As evidence of Apple's surge in the market for the company for the iPhone, the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) that the company has hired at least five key members of the research in enterprise sales staff during Motion last year and a half. Over the past 18 months, at least five members of the team at RIM company sales have left the company to join Apple. This includes Perfect Geoff, who served as director of strategic sales at RIM for almost five years before leaving in April 2009 and will join Apple a month later that sales of iPhone head of the company, according to LinkedIn, the online networking service for professionals.
The report notes that Apple revealed in its most recent conference call on earnings that 80% of the Fortune 500 are flying or using the iPhone. During this call, Apple CEO Steve Jobs noted that Apple had easily beaten Research In Motion smartphone sales in the quarter, and said he does not see the BlackBerry maker catch back up. The movement of staff from RIM to Apple Apple's aggressive campaign stresses in the enterprise market, smartphone, RIM has traditionally dominated. On its fourth-quarter earnings call in October, Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said that over 80% of Fortune 500 companies are deploying or piloting the iPhone.
On this call, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has launched a war of words with RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie RIM taking several slides during the call. For example, employment has noted the iPhone outsold RIM's BlackBerry quarter and he questioned the viability of 7-inch tablet PCs, which include playbook come from RIM. Apple iPad tablet is 9.7 inches.
Also on the conference call, Apple Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook noted that if Apple does not offer specific equipment to businesses, the company made a stronger push into corporate sales as the iPhone software continued to win important features for enterprise customers. To that end, Apple has worked with its transportation partners to support billing companies and other environmental solutions for the iPhone and iPad, and has used partners such as Unisys to help support businesses and government clients.
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