How Apple, Samsung and BlackBerry are fighting to win the enterprise

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Bloodiest tech industry layoffs of 2014, so far FBI: Crooks have stolen $20 million with false Internet ads Network World Daily News PM November 14, 2014 How Apple, Samsung and BlackBerry are fighting to win the enterprise Samsung Electronics' deal with BlackBerry and Apple's efforts to make it easier to configure and deploy massive numbers of iPhones highlight how the smartphone makers are battling for supremacy among enterprise users.As the smartphone market becomes saturated in the U.S. and Europe, enterprise users will be big winners. To continue to grow, manufacturers are courting CIOs more aggressively by making products more secure and easier to manage."The big benefit we are seeing is that costs are coming down for managing these devices," said Leif-Olof Wallin, research vice president at Gartner.Samsung has been trying to replicate its consumer success in the enterprise, but has so far struggled to make much headway. 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