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Kal Korff

Halliburton Dumps BlackBerry - Goes iOS and iPhone


by Kal K. Korff
Internationally Syndicated Copyright 2012 by Kal K. Korff - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Halliburton, the sometimes controversial facilities, oil and infrastructure contractor, which is a favorite of the United States Defense Department and US government in general, is abandoning RIMs BlackBerry platform and instead is making the switch to Apples iOS based systems. Halliburtons decision to standardise on Apples iOS software will allow the company to immediately deploy iPhones, iPads and iPod Touches into their enterprise. We are making the switch over, RIM is dead in this company. The decision was made out of Texas, said a Halliburton employee in Prague, who confirmed the news to the Daily Post. Halliburton claims that the firm has tested both Google Android based devices against Apples offerings. Apple bested Google in all significant tests, which were conducted, included the key areas such as availability of applications, security, product integration, ease of use, interoperability and far lower tech support and infrastructure costs. Halliburton is a corporate behemoth. It has at least 27 subsidiaries who operate in some 70 countries. It is also one of the USAs prime contractors for classified work, it played a significant role in both Persian Gulf Wars against Iraq in 1991 and 2004. The company made headlines especially during the first term of the presidency of George W Bush, when Vice President Dick Cheney was appointed as his running mate and both Bush and Cheney won the election. Cheney was Halliburtons CEO for several years, and continued to received deferred stock options while he was Vice-President. The media and the Democratic party have since repeatedly criticised Cheney for awarding Halliburton a no bid contract in Iraq, despite the fact that it was Democrat president Bill Clinton, who first started this practice with Halliburton during the war in Yugoslavia.

The switch from BlackBerrys to iPhones is a major shift for Halliburton, which was known as a dual platform company: windows and RIM. Halliburtons changeover to Apples offerings will involve as many as 100,000 smartphones. T he company will also be taking a look at Macintosh computers for potential use. Since Macs are capable of running both Windows, Linux and the MacOS even simultaneously if desired, Halliburton has realised the potential cost savings this theoretically can represent, especially when iPhones and iPads are thrown into the mix. In Asia BlackBerry is also faltering. The iPhone is now Chinas hot new item and with Apple now getting ready to formally expand to India, such a move will put additional pressure on RIM. Just a few weeks ago RIMs two co-CEOs resigned, a drastic step the company has taken in an attempt to turn the fortunes around. 1.0v1 February 9, 2012 Kal K. Korff is an officially accredited internationally known author, columnist and investigative journalist.

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