Case-in-point: When a sweeping wireless carrier contract came up for renewal last summer, tech distributor Ingram Micro chose to end the contract and turn its optional BYOD smartphone into a mandate. VMware also enacted a BYOD smartphone mandate that is similar to Ingram Micro's.
In both cases, BlackBerries were displaced in favor of iPhones.
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