...Table of Contents 1. Background ………………………………………………………… 2 2. Objectives of the Research………………………………………… 4 3. Methadology……………………………………………….………. 5 4. Executive Summary………………………………………………. 6 5. Findings………………………………………………………….... 7 6. Conclusion and recommendations……………………………….. 11 7. Appendices…………………………………………………………… 13 Background About Apple Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs and markets consumer electronics, computer software, and personal computers. The company's best-known hardware products include the Macintosh line of computers, the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad. About RIM Research In Motion Limited (RIM) is a Canadian telecommunication and wireless device company best known as the developer of the BlackBerry smartphone. Target markets for the iPhone and BlackBerry are starting to overlap. The iPhone is a media consumer's dream, playing movies and music with ease. But it's not as finely tuned for the corporate user; large companies have resisted letting employees use iPhones on corporate networks The iPhone accounted for 16.1% of the market in the quarter, compared to 10.9% the same period a year ago, IDC said in releasing its quarterly report Friday. In terms of shipments, Apple shipped 8.8 million units, a 131.6% increase from the 3.8 million shipments a year ago. RIM, meanwhile, saws its share drop to 19.4% from 20.9% a year ago. Nevertheless, the company shipped 10.6 million units, a 45.2% increase...
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...MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Case Study 2 : Blackberry in International Markets: Balancing Business Interests and Host Nations’ Security Concerns MUHAMMAD FAIZAL RUSLAN 62361214009 Module 2 Question 1 Research in Motion (RIM), the maker of the Blackberry smartphone enjoys huge success in its US, UK and Canada market. Strong encryption built into the design of the Blackberry system that guaranteed customer privacy has been its forte and main strength among business entities and government agencies in the UK, US and Canada. However, despite the strong security unmatched by rivals such as Apple Inc, Google Inc and Nokia Corp, controversies surrounding its security soon emerge prominently from its Asia and Middle East market. The main reason for this can be related to the number of terrorist attack on that region. Due to the strong security of Blackberry system, it provides a perfect communication medium for terrorists or any parties with malicious intent to communicate, plan and execute their ploy without fear of the their emails, text messages or phone calls being tapped by the government or intelligence body. Thus, due to a number of terrorist attack that was investigated to be planned via Blackberry (due to Blackberry being found in the possession of the terrorist), it is a legitimate concern regarding to Blackberry’s security system from the governments of the region. Second reason as to why the Western countries where Blackberry...
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...Motion (RIM) is a multi-award-winning company that designs and produces hardware, software, and service solutions for wireless communications used by worldwide business and consumer markets. These state-of-the-art products and services provide customers with immediate access to information in order to make sound business decisions 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Whether you use the Blackberry device or the Pearl “smart” phone, you can be assured that you have purchased a quality product connecting people either at work or at play, designed and built by one of the most innovative Canadian companies of all time. Background RIM is a Waterloo-based company founded in 1984 by two University of Waterloo engineering students, Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin. Today, Mike Lazaradis and Jim Balsillie, who joined the company in 1992, share the leadership role in the company as co-CEOs. The first Blackberry device came to market in 1999. Since then, RIM has consistently introduced many new and innovative products and services that are used by businesses and consumers around the world. The wireless solutions industry is an extremely competitive one, and, in 2002, RIM was sued for patent infringement by an American company, NTP. The case was finally settled in 2006, with RIM paying NTP $612.5 million.1 RIM has offices in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific. It is traded on the NASDAQ stock market and the Toronto Stock Exchange. In 2006, RIM had revenues of over $2 billion...
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...Research In Motion Limited (RIM) is a Canadian telecommunication and wireless device company best known for developing the Blackberry Smartphone. RIM has his headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and is a sponsor of RIM Park in the northeast of the city. Founded by Mike Lazaridis, who currently serves as its co-CEO along with Jim Balsillie were keenly interested in this project. History Preceding the time of manufacture of the Smartphone, RIM worked with RAM Mobile Data and Ericsson to turn the development of Ericsson’s Mobitex wireless data network into a two-way paging and wireless e-mail network. The most important in this development was the release of the Interactive pager 950, which started shipping in August 2000. The size of this is about like the bar soap. This device competed against the SkyTel two-way paging network developed by Motorola. Canadian institutional and venture capital investors in 1995 sponsored RIM’s initial development through a private placement in the privately-held company. Working Ventures Canadian Fund Inc. led the first venture round with a $5,000,000 (CAD) investment with the proceeds being used to complete the development of RIM's two-way paging system hardware and software. A total of $30,000,000 (CAD) in pre-IPO financing was raised by the company prior to its initial public offering on the Toronto Stock Exchange in January, 1998 under the symbol RIM. RIM has released a variety of devices running on GSM, CDMA, and Motorola iDEN...
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...A) 1. Fejlstætning: The destination really live up to its reputation of being both beautiful and affordable. Rettelse: The destination really lives up to its reputation of being both beautiful and affordable. Forklaring: Kongruensfejl. Sukbjektet (grundleddet) “The destination” er singularis (ental), derfor skal der et s på verballeddet (udsagnsledet). 2. Fejlsætning: They were worried about that they had not seen the cat for four days. Rettelse: They were worried about the fact that they had not seen the cat for four days. Forklaring: Her bliver man nødt til at indsætte et støtteord som for eksempel “fact”. 3. Fejlsætning: Howard has some mantally problems that he has never dealt with. Rettelse: Howard has some mental problems that he has never dealt with. Forklaring: Her skal man ikke bruge ly-endelsen, da mental lægger sig op af det substantiv (navneord). 4. Fejlsætning: Luckily became he a good and caring father. Rettelse: Luckily he became a good and caring father. Forklaring: Ligefrem ordstilling. Subjektet (grundleddet) “he” skal komme før verballedet (udsagnsleddet) “became”. 5. Fejlsætning: Since my father lost his job at the factory, everything have gone downhill. Rettelse: Since my father lost his job at the factory, everything has gone downhill. Forklaring: Kongruensfejl. 3. Person ental. Subjektet (grundleddet) “Everything” er singularis (ental), derfor skal verbummet (udsagnsordet) laves om til “has”. 6....
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...Blackberry Storm is one of RIM’s most profitable product), and the word “crackberry” had become synonymous with the workaholic professional. Yet, as the mobile telephony market for professionals started showing promise, RIM found itself besieged numerous competitors all over the world. RIM had a distinct first mover advantage in the market and was well known for its ultra-secure enterprise software. However, this advantage was rapidly eroding in the face of high R&D investments from RIM’s largest competitors such as Nokia, Apple, and Microsoft. This was problematic as it foreshadowed the question of whether or not RIM was well positioned to continue to meet expectations, deliver award-winning products and services and maintain its lead in the smartphone market. Oftentimes, Wall Street expectations for technology driven companies were also linked to the technology spend and RIM was clearly not ahead of the game in terms of this metric. Just to maintain status quo, it was clear to RIM’s CTO, Mr. David Yach, that he would need to hire 1,400 software engineers in 2008. Essentially, Mr. Yach faced the unenviable task of having to select the best options to deliver the growth expectations of RIM. These options included: (1) doing what they did, only more of it, (2) building on their existing and satellite R&D locations, (3) growing through acquisition or (4) going global. In this paper, we will examine the pros and cons...
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...What were some of the challenges that RIM faced to protect its intellectual property, and how did RIM handle those challenges? RIM’s success in the industry of wireless technology, more specifically, the e-mail wireless communications, made the organization’s intellectual property a prime target for adversaries that were not involved in the technological innovation industry, but for patent holding firms that were sitting in the background waiting patiently for a big fish to fall prey of their treachery. The success of these patent holding firms in the patent infringement litigation arena opened the gates for RIM’s industry competitors to scavenge from the patent holding company prey. Some of the challenges RIM faced to protect their intellectual property ignited a myriad of legal battles that wounded the Blackberry giant fatally from which RIM never recovered totally to this date. Below are summaries of litigation battles that originated after RIM, amongst other companies, decided to ignore a licensee contract agreement proposed by a Virginia based holding company in the year 2000. The US intellectual property holding company that sent the memorandum notice to RIM as well as to other technology companies and initiated the downfall of RIM was New Technology Products (NTP). 1. New Technology Products (NTP) Vs. Research in Motion (RIM) In 2001, NTP, an intellectual property holding company of at least 50 US patents, which focused on inventions in the fields of wireless...
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...Sarah Crossin Jeron Dillon Kevin Giles Theresa Lawson David McConville October 22, 2009 0 Problem Identification Research in Motion (RIM) will face considerable challenges moving forward. The most relevant questions at hand for the company are, “How can RIM successfully gain a more significant market share of the consumer market?” and, “How will RIM maintain its brand dominance within the business market?” Key Findings RIM, founded in 1984, is the pioneer of smartphone technology and the developer, manufacturer and marketer of the most popular portable communication device in the world, the Blackberry. Unveiled in 1998, the BlackBerry is a truly innovative product that has changed the face of business. In August 2009, Fortune Magazine named RIM the fastest growing company in the world and according to British Broadcasting Corporation, RIM profits have increased by 84% and revenues by 77% in the last three years (Fortune Magazine, 2009). Furthermore, Schonfeld (2009) reports that 56% of all smartphones in the United States are Blackberries and the bestselling smartphone of 2009 is the Blackberry Curve. Despite this success and growth, RIM faces significant challenges. The greatest challenges currently confronting RIM are maintaining its market dominance in the business market and increasing their market share in the consumer market. While RIM holds a good position in the business market, competition in this realm is increasing rapidly. In fact, in a recent study conducted by...
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...Foundation Copyright 2011 ARMA International Educational Foundation ARMA INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION SOCIAL NETWORKS AND THEIR IMPACT ON RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1. Introduction Page 1 Section 2. Overview and Background of Social Networks Page 3 Section 3. Issues Influenced by the Generation Gap Page 5 Section 4. Areas of Impact to Records and Information Management Page 8 Section 5. Legal Considerations Arising with Social Networks Page 13 Section 6. Conclusion Page 15 Epilogue Page 16 About the Author Page 17 ii | P a g e Copyright 2011 ARMA International Educational Foundation ARMA INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION SOCIAL NETWORKS AND THEIR IMPACT ON RECORDS AND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION Social Networks are used by hundreds of millions of people around the world. Social Networks’1 impact on Records and Information Management (RIM) begins with clearly defining what we mean by a Social Network. For the purposes of this paper, a Social Network is defined as an internet-based service that allows individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the...
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...communities in northern Zimbabwe AD 500-1700. Studies in African Archaeology 13, Uppsala, 180 pp, 43 figs, 21 plates ISSN 0284-5040, ISBN 91-506-1159-3. Ulls thesis addresses two main questions about the iron-using farming communities in northem Zimbabwe: when did they become established and how - - ::: ____( ' \' ,_ ,,, ___ Eo z~---- Figure 25. Mutota site plan. 81 \ : "' 0 0 "' \j I ~-· -~ o ~----·· "' \ \ N // Figure 26. Matusadona site plan. y 0 I affinities with that recovered from both Great Zimbabwe and Khami. Copper objects, the most common being wound bangles and copper beads were also recovered. In addition, ivory bangles were recovered (Plate 20). Glass beads A total of 120 glass beads of different colours were recovered mostly from the midden. Their classification is summarised in Table 1la. Despite the occurrence of fragments of moulded dhaka showing house remains on the surface and in the test pits, no actual house floors were found. One charcoal sample recovered from Test Pit I, and another from Test Pit Il were collected and submitted for C14 dating. The results are presented in Table 19. Kasekete pottery: description, classification and analysis Initially all the 4766 excavated sherds were categorised into vessel parts of rim, nyck, shoulder,...
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...Sarah Crossin Jeron Dillon Kevin Giles Theresa Lawson David McConville October 22, 2009 0 Problem Identification Research in Motion (RIM) will face considerable challenges moving forward. The most relevant questions at hand for the company are, “How can RIM successfully gain a more significant market share of the consumer market?” and, “How will RIM maintain its brand dominance within the business market?” Key Findings RIM, founded in 1984, is the pioneer of smartphone technology and the developer, manufacturer and marketer of the most popular portable communication device in the world, the Blackberry. Unveiled in 1998, the BlackBerry is a truly innovative product that has changed the face of business. In August 2009, Fortune Magazine named RIM the fastest growing company in the world and according to British Broadcasting Corporation, RIM profits have increased by 84% and revenues by 77% in the last three years (Fortune Magazine, 2009). Furthermore, Schonfeld (2009) reports that 56% of all smartphones in the United States are Blackberries and the bestselling smartphone of 2009 is the Blackberry Curve. Despite this success and growth, RIM faces significant challenges. The greatest challenges currently confronting RIM are maintaining its market dominance in the business market and increasing their market share in the consumer market. While RIM holds a good position in the business market, competition in this realm is increasing rapidly. In fact, in a recent study conducted by...
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...units1 purchased and more selling everyday. Research in Motion has long dominated the business world and is widely known for their innovating product, which has now sold over 60 million units worldwide, the BlackBerry. Now as an addition build upon the BlackBerry a new product the Playbook tablet is set to hit stores in early 20112 in an attempt to catch on to the tablet phenomenon. As this new market of tablets has competitors lining up to release their own versions of the tablet RIM is facing growing concerns of impeding competition in their steady enterprise market. They are faced with the growing technological convergence of communications, entertainment and business tools as well as the growing over lap of personal and business uses for these tools. RIM’s Palybook could potentially take a strong presence in the tablet market by focusing on the strengths that RIM has already established and taking advantage of the current gaps in Apple’s iPad model which currently dominants the tablet market. RIM has established themselves as the front-runners in the enterprise world. This was accomplished by meeting the extreme requirements of security and reliability needed to govern an entire business network3. The Playbook simple builds upon an IT structure that is already established in almost every major corporation by tethering to a BlackBerry on a short range, secure link. The Palybook even protects the user by only temporarily storing information from the BlackBerry and deleting the...
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...This case study discusses Research In Motion's (RIM, maker of BlackBerry smartphone) dilemma of striking a balance between its business interests and the security concerns of governments across the world. In 2010, the UAE government imposed a ban on the BlackBerry and created a furore in countries like India, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, etc, as well. The governments of these countries considered the phone a national security threat due to the strong encryption built into the design of its system that blocked security agencies from tracking communications carried over these devices. This encryption system was developed by RIM to guarantee customers' privacy - a major unique selling proposition (USP) for the company. The case study enables a discussion on the remedial measures available for RIM to answer such security concerns without compromising on privacy. This case is designed to enable students to: (1) Understand the various issues and challenges facing a company in international markets; (2) Understand the controversy regarding BlackBerry usage and also to debate why this controversy is more prominent in Asia and the Middle East; (3) Analyze the remedial measures available to RIM in addressing the national security concerns and its business interests effectively; and (4) Understand the strategic lessons from Blackberry episode for MNCs in general and for technology and telecom companies in particular. This case is meant for MBA students as part of an international business /...
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...BUSN 226-Marking Rubric-Assignment #1 Your Name:___________________________________ Your Student #_________________________________ |Rubric attached to front of assignment | /1 | |Cover page and introduction & typed page numbers |/5 | |Four summaries ( if article not different from other group members, summary will not be marked) |/40 | |Direct quote and in-text reference included in each |/8 | |summary , using proper format | | |Ref Works bibliography addressing all four articles, with works cited in alphabetical order by author |/8 | | | | |Original articles attached in same order as shown in bibliography (each article different from group members) |/8 | | | | |Late? ...
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...Sriram Prakash Econ 106T Research in Motion: Are BlackBerry’s too secure? Research in Motion – RIM, best known for it’s BlackBerry device, is currently facing increasing pressure from developing nations to grant governments access to BlackBerry encrypted data. This demand from RIM’s crucial future markets like India, China, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE poses several long-‐term strategy questions for RIM and is a result of RIM’s product differentiation in the market place. Instead of simply offering a phone solution RIM goes one step further and provides servers essential for the encryption and security of data. The data governments are demanding access to compromise of BIS – BlackBerry Internet Service, the personal e-‐mail service offered by RIM; BES – BlackBerry Enterprise Server, the enterprise e-‐ mail service, and BBM – BlackBerry Messenger, which is an international messaging feature used for inter-‐blackberry communications...
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