GOOD, Replacing Blackberry Devices on Wall Street
There’s a trend going on right now that doesn’t help RIM with their cherished Wall Street clients.
I’m seeing this all over the place. People are tired of carrying two mobile devices, a corporate Blackberry and a personal Android or iPhone. Many IT departments on Wall Street are incorporating technology from GOOD to solve this problem. And saving big $$$ for the company.
If you haven’t heard of GOOD, think of it as a self-contained corporate Outlook for your Smartphone. It’s a secure e-email / calendar / browser / contact manager /etc app. All data is encrypted, and if the device is lost the application data can be wiped remotely.
If your company supports GOOD, you typically have the option of disposing of your corporate Blackberry and installing the GOOD app on your Smartphone. Given the option, everyone I know is doing the latter.
GOOD isn’t the greatest technology, and will most likely become irrelevant with iOS 5.0 (more on that later), but given the option I would rather carry just one device and that would be a Smartphone, not a Blackberry.
