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Want To Keep Android Growing? Verizon Sees Opportunity In The Enterprise

One of the iPhone’s success stories is how quickly Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) was able to win over the hearts of IT managers, who decided the device was safe enough for executives to clip to their belts and carry around in their purses. Now it’s Google’s Android turn to make strides in the enterprise if it has ambitions of keeping up with its current break-neck pace of adoption. But it will need a lot of help from their partners.

Today, Verizon Wireless is announcing that its lineup of Android devices are enterprise-ready through a partnership with Good Technology, which is adding business-grade security and device management features for large enterprise customers. In addition, HTC, one of Android’s leading hardware partners, announced yesterday that it is overlaying a new service on top of some of its devices that allow consumers to locate missing devices, and ultimately wipe them clean if they need to.

While iPhone has been able to get enterprise adoption, this is likely a bigger blow to BlackBerry, which has been synonymous with business users and has worked closely with Verizon for years.

“Good for Enterprise,” which is available through Verizon, allows the techie folks in the back-office to worry less when employees walk out of the company’s offices with sensitive data on their phones. For instance, the IT folks will be able to manage the devices remotely and encrypt and erase data if a phone is lost, the two companies said. The service also provides better e-mail management, including calendar and contacts.

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