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Agito to support VoIP over Wi-Fi
Jun. 26, 2009
Agito has announced support for VoIP over Wi-Fi and Unified Communications on Research In Motion (RIM) BlackBerry handsets. Agito Networks' newest enterprise mobility solution also delivers Wi-Fi/cellular network ...

It appears Agito Networks has surpassed competitors on mobile handset technology |..
Jun. 24, 2009
Q&A with Agito executive explains why it took so long to bring VoIP over WiFI to the BlackBerry.

iPhone, Android and Storm hurt RIM's subscriber growth
Jun. 19, 2009
BlackBerry maker, RIM, just reported it's first drop in subscriber growth since 2006 back when they were in patent litigation.

RIM patches BlackBerry PDF vulnerability
Jun. 03, 2009
Research in Motion has issued a new security patch for BlackBerry Enterprise Server to fix vulnerabilities in its PDF distiller program.

Verizon to sell Pre in 6 months; Timing is key in Windows 7 migration
May. 29, 2009
Verizon to sell Pre in 6 months; Timing is key in Windows 7 migration

Alleged Blackberry Storm 2 photos surface
May. 15, 2009
Photos alleging to be the Blackberry Storm 2 surfaced online Thursday to the site Crackberry. While the images are new, there is not a lot to get excited about. The supposed images of the next-gen Storm appear to reduce ...

Best of WES: Top 10 BlackBerry Products and Services
May. 07, 2009
Research In Motion's (RIM) Wireless Enterprise Symposium (WES) is the largest BlackBerry event of the year, and as such, all the heavies in the space--from BlackBerry administrators to analysts and pundits, as well as ...

Cellcrypt for BlackBerry Secures Cellular Voice Conversation
May. 06, 2009
The BlackBerry platform is known for its impressive security safeguards; Research In Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) is literally designed from the ground up to meet enterprise security needs, and its ...

BlackBerry push API goes after consumers
May. 05, 2009
Research In Motion is injecting the power of its popular BlackBerry push technology into the consumer arena by letting third-party developers write applications that tap into it.

HP allies with RIM for mobile business on BlackBerry
May. 04, 2009
HP and Research In Motion plan to design and sell business software together for RIM's popular BlackBerry smartphones.

Zenprise can find lost BlackBerrys remotely
May. 04, 2009
An upgrade to Zenprise's mobile-phone management software will let IT administrators find lost phones, using GPS to locate the devices.

RIM Launches BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) 5.0 at WES
May. 04, 2009
Research In Motion (RIM) launched the latest edition of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), version 5.0, the company's core piece of BlackBerry infrastructure for secure, mobile corporate messaging, at its annual ...

Mobile devices tax unprepared IT groups
Apr. 15, 2009
Mobile platforms in the enterprise are proliferating, and many companies lack the infrastructure to secure, manage and troubleshoot them, according to Osterman Research.

Sun strikes back at Cisco; BlackBerry outage affects Web e-mail users
Apr. 14, 2009
Sun strikes back at Cisco; BlackBerry outage affects Web e-mail users

Saving with Skype in the mobile enterprise
Apr. 06, 2009
Skype, with its initial proprietary protocols and peer-to-peer behavior, has historically not been particularly popular with enterprise IT departments. However, a few recent moves, including some wireless ones, might be ...

RIM sells 50 millionth BlackBerry, stock soars on earnings
Apr. 03, 2009
Research In Motion Limited (RIM) stock soared in after-market trading after the company posted solid financial results and said it sold its 50 millionth BlackBerry smartphone.

RIM becomes a $10 billion company
Apr. 03, 2009
Research In Motion ended fiscal 2009 with a bang, becoming a $10 billion company and reporting strong gains in revenue, profit and subscribers.

Hanging out in the Rhombus room
Apr. 03, 2009
Hanging out in the Rhombus room

RIM unveils BlackBerry application store
Apr. 01, 2009
Research in Motion this week launches BlackBerry App World, an online catalog to find, buy, and download applications for its smartphones

Mobile-phone competition heats up as sales slow
Mar. 04, 2009
The faltering economy produced dismal mobile-phone sales at the end of last year, leading to heightened competition among phone makers, according to a few recent analyst reports.

New worldwide Cisco CCIE count surpasses historic 20K milestone | NetworkWorld.com ..
Jun. 29, 2009
Additionally, the brand new Cisco CCIE Wireless track added 6 new CCIEs to the worldwide count

Taming BlackBerry support costs
Mar. 02, 2009
Research In Motion (RIM) made headlines last week by default when Visto acquired the former Good Technology, a RIM competitor, from Motorola. The move spurred talk that Visto is taking on RIM's BlackBerry e-mail push- ...

RIM: Battery not source of BlackBerry Bold overheating
Feb. 27, 2009
Research In Motion on Friday confirmed that NTT DoCoMo has halted sales of the BlackBerry Bold smartphone in Japan due to overheating, but said that the battery wasn't the source of the problem.

Lenovo Service Boosts BlackBerry, ThinkPad Integration
Feb. 17, 2009
Research In Motion (RIM) and Lenovo on Monday announced a new service for mobile professionals, called Lenovo Constant Connect, that lets ThinkPad laptop computer users with BlackBerry smartphones employ a brand new, ...

BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0: Five Features CIOs Need to Know About
Feb. 12, 2009
On Wednesday, Research In Motion (RIM) officially announced and demonstrated the latest version of its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES), the core piece of BlackBerry infrastructure for secure, mobile enterprise ...

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Overview

2005 NW200 rank: 46
2004 NW200 rank: 62

Revenue

Total '05 revenue (in $M)   1909
'04-'05 revenue change   65%
'01-'05 CAGR revenue   60%

Profit

Profit or loss (in $M)   361
Change from '04   40
As percentage of revenue 19   19
CAGR, '01-'05   -

Employees

Number of employees   4000
'04 - '05 change   -
Revenue per employee   477350

Misc.

Mkt Cap as of 3/19/05 ($M)   15530
Cash/investments ($M)  
Year inc.   1984
Fiscal year ends   Feb

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