BlackBerry Dropped by Booz Allen for Apple, Android
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Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., whose 25,000 staff provide consulting services to the U.S. government, has dropped BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. as a smartphone supplier.
Booz Allen has started decommissioning the firm’s dedicated BlackBerry server that runs those devices and plans to move those staff onto iPhones made by Apple Inc. and handsets that run Google Inc.’s Android software in the coming months, James Fisher, a Booz Allen spokesman, said by telephone. The company already issues some iPhones and Android handsets, though he declined to say how many. Staff not issued a device who now bring their own BlackBerry to work won’t be able to access work e-mail on the device once the switch is complete, he said.