RIM Devises BlackBerry Outage 'SWAT Team'

Release Date 1 Nov, 2011 in Bloomberg

 
   

RIM devises BlackBerry 'SWAT Team' to find cause of outage

Vancouver Sun - 1 Nov, 2011
Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), trying to rebuild client faith in its BlackBerry smartphone network after a three-day outage last month, formed a “SWAT team” to find the cause of the failure across five continents. Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM), ...

RIM Devises 'SWAT Team' to Uncover Cause of BlackBerry Outage

BusinessWeek - 1 Nov, 2011
Nov. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Research In Motion Ltd., trying to rebuild client faith in its BlackBerry smartphone network after a three-day outage last month, formed a “SWAT team” to find the cause of the failure across ...

RIM's tablet deal: good marketing or desperation?

Toronto Star - 1 Nov, 2011
The next two months will make or break troubled Research in Motion Ltd., and its latest promotion, buy two tablets and get one free, could be an integral part of its strategy, experts say. Waterloo-based BlackBerry maker RIM is offering three PlayBooks ...

Research In Motion Eviscerated By Veritas Analyst

Wall Street Journal - 1 Nov, 2011
TORONTO (Dow Jones) -- In one of the more devastating breakdowns of BlackBerry-maker Research in Motion Ltd.'s (RIMM) recent troubles, Veritas Investment Research estimates that the company's stock has a 50% chance of dropping below $10 in 2012. ...

BlackBerry Outage Prompts Class Action Suit

InformationWeek (blog) - 1 Nov, 2011
RIM's problems are entirely of their own making. The global outage never should have happened. In fact, such an outage that targets one platform is impossible with devices that run iOS, Android, Windows Phone, and pretty much anything else. ...

Veritas says RIM could fall to single-digits

Financial Post - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
On Wednesday, blackouts that began Monday in Europe, Africa and the Middle East spread to North America, knocking BlackBerry users in the United States and Canada off-line. Warning that Research In Motion Ltd. is on track to deliver single-digit ...

Buy two Blackberry Playbooks, get one free

Inquirer - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
CANADIAN COMMUNICATIONS OUTFIT Research in Motion (RIM) is really trying to push sales of its Playbook tablet and the latest move from its marketing department is to offer business buyers one free device for every two that they buy. ...

Desperate RIM in 'buy two PlayBooks, get one free' offer

Register - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
RIM has resorted to giving away its little-fondled BlackBerry PlayBook as part of a promo to drive sales to biz customers stateside. In a deal usually reserved for commodity items in supermarkets, ...

RIM Facility Helps India Monitor Messages, Email

PC Magazine - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
Research in Motion has set up a small facility in India to help the government lawfully monitor some of the encrypted data that travels over its servers. Citing “people familiar with the matter,” a Wall Street Journal report said the ...

BlackBerry users sue RIM

Edmonton Journal - ‎Oct 30, 2011‎
Consumers in Canada and the United States have sued Research in Motion for a days-long service outage on BlackBerry devices that rippled across the world earlier this month. The system-wide failure of the ...

BlackBerry maker RIM loses market share in US

Triangle Business Journal - 1 Nov, 2011
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion lost market share in the US in the third quarter, dropping to below 10 percent for the first time ever. But the company continues to do well throughout the world where its BBM instant messenger service BBM is popular ...

Research In Motion Lags Behind Rivals As Competition Intensifies

Seeking Alpha - 1 Nov, 2011
Last week, I compared the QNX-powered PlayBook tablet from Research In Motion (RIMM) with the Samsung (SSNLF.PK) Galaxy S II to get a sense of the future QNX-powered Blackberry device. The Galaxy S II has a 4.5-inch screen and 1.5 GHz dual-core ...

RIM Shares Set New Low Despite E-Mail Outage Fix Plan

International Business Times - 1 Nov, 2011
Shares of BlackBerry developer Research in Motion set a new 52-week low despite the company's renewed pledge to fix its network that caused a three-day October e-mail glitch. ...

Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM) Continues to Lose Market Share in U.S.

Tech24 - 1 Nov, 2011
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Limited (NASDAQ: RIMM) continued to lose market share in the US, according to a report by market research firm Canalys. RIM, which has struggled against the likes of Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone and Google ...

RIM (RIMM) Forms 'Swat Team' to Find Cause of BlackBerry Outage, May Redesign ...

StreetInsider.com (subscription) - 1 Nov, 2011
RIM (Nasdaq: RIMM) shares seem to be responding to headlines coming from the company's Pat Spence, head of regional sales and marketing. Doing an interview with Bloomberg, Spence said RIM has created a "swat team" aimed at uncovering the exact cause of ...

RIM Faces Lawsuits Over Blackberry Outage

P.M. News - 1 Nov, 2011
Blackberry customers in the US and Canada are suing Research in Motion over the recent global outage which left millions without email, instant messaging and net access. A Canadian lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, was brought on behalf of all Blackberry ...

RIM offers buy-two-get-one-free deal on BlackBerry PlayBook tablet

V3.co.uk - 1 Nov, 2011
RIM has begun a special offer in the US and Canada allowing business customers that purchase two BlackBerry PlayBook tablets to receive a third tablet free of charge until the end of the year. RIM launched a series of price cuts and ...

BlackBerry's nextgen 'Colt' BBX smartphones already in the hands of game ...

Pocket Gamer.Biz - 1 Nov, 2011
Thanks to my attendance of the BlackBerry DevCon in San Francisco a couple of weeks ago, I'm increasingly interested in what the company will come up with next in terms of gaming. Of course, as the only announced and available BBX device, ...

RIM Mumbai Assists Indian Gov't Blackberry Surveillance

Tom's Guide - 1 Nov, 2011
Blackberry makers Research in Motion have responded to a threat by India's government to shut down Blackberry web services in India by establishing a facility in Mumbai to assist in lawful surveillance of Blackberry devices, the Wall Street Journal ...

BlackBerry Playbook under a 2-for-1 promo

MobileWhack.com - 1 Nov, 2011
I suppose if you could take a positive out of the BlackBerry Playbook's existence, it would be this " it still exists and is circulating around the market, and has yet to be given the axe quite unlike what the HP ...

Latest Promo Give One Free BlackBerry PlayBook

Planet Insane - 1 Nov, 2011
A new promotion from Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) is likely focused on getting business consumers to purchase the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.RIM is reportedly giving a free unit of the BlackBerry PlayBook to business consumers who acquire two units ...

DevCon Americas 2011 Highlights: A Developer's Perspective

BerryReview - 1 Nov, 2011
by viira_dev on Oct 31st, 2011 For the fourth year in a row, I headed down to the San Francisco area for the annual BlackBerry Developers Conference (DevCon). By now many of you will have read the announcements and press releases so instead of ...

RIM Offers Buy Two, Get One Free for BlackBerry PlayBooks

CIO Today - 1 Nov, 2011
A major downside so to the BlackBerry PlayBook so far is that it has to be paired with a BlackBerry smartphone via a special application to access e-mail, calendar, address book, memo pad, task list, BlackBerry Messenger, ...

RIM offers Buy 2 Get 1 Free PlayBook Business orders in the US, the rest of ...

TamsBlackBerry - 1 Nov, 2011
Quite strangely enough, RIM has decided to offer 1 free BlackBerry PlayBook for every 2 bought in the US. But that does not make the rest of the world happy….!! From now until Dec. 31, 2011, BlackBerry business customers will receive one free ...

'Sorry' Not Enough: RIM Sued Over Massive Network Outage

Channel Partners - 1 Nov, 2011
Thanks to a network outage earlier this month that left BlackBerry customers around the world without messaging and other services for days, Research in Motion finds itself embroiled in litigation. The BlackBerry maker is facing lawsuits in its home ...

RIM Tries to Kick-start Stalled PlayBook With 3-for-2 Deal

E-Commerce Times - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
The Research In Motion BlackBerry PlayBook hasn't exactly been a hot seller lately, so RIM is offering buyers the chance to get three PlayBooks for the price of two. The move could be a way to cement in a larger user base, ...

Joy Of Tech Halloween Cartoon targets “things that are dead”, HP TouchPad and ...

MobileSyrup.com - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
There is truth in this comic. “Back in the day Halloween was about Ghosts, Zombies and things that are dead!” " taking aim at both the HP TouchPad and the BlackBerry PlayBook. ...

BlackBerry Offers 'Buy Two, Get One Free' on PlayBook

IBTimes - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
In a deal more often seen on late-night television shopping channels flogging 'incredible vacuum packing solutions' BlackBerry is offering a 'buy two, get one free' promotion for its struggling ...

RIM starts 3-for-2 offer on PlayBook

Telecompaper (subscription) - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
Research In Motion has started an offer in Canada and the US giving customers who buy two PlayBook tablets a third tablet free. The offer runs until the end of the year. Customers can also choose one free accessory, from a list of a leather sleeve for ...

Software Update For Blackberry PlayBook Delayed By RIM (NASDAQ: RIMM)

LocalizedUSA - ‎Oct 31, 2011‎
Troubled technology giant, Research In Motion, is facing new difficulties as the company announces the delay of a needed software update for the Blackberry PlayBook tablet computer until February. The company has had several recent issues with product ...

 

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