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Strategies & Market Trends : Anthony @ Equity Investigations, Dear Anthony, -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: knows_picker who wrote (71661)	6/2/2001 1:55:15 AM
From: caly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

Software will provide easy solutions to ALL but the most critical and sensitive info and therefore makes the point mute. I'm not sure of your point. Encryption is just software that runs on your mobile device, or in your case, in your modem. I'm sorry to disagree with you, but the CDPD encryption your modem offers is absolutely and totally insufficient to protect access to a corporate network (or a police department.) All your data, including network logon information, e-mails, files, etc... is in the clear on Internet if that's all you're using. It's easy pickings for anyone who wants it. This is reason why the VPN business is booming. Telecommuters and road warriors need full, secure access to the corporate network. biz.yahoo.com Blackberry doesn't attempt to do that. What it gives you is secure and instantaneous access to your corporate e-mail and calendar. I know you can get more bang for your buck with other solutions, but none as convenient as the Blackberry. I carry mine around in my pocket. When I get an e-mail, the thing buzzes or beeps, I pull it out of my pocket and read it. I don't have to open up a laptop, power it on, logon onto the network etc... The e-mail just shows up after having been encrypted end-to-end from the corporate network. I also happen to have trading capabilities with mine and access to quotes and news if I need it. I'm not an overly active trader, so I don't need streaming quotes or anything like that. I just need to be able to get real time quotes, news, alerts on stock movement and the ability to trade. That's what it gives me...everything I want and need...and it fits in my pocket. Different strokes for different folks. And again, I do not have, nor have I ever had, any position in RIMM. I just really like their product, as do all the other people in my company who have them. That being said though, I don't know a soul who has bought one on their own. All the Blackberry users I know got them through their companies. That being the case, I view it as a corporate tool, not a consumer gadget.