We are not in the hype or bandwagon business, but a follow up to our post yesterday about the iPhone’s potential place in business is in order. In an interview with USA Today this morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs had this to say about corporate e-mail and the iPhone:

Q: What about corporate e-mail? I understand that's an issue for many consumers, who may not be able to hook up to their company networks?

Jobs: You'll be hearing more about this in the coming weeks. We have some pilots going with companies with names you'll recognize. This won't be a big issue.

There you go. If we were to read the tea leaves, likely candidates are Microsoft and Motorola (who recently acquired Good). RIM, the company behind Blackberry, is less likely because their system uses dedicated data centers. Whether the iPhone can be remotely managed and wiped still remains to be seen, but Apple apparently wants to remove any barriers to the business market.