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August 10, 2012 07:00 am GMT

The Kicking Of RIMs Tires Continues, As IBM Reportedly Considers Its Enterprise Unit

IBM-BlackberryThe fear and loathing of RIM has been well-documented by this point. At the end of June, the company released its Q1 2013 earnings, which were more than a little disappointing, with RIM reporting its first operating loss in eight years, that it would be cutting 5K+ employees and that the release of its new BlackBerry were again being delayed -- this time until the beginning of 2013.The acquisition rumors had already been swirling around the BlackBerry maker, and since then, they've intensified, with some big names kicking the company's tires. This morning, Chris wrote about Samsung's confirmation that (again) it was neither considering a buy-out nor a licensing agreement, even though it's been reported numerous times that it, in fact, it's been considering both. And, today, Bloomberg has reported that IBM has "made an informal approach" to acquire RIM's enterprise services unit, which is really at the core of BlackBerry's business.

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