"Blackberry can become new bone for Cisco" - Computer Sweden

It looks dark for Blackberry. How interesting is the mobile phone for any buyer?

BlackBerrys future so unsure that management felt compelled to go out with a message to their customers that continue to believe in the company, its technology and financial condition. Blackberry ruled that the company indeed has cash ($ 2.6 billion in cash, according to the latest interim report) and is also free of debt.

Class=”paragraphIntro”> Other values ?? in the company is its social network security that is well documented in the forefront and the brand.

“You can continue rely on the Blackberry,” stated lead.

A reassuring message may be needed. In the most recent interim report lost Blackberry almost 50 percent of sales. The loss landed at breathtaking $ 965 million, just over six billion. It included a large write-down related to lousy sales of latest flagship model Z10 and restructuring costs. Excluding one-time items, the loss was $ 249 million, which is about 1.5 billion.

contrast mentioned letter to customers not a word that the company is looking to Sales and indeed received a preliminary bid from Fairfax International. The $ 4.7 billion is the investment company ready to buy out the Blackberry from the exchange.

Blackberry hope other bids.

Latest rumor is to Chinese Lenovo goes through the company’s records to see if there might be something to get your hands on. Lenovo has made acquisitions in North America before. 2004 they bought IBM’s PC business.

Other data to Reuters claims that Blackberry has thrown hooks to Cisco, Google, SAP, Intel, LG, and Samsung and hope some of the cash-fueled companies to bite, in all or at least some part of the company.

Of those companies, Cisco is the most likely buyer . There are parts of the Blackberry that would fit Cisco. Safety platform would enhance the offer to large companies. Cisco could also use BlackBerry messenger service.

About Cisco Acquires Blackberry, it is also a continuation of the strong trend that characterizes the IT market at the moment of maximum actors acquire even more legs. Google bought Motorola Mobile. Microsoft has put their hands on the Nokia mobile phones. Maybe it’s Cisco’s turn now to provide themselves with an old classic but drooping mobile companies.

question is how interested in Cisco hardware is in this case. The company has a number of less successful ventures in the field behind him. More likely enough that Cisco would then purchase selected parts, namely those involving safety.

BlackBerrys struggle is yet another reminder of how quickly it goes in the IT industry. There are only a handful of years ago, the Blackberry dominated the corporate market and Nokia consumer market in terms of mobile phones. Something for today’s market leaders Apple and Samsung pondering.