Motorola to acquire Good Technology
Motorola will acquire the Santa Clara based wireless software startup company Good Technology for an undisclosed amount, the companies said in a joint statement Friday. Good currently provides e-mail software for the Schaumburg, Ill., mobile telecommunications company's Q smartphone. The deal will give Motorola direct access to technology that could help it compete with Research In Motion's BlackBerry among corporate users of mobile email. Recently arch-rival Nokia bought Intellisync, another mobile e-mail provider.

Good claimed to have 12,000 corporations using its software. Analyst said the reason Good had to sell was because it was running out of money. Good is said to have had 250,000 subscribers (compared to almost 7 million for RIM's BlackBerry) and was spending millions per quarter to keep going.
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