the decrease in market share of Blackberry, there is a big opportunity to gain enterprise customers," said Jack Kent, from the IHS consultancy.
Interestingly, the Contact Manager Edition will come automatically with integration with Google Apps, the search giant's cloud based productivity suite that is steadily gaining enterprise customers and already has a foothold among small businesses.
In response to the Cleanevent deal, the report recommended a toughening of financial disclosure rules, including the provision that financial gain from enterprise bargaining agreements be clearly spelt out.
As iPhones gain more enterprise-class e-mail capabilities, Blackberries will add more consumer-friendly design to its devices.
I asked Shuttleworth whether Ubuntu was pursuing certifications from the likes of Oracle in order to gain more enterprise traction.
Virtualization gained an enterprise foothold initially in non-critical areas of the infrastructure like the development lab.
J.P. Morgan said, Maxtor, which it rates at "neutral," was a leader in the transition to 80GB/platter products and has enjoyed steady share gains in enterprise drives.
He brings up a pretty big point: once the iPhone gains its enterprise wings, won't it do just about everything Blackberry users call for?
As GitHub grew to the point of needing significant external investment, and gaining large enterprise customers, it now had to appear like a legitimate member of the category—"business".
In the last years there was a lot of foundation work on gathering standardized data and now we can start to use some of the advanced AI techniques to bring huge efficiency and quality gains to enterprise companies," says Rasmus Rothe, co-founder and CTO of Germany-based research lab and venture builder Merantix.
In last week's Q&A our panel discussed the benefits students can gain from social enterprises, how to start your own enterprise, and why you should get involved while studying.
