Most organizations have a records and information management (
RIM) department with skilled professionals who know how to apply
RIM principles to the information landscape.
"Two major factors have worked against
RIM in the past two years: companies are no longer buying the majority of smartphones sold today, and individuals overwhelmingly choose devices other than BlackBerries when they make buying decisions," Dawson said.
Given
RIM's struggles over the last year, the loss was less than expected, independent analyst Jeff Kagan said, "and in
RIM's case, that's good news….
Edison, New Jersey-based software firm Mformation sued
RIM in 2008 in US District Court in San Francisco, claiming it had disclosed details of its technology to
RIM during licensing discussions.
Balsillie and Lazaridis have headed Waterloo, Ontario-based
RIM together for the past two decades.
RIM, India reach deal on access to BlackBerry Messenger, e-mail
Oh sure, the iPhone was considered to be much cooler than
RIM's assorted BlackBerry devices, but it didn't have the same corporate email capabilities, it was only on one carrier and there was only one model of it.
The statement was issued to Gulf News yesterday after media reports on Monday suggested that
RIM had given authorities the keys to decipher BlackBerry content of consumers.
Huang pointed out, however, that chances for the
RIM share to drop in the short to medium-term are very slim.
And
RIM s new BlackBerry Torch touchscreen phone, a possible rival to the iPhone, has met a muted reception.
Research in Motion is at odds with the governments of India, Saudi Arabia and the UAE over their demands that the company let authorities tap BlackBerry messages delivered using
RIM's rock-solid encryption technology.
AFRESH round of trouble is brewing for BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (
RIM) after a two- year lull as there is a move afoot to strengthen the law so that Indian intelligence agencies can get access to its encryption key to enable them to monitor e- mails and SMSes to deal with security concerns.