By John Mansour Blackberry is probably the most visible example of an organization whose strength in corporate IT departments was about as ironclad as you could get until the past [ … ]
Category: RIM
The New RIM – Relaunching a Former Industry Juggernaut
by Saeed Khan Back in May 2011, I wrote the following post: Addressing Market Shifts or Why RIM is not down and out just yet. As the news of RIM’s [ … ]
Addressing Market Shifts or Why RIM is not down and out just yet
by Saeed Khan If you’ve read anything about Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) lately, it’s likely that the news has not been good. Whether it was the underwhelming response [ … ]
How to dominate your competition – learn from Apple
by Saeed Khan Did you notice what Apple did this past week? Yes, they announced the iPad 2, but it’s worth taking a look at the details of the announcement [ … ]
The secret to Apple’s success?
If there’s one company that is the envy of the high-tech community these days, it’s Apple. Steve Jobs is hailed as a genius CEO and lauded for a string of [ … ]
Questions for Product Managers
It started with an interview on Red Canary, talking to Product Management leaders in Toronto, including Alan Armstrong, Stephen Pollack, Lee Garrison and Roy Pereira. Interestingly enough, I know all [ … ]
Canada’s Innovation Gap (part 1)
While this post is targeted at the innovation, funding and technology issues in Canada, it may apply to other geographies as well, particularly if you don’t live/work in technology hot [ … ]
The New Rules of (almost) Everything?
Every day there seems to be a new story about the economy that spells doom and gloom. Words like “meltdown”, “depression” and “collapse” are spoken with a frequency I don’t [ … ]
Honey, I bought the Phone. Confessions from the Cambridge Apple Store.
I have a perfectly good Blackberry 8200 series, but I’ve been waiting for a chance to hit the Apple store to check out the iPhone. If you’ve been reading our [ … ]
RIM on the iPhone
In a recent conference call, RIM co-founder Jim Balsillie gave his two cents on how much the iPhone is keeping him awake at night: “I think there’s so many dimensions [ … ]