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Nokia Oyj is in talks to sell its security appliances business to a financial investor within a few weeks. According to Reuters, the deal will affect around 700 staff in total, almost 500 of them working for the “profitable” security appliances unit.
As a result, Nokia will focus on developing and selling corporate phones, while partnering with such companies as Microsoft, IBM and Cisco on a wider business offering. In addition, after the deal is closed, Nokia’s new Services and Software unit will be focused on consumer offerings.
As a reminder, Nokia’s corporate offering has been built around a $430 million acquisition of U.S. wireless e-mail company Intellisync, which the Finnish giant bought in 2006.
[Via: Reuters]
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Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
