Given a BlackBerry choice, 92% of Clorox employees picked iPhone
As part of an effort to replace IT designated PCs and mobile phones with devices employees want, Clorox has dropped RIM's BlackBerry and workers have overwhelmingly selected iPhones instead.
According to a report by Compuerworld, the company stopped issuing BlackBerry phones and gave employees a choice between Apple's iPhone, Android models, or Windows Phone 7 smartphones.
Of the 2,000 smartphones the company has issued under the new plan, 92 percent are iPhones, while 6 percent picked Android and 2 percent chose a WP7 model.
RIM's BlackBerry has long been the corporate choice of IT managers, ostensibly because of its centralized management and security credentials. However, messaging had largely become a cloud service, making the device itself less important.
"We live in public cloud for mail and messaging," explained Clorox' chief information officer Ralph Loura. "I don't have to worry about security because I don't sync data to the iPhones. It remains in the cloud.
"My job is about how to be the chief risk officer, yet provide choice and flexibility. It's about putting apps and logistics in the cloud and pushing the user interface to the edge," he said.
Loura is also beginning an iPad pilot program, and notes that while nobody volunteers "take my laptop and replace with iPad," he does think it can be used to run cloud-based business apps.
"What I want [to do is] figure out how to take that business intelligence app or workflow app and figure out way to have it be accessed in an intuitive way from the iPad," he stated in the report.
According to a report by Compuerworld, the company stopped issuing BlackBerry phones and gave employees a choice between Apple's iPhone, Android models, or Windows Phone 7 smartphones.
Of the 2,000 smartphones the company has issued under the new plan, 92 percent are iPhones, while 6 percent picked Android and 2 percent chose a WP7 model.
RIM's BlackBerry has long been the corporate choice of IT managers, ostensibly because of its centralized management and security credentials. However, messaging had largely become a cloud service, making the device itself less important.
"We live in public cloud for mail and messaging," explained Clorox' chief information officer Ralph Loura. "I don't have to worry about security because I don't sync data to the iPhones. It remains in the cloud.
"My job is about how to be the chief risk officer, yet provide choice and flexibility. It's about putting apps and logistics in the cloud and pushing the user interface to the edge," he said.
Loura is also beginning an iPad pilot program, and notes that while nobody volunteers "take my laptop and replace with iPad," he does think it can be used to run cloud-based business apps.
"What I want [to do is] figure out how to take that business intelligence app or workflow app and figure out way to have it be accessed in an intuitive way from the iPad," he stated in the report.
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If anyone were to read the title only they would think the employees chose between iPhones and Blackberry's and 92% chose iPhones.
Wow. I guess it pays to actually read the article.
"Given a BlackBerry choice, 92% of Clorox employees picked iPhone"
If anyone were to read the title only they would think the employees chose between iPhones and Blackberry's and 92% chose iPhones.
Wow. I guess it pays to actually read the article.
no sarcasm, no offense, but is that not what happened? ie even reading the article, seems like out of 2000 so far, 92% were iPhones
no sarcasm, no offense, but is that not what happened? ie even reading the article, seems like out of 2000 so far, 92% were iPhones
No, that’s not what happened. The choice was between iPhone and Android (and iPhone and Windows), not iPhone and BlackBerry as the headline suggests. There WAS no BlackBerry choice at Clorox anymore. bcahill009 is right.
No, that?s not what happened. The choice was between iPhone and Android (and iPhone and Windows), not iPhone and BlackBerry as the headline suggests. There WAS no BlackBerry choice at Clorox anymore. bcahill009 is right.
Adding the word replacement to the title might have helped
Meanwhile, in other news toilet paper deliveries to RIM HQ have increased!
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92% sounds about right.
Very dry...I love it!
PS. Best first post in awhile!
PSS. They should make a note in the personnel file of the 8%!
I assume most wanted white ones.
*lol* This was a good one. Very well done, digitalglips.
All Clorox employees are just delusional fanboys.
According to a report by Compuerworld...
Who's "Compuerworld"?
I've never heard of them.
Very dry...I love it!
PS. Best first post in awhile!
PSS. They should make a note in the personnel file of the 8%!
It'll be on their next performance evalutation as "needs improvement"
"Given a BlackBerry choice, 92% of Clorox employees picked iPhone"
If anyone were to read the title only they would think the employees chose between iPhones and Blackberry's and 92% chose iPhones.
Wow. I guess it pays to actually read the article.
I don't get it?
Edit - Ah I see - BB was not one of the options going forward.
Isn't THAT news though? Why wouldn't they allow BB for at least continuity's sake?
It'll be on their next performance evalutation as "needs improvement"
Yep! And it will be "Sent from (their Supervisor's) iPhone."
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I assume most wanted white ones.
Sounds like the iPhone really cleaned up.
Very dry...I love it!
PS. Best first post in awhile!
PSS. They should make a note in the personnel file of the 8%!
That's PPS
"Given a BlackBerry choice, 92% of Clorox employees picked iPhone"
If anyone were to read the title only they would think the employees chose between iPhones and Blackberry's and 92% chose iPhones.
Wow. I guess it pays to actually read the article.
But, at the end of the day, it's still 2000 Blackberries that were replaced. Sure, it wasn't an active choice made, but there was still a choice of iPhone or Android over returning to RIM. So while the title may be a bit misleading, RIM is still losing footing in the business contract world.