RIM is losing its hold on the security-conscious, including Halliburton and the U.S. military

While consumers and investors alike shunned Research in Motion last year, the BlackBerry’s reputation for security managed to maintain the company’s hold on the market for governments, banks, law firms and other leak-averse businesses. But now even the security-conscious are moving on. The U.S. military reportedly plans to use Android devices to handle classified documents, while drilling giant Halliburton will swap its BlackBerrys for iPhones over the next two years. Neither deal will sink RIM—Halliburton employees, for instance, account for only about 4,500 BlackBerrys—but both show that the paranoid (or the presidential) have other options. Still, when even Halliburton doesn’t want to be seen with you, things aren’t looking good. Read the entire story [Toronto Star] »