Whether I am in a mall, a restaurant, a concert or teaching a seminar I constantly see individuals texting away on their blackberries. Pne of hte primary reason many users have gone to the Blackberry plaform was that it provided a secure metjhod of communicating with others. Now along comes United Arab Emirates and Saudia Arabia who are on the verge of banning all use of Blackberries within their territory. The reason is the very reason why many users use them. Their concern is that due the secure networks there is no available audit trail that can be followed in the case of criminal activity. This has put Research Motion Incorporated in a very precarious position. On one hand they want to continue to provide the feature that has attracted all this business. On the other hand they are cognizant of the fact that the lack of a verifiable tracking system opens the avenues of the criminal elements to operate.
Strategy: It would be a perceptive move on your part to review your intellectual property policy now rather than later. What you need to be cognizant of is a) what types of intellectual property are you currently transmitting over the Blackberries within your organization? and b) Of this IP how much would be detrimental to your organizations interests if the secure platform was opened somewhat. From there you should look at what alternatives are you available to maintain the integrity of your corporate data which heretofore you thought nothing of sending over your network, knowing that you could be safe with the knowledge who was seeing your data. If RMI takes steps to meet the concerns of global governmental agencies, this status quo could change overnight. Are you ready if it does?
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