RIM's Future Becomes Clearer - Wisdom of the Big Chair

More than any other company, Research in Motion has been hurt by the runaway success of Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android systems. Though it is losing a significant share of the smartphone market, RIM has found a way to possibly stay afloat with "Mobile Fusion," its plan to expand its robust enterprise management functions to other devices.

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Written by Paul Korzeniowski

12/12/2011 2 comments

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nasimson

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Saturday January 21, 2012 1:40:11 AM

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RIM knows that its strength lies in enterprise managment and secure communication recently a controversy brewing in Pakistan regarding a communication between a diplomat and a businessman based in US caused much uproar.For Details http://www.newspakistan.pk/2012/01/16/RIM-denies-access-to-the-BlackBerry-data-between-Hussain-Haqqani-and-Mansoor-Ijaz/ RIM's policy of non disclosure of user data sill makes it a realaible choice for secure communication . I wonder though if the move would help the company stay afloat because in smartphone market innovatipn is the magic word ,something that RIM is slow to grasp.

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Hopefully a good move

Nicole Ferraro

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Monday December 12, 2011 11:11:19 AM

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Paul, this sounds like a good move to me. I'm not sure it can turn the company around in a significant way -- at least not yet, but clearly the path RIM has been on wasn't working out. I think that capitalizing on its strengths -- i.e., enterprise security -- could work out well, or at least better.

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