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RIM’s $3.00/share bid for encryption company Certicom was allowed last week despite injunctions made on their earlier $1.50/share proposal. Now VeriSign, who had squeaked in a $2.60 bid between RIM’s two, has five days to beat the offer. Security remains a big priority for BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion, who’s primary customer remains enterprise, despite a growing consumer segment. The division between the two is blurring, however, and strides in security will have plenty of benefits for us consumer-folk as well.
[via Certicom]
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Simon Sage
Simon Sage’s education largely surrounded writing, technology and online community, leading him to begin his blogging career at www.BlackBerryCool.com and to quickly discover a vibrant and active community surrounding BlackBerry and mobile technology. In exploring RIM’s platform, he has learned what enterprises are looking for in mobility as well as what makes the innocuous BlackBerry so appealing to them. Recently Simon’s been covering RIM’s gradual move into an already-crowded consumer market, and the impact of burgeoning challengers, such as the iPhone, as well as long-time leaders, like Nokia, on BlackBerry’s advancement. With plenty of content under his belt, Simon will be branching off a bit to see what other smartphone manufacturers are working on while still using BlackBerry as a barometer. At IntoMobile, you can count on his posts being even-handed, well-informed and thought-out.
