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BlackBerry will survive thanks to the security and not the phones - EXAME.com

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In a moment of poor results, focus on networking and security software could be the best bet of the company

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BlackBerry logo on the company's booth at CTIA Wireless trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada

BlackBerry: despite a poor result in sales of smartphones, the company had a 32% increase in the number of companies who are installing their servers

Buried under the avalanche of bad news on the latest quarterly results from BlackBerry Ltd. was an increase of 32 percent in the number of companies who are installing their servers. The gain could be the key to the survival of the company, regardless of the outcome of a trial offer of $ 4.7 billion to make private manufacturer of smartphones .

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customers had installed or were testing more than 25,000 of its enterprise server used to manage network security for corporate smartphones – BlackBerry , iPhone or Android – at the end of August, compared to 19,000 in July.

was a high positive amid a slump of 45 percent in sales and losses for $ 965 million in the second quarter, the company reported last week.

Concentrating on his stronghold in software networks and security could be the best bet of the BlackBerry, said Ramon Llamas, an analyst at technology research firm IDC. The BlackBerry has said it will reduce its participation in the consumer market to focus on business customers, and this could be your next step.

“There is a great opportunity for them if they choose to act in the business,” said Llamas, headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, in a telephone interview. “Many companies want a complete, ready to use for mobile security. Guess who has provided it at a certain level? The BlackBerry has shown time and again that it is a secure system. “

Corporate market

In the past, the BlackBerry completely dominated the business of banks, law firms and other large companies that bought their smartphones and secure servers for e-mail that wore them.

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