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Report: IBM made 'informal approach' for RIM'S enterprise business

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Photo credit: AP | Three people on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange display their BlackBerry smartphones. (May 30, 2012)

IBM has considered buying Research In Motion's enterprise division, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing two unnamed sources.

IBM made an informal approach for the enterprise business that operates the servers used for supporting BlackBerry email and messaging services, one of the sources said, according to Bloomberg. The report said no talks were currently underway.

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