RIM: Software Upgrade Caused BlackBerry Failure By: Wayne Rash Updated: The Company says the shutdown that stopped e-mail service to BlackBerry users resulted from a software upgrade that went awry. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion announced late April 19 that it has determined the apparent cause of the shutdown that stopped e-mail service to BlackBerry users throughout North America earlier in the week. According to a statement from the Waterloo‚ Ontario-based company‚ the shutdown
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References: * RIM’s Blackberry Delay Hits Stock‚ June 28‚ 2012 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304058404577495013601177508.html# * RIM Official Website http://www.rim.com/newsroom/mediaexecutive/index.shtml * John A Pearce‚ Richachard B Robinson‚ AmitaMital‚ “Strategic
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How can RIM use their Blackberry Brand Dominance to gain consumer market share? Facts relating to problem "Research In Motion (RIM) is a leading designer‚ manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market" according to RIM’s Corporate Profile. The Blackberry user appeal comes largely from the professional "prosumers" and business markets and it has been slow to capture the consumer market. In North America‚ Blackberry has had strong growth
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Densley D Mitchell Speech 2 Speech Title: Why you should get a blackberry General purpose: to persuade the audience on why they should get a blackberry. Specific purpose: to persuade the audience to get a blackberry by discussing the different types provided‚ a few important features‚ and the social status obtained from a blackberry. Thesis statement: Blackberry maybe the best phone you may ever own! Introduction Attention getter: Are you having a hard time getting
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to time-sensitive information‚ including email‚ phone‚ Instant Messaging (IM)‚ short message service (SMS) messaging‚ Global Positioning System (GPS)‚ Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM is known primarily as the maker and provider of Blackberry wireless devices and e-mail services. It can provide users with a wireless extension of their work and personal email accounts‚ including Microsoft Outlook‚ IBM Lotus Notes‚ Novell GroupWise and many
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University Keller Graduate School of Management Research in Motion (RIM) By Gbolade O. Soneyin gsoneyin@my.keller.edu (770) 598-5006 NETW-583-18552 Strategic Management of Technology Professor John Lambrou Friday‚ January 24‚ 2015 Abstract BlackBerry Limited‚ formerly known as Research in Motion (RIM)‚ was a key player in the smartphone market. Created by two friends in 1984‚ it grew to become one of the leading manufacturers of applications and hardware for the mobile phone industry. Through
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"Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (TSX: RIM‚ NASDAQ: RIMM) is a Canadian wireless and telecommunication equipment company. It is headquartered in Ontario‚ Canada and employs more than 17‚000 people. It is famous as the production of the tablet and BlackBerry smartphone." (Research In Motion Ltd.‚ 2012) With the increasing competition in the telecommunication industry and the development of smartphone technologies‚ more and more corporations enter into the mobile phone industry. RIM Ltd. is now
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The Strategic Marketing Planning process: “Where are we now?” | | | | Student number: 10526133 Student Name: Daniel Jimmy Nwadei Student number: 10526133 Student Name: Daniel Jimmy Nwadei According to Everd (1980) “The word strategy came from an ancient Greek military term called “strtagos” which was the name given to the general in command of the army‚ by the time of Alexander the great strategy became a skill of employing forces to overcome opposition”. Marketing
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from the office. They called it the BlackBerry (BBRY). RIM grew into one of the world’s most valuable tech companies.
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company competing in the telecommunication and wireless devices industry and proved to gain tremendous successes with the introduction of the BlackBerry mobile e-mail solution in February 1999. RIM’s top-notch security has become a double-edge sword as government in some key emerging markets‚ where RIM is looking for growth has threaten to block the BlackBerry service over national security concerns. If the issue is not solving immediately‚ RIM could see enormous losses in consumer base in the near
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